International Symposium on Agricultural Research

28-31 August 2008, Agrinio, Greece The Department of Business Administration of Food and Agricultural Products of the University of Ioannina (Agrinio Campus) in collaboration with the Athens Institute for Education and Research (AT.IN.E.R.) organizes an International Symposium on Agricultural Research, 28-31 August 2008. The conference website is: http://www.atiner.gr/docs/Agriculture.htm The registration fee is 250 (euro), covering access to all sessions, dinners, lunches, coffee breaks and conference material. Special arrangements will be made with local hotels for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate. In addition, a number of special events will be organized: A Greek night of entertainment (free with registration), a special one-day cruise etc. The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars and students of all related disciplines. Areas of interest include (but are not confined to): Botany, Ecology and Nature Conservation, Waste Management, Rural Development, Biomass, Animal Behavior, Geochemistry, Computers in Agriculture, Food and Nutrition, Plant and Tree Studies, Sea Studies, Marine, Agriculture Engineering, Crop Studies, Agronomy, Soil, Mycology, Fish, Forest, Genetics, Agribusiness, Hydrology, Land Use and Policy, Pesticides, Plant Pathology, Veterinary Sciences Selected papers will be published in a Special Volume of the Conference Proceedings. Please submit a 300-word abstract by 17th of March 2008, by email, atiner@atiner.gr to: Dr. Christos Fotopoulos, Chair & Professor, Department of Business Administration of Food and Agricultural Products, University of Ioannina (Agrinio Campus), Greece. Abstracts should include: Title of Paper, Family Name (s), First Name (s), Institutional Affiliation, Current Position, an email address and at least 3 keywords that best describe the subject of the submission. If you want to participate without presenting a paper, i.e. chair a session, evaluate papers to be included in the conference proceedings or books, contribute to the editing, or any other offer to help please send an email to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, gtp@atiner.gr Director, ATINER. The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) was established in 1995 as an independent academic organization with the mission to become a forum where academics and researchers from all over the world could meet in Athens and exchange ideas on their research and discuss the future developments of their discipline. Since 1995, more than 70 international conferences were organized and more than 60 books have been published. The Institute is organized into four research divisions and eighteen research units. Each research unit organizes at least an annual conference and undertakes various small and large research projects.