Call for speakers to the OR in Forestry Cluster at 2015 INFORMS/CORS & 2nd edition of the David Martell Student Paper Prize in Forestry
Together with the international meeting of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), the next Annual Conference of the Canadian Operational Research Society (CORS) will take place in Montreal, QC, June 14-17, 2015 (http://meetings2.informs.org/montreal2015/).
Jean-François Audy (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières) and Mikael Rönnqvist (Université Laval) will team up again this year for co-chairing the OR in Forestry Cluster. Based on previous successful editions (over thirty talks on average), following sessions will be organized:
Forest Management Planning
OR Applications in Forestry
Forest Management Planning under Uncertainty
Management of Forest Bioenergy Value Chains
OR in the Forest Products Sector
Forest Fire Management and Supply Chain Analysis
Transportation and Wood Handling
Educational tools in OR/MS applied to the Forest Sector
Moreover, thanks to the support from the NSERC Strategic Research Network on Value Chain Optimization (www.vconetwork.ca), we co-organized two special events to be held within the OR in Forestry Cluster:
i) experts’ tutorial on OR/MS in forest value chain,
ii) 2nd edition of the David Martell Student Paper Prize in Forestry.
Organized by the CORS Forestry Special Interest Group, this award recognizes outstanding scientific contributions on the theory, methodology and/or practice of OR in forestry/forest products industry by an undergraduate, a graduate student or a postdoctoral. The award was named in honor of Professor Martell for his outstanding contributions to the development and application of OR in forestry in Canada as well as for his many contributions to the CORS.
The competition is for the best student paper published or accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal in the years 2013-2014 and no paper can be submitted more than once. At the time the paper was written, applicants should have been an undergraduate, a graduate student or a postdoctoral at a Canadian university or a Canadian studying in a university outside of Canada.
Applications will be judged by a three members committee chaired by Professor Martell (University of Toronto) together with Professors Mikael Rönnqvist (Université Laval) and Jean-François Audy (UQTR). At most three finalists will be announced in beginning of March 2015 and these must highly preferably be prepared to present their paper in a special session at the annual conference. Recommended guidelines for each finalist presentation are: 15 minutes presentation in front of the jury and conference attendees, following by a 15 minutes questions period during which the session chair must provide a priority to jury members. The winner will be announced at the banquet of the Society.
Thanks to the support from the NSERC Strategic Research Network on Value Chain Optimization (www.vconetwork.ca), the CORS conference registration fee of the finalists will be paid and the winner will receive a $300 award.
Submission deadline: Applicants should submit a copy of their paper by January 20th, 2015 and indicate whether they intends to be present or not at the annual conference. All applications and questions should be sent to the President of the Forestry Special Interest Group, Professor Jean-François Audy at: jean-francois.audy(a)uqtr.ca.
We are looking forward to your proposals.
Best regards,
Jean-François Audy & Mikael Rönnqvist, 2015 Co-Chair of the OR in Forestry Cluster
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From: "Contreras, Marco" < <mailto:marco.contreras@uky.edu> marco.contreras(a)uky.edu>
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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 18:27:31 +0000
Subject: COFE 2015 meeting "call for abstracts"
IUFRO Division 3 members,
I am pleased to invite submission of abstracts for the 38th COFE annual meeting to be held in Kentucky July 19-22, 2015. The theme of the meeting is “Engineering Solutions for Non-Industrial Private Forest Operations”. Technical presentations addressing the following topics are sought:
· Forest operations as a mean to restore and improve forest health
· Biomass utilization for energy production
· Best management practices to reduce site disturbances and maintain stream water quality
· Transition to mechanized operations in hardwood forests
· Small-scale forest operations for non-industrial private landowners
Presentations related to other applied forest engineering and operations topics may also be accepted.
Abstracts are due February 13th. Please visit the meeting website for more details <http://www.ukcofemtg2015.com> www.ukcofemtg2015.com
Happy holidays!!
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Marco A. Contreras, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Forest Management
Department of Forestry
College of Agriculture
University of Kentucky
214 Thomas Poe Cooper Building (Office: 204)
Lexington, KY 40546-0073, USA
Phone: (859) 257-5666 <tel:%28859%29%20257-5666>
Email: marco.contreras(a)uky.edu
<http://www.ca.uky.edu/forestry/contreras.php> http://www.ca.uky.edu/forestry/contreras.phphttp://www.ca.uky.edu/forestry/FMRL_Website/index.php
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Betreff: IBFRA2015 Abstract submission deadline: 6 days from now!
Dear Colleagues,
This is a reminder message concerning the Abstract submission to IBFRA2015 Conference. The conference calls for abstracts of posters and oral presentations as well as contributions to the workshop. The deadline for Abstract submission is this week, Sunday 14th December. Please hurry, if you are going to submit an Abstract to the Conference.
