[IUFRO Div 3] Upcoming IUFRO SSF Conference September 2012

Greetings IUFRO Colleagues, The Small-scale Forestry conference is nearly upon us! At this time we have roughly 85 participants from 18 countries coming to join us in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. We are very much looking forward to hosting you all here in southern New England. Hopefully by now everyone has made hotel accommodations and knows how they'll be getting to us. For last minute travel details, visit http://iufrossf2012.org/travel-information/. ORAL PRESENTATIONS An updated program is available at http://iufrossf2012.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/iufro-ssf-2012-program-20120 820.pdf, highlighting the 64 talks speakers are slated to present. For those of you among the 64, time for presentations will be 20 minutes with 5-10 minutes for questions. Our session moderators will work hard to keep the program on track, and moving according to schedule. We would like to ask those of you who will be using PowerPoint, to please email your presentations to <mailto:info@familyforestresearchcenter.org> info(a)familyforestresearchcenter.org by Wednesday September 19th, and also to bring a copy on a flash drive/memory stick as a back-up. If you cannot send it to us by the 19th, please bring it on a flash drive and arrive at the room in which you will be speaking at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the track session. We would also like to ask all oral presenters to send a brief biographical sketch that can be used by the session moderator to introduce you to <mailto:info@familyforestresearchcenter.org> info(a)familyforestresearchcenter.org by September 19th. A few lines or short paragraph is adequate. Those 35 years of age or younger will be eligible for the Outstanding Young Researcher Award. Please let us know if you are 35 or under. POSTER PRESENTATIONS We will be conducting our poster session on Monday September 24th, just before lunch. Participants presenting posters should plan on hanging their posters prior to the 8:30am plenary session. Tackable surface for bulletin boards on which posters will be hung is four feet by four feet (1.22 meters by 1.22 meters). If presenters would like to take up more than one bulletin board, they may do so, but please send an email request to info(a)familyforestresearchcenter.org no later than Wednesday Sept 19th. Poster presenters should be prepared to give a 5-10 talk on their posters during the session. OTHER CONFERENCE DETAILS All breakfasts & lunches are included in the registration package, as is dinner on Sunday the 23rd and Wednesday the 26th. The only meals for which participants will be on their own are dinners Monday & Tuesday evenings (Sept 24 & 25). Sunday's opening reception will be held at our local brew pub: the Amherst Brewing Company (ABC). Participants attending the reception should plan to pick up their registration packets at that time (unless also attending the pre-conference workshop Saturday & Sunday). There are a number of options for travel to ABC. A guided walk will be offered for those interested, leaving the Campus Center Way Circle meeting spot (see map below) at 4:30pm. This walk is estimated to talk roughly one half-hour. Vans will also be traveling between the meeting spot and ABC starting at 4:45pm and ending at 8:15pm. For those wishing to make their way independently, see the map and directions at http://iufrossf2012.org/travel-information/getting-here/. Looking forward to seeing you soon! -- Jaketon Hewes IUFRO SSF 2012 Conference Coordinator Research Coordinator Family Forest Research Center University of Massachusetts Amherst 160 Holdsworth Way Amherst, MA 01003-9285 413-545-3966 http://www.familyforestresearchcenter.org