IUFRO - 9.01.01 - Library, information networks and terminology Call for
papers/contributions: IUFRO and Information: Direction 2012
IUFRO Division 9 Conference
Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 8-10 May 2012
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IUFRO and Information: Direction 2012
Information has been central to IUFRO's brief since its foundation in the
nineteenth century, and it has maintained a specialist research group
dealing with information in various forms for well over a century. Following
the latest re-organisation, this role is now held by the new IUFRO group 9.
01, Information and Communication, which brings together the traditional
library, information networks and terminology activities (formerly 6.03)
with communications, public relations, extension and knowledge exchange,
along with the long-existing Latin American and Caribbean information
systems network.
The All-Division 9 conference in Sarajevo, May 9-11 2012, gives us a great
opportunity to explore these newly-unified territories and discover
synergies within them that will benefit both IUFRO's internal information
exchange and the global forest information network. Each subgroup of 9.01
will offer an individual programme, and this is a call for contributions for
the session to be organised by 9.01.01, Library, Information Networks and
Terminology, entitled IUFRO and Information: Direction 2012. For full
details of the Sarajevo conference see http://www.foper.org/iufro_1.html.
Objectives for the session are:
1) To involve the widest possible cross-section of those with an
interest in forest-related information
2) To explore opportunities for cross-sectoral work between the various
sub-sections of 9.01 and across IUFRO generally, to support and enhance
information provision is its widest sense
3) To derive from this a timely and relevant agenda for 9.01.01 to
take us up to the next World Congress in 2014 and beyond.
So we invite your ideas! In which directions should we be heading in 2012?
What are your priorities in managing information today? What solutions have
you found, and what support do you need to help establish new systems and
services - or to reinforce existing systems much valued but now under
threat, perhaps for economic or staffing reasons?
We welcome proposals for conventional papers (15min maximum), and also short
contributions (maximum 5 mins) which can be presented in café-style
discussion sessions. We recognise that funding to attend conferences is
often difficult to come by these days, particularly in the library and
information sector, and many who would be interested may be unable to
attend. We welcome contributions from you too! and strongly encourage you to
send in short pieces which can be discussed by conference participants. This
can be in any form you like, e.g. PowerPoint, video (e.g. YouTube), social
media (Twitter etc), e-mail etc. We are not looking for sophisticated or
time-consuming presentation, but for ideas : suggestions for activities
where we as a group of information professionals can make a difference to
you, whether you are an information provider or user, or both.
Traditionally, our group has been active in the areas of networking,
classification and terminology, and in supporting the Global Forest
Information Service (GFIS); and more recently in the developing areas of
data management/archiving, mentoring, training & support and evidence-based
forestry. Ideas for further development in those areas are welcome, but do
not limit yourselves to them:
information is key to every area of human activity so nothing is barred!
Please send your suggestions in not more than 450 words, together with full
name of authors, affiliations, and an e-mail address by February 20, 2012,
to
gillian.petrokofsky(a)plants.ox.ac.uk<mailto:gillian.petrokofsky@plants.ox.ac.
uk>.
Please share this call for papers widely.
Many thanks!
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posted on behalf of 9.01.01 Coordinator Gillian Petrokofsky by Brigitte
Burger, IUFRO Headquarters
Dear colleagues,
please find the second announcement for the conference “Forests for
People”, by following this link
http://www.iufro.org/download/file/7996/5124/tf-forests-people-alpbach12-2n…
Full information about the conference (including keynote speakers and
field trips) can be found at
ffp2012.boku.ac.at
The conference will take place May 22nd-24th 2012 in
Alpbach/Tyrol/Austria. It would be appropriate that you present findings
from the field of forest assessment, modeling and management, such as
· planning for sustainable forest management including
socio-economic aspects
· managerial economics
· forest management systems for forest enterprises
You may also consider organizing a coordinated session.
We are looking forward to meeting you in Alpbach.