The Abstract submission link is: http://www.ibfra2015.org/call-for-abstracts
The Conference theme is Towards a New Era of Forest Science in Boreal Region. It includes four scientific topics
- Sustainable forest management in an era of global changes,
- Bioeconomy – switch from fossils to biobased economy,
- Big-data use and value in the forest sector,
- Managing and valueing ecosystem services for human well-being, and a workshop on
- Innovative means to disseminate scientific information to wider public.
Conference website: www.ibfra2015.org
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask us by sending an email to ibfra2015(a)metla.fi
I hope to see you in the IBFRA2015 conference,
Best wishes, Raisa
Raisa Mäkipää, Senior Research Scientist Finnish Forest Research Institute Chair of the 17th IBFRA conference www.ibfra2015.org
Raisa in Twitter: https://twitter.com/raisamakipaa
Publications: http://www.metla.fi/pp/2876/julkaisut.htm and Scholar profile: http://scholar.google.fi/citations?user=dhnV3n0AAAAJ&hl=fi&oi=ao
Raisa's website: http://www.metla.fi/pp/2876/index.htm
REMINDER : DEADLINE FOR POSTER ABSTRACT SUBMISSION – DECEMBER 12TH, 2014
Forest Machine Technology Conference – Hyatt Regency Montreal Hotel, 21-23 April 2015
FPInnovations, Canada’s R&D Institute for the forest products industry, is proud to host the Forest Machine Technology Conference (FMTC), in collaboration with:
* Unmanned Systems Canada
· Forest Products Association of Canada
· Laval University
· L’École de Technologie Supérieure
· Skogforsk
· Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
· IUFRO
Integrating advanced technology solutions such as robotics and automation is part the dynamic direction the Canadian forest products industry is taking to provide its labor force with a safer, more satisfying and efficient working environment. As the industry continues to transform its business practices, it is imperative to leverage ergonomically and environmentally enhanced productivity gains, which advanced technologies can possibly offer. The conference will feature prominent international keynote speakers, invited technical presentations, technology forum presentations, supplier kiosks, ideation working groups and scientific/technical poster displays.
Call for abstracts: papers, posters and videos – deadline extended
Dear Colleagues,
The deadline for the Call for Abstracts for the WFC2015 has been extended: you are invited to submit your abstracts by 15 December 2014!
Find full details on themes as well as key dates at: http://www.fao.org/forestry/wfc/87584/en/
Submission guidelines for abstracts (papers, posters and videos) are at: http://www.fao.org/forestry/wfc/87585/en/
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International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
IUFRO Headquarters - Secretariat
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IUFRO Task Forces are established on a temporary basis to advance inter-disciplinary cooperation in inter-divisional forest research fields. Their focus is on emerging key issues that are of strong interests to policy makers and groups inside and outside the forest sector, and contribute to international processes and activities.
During the IUFRO Board Meeting held in Salt Lake City in October 2014, a number of Principles were agreed upon as a basis for the establishment of Task Forces during the current IUFRO term. In the view of the IUFRO Management Committee, the number of Task Forces to be convened during a given year may be up to ten, but in order to encourage activities across the full spectrum of IUFRO's disciplinary expertise, shorter-term, more tightly focused Task Forces are encouraged. This will enable IUFRO to establish new Task Forces on a periodic basis throughout the 2015-2019 Term to take advantage of emerging needs and opportunities.
SELECTION CRITERIA
Proposals for new Task Forces will be evaluated by the Management Committee based on the following criteria:
• Contribution to implementation of the IUFRO Strategy 2015-2019;
• Potential to strengthen cross-Divisional interaction on specific topics of global relevance related to one or more Emphasis Areas and/or Institutional Goals of the IUFRO Strategy 2015-2019 (for details see <http://www.iufro.org/discover/strategy/#c10578> http://www.iufro.org/discover/strategy/#c10578);
• Engagement of two or more Divisions by specifically involving relevant Divisional units (Research Groups and/or Working Parties) - proposal should be jointly developed with the relevant IUFRO Divisions and their units, but may involve additional experts currently outside of the IUFRO network and partner institutions, as required. Task Force activities should not undercut current work within IUFRO Divisions, but rather complement and expand their activities;
• Specific contribution of the proposed Task Force to addressing broader policy processes or interdisciplinary science-policy initiatives; e.g., Future Earth (1) , Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), etc.;
• In case partner institutions are involved, brief justification for their involvement;
• Clarity of timelines for proposed Task Force activities and their deliverables; while Task Forces can be proposed for up to the full length of the current IUFRO term (until the 2019 World Congress in Brazil), it is highly recommended that proposed Task Forces consider more focused activities to be undertaken over a much shorter time period (i.e., 1-2 years);
• Selection of Task Force members in a way that they reflect required scientific expertise, diversity, balance between North/South, natural and social sciences, and gender;
• Clarity of operational aspects (roles and responsibilities of Task Force coordinator and members, roles and responsibilities of partners involved, if any), budget for activities and funding sources.
