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Dear Subscribers,


Please see herebelow the Second Announcement and Call for Abstracts for the 10th International Symposium on Agriculture and the Environment (AgroEnviron 2016)


Amir Kassam

Moderator

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URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca


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From: Dennis Flanagan <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 5:27 PM
Subject: Second Announcement and Call for Abstracts for the 10th International Symposium on Agriculture and the Environment (AgroEnviron 2016)
To: Dennis Flanagan <[log in to unmask]>


       DATE:  September 22, 2015

     FROM:  Dennis C. Flanagan, Chair AgroEnviron 2016

          TO:  Potential Participants of AgroEnviron 2016

          RE:  Second Announcement and Call for Abstracts for the 10th International Symposium on Agriculture and the Environment (AgroEnviron 2016)

The 10th International Symposium on Agriculture and the Environment (AgroEnviron 2016) will be held May 23-27, 2016 at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, USA. Attached please find the Second Announcement and Call for Abstracts. The abstract submission website is now open at Purdue University, so please create and submit your abstract document prior to the submission deadline of January 15, 2016. The URL for abstract submissions is: 

    http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/agroenviron/

Submissions will be accepted under one of the following 11 thematic sessions:

1. Mitigation of and adaptation to climate change (Climate Smart Agriculture)
2. Soil conservation under climate change, and effect of extreme weather events
3. Modeling effects of climate change on agriculture and forestry
4. Sediment and water source fingerprinting & measurement techniques
5. Agricultural water conservation and water resources utilization
6. Future sustainability of healthy soils for agricultural production
7. Soils and diffuse pollution, and pollution control
8. Use of the concept of connectivity to assess water and sediment transfers
9. New technologies for agro-environmental studies
10. Risk assessment and environmental management
11. Science policy interface on biodiversity and ecosystem services

The full abstract may contain up to 600 words as well as tables and figures, and should  be submitted as a Word (.doc or .docx) format file, with single-spaced lines, 12 pt Times New Roman font, and 1" margins all around. An example abstract document is available via the submission website. Authors may update their abstracts until April 1, 2015. 

Format for all volunteered presentations at the symposium will be combination oral/poster. All presenters will have 3 minutes and can project up to 3 Powerpoint slides to introduce their talk and major findings. Following all oral introductions (advertisements), the remaining time in the sessions will be devoted to poster presentations where more in-depth discussions of the research and findings with individual presenters can made.

Meeting registration details, lodging, and costs have not yet been finalized by Purdue Conferences, but should be available later this year. When available, that information will be sent to all registered abstract authors, and links posted to the registration site via the main AgroEnviron website (http://topsoil.nserl.purdue.edu/AgroEnviron2016/). 

Please contact me or one of the other Symposium organizers should you have any questions. Thank you!    

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Dr. Dennis C. Flanagan, Research Agricultural Engineer
USDA-Agricultural Research Service & Adjunct Professor
Dept. of Agric. & Biol. Engrg., Purdue University
National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory
275 S. Russell Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2077  USA
Phone: +01 (765) 494-7748
FAX: +01 (765) 494-5948
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