Dear colleagues,

 IUFRO 4.05 – Managerial economics and accounting with all five subunits (4.05.01, 4.05.02., 4.05.03, 4.05.04 and 4.05.05), University of Padova and IUFRO Task Force “Unlocking the Bioeconomy and Non-Timber Forest Products” are organizing a conference with the title “Is there a room for the small scale enterprises in the forest bioeconomy?” in Castelfranco Veneto, (TV), Italy, 2-5 June 2020. You are kindly invited to participate.

We encourage you to submit an abstract (200 words) with name, affiliation and contact information to http://www.etifor.com/iufro2020 or sending it to giorgia.bottaro.2@phd.unipd.it;

The deadline for abstract submission is 22 March, 2020, so don’t delay. If you have questions, please send an email to the contacts given below or at  http://www.etifor.com/iufro2020.

For more information concerning abstracts, registration etc., please, see the attached leaflet, conference web-page http://www.etifor.com/iufro2020 and IUFRO website https://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-4/40000/40500/activities/

The web-page http://www.etifor.com/iufro2020 will be regularly updated.

 We hope that you find this conference topic of great interest, and encourage you to inform other potential participants in your networks.

 We look forward to your active participation at this conference and meeting you in Castelfranco in June 2020.

With kind regards,



Davide Pettenella, conference coordinator, davide.pettenella@unipd.it;

Giorgia Bottaro, conference secretary, giorgia.bottaro.2@phd.unipd.it;

Lidija Zadnik Stirn, IUFRO 4.05 coordinator, lidija.zadnik@bf.uni-lj.si;

James Chamberlain, IUFRO TF4 coordinator, james.l.chamberlain@usda.gov;  ​