First European Conference for Information Technology in Agriculture
Copenhagen, Denmark 15-18 June 1997

FINAL PROGRAMME

Monday, 16 June
800­900	Registration "Marble Hall"
900­1030	I. Opening Session Joint Video Session EFITA/DEMETER (Copenhagen - Gent - Montpellier) Chairman: Iver Thysen aud. 3­01
	900	Welcome Iver Thysen, EFITA Conference (Copenhagen) Gerhard Schiefer, EFITA (Copenhagen) Ove Poulsen, Director, Ministry of Research and Information Technology, Denmark (Copenhagen) Thierry de Waha, DEMETER Conference (Gent) Francois Pingaud, DEMETER Conference (Montpellier) Bent Schmidt-Nielsen, KVL and NATURA (Copenhagen)
	1000	Does Information and Communication Technology Require a Specific Pedagogical Approach? Lebrun, M. (Gent)
1030­1100	Coffee
1100­1230	II. Parallel Session
		A. ICT & Extension Services Chairman: Hans Henrik Pedersen aud. 3­12	B. Learning Chairman: Jens Peter Hansen aud. 3­13	C. Image Analysis Chairman: Mogens Flensted-Jensen aud. 3­14
	1100	ADAS Intranet Fairbank, P.M.	Using Extended Machine Learning and Simulation Technics to Design Crop Management Strategies Attonaty, J.-M. et al.	Colour and Shape Analysis Techniques for Weed Detection in Cereal Fields Pérez, A.J. et al.
	1130	Information Technologies Used in Extension Services of Some Central and Eastern European Countries, and USA Kleps, C. et al.	Calibration of a Monte Carlo Simulation Model of Disease Spread in Slaughter Pig Units Jørgensen, E.	Deriving Chrysanthemum Leaf Shape Descriptions for Variety Testing from Digital Images Warren, D.
	1200	Computer Based Information and Report System for the Support of Agricultural Extension - Presentation of a Prototype Hautzer, H.-J. et al.	Integrating Multimedia and Artificial Intelligence: An Application for Total Quality Management in Dairy Companies Fonseca Filho, A.A. et al.	Using Java to Implement Agents in Artificial Ecosystems de Souza, K.X.S. et al. CANCELLED!
1230­1330	Lunch "Marble Hall"
1330­1500	III. Parallel Session
		A. Data Storage Chairman: Guy Waksman aud. 3­12	B. Policy Making Chairman: Giorgio Manenti aud. 3­13	C. Information Systems I Chairman: Conny Graumans aud. 3­14 (Computer Demos)
	1330	EPROS, a System to Store, Retrieve and Analyse Data of Field Trials Duijnhouwer, R. et al.	Data Transmission in AGIS, the Swiss Federal Information System for Agricultural Policy Management Sandoz, A.	The Rural Business Network in the UK Offer, A.L.
	1345			The Entry, Description and Extraction of Data by Accessing the ERA Database from the World Wide Web Potts, J.M. et al.
	1400	The SFD Dataset Browser Dindorp, U. et al.	Conception of an Executive Information System that Provides External Information for the German Dairy Müller, H. et al.	The French Feed Database: A National Network for Collecting and Disseminating Data About Feedstuff Composition and Nutritive Value Tran, G. et al.
	1415			University Level Education in Information Technology for Animal Production Drobnic, M. et al.
	1430	Standardization of Data Models for Crop Variety Trials Rijgersberg, H. et al.	Situations and Problems of Information Technology in Japanese Agriculture Shio, K.	Network and Information Technology Related Development at Gödöllo University of Agricultural Sciences, Hungary Milankovics, K. et al.
	1445			Internet Distribution of Full-Text, Structured Information on the Small Ruminant Dairy Sector: Presentation of CIRVAL's Information System Aventurier, P. et al.
1500­1530	Coffee
1530­1700	IV. Parallel Session
		A. ICT Adoption Chairman: Ian Houseman aud. 3­12	B. ICT & Environment Chairman: Nick Hutchings aud. 3­13	C. IT Applications in Agriculture Chairman: Andy Offer aud. 3­14 (Computer Demos)
	1530	ICT Adoption in Agriculture - An Agricultural Software-Review Perspective Gelb, E. et al.	Decision Support Models for the Design of Animal Husbandry and Plant Production Procedures Ackermann, I. et al.	A Hypermedia Digital Library for the Education and Extension Training of Greek Beekeepers Batzios, C. et al.
	1545			Computer-Aided Generation of Risk Functions for Agricultural Modelling and Decision Hahn, S.
	1600	Improving the Uptake of Decision Support Systems in Agriculture Parker, C.G. et al.	A Biometrical Decision Support System for Estimating Risk Assessments on Releasing Genetically Modified Organisms Gliddon, C.J. et al.	DEMENET - The DEMETER Project Riedling, E. et al.
	1615			Implementing Pest and Disease Risk Indices Using a Relational Database Murali, N.S. et al.
	1630	Usability Test of Farm Management Software Sepstrup, J. et al.	Environmental Best Practice Advisory System for Agriculture Lewis, K.A. et al.	Systematic Operation Programmes for the Improvement of Mink Management Distributed on the WWW Møller, S.H.
	1645			DAMOCIA-SIM, a Generic Tool for Radiation Simulation into Mild Winter Region Greenhouses Bienvenido, J.F. et al.
1700­1800	EFITA General Assembly aud. 3­01
1900­2300	Conference Dinner at Experimentarium Tuborg Havnevej 7, 2900 Hellerup (1830: Bustransportation from KVL and Hotels)

