王 应 宽

2010-04-14

Beijing, China

 

Today is truly a memorable day

by Prof. Fedro Zazueta

Incoming President and Editor-in-Chief of CIGR Ejournal

University of Florida

We are now reaping the rewards of the vision of one man, Dr. Bill Stout, to create a knowledge repository in agriculture and biosystems to serve our peers and clients worldwide.  We are now in the process of making another major leap towards improving the effectiveness of this resource and improving its quality.

During the meeting in Bonn in 2006 a proposal was presented to the Presidium modernize communication resources of CIGR to improve its capacity for outreach to all its stakeholders.  The strategy focused on the use of modern IT and included a redesign of the CIGR web site, implementing an management system for the CIGR Journal, developing an online location for proceedings of conference, meetings, symposia and other CIGR events, and improving communications using teleconferencing technologies.

During the CIGR International Conference in Brazil in 2008, a major focus was placed in moving the journal to the Open Journal System.  With the Help of Dr. Jiannong Xin, Dr. Bill Stout, staff at the University of Florida and Staff at Texas A&M University this was achieved in the following year.  This established a modern online review system and repository for publications in our profession at no cost to the authors.

Today, we are looking at a new horizon.  With the support  from CSAM and CSAE the level of the Journal is being raised to a higher standard with a dedicated professional editor, Dr. Yingkuan Wang. I’m personally pleased and awaiting a new stage in the development of the Journal and its positive influence on our profession worldwide.

Thank you and I’m looking forward to this close collaboration between CSAM, CSAE and CIGR.

 

 

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