XXXVII ANNUAL MEETING
EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR NEW METHODS IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH


27 - 31 August 2008
KRAKÓW - POLAND

Program of XXXVIII Annual ESNA Meeting
Krakow 27th -31st August 2008

DateEventTimeSite
26.08.08
(Tuesday)
Registration16.00-20.00The Congress Centre of the University of Agriculture
27.08.08
(Wednesday)
Registration (continuation)
Opening Ceremony
Inauguration lecture
Coffee break
Plenary Session I
Lunch
Working Groups Sessions (WG1-WG6)
Steering Committee Meeting
Get-together Party
8.00-10.00
10.00-11.00
11.00-12.00
12.00-12.30
12.30-14.00
14.00-15.30
15.30-17.30

17.30-18.15
19.00 -->
The Congress Centre
Assembly Hall
Assembly Hall
Congress Centre Lobby
Assembly Hall
University Canteen
Assembly Hall, Club Room & Rooms (A, B, C, D)
Club Room
University Canteen or Animal Science Institute in Balice
28.08.08
(Thursday)
Sponsor's Exhibition
Plenary Session II
Coffee break
Plenary Session III
Lunch
Working Groups Sessions (WG1-WG6)
Coffee break & Poster session*
Gala Dinner
8.00-17.30
9.00-10.30
10.30-11.00
11.00-13.00
13.00-14.30
14.30-16.30

16.30-17.00

20.00 -->
Main Lobby
Assembly Hall
Congress Centre Lobby
Assembly Hall
University Canteen
Assembly Hall, Club Room & Rooms (A, B, C, D)
First floor of the Congress Centre
Restaurant "Galer pod Aniołami" (“Galley under Angels”)
29.08.08
(Friday)
Plenary Session IV
Coffee break
Working Groups Sessions (WG1-WG6)
Closing Ceremony
Lunch
Krakow Sightseeing
9.00-10.30
10.30-11.00
11.00-12.00

12.00-13.00
13.00-14.00
14.30-18.00
Assembly Hall
Congress Centre Lobby
Assembly Hall, Club Room & Rooms (A, B, C, D)
Assembly Hall
University Canteen
Excursion
30.08.08
(Saturday)
Professional visit to Arabian Horses Stud in Michałów8.00-20.00Michałów, Ojców National Park, Paczułtowice Valley (golf course)
31.08.08
(Sunday)
Excursion to Salt Mine in Wieliczka9.00–15.00Excursion paid by participants

* - the participants are kindly requested to put up their posters at 1:00 p.m. at the first floor of the

Congress Centre; time of the Poster Session will be decided by the chairman of each Working Group

The sessions of Working Groups will be organized by the chairperson of each Working Group.

WORKING GROUPS / CHAIRPERSONS / SCIENTIFIC TOPICS

ESNA Meeting 2008, 27th-31st August 2008, Krakow, POLAND

WG 1: Food preservation and safety

Prof. A. S. SZABO / Dr. M. SZCZAWINSKA
Food preservation and food safety; food and feed irradiation; identification of irradiated food; pest control in agricultural crops; legal aspects; waste irradiation.

Prof. Andras S. SZABO,
Budapest Corvinus University,
Dept. of Food Chemistry and Nutrition.
Somloi str. 14-16, H-1118 Budapest, Hungary.
Fax: + 36-1-4826015;
E-mail: andras.szabo@uni-corvinus.hu

WG 2: Advanced methods in animals sciences

Prof. A. LYSAK / Prof. Ass. A. SECHMAN
Animal physiology, endocrinology, reproduction, metabolism, pathology, genetics, radiobiology, and technology.

Prof. Andrzej LYSAK,
National Research Institute of Animal Production,
32-083 Balice n. Krakow, Poland.
Fax: +48 122588111;
E-mail: alysak@izoo.krakow.pl or bature@op.pl

WG 3: Soil plant relationships

Prof. V. LICINA / Prof. Gh. BUDOI
Soil science; plant nutrition (including microbial aspects); application of stable and radioactive isotope techniques; physiological aspects; behaviour of pollutants in soil-plant system.

Prof. Vlado Licina,
Faculty of Agriculture,
Nemanjina 6, 11081 Beograd, Serbia nad Montenegro
Fax: +381 11 3161 352,
E-mail: Licina@agrifaculty.bg.ac.yu

WG 4: Plants genetics, breeding and physiology

Dr. V. REINÖHL / Prof. I. SMETANSKA
Plant biotechnology, including advanced breeding, genotyping and propagation methods; plant bioche-mistry, physiology and molecular biology.

Dr. Vilem REINÖHL,
Dept. of Plant Biology,
Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry in Brno,
Zemedelska 1, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
Fax; +420 5 4513 3025;
E-mail: rein@mendelu.cz

WG 5: Quality of agro-ecosystem

Prof. R. CIOFU/ Dr. C. OPREA
Disturbances of nutrient cycling; technological aspects of agroecosystem sustainability; technological and ecological aspects of waste recycling; technical aspects related to spacial variability; bioremediation.

Prof. Ruxandra CIOFU
University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine,
Dept. of Horticulture,
59 Marasti street, Bucharest, Romania.
Fax. +40 213183636;
E-mail: rciofu@gmail.com

WG 6: Plant crop protection and biotechnology

Prof. I. ROSCA
Physiological, biological and genetic methods of control and related aspects.

Prof. Ioan ROSCA,
University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine,
Dept. of Entomology,
59 Marasti street, Bucharest, Romania.
Fax: +40 212242815;
E-mail: rosca@cons.incerc.ro

Language

The official language of the ESNA Meeting is English. There will be no simultaneous translation. All materials (slides etc.) for oral presentations should be prepared in English.

Facilities

Overhead/slide projectors and PowerPoint projectors will be available for the presentations (PowerPoint presentations are preferable).