Dear Colleague!
I am contacting you concerning the Conference on Biomass Mobilization
that will be held in Rome on Tuesday 19 May 2015.
This Conference will be presenting in a single day and place the key
results of the three large projects sponsored by the EU on the subject
of energy wood supply chains for agriculture (EuroPruning Project)
forestry (INFRES Project) and dedicated plantations (Logistech
Project). These combined budget of these projects amounts to €15
million, and the projects gather many of the most prestigious European
Institutions dealing with biomass.
The conference is organised by the INFRES, LogistEC and EuroPrunning
projects, and supported by a range of Italian, European, American and
international networks and trade associations, including
· International Union of Forest Research Organizations
(IUFRO)
· IEA Bioenergy Agreement Task 43 - Biomass feedstocks
for energy markets,
· US Department of Agriculture / US Forest Service
· European Biomass Association
· European Biomass Industry Association
· Italian Biomass Association (Itabia)
· Federazione Nazionale Costruttori Macchine per
l’Agricoltura
We are proud that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations (FAO) have offered us free of charge a most convenient and
prestigious venue in the heart of the eternal city.
Thanks to funding of the European Commission and the liberal support
of the above partners we are able to make participation in this
conference free of charge – there is no registration fee. Speakers
are invited only.
You can find all the relevant information for this event by clicking
on the following link:
www.infres.eu/en/final-conference/ [1]
That will lead you to the Conference Flyer, the Programme, the Info
Sheet on logistics and the Conference registration
Please notice that REGISTRATION IS MANDATORY: for security reasons,
no unregistered participants will be admitted to the venue. Also
please notice that the _deadline for registration is Sunday 19 April
2015_. In order to register, please click here:
http://www.infres.eu/en/final-conference/registration/
For further information please visit the conference website or contact
the lead organisers:
· John Vos, BTG, vos(a)btgworld.com
· Raffaele Spinelli, CNR
IVALSA, spinelli(a)ivalsa.cnr.it
Best regards,
Raffaele Spinelli
Links:
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[1] http://www.infres.eu/en/final-conference/
2nd Call for Abstracts (and sorry for cross mailings)
Abstract deadline March 1st 2015 – Notification April 1st 2015
SSAFR 2015 – 16th Symposium for Systems Analysis in Forest Resources
August 19-21, 2015, Uppsala, Sweden
Homepage: http://www.skogforsk.se/ssafr2015
Abstract submission: https://www.anpdm.com/public/run-survey.aspx?Id=41435A40794444504B7540&Sess…
The SSAFR symposia congregate researchers and practitioners in the area of Operations Research and Systems Analysis in Forest Resources. The symposia are held biannually since the 1980’s and have until now taken place in the Americas; for the first time now in Europe.
Objectives and themes
The aim is to have a representation of presentations and experts that covers this broad and expanding field. Topics of interest include: strategic, operational and tactical planning forest planning, fire and pests, spatial problems, hierarchical problems, forest operations, forest supply chain, multiple objectives, uncertainty, GIS and information technologies, algorithmic developments, exact, heuristic and metaheuristic methods as well as broad problem areas such as economics of sustainability, assessment of ecosystem services, environmental issues, wood for energy, and landscape planning. The following themes are identified for the conference (other may be organized on request, please get in touch with Scientific Committee chair):
* Educational tools in OR/MS
* Multi Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) methods
* Fire and pest - modeling and control
* Forest Decision Support Systems - construction and use
* OR/MS techniques for forest planning
* Forest operations
* Planning and control systems for the forest-based supply chains
* The forest-based sector – modeling
* The forest-based sector – challenges and policies
Some important dates
* March 1st, 2015: Deadline submission of presentations and posters
* April 1st, 2015: Presentations and posters notification
* June 15th, 2015: Early bird registration deadline
Contact and questions
* Scientific program: Ljusk Ola Eriksson (ola.eriksson(a)slu.se<mailto:ola.eriksson@slu.se>)
* Organizational issues: Gert Andersson (gert.andersson(a)skogforsk.se<mailto:gert.andersson@skogforsk.se>)
Co-organizers
* SLU: http://www.slu.se/en/departments/forest-resource-management/
* Skogforsk: http://www.skogforsk.se/english/
Professor Ljusk Ola Eriksson
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Department of Forest Resource Management
Forest Planning
SE-901 83 UMEÅ
Visiting address: Skogsmarksgränd
Phone: +46 90 786 83 78
Fax: +46907868111
Ljusk.Ola.Eriksson(a)slu.se<mailto:Ljusk.Ola.Eriksson@slu.se>, www.slu.se/srh<http://www.slu.se/srh>
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From: Bhaskar Vira [mailto:bv101@cam.ac.uk]
Sent: Dienstag, 13. Januar 2015 12:00
Subject: Call for papers on Forests and Food Security - reminder deadline 31 January
----- Call for Papers for Special Issue of Environmental Conservation on 'Forests and Food Security' -----
The aim of this thematic issue is to provide a forum for research that explores the different ways in which forests and agroforestry systems can be managed as food provisioning systems, in addition to their existing contributions to the conservation landscape. Potential audiences for this contribution include scholars and policy makers working in forest and related sectors, as well as those working in the areas of food and nutrition security both locally and internationally. A reminder that the deadline for the submission of papers is 31 January 2015. Details are attached.
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Bhaskar Vira
Department of Geography
Downing Place
Cambridge CB2 3EN
E-mail: bv101(a)cam.ac.uk
Ph: +44 (0)1223 339823
Fax: +44 (0)1223 333392
http://www.geog.cam.ac.uk/people/vira
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>
To: " <mailto:div3@lists.iufro.org> div3(a)lists.iufro.org" < <mailto:div3@lists.iufro.org> div3(a)lists.iufro.org>
Cc:
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!!
___________________________________
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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Von: Metla info [mailto:info@metla.fi]
Gesendet: Montag, 8. Dezember 2014 12:29
An: burger(a)iufro.org
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
