Distinguished speakers who are expert in various sector of agricultural and food mechanization will be invited to present paper on the following topics:

• Biomass preprocessing and pretreatment

• Engineering design and safety consideration for agriculture

• Computational approaches for agricultural engineering

• Spectroscopic sensing

• 3D and high-dimensional imaging for sensing and automation

• UAV technology for agriculture

• Soil-plant-machine dynamics

• Automation and robotics for agriculture

• Machinery systems for crop production

• Food safety engineering

• Plant, animal and facility systems

• Modeling and optimization in food processing

• Economic analysis and strategic planning of agricultural systems

• Machine vision and sensors for autonomous vehicles and robotics

• Precision agriculture

• Climate variability and climate change impacts on agriculture, water and natural resources

• Structural design, analysis and testing of building systems and components

• Agri-industrial facility design operation

• Bioprocessing for value added products

• Heating and drying technology for agricultural and food processing

• Renewable energy resources and technologies

• Food and process engineering

• Crop modeling and decision support

• Soil and water management

• Postharvest handling technology

• Other related agriculture technology