Dear Colleagues,

EFITA is the European conference dedicated to the future use of ICT in the agri-food sector, bioresource and biomass sector. It was launched and is supported by the European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment (EFITA). The first EFITA was held in 1997, and 2017 is the 11th of the series. Montpellier, France, had the pleasure to welcome the event already in 2001 and is most happy to do it again. We hope that you will enjoy the event in the pleasant site of the renowned Montpellier Supagro school. We will make our best to provide a nice atmosphere for knowledge sharing and thinking the future of ICT technologies within the agri-food and bioresource sectors. We welcome proposals of related events such as project meetings and ICT demonstrations to take place within the conference schedule and facilities. Special sessions may also be proposed. Please contact the organizing committee.

http://www.efita2017.org/

http://www.spatialstatisticsconference.com/

ESSC International Workshop on “Soil Classification: a powerful tool for planning  Soil Conservation”.

The Workshop  will be hosted in Riga (Latvia) on the 21^st of July 2017. The workshop will be a great opportunity for Soil Scientists to stimulate reflections on the links between Soil Classification and Soil Conservation. Further information on the workshop (registration, logistics, accommodation, etc.) will be available on the website: http://www.azb.lu.lv/eng/.

http://goldschmidt.info/2017/

http://web.faperta.ugm.ac.id/orgatrop2017/

This triennial event will gather academics, scholars, practitioners, stakeholders and policy makers in the Food Valley to dissect the latest and most pressing issues characterising Agriculture and the Food Industry, from a local to an international perspective, dedicating significant attention also to novel and emerging concerns for society

http://www.eaae2017.it/

In recent decades the threat to soil has become a serious problem worldwide, and many international efforts draw attention to the importance of awareness of this threat and adequate prevention. The year 2015 can be remembered as International Year of Soils, which was then extended until 2024 as International Decade of Soils. These, and other activities lead to a spread of information on soils, their importance, both productive and non-productive, and the fact that the state of our soils is not good, and a remedial solution must be found. This is the aim of the conference being prepared in cooperation with the soil science societies of V4 countries and government ministries, in order to identify the problems and, especially to seek measures to improve the situation. The conference is not intended exclusively for specialists from Central European countries. We look forward to wider international participation by colleagues from academic circles, governing bodies, and practitioners, with the aim of sharing the latest scientific and practical knowledge leading towards protection and improvement of the condition of the irreplaceable natural wealth that soil represents.

In this vein, the scientific committee has divided the programme into three blocks, from the description of individual degradation influences and methods to evaluate them, to the proposal and effectiveness of corrective measures. After the conference abstract proceedings will be issued, covering both the presentation and poster sections. During the conference members of the scientific committee will also select several innovative scientific contributions and make recommendations to their authors for inclusion in the magazines Soil and Water Research, Agriculture, Agrokémia és Talajtan and Soil Science Annual. The conference will include excursions, one of which will focus on the issues of agricultural soils, while the other will deal with forest soils. Anyone interested in gaining an understanding of the issues in-situ is also invited to take part in two pre-conference tours, which are being prepared in Hungary and Poland by local branches of national soil societies.

http://ekologie.upol.cz/v4conference

The International Society for Ecological Modelling Global Conference will be held in 2017 under the theme, Adaptation and Evolution in Ecological Modelling: Linking Society and Academic Approaches in Disturbance and Disaster Management.

This global conference is the 21st biennial conference of the The International Society for Ecological Modelling (ISEM) and looks to bring together scientists from all professions and applications that deal with the use of ecological models and systems ecology.

http://www.isemconference.com/

RemTech Expo and RemTech Europe, asserts itself as the most qualified event in the field of contaminated sites remediation in Italy and as a precise, always dynamic and interactive point of reference, where knowledge sharing becomes strategic to support the exhibition companies, first of all, and the entire remediation community. Promote technologically advanced solutions, pinpoint the partners of excellence, pave the way to the new emerging markets both on the national and the international stage, bring up the best and the most expert operators, share the virtuous experiences are the purposes of the exhibition. The strong points that make RemTech and its Special sections an innovative event are the capacity to combine the exhibition of ideas, products, projects and solutions with occasions dedicated to in-depth analyses, exchange, encounter between supply and demand.

http://www.ecol-mne.ac.me/