Dear Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to announce that the Second IFIP Conference on Computer and Computing Technologies in Agriculture (CCTA2008) , along with the Special Symposium on Safety Management, Inspection and Traceability Technology for Agro-products Quality (SMITA2008) , which will be held in Beijing (China) from Oct. 18 th to 20 th of 2008. With a great number of famous scientists around the world attending this Congress, we are sure there will be many useful and significant conclusion and agreements on computer technologies applying in agriculture.

As an agriculture-oriented conference, the targeted participants of CCTA2008 are from government, institutes and large companies and regional development agencies and consultants all over the world. It aims at illustrating the experiences and publications of the government and institutes, the profitable technologies and policies in agriculture.

SMITA2008 provides an international platform for exchanging the ideas, strategies, models, methods, technologies and solutions, etc about ago-products production area supervision, safety production management, diseases and pests early warning, logistic supervision, quality inspection and traceability.

All the participants will have opportunities of exchanging their knowledge, strategies and experiences and learning the effective ways to overcome legal, organizational and financial barriers when launching collaborative initiatives.

We very much look forward to welcoming you at our Congress and hand in hand to the success of the congress!

Yours Sincerely,  

Prof. Daoliang Li Co-Chairs of CCTA2008		Prof. Chunjiang Zhao