From: Ukrainetz, Nicholas K FOR:EX <Nicholas.Ukrainetz(a)gov.bc.ca<mailto:Nicholas.Ukrainetz@gov.bc.ca>>
Sent: Thursday, February 8, 2024 3:03 PM
Subject: 4th Announcement: North American Forest Genetics Society Conference: Abstract Submission Open!
Hello IUFRO colleagues,
The second North American Forest Genetics Society (NAFGS) Biennial Conference will take place in Oaxaca, Mexico, from June 10th to 14th, 2024. This meeting follows the inaugural event hosted in Asilomar, California in June of 2022.
NAFGS seeks to provide a platform to discuss current research, foster collaboration, and promote education in forest genetics as it applies to forest health and productivity.
Society membership and registration are open on the conference website. Early registration ends April 1st. We are welcoming abstracts on a wide range of of forest tree genetics topics through March 10th.
Visit the website<http://nafgs24.org/> to view the preliminary program, register, submit a poster or talk abstract, view confirmed speakers, and join several hands-on training opportunities offered on the first day of the meeting.
https://www.nafgs24.org/
Please also help us share the new flyer with anyone interested in attending the conference, particularly graduate students, postdocs, and early career researchers engaged in forest genetics research in North America.
Interested individuals can join the NAFGS mailing list here: https://groups.google.com/g/nafgs-mailing-list
We hope to see you in Oaxaca, Mexico, in June 2024!
-NAFGS Organizing Committee
Dear colleagues in IUFRO
My colleague Ola Lindroos in IUFRO Div. 3 has asked me to circulate his announcement of a PhD conference that will take place in Sweden just before the World Congress in Stockholm this summer. The conference will include topics that may be of interest to scientists working within silviculture. Please see below.
Best wishes,
JP
Coordinator of IUFRO Div. 1 Silviculture
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Subject: Link to PhD conference in June, IUFRO Div 3
Dear colleagues,
Now information about the PhD conference are available via this link
https://ui.ungpd.com/Events/fabbdbe5-1e5c-4257-be41-3bee6bb90254
Deadline for application is February 29th, via the link above.
Please pass this on to all PhD students (and your researchers) that might be interested.
Cheers // Ola
From: Ola Lindroos <Ola.Lindroos(a)slu.se<mailto:Ola.Lindroos@slu.se>>
Sent: den 21 december 2023 15:36
To: div3(a)lists.iufro.org<mailto:div3@lists.iufro.org>
Subject: [IUFRO Div 3] PhD conference in June, IUFRO Div 3
Dear Colleagues,
This is an early notification that the 3rd IUFRO Div. 3 Doctoral Conference is planned to be held June 17-20th in Umeå, Sweden.
The date is chosen so there is possibilities to connect travels with participation in the IUFRO World Congress in central Sweden and/or the FORMEC conference in northern Poland.
More info will come in January, but please inform your PhD students about this, so they can plan for it – and keep it in mind if they plan to attend the IUFRO World Congress and/or FORMEC.
Thank you, and Seasons Greetings to you all!
// Ola Lindroos
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Ola Lindroos, PhD
Professor of Forest Operations
Vice Dean for Education, Faculty of Forest Sciences
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Department of Forest Biomaterials and Technology
SE-901 83 Umeå, SWEDEN
Visiting address: Skogsmarksgränd 17
Phone: +46 90 786 86 36
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Richard and Suzanne Belcher Endowed Chair in Environmental Sustainability
The Department of Forestry and Natural Resources at Purdue University invites applications for
the Richard and Suzanne Belcher Endowed Chair in Environmental Sustainability. The position
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The Department of Forestry and Natural Resources (FNR) at Purdue University is a leader in
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Colleagues,
It is our pleasure to share with you that abstracts are now being accepted for the 2024 Short Rotation Woody Crops International Conference, to be held 13-16 May 2024 in Columbia, Missouri, USA and hosted by the University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry. The abstract submission deadline is 19 January 2024.
Information on abstract submission, lodging, and other conference details can now be found on the conference website: https://woodycrops.wixsite.com/srwc2024.
Exciting news! The SRWC 2024 conference will have multiple opportunities for students, including a new student poster competition and a student career panel, led by professionals from academia, government, and industry. Please share this announcement with undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.
Stay tuned for more information. The conference website will be regularly updated as new information becomes available!
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions and pass this information on to as many people as possible.
We hope to see you there!
Kind regards,
Conference Steering Committee
Elizabeth Rogers (co-chair), University of Missouri; USDA Forest Service; elizabeth.r.rogers(a)usda.gov<mailto:elizabeth.r.rogers@usda.gov>
Ryan Vinhal (co-chair), USDA Forest Service; ryan.vinhal(a)usda.gov<mailto:ryan.vinhal@usda.gov>
Asia Dowtin, Michigan State University; dowtinas(a)msu.edu<mailto:dowtinas@msu.edu>
Solomon Ghezehei, North Carolina State University; sbghezeh(a)ncsu.edu<mailto:sbghezeh@ncsu.edu>
Rich Hallett, USDA Forest Service; richard.hallett(a)usda.gov<mailto:richard.hallett@usda.gov>
Austin Himes, Mississippi State University; ah3798(a)msstate.edu<mailto:ah3798@msstate.edu>
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Dana Mitchell, Department of Energy; dana.mitchell(a)ee.doe.gov<mailto:dana.mitchell@ee.doe.gov>
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