Dear Division 3 Colleagues, Greetings! I wish to inform you of the XXV IUFRO World Congress and other Division 3 sponsored events in 2019. XXV IUFRO World Congress in Brazil - First IUFRO World Congress in Latin America Call for Abstracts is open for the XXV IUFRO World Congress to be held in Curitiba, Brazil from September 29 to October 5, 2019. Below is a list of just some technical sessions relevant to our research fields. For a complete list of technical sessions and their synopsis, please visit https://iufro2019.com/technical-sessions/. Abstract submission is due December 31st, 2018. * A1e Raising issues in mountain forests and mountain forest management * A3a Forest Operations: A Tool for Forest Management * A4a Artificial Intelligence, machine learning and knowledge sharing: combining old and new skills to improve decision-making in forestry * A6k The bioeconomy: Criteria, indicators, circular: A sustainable way forward? * A6j Strengthening Community and Smallholder Forestry for SDGs and other Forest-Related Goals * B4a Climate smart forestry or how to integrate adaptation, mitigation and sustainable forest management * C3a Moving towards sustainable forest operation for a greener future. * C3b Digital transformation in wood industry * C3c Forest Operations Engineering and Management - Innovations for the Future * C3d Global green supply chains as a driver for sustainable forest management in the tropics * C3e Precision Forestry * C3f Promoting the environmental, social and economic benefits by monitoring the performance of forest machines: new approaches in precision forest operations * C3g The Forest and Fire Operations Nexus: Syntheses and Perspectives on Integrating Fire Risk Management with Forest Engineering and Management * C3h The role of forest ergonomics in Sustainable Forest Management in tropical regions * C3i Tools for tropical wood identification against illegal logging * C4a Advancements in digital technologies for dendrometry and qualitative indicators of forests * C4b Advances in SAR: Sensors, Methodologies, and Applications * C4c Benchmarking in forestry - Challenges and solutions for establishing benchmarking systems * C4e Decision Support Approaches for Forestry of the 21th Century * C4i Innovative Applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in Forest Science and Management * C5d New Methods and Applications of Timber Identification * C5f Quality requirements of forest biomass for biorefinery * C5j The use of forest and mill residues for advanced bioenergy/biofuels production * C7c Sustainable biomass for a greener future * F6b Effective educational strategies for the next generation of forest professionals * ... 18th Symposium on Systems Analysis in Forest Resources (SSFAR) * March 3-7, 2019 * Puerto Varas, Chile * Abstract submission due: November 15, 2018 (coming up soon!) * Website: http://ssafr2019.cl/13/en/inicio Small-scale Forestry Conference 2019 * July 8-10, 2019 * Duluth, MN USA * Website: http://iufrossf.umn.edu/ First joint annual meeting of FORMEC and COFE * October 6-10, 2019 * Sopron, Hugary/Forchtenstein, Austria * Website: https://www.formec.org/; http://cofe.org/ Best regards, Woodam ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Woodam Chung IUFRO Division 3 Coordinator Faye & Lucille Stewart Professor of Forest Engineering Department of Forest Engineering, Resources and Management Oregon State University 267 Peavy Hall Corvallis, OR 97331-5703 Email: woodam.chung@oregonstate.edu<mailto:woodam.chung@oregonstate.edu> Phone: +1-541-737-8248 IUFRO Division 3 Podcast: http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-3/30000/podcasts/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------