Venue of the meeting:

The meeting will take place in Cartagena, Murcia, at the Auditorium of the Polytechnic University, placed in the “Muralla del Mar” Campus. The City of Cartagena, located in the South-East of the Iberian Peninsula, with a population of approximately 176,000 inhabitants, is the second largest city in the region of Murcia. This city is surrounded by beautiful sandy beaches and rocky cliffs and has one of the main harbours in the Mediterranean Sea. Cartagena boasts a very rich history which dates back to 227 B.C. It can be reached by plain, railway, and bus from the major airports of Europe. The Region of Murcia has typical Mediterranean characteristics, which is hot and dry in the summer and rainy and mild in the winter. The region in general has a lot of unique historical and touristic attractions with natural beauties. As a result of that Murcia receives many tourists.

Address venue:

Building of “Antiguo Hospital de Marina”.

The Polytechnic University of Cartagena.

Campus Muralla del Mar, s/n.

30.202 Cartagena. Murcia. Spain.

All correspondence should be sent to the following address:

Prof. Dr. Ángel Faz CanoSecretary SUMASS2002
Department of Agricultural Production.
The Polytechnic University of Cartagena.
Paseo Alfonso XIII, 48. 30.203
Cartagena.
Murcia
Email: sumass2002@upct.es
Phone: 34-968 32 54 40
Fax: 34-968 32 54 35
Web Page: http://www.upct.es/sumass2002; http://www.um.es/sumass2002  

Preliminary programme:

Excursions:
For those that haven´t indicated their preference on the Registration form yet, it is strongly recommended to confirm which excursion they are going to attend:

Excursion 1: Campo de Cartagena-Mar Menor. Mainly agricultural use of soils. It will include the examination of the major agricultural soils of the region. The participants will visit an experimental station, including outdoor cultivation (exhibition of exploitation design, soil management, planting, fertigation systems and monitoring) and the newly established greenhouses (exhibition of hydroponics culture and soil culture). The lunch will be in a restaurant placed in Campo de Cartagena.

Excursion 2: Valle del Guadalentín-Sierra Espuña. Combining agricultural use of soils and forestry. It will include the examination of soils affected by salinization processes and the visit to a coordination centre (Tajo-Segura Archueduct central irrigation syndicate) where the most sophisticated systems to control irrigation of the soils will be observed. Finally the participants will visit the Natural Park of Sierra Espuña mountain where both, its edaphodiversity and its soil management, will be seen. Lunch will be in a typical restaurant placed in that natural park.

Excursion 3: Escombreras-La Unión-Portman-Mar Menor. Mainly contamination problems of soils affected by pollutants from mining and industrial activities. It will include the examination of the affected soils of the region and the visit to Portman Bay. The lunch will be in an typical restaurant along the Mar Menor shore.

Registration form:
Those interested in attending the Symposium should complete the attached registration form and send it back to the secretary. At the same time, a copy of the transfer of the registration payment should be included. The registration form can be sent to the secretary of the symposium by E-mail, as indicated on the web page, although a copy of the payment receipt should be sent by regular mail or fax.

Registration fee:

Registration fee will cover welcome receptions, general symposium documentation, abstracts book, invited papers book, field excursions guidebook, admissions to scientific sessions, mid-week excursion, coffee and tea, and others. The symposium banquet is excluded from this price. Abstracts without paid registration will not be included in the programme.

Payments later than June 30/2002 will be increased by 25%.

Method of payment:
The registration fee should preferably be paid by bank transfer. The total amount in Euros, as can be seen above, have to be transferred to the account number: 2043.0096.04.020051572-0, Caja Murcia, Cartagena, office number 096, Capitanes Ripoll, Paseo Alfonso XIII, 40 (from outside Spain, please consider Swift address: CECAESMM 043). Please, make sure that the surname of the registered person in clearly indicated on the transference receipt. Consider also that all the bank charges should be paid by the person who is going to be registered. Payment by credit card is also possible.  

Confirmation of registration:
Official receipt may be delivered, under request, at the registration desk during the symposium. It is recommended to bring a copy of the payment to the symposium in case there is any kind of misunderstanding.  

Scientific presentations:
The Organizing Committee will finally decide if the paper can be presented orally or as a poster.

Oral: Maximum 15 minutes including discussion. Overhead projectors, slide projectors for standard slides and Power Point IBM PC projectors will be available at the different halls.
Poster: Authors will be requested to be at their posters during the sessions. Maximum size of posters: 160 cm (height) and 110 cm (width).
Poster should be written in English: oral presentation, preferably in English, although presentations in Spanish are also possible.

Activities for companions:
Different activities and visits will be organized. All of them, through Cartagena. They are guided and subject to minimum participation.

Accomodation:
As hotel reservations are required, you are requested to return the enclosed accomodation form, together with the aforementioned registration form and its payment receipt. In order to avoid disappointment, early booking is advised. Prices indicated are per room, per night, including breakfast and taxes. As Cartagena is very busy at that time of the year, we encourage the participants to book their rooms, directly with the hotels, by telephone, fax or Email including the code Sumass2002. Those persons that don´t reserve accommodation should find other possibilities, by themselves, conditioned to vacancies. Student residence is also available at lower price, but without including breakfast. Almost all hotels are close to Symposium venue, some in a walking distance (see enclosed map). For those Hotels placed outside the city centre there will be available transport.

Final programme:
The detailed definitive programme will be available on the web page of the symposium from the beginning of September 2002. It will include the complete list of papers indicating both, mode and time of presentation.

Useful information:
Some useful information such us transport and connections from airports to Cartagena, available exhibitions, weather, technical equipment, electricity supply, etc.

Organization Committee:
Roque Ortiz Silla, chairman; Ángel Faz Cano, Secretary; Raquel Arnaldos Lozano, Treasurer; Antonio L. Alarcón Vera; Juan Albaladejo Montoro; José Álvarez Rogel; Héctor M. Conesa Alcaraz; Mª José Delgado Iniesta; Gregorio García Fernández; Francisco Guillén Mondéjar; Joaquín Hernández Bastida; Juan M. Hernández Huéscar; Miriam C. Llona Carrasco; Purificación Marín Sanleandro; Ahmet R. Mermut, Chairman Commision V, IUSS; Antonio Sánchez Navarro  

Scientific Committee:
José Aguilar Ruiz; Charlie Arshad; Jaime Bech Borrás; Brenda J. Buck; Wolfgang Burghardt; Rosa Calvo de Anta; Rafael Espejo Serrano; Hari Eswaran; Ángel Faz Cano; María T. Felipó; Gerhard Gerold; Juana González Parra; José Manuel Hernández Moreno; Raimundo Jiménez Ballesta; Hossein Khademi; Ahmet R. Mermut; Roque Ortiz Silla; Mabel S. Pazos; Jaime Porta Casanellas; Juan Sánchez; Roland Schwab; Michael Stocking; Tibor Toth; Larry P. Wilding.