MAY 9 - 12, 1995 BRUSSELS, BELGIUM Organized by Section interfacultaire d'Agronomie Interfaculty Section of Agronomy S.I.A. Universite libre de Bruxelles Free University of Brussels U.L.B. Co-sponsored by the Technical Committee on "Control in Agriculture" of IFAC. International Program Committee: F. ABREU (P), J.P. BABARY (F), P. BARTOLI (F), G. BASTIN (B), K. BAYER (A), V. BIRYUKOV (RUS), J. BOUDRANT (F), H. CHALLA (NL), P.D.S. CALIGARI (UK), A. CHERUY (F), B. CHIARELLI (I), J.J. CLAUSTRIAUX (B), W. DAY (UK), I. FARKAS (H), C. FONTEIX (F), E. GEORGIADES-DIKEOULIA (GR), G. GOSSE (F), S. GREGORY (USA), S. HANSEN (DK), Y. HASHIMOTO (J), G. HONDERD (NL), B.K. HUANG (USA), L. KUCHAR (USA), I. MARC (F), A.G. MEDINA (P), A.J. MORRIS (UK), B. NICOLARDOT (F), G. OLSSON (S), W. PAUL (D), E. PERSOONS (B), A. PURROY (E), K.A. ROUBELAKIS-ANGELAKIS (GR), Y. SAWARAGI (J), S. SHIOYA (J), J. STANIKIS (LIT), J. TENCL (CZ), R. STRASSER (CH), C. SUSANNE (B), L. SZIGETI (H), M. TAKATSUJI (J), M. TANAKA (J), I. TROCH (A), A. UDINK ten CATE (NL), J. VAN IMPE (B), G. van STATEN (NL), R. VILU (EE), E.J. VINCENT (F), R. WYNDAELE (K), P.C. YOUNG (UK), Local Organizing Committee J. CRABBE (B), A. DEBOURG (B), B. GODDEN (B), J. GREGOIRE (B), V. HALLOIN (B), R. HANUS (B), G. HOUVENAGHEL (B), G. JOSENS (B), R. LANNOYE (B), J. LENGES (B), J. LIBERT (B), M. LOREAU (B), M. PENNINCKX (B), S. PROHOROFF (B), X. VEKEMANS (B), J. WERENNE (B), R. WOLLAST (B). Scope The symposium aims to provide a forum for presentation and discussion of recent advances of Mathematical Modelling and Simulation in Agriculture and Bio-industries Topics Animal Cells Cultures, Automatic Control of Processes, Biochemistry and Applied Molecular Biology, Biomathematics, Bioprocess, Bioreactors, Biotechnology, Brewing Industry, Cell Biology, Cheese Dairy, Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Computer Assisted Drug & Protein Design, Downstream Processing, Drinking Water Industry, Energy from Biomass, Enzymology, Fermentation Processes, Fish Industry, Food Industry, Genetics, Hormone Regulation, Immunology, Intelligent Sensors, Metabolism, Micro- & Macro Economical Aspects in Bio-industries, Micro-organisms Cultures, Microbiology, Oenology, Oil & Fat Industry, On-line Measurements, Physiology, Plants Cells Cultures, Sugar Industry, Transgenics & Risk Assessment in Bio-industries, Waste Water Management. Agricultural Machinery, Agro-ecosystems, Agrochemistry, Agrometerology, Animal Waste Management, Animal Pests in Forestry, Animal Pests in Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Selection & Management, Animals Nutrition, Aquaculture & Fish Farming, Epidemiology, Farming Systems, Fertilization & Mineral Nutrition of Plants, Fisheries, Food Hygiene & Meat Inspection, Gas Exchange, Greenhouses & Protected Cultivations, Horticulture, Hydrology, Irrigation, Landscape & Country Planning, Manure & Slurry Management, Micro- & Macro Economical Aspects in Agriculture, Parasitology-Bacteriology- Virology, Pathology, Pedology, Photosynthesis and Productivity, Plants & Animals Growth, Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum, Silviculture, Transgenics & Risk Assessment in Agriculture. The symposium will be held in Brussels at Palais des Congres Mont des Arts B-1000 BRUSSELS phone: 32+2-513.41.30 Conference language The working language of the symposium is English. It will be used for all printed material, presentations and discussions. No simultaneous translation will be provided. Participation fee Society members (before March 31, 1995) : BEF 16,000 Non-members (before March 31, 1995) : BEF 18,000 Students (before March 31, 1995) : BEF 05,000 Society members (after April 1st, 1995) : BEF 18,000 Non-members (after April 1st, 1995) : BEF 20,000 Students (after April 1st, 1995) : BEF 06,000 (Society means either: IMACS, IFAC, EFB, BBA, ESACT, BELACT, IIFET, EAFE, EAS, IBRA or BIRA) It includes - access to lectures and book exhibition - receipt of a congress cover containing the Preprints and other information - daily lunch and coffee breaks - participation to conference reception Cancellations and refunds Before April 15: 50% After April 16: no refund. Social events The official banquet of the symposium will be held on Thursday 11 May 1995 in the restaurant "Chez Adrienne", situated in the highest ball of the Atomium, near the underground station "Heysel". (price per person: 1,500 BEF). Accompanying persons may also participate to the opening reception, which will be held on Tuesday 9 May 1995 in City Hall, situated "Grand' Place". (price per person: 500 BEF). A mini-trip in one of the Europe's loveliest cities, romantic open-air museum of churches, elegant houses, famous canals and internal ports, the "Beautiful Bruges", could be organized, subject to sufficient number of participants. (price per person: around 1.200 BEF) Submission and Selection of Papers People wishing to present a paper should send an abstract (300-500 words) in two copies to the Secretariat of the Symposium: Conference Secretariat MMSABI'95 MMSABI'95 Lab d'Automatique CP.165 - U.L.B. av. F.D. Roosevelt 50 B-1050 Brussels BELGIUM Deadline for submission of abstracts is: October 15, 1994. Preliminary acceptance of the papers will be based on the submitted abstracts which must clearly state the originality and importance of the results. Notification of acceptance and author's kit will be mailed by: January 15, 1995. Only previously unpublished papers will be accepted for presentation at the symposium. IMACS holds the copyright for the publication of the papers in the final proceedings. Full papers typed in camera ready form must be submitted by: February 28, 1995. The organizers reserve themselves the right to not accept low quality papers. Authors will be informed of the final decision by March 31, 1995. Preprints of all accepted papers will be distributed to all registered participants upon arrival. Proceedings will be published by an international publishing company selected by IMACS. Authors may be requested to provide improved manuscripts for the proceedings.