Tuesday, 17 June
900­1030	V. Plenum Session Chairman: Alex Sideridis aud. 3­01
	900	A Method to Quantify Effects Attributable to Management Information Systems in Livestock Farming Tomaszewski, M.A. et al.
	945	The World Agricultural Information Centre (WAICENT) - FAO's Information Gateway Mangstl, A. et al.
1030­1100	Coffee
1100­1230	VI. Parallel Session
		A. Dynamic Models Chairman: Jørgen E. Olesen aud. 3­12	B. Information Economics Chairman: Christian Noell aud. 3­13	C. DSS & Farm Management Chairman: Mick Harkin aud. 3­14 (Computer Demos)
	1100	Dynamic Product Flow Model for a Mixed Ecological Farm Wolfert, J. et al.	Farm Decision Information Costs and Returns Revisited Nuthall, P.L.	Computer Support of Cereal Protection Technology Using Fungicide ALTO 400 S.C. in Russia Ibragimov, T.Z. et al.
	1115			SortInfo: An Information and Decision Support System for Variety Selection Bøjer, O.Q. et al.
	1130	Possibilities and Limitations for the Usage of Dynamic Agroecosystem Models within Decision Support Systems on Farm Level Mirschel, W. et al.	Information and Decision in Agriculture: How Relevance in Management Diagnosis is Improved by an Expert System Del'Homme, B.	LandMark Lay, J.K.
	1145			Monitoring Food Production with GIS via the Internet Widbom, T. et al.
	1200	Management Means of Technological Processes for Dairy Cattle Farms Kosa, J.	The Value of Information in Pig Fattening Enterprises Lokhorst, C. et al.	Support by Management Systems for Health Care on Pig Farms Fuchs, H. et al.
	1215			An Application for Early Detection of Growth Rate Changes in the Slaughter Pig Production Unit Madsen, T.N. et al.
1230­1330	Lunch "Marble Hall"
1330­1500	VII. Parallel Session
		A. Production Chains Chairman: Frans Kampers aud. 3­12	B. DSS Chairman: Anders R. Kristensen aud. 3­13	C. Information Systems II Chairman: Magnus Gröntoft aud. 3­14 (Computer Demos)
	1330	Acceptation of an Electronic Demand and Supply (EDS) System in the Dutch Flower Supply Chain Jahae, I.A.M.A. et al.	A Comprehensive Sow Model for Aid Decision Plà, L.M. et al.	The Reference System of the German Agricultural Information Network (DaiNet) as a Central Element of a Modern Information System Friedrich, H. et al.
	1345			Databases at the Heart of Web-based Document Repositories Nielsen, H.K.
	1400	Communication System Barley-Malt-Beer Chain Graumans, C.A.M.	An Integrated Decision Support System for Management of Winter Wheat Olesen, J.E. et al.	Data Warehouse - A New Tool in Extension Service to Swedish Milkproducers Swensson, C. et al.
	1415			The Decision Support System KMETIJA - A Tool to Help Farmers at Production- Economic Decision-Making Udovc, A.
	1430	Computer Aided Environmental Control to Support Environmental-Management-Systems in Agricultural and Food-industrial Production-Chains Kesseler, T. et al.	An IMIS-DSS for Vegetable Production in Plastic-Covered Greenhouses Passam, H.C. et al.	Pl@nteInfo - Using the Internet for Custom Tailored Crop Information Jensen, A.L. et al.
	1445			Quality Data Services on the Agronet Information Network Haavisto, P. et al.
1500­1530	Coffee

