5^th European Conference
on Precision Livestock Farming

5^th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming
11^th - 14^th July 2011, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

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Following the tradition of the conference series that was established in Warwick in 1997, the international committee would like to invite you to join the 5^th ECPLF conference. The conference will be held from 11^th to 14^th July 2011 at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, in the Czech Republic. This conference strives to provide researchers and professionals with the opportunity to build connections between and among different precision livestock farming areas. The conference language is English.

The conference is co-organized with the 8th ECPA, the 8th EFITA/WCCA, the 17^th ISAF conferences as there is an established tradition of bringing ECPA and ECPLF together.

After two years (Wageningen 2009), we are having again the opportunity to bring the world of specialists in agriculture together. The conferences will offer a unique insight into the most recent research and development in precision livestock farming. At the same time, the latest scientific results from worldwide research, field studies and practical application of these new technologies will be presented.

The main topics are as follows:

• Sensor and sensing (e.g image, sound,..) technology and data collection
• Modeling
• Management and decision support (from process to chain)
• Robotics and advanced process control
• PLF in socio, economic and ethical context
• Practical experiments in dairy, pigs, poultry, aquaculture, equine and grassland

Scientific committee

• Daniel Berckmans (M3-BIORES: Measure, Model & Manage Bioresponses Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) - chair
• Reiner Brunsch (Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering Potsdam-Bornim)
• Pavel Gnip (ISPA)
• Marcella Guarino (University of Milan)
• Robert Kaufmann (Boston University)
• Pavel Kic (Czech University of Life Sciences Prague)
• Kees Lokhorst (Wageningen UR Livestock Research)
• Ephreim Maltz (Volcani Center)
• Štefan Mihina (Slovak Agricultural Research Centre)
• Luděk Stádník (Czech University of Life Sciences Prague)
• Jiří Vaněk (Czech University of Life Sciences Prague)