Organizing Committee


Members

Chairman

Dr. Alexandre Escolà (Universitat de Lleida)

Vice-chairmen

Dr. Joan R. Rosell (Universitat de Lleida)

Dr. Jaume Arnó (Universitat de Lleida)

Vocals

Dr. Ricardo Sanz (Universitat de Lleida)

Dr. Joan Masip (Universitat de Lleida)

Dr. Lluís Puigdomènech (Universitat de Lleida)

Dr. Eduard Gregorio (Universitat de Lleida)

Dr. Jesús Pomar (Universitat de Lleida)

Dr. Santiago Planas (Universitat de Lleida and Lleida Agri-Food Science & Technology Park)

Dr. Emilio Gil (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)

Eng. Felip Gracia (Generalitat de Catalunya-DAAM)

Dr. Francesc Solanelles (Generalitat de Catalunya-DAAM)

Eng. Ferran Camp (Generalitat de Catalunya-DAAM)

Dr. John Stafford (Program Committee of the ECPA, President of ISPA)

Dr. Raj Khosla (Past-President of ISPA)

We specially wish to thank Dr. John Stafford and Dr. Raj Khosla for joining the Organizing Committee owing to their responsibilities as indicated above.


Secretariat

Fundació Universitat de Lleida 
C. de Jaume II, 67 bis, 3a planta 
Campus de Cappont 
25001 Lleida 
Tel. +34 973 00 35 57
Fax +34 973 00 35 52 
ECPA2013@udl.cat
Contact: Mariona Puigdevall


Universitat de Lleida (UdL)

The University of Lleida has a number of campuses scattered across the city. Each building and its surroundings form part of an inter-related system that constitutes a functional unit, which blends into the urban environment. Each campus has been designed to create a pleasant academic atmosphere that is conducive to study, research and debate. However, it can be said that the University of Lleida is located on one street, with the School of Agricultural Engineering at one end and the Cappont Campus at the other, and the Health Sciences and Rectorate campuses lying between the two. A former seminary on the Rambla d’Aragó was refurbished by the architects Miquel Espinet, Ramon M. Puig and Toni Ubach, and now houses the Rectorate, general university services and the Faculty of Arts. It is opposite another of the city's outstanding buildings, the old maternity hospital, which was converted into the public library by the architect Gelabert.

The Campus of the School of Agricultural and Forestry Engineering (ETSEA) is on the Huesca-Lleida highway. It stands on eleven hectares of land formerly owned by Lleida Provincial Council that was open farmland until only a few years ago. The school will celebrate its 40th aniversary in the academic course 2012/2013

The Health Sciences Campus is located on two sites. The first of these is the Arnau de Vilanova University Hospital. It houses the health sciences teaching unit in a space handed over by the Ministry of Health and Social Security. The second is the Hospital of Santa Maria that houses the Faculty of Medicine, the University School of Nursing and the Jaume d'Agramunt Library, which are all found in an area formerly owned by Lleida Provincial Council.

The new university campus lies on the left bank of the River Segre between two of the city’s bridges. Along the river are the campus library, which is in a building that was designed by Kristian Guilische to mark the 700th anniversary of the Estudi General de Lleida (Lleida’s former university), the Polytechnic School, the Faculty of Law and Economics, the Faculty of Educational Sciences, a university hall of residence, an academic management building and a block of classrooms.

The Universitat de Lleida is part of the International Campus of Excellence named Iberus Campus is a project involving four public universities in the Ebro valley’s four different autonomous regions: University of Zaragoza in Aragon, University of Navarra in Navarra, University of La Rioja in La Rioja and the University of Lleida in Catalonia. The International Campus of Excellence, promoted by Education Ministry of Spanish Government, is working for improving the quality of the universities and leading the best campus to the excellence, to benefit of the whole society, through aggregation, specialization, differentiation and internationalization of the Spanish university system.

For more information, please visit http://www.udl.cat/en.html


Research Group on AgroICT & Precision Agriculture (GRAP)

Most of the members of the organizing committee are part of the Research Group on AgroICT & Precision Agriculture (GRAP). This research group started its activity as an official group in 2004 putting together the previous research lines and experience of its researchers. The research lines of the group are mainly focused on the development of Precision Fructiculture tools and on Pig Precision Feeding Systems, the main agricultural activities of the area.

For more information, please visit www.grap.udl.cat