1530­1700	VIII. Poster Session & Computer Demonstrations aud. 3­11 & f422
	2. The ADAS Business Recording System (ABRS) Offer, A.L. 3. A Dynamic Modelling of the Reproductive Process of Zea Mayze Alexieva, S. et al. 4. EMISP : An Expert Management Information System for Pigs Maliappis, M.T. et al. 5. Aspects of Modelling Information Flows within an EIS for the Food-Industry Witschnig, J. 6. An Economic Threshold Model for Controlling Tick-Induced; Disease and Productivity Losses in Cattle Young, D.L. et al. 7. Log Gaussian Cox Processes: A Statistical Model for Analyzing Stand Structural Heterogeneity in Forestry Møller, J. 8. SIAM, an Information Service for Maize Growers to Help Choice of Hybrids and Follow-up of their Development Lorgeou, J. et al. 9. Towards Co-Operative Use of Data from Crop Variety Trials Dekkers, W.A. et al.	10. Using a Data Catalog in a Regional Information Network in Agriculture Spilke, J. et al. 11. Experiences from Benchmarking in Swedish Milkproduction Swensson, C. et al. 12. Use of GOSSYM - A Cotton Growth Simulation Model - To Manage a Low Input Cotton Production System in Greece Gertsis, A.C. et al. 13. Precise Computerised Information Technology for Crop Irrigation Scheduling and Fertilising Christov,I.D. 14. Cost-Benefit Analysis on GIS Applications for Agricutural Local Extension Services Fais, A. et al. 15. Modelling Estonian Private Farms in Restoration Stage Möller, H. et al. 16. Modelling the Relations in the System Soil - Plant with Petri Net Marinova-Garvanska, S. et al. 17. Characterizing and Simulating a Rotational Grazing Strategy Cros, M.-J. et al. 18. A Modelling Framework for Grazing Livestock Farms Hutchings, N. 19. GIS Applications in Agriculture Environmental and Land Information System (E.L.I.S.) Arnoldi, E. et al. 20. The Use of Computer for the Analysis of Input Demand in Farm Management: A Multicriteria Approach to the Diet Problem. Gallenti, G.	21. Modeling of Lysimeter Data Using the Simulation Model CANDY to Interpret Water and Nitrogen Flow Ramsbeck, M. et al. 22. Sample Testing And Reporting System STARS Pullen, G. 23. Multiagent System for Determination of Optimal Hybrid for Seeding Badjonski, M. et al. 24. A Preliminary Study for Constructing a Computational Procedure for Nematodes Identification Based on Morphological Aspects Palhares de Melo, L.A.M. et al. 25. IT implications of Teleworking for Extension Workers Offer, A.L. et al. 26. Constructing a Nitrogen Fertilizer Recommendation System Around the dynamic Nitrogen turnover Model, SUNDIAL Smith, J.U. et al. 27. ESS-EIS Prototype for a Middle-Class Structured Branch; The Agricultural Commodity Business Suhren, V. et al. 28. The Farm Management and Decision Support System in Estonia Rütel, A. 29. Comparing Neural Networks and Multivariate Discriminant Analysis in the Selection of New Crop Varieties Garcia de Ceca, J.L. et al.
1830	Reception at Copenhagen City Hall Københavns Rådhus, 1599 Kbh. V.

Wednesday, 18 June
900­1030	IX. Plenum Session Chairman: Gerhard Schiefer aud. 3­01
	900	European Union Telematic Applications Research Activities with Relevance to Agricultural and Rural Development Reily, V.
	945	Bayesian Networks and Influence Diagrams Jensen, F. V.
1100­1230	X. Parallel Session
		A. Expert Systems Chairman: Mike Talbot aud. 3­12	B. Estimation Chairman: Erik Jørgensen aud. 3­13	C. Farm Management Systems Chairman: Jan Kamp aud. 3­14
	1100	Tools for Explanation in Bayesian Networks with Application to an Agricultural Problem Dittmer, S.L. et al.	Econometrics or Neural Networks? - A Case Study of Marketing Margins in the Meat Industry in the UK Mainland, D.D.	FMS: A Software Development Environment for Farm Management Systems Massruhá, S.M.F.S. et al. CANCELLED!
	1130	A Decision Support System for Mechanical Weed Control in Malting Barley Kristensen, K. et al.	Slaughter pig marketing management: Utilization of highly biased herd specific data Kure, H.	The Danish Integrated Farm Management System Pedersen, H.H. et al.
	1200	The Use of Expert Systems for Pig Farms Advisory Bourgeat, E. et al.	Interpolation and Interpretation for Field Scale Decision Making Turner, S.T.D. et al.	Estimation of Farmers' Management Needs: Toward Multi-Function Software Steffe, J.
1230­1330	Lunch "Marble Hall"
1330­1500	XI. Conclusion and Closure Chairman: Iver Thysen aud. 3­01

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