Dear Colleagues,
There is another exciting conference meeting sponsored by IUFRO Division 3. The 15th Symposium for Systems Analysis in Forest Resources will be held in August 19th to 21st, Quebec City, Canada. Please see the attached flier or visit the following website for more information about the Symposium: http://www.ssafr2013.com.
Best regards,
Woodam Chung
Deputy Coordinator
IUFRO Division 3
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Woodam Chung
Associate Professor
Department of Forest Management
College of Forestry and Conservation
The University of Montana
Missoula, MT 59812, U.S.A.
Tel: 406-243-6606
Email: woodam.chung(a)umontana.edu<mailto:woodam.chung@umontana.edu>
Dear Colleagues,
The 2013 Council on Forest Engineering (COFE) Annual Meeting will be held in July 7-10, 2013, Missoula, MT, USA. Please see the email message below from Dr. Beth Dodson, Chair of the meeting. For more information about the meeting, please visit the following website: http://www.umt.edu/ce/cps/forestengineering/.
Best regards,
Woodam Chung
Deputy Coordinator
IUFRO Division 3
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From: Dodson, Beth
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 2:43 PM
To: CFC-All
Subject: 2013 Council on Forest Engineering Annual Meeting Call for Papers
(Please distribute widely)
2013 Council on Forest Engineering Annual Meeting Call for Papers
I'm pleased to invite submission of abstracts for the 2013 Council on Forest Engineering (COFE) annual meeting to be held July 7-10 in Missoula, Montana, USA. The theme for the 2013 COFE meeting is "Forest Operations for a Changing Landscape". Technical presentations that address the following four sub-themes are sought. Other applied forest engineering and operations topics may also be accepted.
-Maintaining a resilient forest industry; -Forest operations for fire management; -Impact of changing forestland ownership on forest operations; and -Preparing tomorrow's forest operations professional.
Abstracts should be submitted via the conference web page at http://www.umt.edu/ce/cps/forestengineering/ and are due by February 15, 2013. Please keep the body of your abstract under 300 words. Authors will be notified of abstract acceptance by March 1 with full papers due by May 15, 2013. Complete instructions for authors will be sent at that time. All accepted final papers will be a maximum of seven pages in length, will be accompanied by an oral presentation, will be distributed electronically to all conference participants at the annual meeting, and will be available on-line to all COFE members (www.cofe.org). Opportunities for poster presentations will also be available.
COFE is an international professional organization formed to foster the development of forest engineering in industry, government, and education in order to promote the best methods of managing and operating forests, both private and public. COFE serves the forestry profession by disseminating technical information about forest engineering. For more information, see the COFE website at: www.cofe.org.
I look forward to seeing you in Montana!
Beth Dodson, PE, PhD
COFE 2013 Annual Meeting Chair
Forestry Program Director
Forest Management Department
College of Forestry and Conservation
University of Montana
Elizabeth.dodson(a)umontana.edu
Student Conference Scholarships
The IUFRO Conference on Forests for People
and
2013 National Outdoor Recreation Conference
Student Conference Scholarships
Motivated and accomplished students enrolled full-time in an outdoor recreation management, planning, or closely-related degree program are encouraged to apply.
Up to at eight student scholarships will be awarded for the 2013 National Outdoor Recreation Conference. At least half of the scholarships awarded will be to qualified students from within the surrounding region. A scholarship valued at $785 will be awarded to cover lodging, conference registration, and one-year student membership to SORP. Included in this total is a $250 check to be used for travel expenses. All scholarship recipients are expected to attend the full four-day conference.
The deadline for student conference scholarship applications is February 15, 2013.
For more information: http://www.recpro.org/student-conference-scholarships
Sponsor a Student to Attend Conference
Please consider being a student scholarship sponsor! Visit www.recpro.org <https://recpro.memberclicks.net/home> and click on the <https://recpro.memberclicks.net/assets/2012_Conference/sorp_sponsorship_bro…> "SORP Sponsorship and Exhibitor Opportunities" on the left side of the homepage. Any contribution amount is appreciated. Your donation will help cultivate a young mind preparing to enter the outdoor recreation profession. They are the future!
Don’t forget - SORP is a 501(c)(3) organization, making your contribution tax-deductible.
About the National Outdoor Recreation Conference
The Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals is proud to be sponsoring the 2013 National Outdoor Recreation Conference with the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO). The theme of the conference is “A Bridge to Prosperity” that will highlight and showcase best practices
and case studies on how the outdoor recreation profession (planning, management, research and policy) is a bridge, connector and catalyst for prosperity through: Tourism, jobs, health and wellness, personal enjoyment and recreation; Education, environmental values, environmental stewardship; and Rural economic development and sustainable communities.
More information about the conference is posted at: http://www.recpro.org/2013-sorp-ffp-conference
About the Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals
The Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals (SORP) is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization formed in 1983. It is the Nation’s premier professional association supporting outdoor recreation professionals in planning, research, management, policy and administration. It is dedicated to the proposition that the welfare of citizens and visitors, communities, environment, and economy will be enhanced through opportunities for the public to experience and enjoy the outdoors.
For the past 30 years, the Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals (formerly the National Association of Recreation Resource Planners) has sponsored an annual conference for the outdoor recreation profession. Most recently, the conference has been held in Baton Rouge, Breckenridge, Portland OR, Pittsburgh, Austin, and Missoula.
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Brenda Adams-Weyant
Association Manager
Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals
(formerly NARRP)
PO Box 221
Marienville, PA 16239
(814) 927-8212
(814) 927-6659 FAX
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Dear Colleagues,
As Coordinator of IUFRO 3.07.00 Forest operations in the Tropic I am
pleased to invite you to join the International Symposium of Tropical Rain
Forest Ecosystem Sciences that will be held in Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia on
September 10-15, 2013.
For any further information please do not hesitate to contact me.
All the best
Seca Gandaseca
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Assoc. Prof. Seca Gandaseca PhD
Coordinator IUFRO 3.07 Forest Operation in the Tropics
Head of Tropical Rain Forest Ecosystem Sciences Research Center UPM
Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences
Universiti Putra Malaysia Bintulu Sarawak Campus
Tel. + 60 86 855473
Fax + 60 86 855416
Mobile + 60 194830370
E-mail seca(a)btu.upm.edu.my
