V Latin American University Symposium on the Environment (SUIMA 2008)
Themes:
Environment and Development. Globalisation of Environment Problems. Economy and Ecology. Eco- culture and Globalisation. Economic Valuation of the Environment. Economy of the Natural Resources. Economy of Biodiversity. Economy of Pollution. Economic-Environmental Instruments. The Enterprise and the Environment. Environmental Policy. Bio-ethics.

Data of the President of the Organizing Committee:
Full Name: José M. Ameneiros Martínez, PhD.
Telephone: 2607750   2671895 2663467                                          
E-mail: suima@quimica.cujae.edu.cu

First International Congress on Environment and Sustainable Development (MACDES)
Central Theme: For a more sustainably built environment

Themes:

1. Contributions of Territorial and Urban Organizations to Sustainable Development. Protected Areas Management.
2. Sustainable Rural Settlements.
3. Sustainable Cities.
4. Sustainable Tourism.
5. Sustainable Architectural Design.
6. Sustainable Technologies and Materials.
7. Sustainability Management for a Constructed Environment.
8. Sustainable Constructed Environment: Study Cases.
9. Sustainable Constructed Environment: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches.
10. Sustainable Development in the Training of Architects, Urbanists and other Construction Professionals.

Data of President of the Organizing Committee:
Full Name: Dania González Couret,  PhD.
Telephone:  2671108                   Fax: 2606997
E-mail: dania@arquitectura.cujae.edu.cu
           dgcouret@yahoo.es

Computational Mechanics, Biomechanics and Information and Communication Technology in Mechanical Engineering and Metallurgy, Mechatronics and Advanced Design and Manufacturing Systems, Freight Fleet Management, Power Generation and Emerging Technologies, Materials: Innovation and Technologies, Metallurgy and Metal-Mechanical Processes, Maintenance Systems, Teaching of Mechanical Engineering and Metallurgy, Teaching and Application of Mathematics to Engineering.

Data of the President of the Organizing Committee:
Full Name: Arsenio Miguel Iznaga Benítez, PhD.

For information and communication, contact:
Vice-President of the Organizing Committee
Melchor Rodríguez Madrigal, PhD.
Telephone: (+) 537 2663846, (+) 537  2663844, 537 2663845, 537 2663847  
Fax: (+) 537  2671644
E-mail: ccim@mecanica.cujae.edu.cu

Applied Linguistics:  Psycholinguistics, Socio-linguistics, Pragmalinguistics, Neuro-linguistics and Computational linguistics.

Seed Production, Improvement and Genetic Resources, Cultivation Technologies,
Natural Fiber Diversification, Harvesting and Post-Harvesting, Fiber Treatment and
Technology, Integral Fiber Usage, Industrial Maintenance, Economic Evaluation and
Quality in Fiber Management, Clean Technologies, Waste Treatment, Natural Fibers,
Ecology, Energy and Energy Saving, Alternative Energy Sources in Fiber Production,
Biogas Production using Waste and Fibrous Material, Biomass Utilization For Energy
Purposes, Application of Energy Efficiency in the Fiber Sector, Applied Informatics,
Fiber in Art and Culture, Artisanal Design and Restoration, Uses of Natural Fiber.

Data of President of the Organizing Committee:
Full Name: César Cisneros Ramírez, PhD.
Telephone:  (537) 2663633   Fax: (53 7)  2602267                              
E-mail: cesar@ceter.cujae.edu.cu

Didactics of Physics in Engineering, Curricular Design in Physics, Contemporary Pedagogical Trends, New Technologies in the Teaching of Physics for Engineers, Teaching Laboratories, Interrelation of Physics with other Technical Sciences.

Data of the President of the Organizing Committee:
Full Name: Dr. Juan José Llovera González
Telephone:  266 3736              Fax: 2672964, 2671574
E-mail: llovera@electrica.cujae.edu.cu

Applied Physics, Nanophysics, Applied Optics, Image Processing, Physics of Surfaces and Colloids, Biophysics, Medical Physics, Material Development for Technology, Computational Physics.

1. Use of Earth as Alternative Construction Material: Soils, Natural Stone, Residual Materials, Fiber-Reinforced Concrete, Alernative Mortar, and Use of Debris.
2. Applications in Buildings and Services.
3. Investigation Results.

Professional Training in Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science and Medical Informatics, Modeling and Simulation of Biomedical Systems, Microsystems Applied to Biomedical Engineering, Rehabilitation and Clinical Therapy Systems, Evaluation and Management of Health Technologies, Inspection and Accreditation of Medical Technologies, Biomaterials, Biosensors, Instrumentation for Clinical Recording of Variables and Diagnostics, Processing of Images and Bio-signals, Telemetry and Telemedicine.