The seminar was arranged jointly by Crop Science and Engineering sections of the NJF. The support from the Lithuanian Ministry of Agriculture and the Lithuanian University of Agriculture is kindly acknowledged. 42 participants came from ten countries - all NJF countries plus Germany and Belgium. The programme of 3 keynote presentations, 17 oral presentations and 11 posters covered a large area of expertise. Keynote presentations were given by Head of Bioenergy Department Jens Bo Holm Nielsen from Denmark, professor Peter Weiland from Germany, and Senior Adviser Birgitta Vainio-Mattila from Finland. A lot of fruitful discussions took place at the seminar and many new contacts were initiated. The theme was found out to be necessary to be continued and the next seminar will take place in Norway tentatively in 2009.

 

 

 

The NJF405 seminar Working Group had both crop science and engineering expertise and was exceptionally large by 10 members:

• Kestutis Navickas, Lithuania, Chairman

• Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen, Denmark

• Katri Pahkala, Finland

• Theo Verwijst, Sweden

• Ragnar Eltun, Norway

• Andres Koppel, Estonia

• Livija Zarina, Latvia

• Holmgeir Björnsson, Iceland

• John Morken, Norway

• Oiva Niemeläinen, Finland, seminar secretary

Vilnius provided an easy to reach location for the seminar and the facilities at the seminar venue “Hotel Conti” were very good and suitable for the seminar.

Common picture from the seminar