Time: 9:00-11:00 A.M, April 7, 2010, Wednesday

Venue: Meeting Room A606, Office Building, CAAMS

Organizer:

Prof. Li Shujun, Executive President of CAAMS, Deputy President and Secretary-General of CSAM, Member of Executive Board of CIGR

Prof. Zhu Ming, President of CAAE & CSAE, Editor-in-Chief, Transactions of the CSAE, Vice Standing Chairman of IJABE International Editorial Board

Master of Ceremony (Emcee):

Prof. Lanfang Zhang, International Cooperation Department, CAAMS

Prof. Wang Yingkuan, Incoming Editor-in-Chief of CIGR Ejournal, CAAE

Attendees:

CIGR Presidium:

President: Prof. Søren Pedersen

Past President: Prof. Irenilza de Alencar Nääs

Incoming President and Editor-in-Chief of CIGR Ejournal: Prof. Fedro Zazueta

Secretary-General: Prof. Toshinori Kimura

Invited Guests:

·         Prof. Bill Stout, Honorary President of CIGR, Former Editor-in-Chief of CIGR Ejournal, Founder of CIGR Ejournal, USA

·         Prof Jiannong Xin, Member of Executive Board of CIGR, University of Forida, USA

·         Prof Yubin Lan, Agricultural Engineer and Professor, USDA-ARS at Texas A&M University, College Station, USA.

Section Chairs and Section Editors of CIGR Ejournal:

Jose Tarjuelo-Section I Chair

Daniel Berkmans-Section II Chair

John K. Schueller-Section III Chair

Mikio Umeda-Section IV Chair

Pietro Piccarolo-Section V Chair

Jozef Grochowicz-Section VI Chair

Antonio M Saraiva-Section VII Chair

Andre Aarnink

Thomas M. Banhazi

Laszlo Baranyai

Remigio Berruto

William Joseph Chancellor (resigned)

Antonio Brasa Ramos

Richard Love (resigned)

Milan Martinov

Neil McLaughlin

Soren Pedersen (included)

Fedro S. Zazueta Ranahan (included)

Bill A Stout (included)

Guanhua Huang (included)

Chinese Representatives of CIGR Technical Sections:  

·         Prof. Wang Maohua, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Member of CIGR Technical Section VII, Honorary President of the CSAE & CSAM, Editor-in-Chief of IJABE, China Agricultural University(CAU), China

·         Prof. Li Baoming, Member of CIGR Technical Section II, Vice Dean of College of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University, China

·         Prof. Huang Guanhua, Secretary of CIGR Technical Section I, Section Editor of CIGR Ejournal, Director of Chinese-Israeli International Center for Training in Agriculture (CIICTA), CAU, China

Leaders and Representatives from Chinese Society for Agricultural Machinery (CSAM)

·         Prof. Li Shujun, Executive President of CAAMS, Deputy President and Secretary-General of CSAM, Member of Executive Board of CIGR

·         Dr. Zhao Xiaopeng, Director, International Cooperation Department of CSAM

·         Prof. Liu Ruiwen, Deputy Secretary-General of CASM

·         Prof. Zhang Zhenxin, Deputy Secretary-General of CASM

·         Prof. Lanfang Zhang, International Cooperation Department of CSAM

·         Mrs. Li Qing, International Cooperation Department of CSAM

·         Mrs. Wang Jin, International Cooperation Department of CSAM

·         Ms. Zhang Pengzi, International Cooperation Department of CSAM

Leaders and Representatives from Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering (CSAE)

·         Prof Zhu Ming, President of CAAE & CSAE, Editor-in-Chief, Transactions of the CSAE, Vice Standing Chairman of IJABE International Editorial Board

·         Prof Qin Jingguang, Secretary General, CSAE

·         Jin Peizhen, Director of Information Center, CAAE

·         Prof Guan Xiaodong, Vice Standing Secretary General, Vice Director, CSAE

·         Prof. Wei Xiuju, Executive Editor-in-Chief, Transactions of the CSAE, CAAE

·         Prof. Wang Yingkuan, Managing Editor of IJABE, Incoming Editor of CIGR Ejournal

All staff from the CIGR Editorial Office including part-time editors Rabi Rasaily, Lingyan Zhang

AGENDA

Master of Ceremony (Emcee) introduces all the attendees

1 Address by Prof. Fedro Zazueta (Via Video Conference)

2 Address by Prof. Wang Maohua, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering

3 Address by Prof. Bill Stout (Via Video Conference)

4 Address by Prof. Li Shujun, Deputy President and Secretary-General of CSAM, Executive President of CAAMS.

5 Address by Prof. Zhu Ming, President of CSAE and CAAE

6 Address by Prof. Wang Yingkuan, Incoming Editor-in-Chief

7 Report on the preparation work for the CIGR Ejournal Editorial Office by Prof. Lanfang Zhang, International Cooperation Department of CAAMS.

8 Formal announcement by Prof. Søren Pedersen, President of the CIGR Ejournal Handover to China

Farewell to the foreign guests and End of Video conference

Proceed to the second floor of the Office Building of CAAMS, where the CIGR Editorial office and Editor-in-Chief Office locate, to hold the Opening Ceremony.

9 Prof. Li Shujun, Deputy President and Secretary-General of CSAM, and Prof. Zhu Ming, President of CAAE & CSAE, jointly unveil the nameplates of the Editorial Office and the Editor-in-Chief office of the CIGR Ejournal.

10 Closing the ceremony. Taking group photos. The Inaugural Ceremony of the CIGR Journal Handover will be recorded and the video clip will be played during the 2010 CIGR World Congress at Quebec, Canada, in June 2010.