*World Congress of Computers in Agriculture and Natural Resources*

June 22-24, 2009

Grand Sierra Resort

Reno, Nevada



*_CALL FOR PAPERS AVAILABLE_*



ASABE is excited to announce the call for papers is available for the
2009 ASABE World Congress of Computers in Agriculture and Natural
Resources to be held at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada
concurrently with the 2009 ASABE Annual International Meeting, June
21-24. _Deadline for proposal submission is January 16, 2009_.



Topics include:

     * Adoption, Extension and Rural Development
     * Data Mining and Pattern Recognition
     * Decision support Systems
     * e-AgBusiness and Production Chain Management
     * Education/Training, Distance Learning and Professional Accreditation
     * eLearning and eJournals
     * Emerging ICT Technologies
     * Farm Management
     * Field Data Acquisition and Recording
     * Food Safety Control/Tracking-Tracing
     * GIS
     * Grid Computing Applications
     * Information Systems and Databases
     * Instrumentation and Control /Data Acquisition, Monitoring and Sensing
     * Knowledge Management, Ontologies, Semantics and Text Mining
     * Web Services, Portals, Internet and Web 2.0 Applications
     * Library Science and Knowledge Representation
     * Modeling and Simulation; Packaging Science and Technology
     * Portable and Nomadic Computing; Precision Agriculture
     * Rural and Environmental Development and Policy
     * Traceability, Food Safety and Marketing
     * Wireless and Sensor Networ



To submit a paper proposal, please visit
http://www.asabe.org/meetings/cfp/call.cfm?mtg_code=wcca2009.



To view the paper proposal form as a PDF, please visit
http://www.asabe.org/meetings/wcca2009/09wccacfp.pdf.



WCCA is a collaborative effort among agricultural information technology
associations worldwide. This congress provides a forum for agriculture
related professionals to exchange information on applications and
developments in the use of Information Technologies. It covers a wide
array of topics. These include new applications of well established and
understood technologies to innovative and entrepreneurial applications
of emerging technologies, in addition to issues related to policy and
knowledge dissemination. Contributions from various countries will allow
a broadened perspective for all attending.



For more information, please visit
http://www.asabe.org/meetings/wcca2009/index.htm.





/This congress is sponsored by ASABE. Supporting institutions include
AFITA, CIGR, EFITA, IAALD, and PanAFITA./