Best regards,
Ulrike Pröbstl
Univ. Prof. Dr. Ulrike Pröbstl
Conference organizer
and IUFRO Board Member
Institute of Landscape Development, Recreation and Conservation
Planning
University of Natural Resuorces and Life Sciences
Peter-Jordan-Straße 82
1190 Vienna, Austria
Website: ffp2012.boku.ac.at
E-Mail: ffp2012(a)boku.ac.at
Dear IUFRO Colleagues,
Dear Division 1 - 9 Mailing List Members,
The Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, is offering a Wood
Professorship of Forest Science
The Wood Professorship of Forest Science is a newly established post at the
Department of Plant Sciences and its purpose is to develop a research
initiative that will generate the fundamental science necessary to underpin
evidence-based forest policy developments. This professorship provides an
exciting opportunity for an individual with outstanding academic
achievements and vision to develop a world-class research programme at the
University of Oxford. The department enjoys an internationally leading
position in research and teaching in plant sciences, with research groups
focusing on biochemistry and systems biology, cell and developmental
biology, ecology, evolution and systematics. The Professor will provide
academic leadership in Forest Science in the Department of Plant Sciences
and throughout the University. He/she is expected to contribute to promoting
the 'Trees for Tomorrow' initiative within the Plants for the 21st Century
(P21C) Institute.
Applications should be sent by email to Dr Gwen Booth, Personnel Officer,
Senior Appointments at professorships(a)admin.ox.ac.uk.
The deadline for applications is Monday 16 January 2012.
Detailed information is available at
http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/global/wwwoxacuk/localsites/currentvacancies/furth
erparticularsforprofessorships/Wood_Professorship_of_Forest_Science.pdf
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Brigitte Burger - Web Management
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
IUFRO Headquarters - Secretariat
Mariabrunn (BFW), Hauptstrasse 7 │ A-1140 Vienna, Austria
Tel.: +43-1-877 0151-14 │ Fax: +43-1-877 0151-50
Website: <http://www.iufro.org/> http://www.iufro.org │ Email:
<mailto:burger@iufro.org> burger(a)iufro.org
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce the inaugural meeting of the new IUFRO Risk
Analysis Working Party (IUFRO 4.04.07).
Please visit our website ( <http://riskanalysis-iufro.org/>
http://riskanalysis-iufro.org/) for information on meeting dates (November,
2012), location (Dehradun, India), registration, and more.
Please share this announcement with your colleagues, and I hope that you
will consider joining this new IUFRO working party, and attending the
inaugural meeting.
Regards,
David Gray (Working Party Coordinator)
S. S. Negi (Working Party Deputy Coordinator)
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Chers collègues,
J'ai le plaisir de vous aviser de la rencontre inaugurale du nouveau Groupe
de travail de l'Analyse du risque IUFRO (IUFRO 4.04.07).
Prière de visiter le site web ( <http://riskanalysis-iufro.org/>
http://riskanalysis-iufro.org/) pour plus d'information sur les rencontres
(dates (novembre 2012), endroits (Dehradun, India), inscriptions et autres).
Sentez-vous libre de partager ce courriel avec vos collègues et, j'éspère
que vous considérerez vous joindre au nouveau groupe de travail IUFRO et
participerez à la rencontre inaugurale.
Sincèrement,
David Gray (Coordonnateur du Groupe de travail)
S. S. Negi (Coordonnateur adjoint du Groupe de travail)
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Dr. David Gray
Research Scientist - Landscape Disturbances
Natural Resources Canada - Canadian Forest Service
Mail: Box 4000
Fredericton, NB
E3B 5P7
Canada
Courier: 1350 Regent St.
Fredericton, NB
E3C 2G6
Canada
<mailto:david.gray@nrcan.gc.ca> david.gray(a)nrcan.gc.ca
tel: +1-506-452-3462
fax: +1506-452-3525
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Dear Colleagues:
COST is currently inviting researchers to submit proposals on green
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the forest sector. A
Green Engineering Camp (GEC) that will take place in Plitvice National Park,
Croatia, 2-6 July 2012, http://www.cost.eu/events/gec, where outstanding
proposals will be presented. The GEC's main aim is to collect and award
innovative ideas using Green ICT in real-life applications, especially
related to current and future challenges in the European forest sector. It
will encourage intelligent use and development of ICT to increase
environmental efficiency in forests, forestry, forest industries, logistics
etc.
This is an excellent initiative, but it relies entirely on a sufficient
number of proposals. Examples of possible subject areas can be found in the
Call for Ideas at <http://www.cost.eu/download/CallforIdeas>
http://www.cost.eu/download/CallforIdeas.
