International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture for Food, Energy and Industry

"Sustainability on Food Feed, Fiber, Water, Energy: Science, Technologies, and Global Strategies"  will be held on July 2-6 2008 in Sapporo, Japan.

SGP INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT (SGP-ICSAE), which is closely related with the ICSA2008, will be held parallel.


Location: Conference Hall of Hokkaido University; Sapporo, Japan
Hokkaido University is located in Hokkaido, the Northernmost island of Japan.

The present challenges to ensure secure and safe supplies of food, feed, fiber, water, and energy for the world population are immense. The ability of the Earth to sustain humankind suffers tremendous pressures - from greenhouse gas emissions, the growth of the world's population, and degradation of water, to the depletion of non-renewable, natural resources.

Agriculture - the foundation of modern civilization - supports culture, economic progress, and human dignity. Humankind cannot ignore the call to steward the Earth’s limited natural resources rationally, equitably, and efficiently by using sound agricultural practices.

The purpose of the Conference is to provide an international forum for scientists and researchers in the field of sustainable agriculture to exchange information and achievements, to ascertain the challenges of the future, and to offer ideas for agricultural practices “…that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”

The next Summit of G8 will be held in Toya-lake, near Sapporo, in Hokkaido, Japan on July 7-9, 2008. In this summit, important topics are sustainability and environmental issues, empathizing global warming and climate changing. The Hokkaido University decided to set Summit week of International Symposium, Workshop and Forums for July 2-6, 2008. This offers a good chance to announce ICSA appeal to the world, which will reflect the output of the conference. The conference will issue the "Sapporo Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture for food, energy and industry".

Conference Venue
Conference Hall of Hokkaido University; Sapporo, Japan
Hokkaido University is located in Hokkaido, the Northernmost island of Japan.

Official Language
English is the official conference language including for written papers and posters.

Oral Presentation Program
Refer to the Instructions to Authors.

The Subject line on the email should read: abstract for presented paper.
Deadline for submission of the abstract: May 31, 2008.


Only those papers presented in person at the conference will be published in the proceedings.  Final versions of full paper must be submitted by June 20, 2008 for publication in the proceedings.

The oral presentation must be in English.  The time allocated to each speaker is limited to 15 minutes with an additional 5 minutes for questions.

Posters Program
Refer to the Instructions to Authors.
There will be a poster competition.

Exhibit Program
Exhibition booths are 1.8m X 0.9m and are supplied with one plain backboard, one desk, one power socket, and one computer network jack.
There is a separate exhibition fee.  Exhibitors must submit a separate Exhibitor Registration Form.

Conference Schedule

July-2, Wednesday Registration, Mixing, Parallel Symposium (Rakuno Gakuen University)
July-3, Thursday Opening session, and Regular sessions, Poster session, Parallel Symposium (SGP-ICSAE), Banquet
July-4, Friday Regular sessions, Parallel Symposium (SGP-ICSAE), Poster session
July-5, Saturday Regular sessions, Parallel Symposium (SGP-ICSAE)
July-6, Sunday Agenda and Parallel Symposium (SGP-ICSAE), Closing Session, Field Excursion

Lodging

For more detailed information on lodging option refer to the website. (Click here)

Field Excursion

The Conference is offering Field Excursion.

Traveling Associates/Partners/Spouses Program

Please register your traveling associate/partner/spouse when you register for the conference. Refer to the fee schedule to see "what's included" in the associate/partner/spouse registration fee.

Publication policy

• Abstract booklet is published at the conference.

• Proceeding is published in website after the conference. By request, we can provide a CD data of proceeding.

• Selected papers from oral and poster presentation are published in special issue of "Sustainability Science" Journal.

• Selected papers from oral and poster presentation are planning to be published in book (Now we are negotiating with publisher).