[IUFRO Div 2] Fwd: It's Official: Forest Genetics 2025

Dear all, I enclose the First Call for a Forest Genetics conference next June. I hope you find it interesting. Santiago -- Santiago C. González-Martínez Research Director at UMR1202 BIOGECO <https://biogeco.hub.inrae.fr/>, Univ. Bordeaux, INRAE Coordinator of EVOLTREE <http://www.evoltree.eu/> & *OPT*FORESTS <http://www.optforests.eu> Horizon Europe project IUFRO Division 2 <https://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-2/> (Physiology & Genetics) Coordinator Phone: ++33 (0)5 35 38 53 20 Check out our last publications here <https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=2cTrtvIAAAAJ&hl=en> and download the post-prints from HAL <https://cv.archives-ouvertes.fr/santiago-gonzalez-martinez> *Please notice that any emails I may send outside of working hours do not require an immediate response.* ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Hamilton, Jill &lt;jvh6349(a)psu.edu&gt; Date: Tue, 24 Sept 2024 at 23:10 Subject: It's Official: Forest Genetics 2025 To: Santiago C. González-Martínez &lt;santiago.c.gonzalez.martinez(a)gmail.com&gt; Hi Santi, Would you mind passing this on the IUFRO and EvolTREE list serves? Much appreciated, Jill Dear colleagues and friends (apologies for cross-posting) Please see attached announcement for the first ever joint meeting between the Western Forest Genetics Association, Southern Forest Tree Improvement Committee, and Northern Forest Genetics Association: *Forest Genetics 2025* that will take place *June 23-27th, 2025 in State College, Pennsylvania.* We are thrilled to bring together forest geneticists from across the globe to State College, Pennsylvania this spring to lead discussions on the role of genetics in forest health, conservation, climate adaptation, biotechnology, tree breeding, seed sourcing and seed transfer, and much, much more. This meeting will include exciting keynote speakers across a diversity of topics in forest health and genetics, highlighting a diversity of research approaches, issues, and advances critical to the field of forest genetics. The conference will include local field trips to forest genetics research sites and several free workshops offered prior to the meeting to facilitate training and extension. FOR MORE INFORMATION on our tentative schedule, travel, venue, and more see our website (https://forestgeneticsconference2025.com) *and if your organization is interested in sponsoring this meeting*: please contact Jill Hamilton (jvh6349(a)psu.edu) or Conference Organizers ( forestgenetics2025(a)gmail.com) Stay tuned for further details regarding registration and abstract submission, which will be provided in December 2024!! Jill Hamilton Associate Professor and Director, Schatz Center for Tree Molecular Genetics Ibberson Chair for Silviculture Research Department of Ecosystem Science and Management Pennsylvania State University jvh6349(a)psu.edu