You are invited to submit proposals and/or distribute the call text widely,
not only to foresters and forest institutions but also to ICT and others.
Best regards
IUFRO Headquarters
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International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
IUFRO Headquarters - Secretariat
Mariabrunn (BFW), Hauptstrasse 7 │ A-1140 Vienna, Austria
Tel.: +43-1-877 0151-0 │ Fax: +43-1-877 0151-50
Website: <http://www.iufro.org/> http://www.iufro.org │ Email:
<mailto:office@office@iufro.org> office(a)iufro.org
2011 - International Year of Forests
Dear Colleagues:
The international conference "Ecosystem Design for Multiple Services - with
an emphasis on Eurasian Boreal Forests" will be held in St. Petersburg,
Russia on 9-11 November 2011.
Many IUFRO officeholders are involved and an exciting programme has been put
together; to learn more about it, please visit:
http://www.iufro.org/download/file/7783/1816/petersburg11-programme_pdf/.
See you in St. Petersburg!
Dr. Maxim Chubinsky
Ass. prof., executive director of ICFFI, vice dean of Forestry Faculty St
Petersburg State Forest Technical University,
Institutsky per, 5
194021, St Petersburg, Russia
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posted on behalf of Maxim Chubinsky by Brigitte Burger, IUFRO Headquarters
Dear Colleagues:
The 30th General Assembly of ICSU was concluded last week in Rome.
Additional Press Releases were issued by the ICSU Secretariat at the
conclusion of the final session, one of them containing detailed information
about the new President of ICSU:
Nobel Prize winning scientist is new President of ICSU:
http://www.icsu.org/general-assembly/press-room/press-releases/Press%20Relea
se%20Presidency.pdf/view
Responsibilities of scientists underlined by scientific community:
http://www.icsu.org/general-assembly/press-room/press-releases/Press%20Relea
se%20Universality.pdf/view
You are welcome to forward these press releases to your contacts.
Best regards
Brigitte Burger
IUFRO Headquarters
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forwarded on behalf of Michael Kleine by Brigitte Burger, IUFRO
Headquarters.
Dear colleagues,
The Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, the
Experimental Center of Tropical Forestry,
Pingxiang, the Albert-Ludwigs-University,
Freiburg and the University of Technology,
Dresden will organize an "International
Conference on Multipurpose Forest Management
under Changing Conditions" from November 23-24 in Nanning, China.
Further Information about the second announcement
of the conference is available in English
(http://www.valwood.uni-freiburg.de/Downloads/Nanning%20Conference%20-%20Sec…)
or in Chinese (http://www.caf.ac.cn/news/xwzx/201109/2011-09-05-13-45.html)
You are welcome to join the above mentioned
conference. Please feel free to distribute this
information to potential other participants.
Best regards
Heinrich Spiecker
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Heinrich Spiecker
Director, Institut für Waldwachstum / Institute for Forest Growth
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Tennenbacher Str. 4, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
tel. ++49-761-2033737
fax ++49-761-2033740
instww(a)uni-freiburg.de
www.iww.uni-freiburg.de
Dear All:
You may be glad to know thatan International Conference on New Frontier
of Forest Economics (neFFE), ETH, Zurich, Switzerland, June 26-30, 2012
is being organized.A call for papers for this conference is enclosed.
Other details of this conference are available at http://www.neffe.ch/
You may like to join us in Switzerland in June 2012.
Yours
Shashi
Prof. Shashi Kant
Faculty of Forestry
University of Toronto
Dear Colleagues,
ICSU is currently holding its 30th General Assembly in Rome, Italy, in which
IUFRO is represented by Deputy Executive Director Michael Kleine.
Two press releases were issued at the conclusion of yesterday's session of
the 30th General Assembly:
- Research solutions for sustainability in a rapidly changing world:
http://www.icsu.org/general-assembly/press-room/press-releases/Press%20relea
se%20ESSI.pdf/view
- New Global science initiative on Urban Health:
http://www.icsu.org/general-assembly/press-room/press-releases/Press%20Relea
se%20Urban%20Health.pdf/view
You are welcome to forward these press releases to your contacts.
Best regards
Brigitte Burger
IUFRO Headquarters
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forwarded on behalf of Michael Kleine by Brigitte Burger, IUFRO
Headquarters.
