November 7, 2017 – November 8, 2017
Welcome
International Conference on Agriculture, Environment and Food Security (AEFS) 2017 aims to offer the opportunity for knowledge sharing, networking, and collaboration between engineers, scientists, and technologists as well as academician and researchers working in the specific areas of agriculture, social economics, biosystems engineering and food technology. For this year the committee has chosen “Agriculture, Plantation and Livestock for World Food Security†as the main theme, with 6 selected tracks including Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Economics, Plant Science (Agronomy and Plantation, Plant Breeding, Biotechnology, Integrated Pest Management and Soil Science), Animal Science, Food Science and Technology, Marine and Fisheries Sciences. Experts in these areas will join the conference and selected international keynote speakers are coming from Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Nanyang Technology University, Singapore, Flinders University, Australia, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh and Indonesia.
This conference is organized by The Faculty of Agriculture, University of Sumatera Utara (USU) Indonesia as a biennial event to celebrate the faculty anniversary and fully supported by Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague (CULS), The Institution of Engineers Indonesia (IEI/PII), Indonesian Association of Food Technologist (IAFT/PATPI), Indonesian Society of Agricultural Economics (ISAE/PERHEPI), Indonesian Association of Biochemistry and Biology Molecular (IABBM/PBBMI), The Indonesian Agronomy Association (IAA/PERAGI), Weed Science Society of Indonesia (WSSI/HIGI), Indonesian Phytopathological Society (IPS/PFI) and The Indonesian of Plant Breeding Society (IPBS/PERIPI). The AEFS 2017 program consists of the interactive presentation and poster sessions, keynote speaking and social events including networking dinner and post-conference tour.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
 | Prof. David Herak (Biosystem Engineering) Czech University of Life Science, Prague |
 | Prof. Dr. Chris Franco (Microbiology and Biotechnology) University of Flinders, Australia |
 | Dr. Ir. Anton Apriyantono, MS (Food Science) Former Minister of Agriculture, Indonesia |
 | Dr. Janice Ser Huay Lee (Environment) Nanyang Technology University, Singapore |
 | Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Ph.D (Agronomy) Sher–e–Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh |
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CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Chairman | : | Dr. Ir. Tavi Supriana, M.Si |
Co-chair | : | Ir. Revandy Damanik, M.Sc, Ph.D Dr. Lisnawita, SP, M.Si |
Secretary | : | Riswanti Sigalingging, STP, M.Si, Ph.D |
Honorary Board | : | Prof. Dr. Runtung, SH, MHum Prof. Ing. Vladimir Jurcha, CSc Prof. Dr. Ing. Frantisek Kumhala Dr. Ir. Hasanuddin, MS Drs. Mahyuddin K M Nasution, M.I.T, Ph.D |
Scientific Committee (Reviewer) | : | Prof. Carolee T. Bull, Ph.D (USA) Dr. Ian T. Riley (Australia) Prof. Dr. Erman Munir, M.Sc (Indonesia) Prof. Dr. Abdul Razak Alimon (Malaysia) Prof. Dr. Purwiyatno Hariyadi (Indonesia) Ing. Abraham Kabutey, Ph.D (Czech Republic) Prof. Dr. David B. Weaver (USA) Dr. Rich Llewelyn (USA) Prof. Dr. Ir. Cece Sumantri, M.Agr Sc (Indonesia) Prof. Edison Purba, Ph.D (Indonesia) Riswanti Sigalingging, STP, M.Si, PhD (Indonesia) |
CONFERENCE PARTNER
- Czech University of Life Science (CULS)
- The Institution of Engineers Indonesia (IEI/PII)
- The Indonesian of Plant Breeding Society
- Weed Science Society of Indonesia (WSSI/HIGI)
- The Indonesian Agronomy Association (IAA/PERAGI)
- Indonesian Society of Agricultural Economics (ISAE/PERHEPI)
- The Indonesian Phytopathological Society (IPS/PFI)
- Indonesian Association of Biochemistry and Biology Molecular (IABBM/PBBMI)
- Indonesian Association of Food Technologist (IAFT/PATPI)
- The Indonesian of Plant Breeding Society (IPBS/PERIPI)
- Indonesian Association of Nutrition and Feed Scientist (AINI)
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