Proposals are now being accepted for new Task Forces that would begin their work in early 2015. Please refer to the format (outlined below) when preparing your proposals. The deadline for submission of proposals is January 15th, 2015. All proposals will be reviewed by the Vice-President for Task Forces in consultation with other members of the IUFRO Management Committee and the Coordinators of IUFRO Divisions relevant to each proposal. Decisions on the establishment of new Task Forces will be made and communicated to the proposed Task Force coordinators by the end of February. The coordinators of new Task Forces will be invited to participate in the upcoming IUFRO Board meeting to be held in Vienna from April 15-17, 2015.
FORMAT FOR TASK FORCE PROPOSALS
Note: Proposals should include the following as concisely as possible, within 3-5 pages.
• Name of proposed Task Force
• Name of proposed Task Force coordinator, affiliation (including IUFRO position) and contact information
• Names of proposed Task Force members, their affiliations (including IUFRO positions) and contact information
Brief overview of the rationale, goals, and objectives of the proposed Task Force (1 paragraph)
• Description of specific proposed Task Force activities, deliverables and timelines. This should include planned focused meetings with tangible outputs such as 'state-of-knowledge' reviews, journal papers, dedicated volumes, etc.
• Budget table listing major activities and funding sources, if known – indicate if these funds are already secured.
• Narrative addressing the following:
- Contribution to implementation of the IUFRO 2015-2019 Strategy;
- How the proposed Task Force will strengthen cross-Divisional interaction on specified topics related to IUFRO 2015-2019 Strategy's Emphasis Areas and/or Institutional Goals , and how the Task Force will complement and/or expand activities of existing IUFRO Divisional units;
- Specific contribution of the proposed Task Force to addressing broader policy processes or interdisciplinary science-policy initiatives.
The deadline for submission of proposals is January 15th, 2015. Proposals should be sent to John Parrotta ( <mailto:jparrotta@fs.fed.us> jparrotta(a)fs.fed.us) with a copy to Renate Prüller ( <mailto:prueller@iufro.org> prueller(a)iufro.org).
(1) Future Earth is an ICSU interdisciplinary initiative to develop knowledge for responding effectively to the risks and opportunities of global environmental change and for supporting transformation towards global sustainability.
The First International Conference *REFORESTATION CHALLENGES*, Belgrade -
Serbia, June 03-06, 2015
*Call for Abstracts*
Contributions are welcome on any aspect of reforestation programs.
The participation of early career scholars and postgraduate researchers is
positively encouraged.
The Conference will include a full range of academic sessions, plenary
lectures, social events and field trip to Research and Education Base of
Faculty of Forestry – University of Belgrade on Mountain Goč and visit to
National Seed Center and nursery in Požega.
TOPICS
- Country report
- Stocktypes
- Seedling quality
- Monitoring reforestation successes
- Plantations
- Breeding for resistance (drought, insects, disease)
- Species, intra-species and seed source selection
- Reasons of reforestation failure
- Planting and after planting protection
- Handling Issue (from lifting to planting)
- Site factors effects on planting stress and establishment
- Competition - Site preparation and vegetation management
- Planning and management of afforestation and reforestation programs
For more information please visit www.reforestationchallenges.org
Best regards,
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*Dr Vladan Ivetić*
Assistant Professor
University of Belgrade
Faculty of Forestry
Department for Seed science,
nursery production and afforestation
Kneza Višeslava 1
11030 Belgrade, Serbia
tel: +381 11 3053 873
fax: +381 11 2545 485
mob: +381 64 2383 584
www.sfb.bg.ac.rs
Call for abstracts: papers, posters and videos
Help define a vision for forests
Share your people-centred ideas, field experiences, cutting-edge research, development projects, practical applications and theoretical models at the world’s largest and most important gathering of the forest sector.
FAO is inviting abstracts on the central theme of the XIV World Forestry Congress, “Forests and People: Investing in a Sustainable Future”, and on relevant topics that also align with any of the six Congress sub-themes:
* Forests for socio-economic development and food security
* Building resilience with forests
* Integrating forests and other land uses
* Encouraging product innovation and sustainable trade
* Monitoring forests for better decision-making
* Improving governance by building capacity
More detailed information on each sub-theme can be found <http://www.fao.org/forestry/wfc/87445/en/> here.
Details about the XIV World Forestry Congress can be found at http://www.fao.org/forestry/wfc/en/.
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International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
IUFRO Headquarters - Secretariat
Marxergasse 2, 1030 Vienna, Austria
Tel.: +43-1-877 0151-14 * Fax: +43-1-877 0151-50
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