2nd International Symposium on Plant Growth Modeling,
Simulation, Visualization and Applications (PMA06)
November 13-17, 2006
Beijing, PR China
Web: http://liama.ia.ac.cn/pma06

In cooperation with IEEE and IEEE Computer Society

This event provides a forum for the dissemination of new techniques for
plant growth modeling, simulation, visualization and their applications
in plant and crops sciences, forestry, agriculture, environmental
sciences, ecology and virtual reality. This symposium is fully multi-disciplinary.
It will include oral presentations, poster sessions, software demonstrations and tutorials.

Beijing is the capital of China and a modern metropolitan city with a
rich cultural heritage, from royal palaces and traditional monuments, of
which the most famous are the Forbidden City and the Great Wall, to the
popular Hutongs and Beijing Opera.

The conference will organize an excursion featuring several highlights
of Beijing.

Conference Sessions:
Session 1 - Plant Growth and Plant Development Models
Session 2 - Theoretical Advances in Plant Growth Modeling
Session 3 - Modeling Plant Interaction with its Environment
Session 4 - Application of Plant Growth Models in Agronomy
Session 5 - Application of Tree Growth Models in Forestry
Session 6 - Modeling Plant Structure
Session 7 - Plant and Landscape Geometrical Models and Visualization Techniques

Please register for the conference and the hotel through
http://liama.ia.ac.cn/pma06 -> Registration


Co-Chairs:
Dr Thierry Fourcaud, UMR AMAP, CIRAD, France
Dr Xiaopeng Zhang, NLPR, CAS Institute of Automation, China

Contact:
Ms. Bizhen Hong
LIAMA - The Sino-French Laboratory,
Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
P.O. BOX 2728,
Beijing 100080, PR China

Email: pma06@liama.ia.ac.cn
Tel: +86-10-82614462
Fax: +86-10-62647458