Aim of Symposium The aim of the Symposium is to present the latest scientific results on all aspects of research, design and development work in the various disciplines of agricultural engineering. Topics The main topics to be covered by Symposium are: *Land & Water Use and Environment *Power and machinery *Information Systems and Precision Farming *Livestock Technology *Processing & Post Harvest Technology and Logistics *Energy and Non-Food Production Technology *Systems Engineering and Management *Fruit & Vegetable Cultivation Systems *Global Issues Travelling To arrive in Opatija You can travel by plain, train or bus to Zagreb, Ljubljana (Slovenia) or Trieste (Italy) and then by train or bus to Rijeka. From Rijeka to Opatija drives local bus. Accommodation Symposium secretariat will book rooms at Grand Hotel Adriatic for authors who intend to attend Symposium. Information about hotel will be available at Internet: http://www.hotel-adriatic.hr/ Registration Fee The registration fee covers attendance to all symposium sessions, symposium materials, welcome reception, certificate of attendance and Proceedings of papers (on CDROM). Registration fee until 15/12/2014 will be 180 €. Registration fee until 15/02/2015 will be 200 €. Registration fee after 15/02/2015 will be 220 €. *Bank expenses must be covered by participants. 43rd International Symposium "Actual Tasks on Agricultural Engineering" 24th – 27th February 2015, Opatija, Croatia Preliminary registration (please use block letters or typewriter) Language The official language of the symposium will be English and Croatian. Name ............................................................................... Title/position ................................................................... Call for Papers Abstracts in English not exceeding 500 words should be submitted before 15. September 2014. Each Abstract will be reviewed and the decision of the Scientific Committee will be conveyed to each author by 20. September 2014. The full papers must be submitted by 20. October 2014. The instructions for writing the paper are available on Web site. Instructions can be also send by fax or e-mail by author's request. Key Dates Submission of abstract Notification of paper acceptance Submission of full paper September September October Organisation/Company ................................................... ......................................................................................... Address ........................................................................... ......................................................................................... ......................................................................................... Postal code .............. City .............................................. 15, 2014 20, 2014 20, 2014 Country: . ......................................................................... Tel.: ......................... Fax: .............................................. Symposium Secretariat Faculty of Agriculture Agricultural Engineering Department Svetosimunska 25 HR-10000 Zagreb Croatia Tel.: +385 1 2393819 Fax: +385 1 2393724 E-mail: atae@agr.hr E-mail: ............................................................................. Title of paper: ......................................................................................... ......................................................................................... ......................................................................................... Official Web Page http://atae.agr.hr Welcome to the 43rd International Symposium "Actual Tasks on Agricultural Engineering" .........................................................................................  About Symposium Symposium "Actual Tasks on Agricultural Engineering" has been organised for 42 years that shows its tradition and importance. During last years the Symposium achieved more international meaning thanks to co-sponsoring of EurAgEng, CIGR and AAAE. Papers from Symposium's proceedings are indexed into world's famous databases as Thomson Reuters: Conference Proceedings Citation Index and ISTP, CAB International - Agricultural Engineering Abstracts. Stamp International Scientific Committee Prof. Ettore Gasparetto, IT Prof. Ivo Grgić, HR Dr. sc. Viktor Jejčič, SI Prof. Silvio Košutić, HR Prof. Rameshwar Kanwar, US Prof. Miran Lakota, SI Prof. Peter Schulze Lammers, DE Prof. Milan Martinov, SR Prof. Dumitru Mnerie, RO Prof. Joachim Mueller, DE Prof. Pietro Picuno, IT Prof. Dumitru Tucu, RO Dr. sc. eng. Valentin Vladut, RO Prof. Daniele De Wrachien, IT University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering Department, Croatia Faculty of Agriculture, University of Osijek, Croatia Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Maribor, Slovenia Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, Slovenia Hungarian Institute of Agricultural Engineering Croatian Agricultural Engineering Society Faculty of Agriculture Agricultural Engineering Department Svetošimunska cesta 25 HR-10000 ZAGREB CROATIA Organising Committee Prof. dr. Đuro Banaj, Croatia Prof. dr. Rajko Bernik, Slovenia Dr. sc. Krešimir Čopec, Croatia Prof. dr. Dubravko Filipović, Croatia Dr. sc. Igor Kovačev, Croatia Mr. sc Tomaž Poje, Slovenia Prof. dr. Denis Stajnko, Slovenia XLIII INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM "ACTUAL TASKS ON AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING" First Announcement and Call for Papers 24th – 27th February 2015 Grand hotel Adriatic Opatija, Croatia