Dear Colleagues, Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical University will organize an international conference on "Forests of Russia: Policy, Industry, Science and Education" in May this year. IUFRO Divisions 1, 3 and 4, and the Joint IUFRO/IFSA Task Force on Forest Education will sponsor the Conference. For more information, please see attached document. ·Conference theme: Forests of Russia – Policy, Industry, Science and Education ·Location: Petersburg, Russia ·Dates: May 24-26, 2017 ·Abstract submission due: April 3, 2017 Best regards, Woodam Chung (Div. 3), Jean-Luc Peyron (Div. 4) and Jens Peter Skovsgaard (Div. 1)