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Conference Announcement: Cool forests at risk? 17-20 September 2018

by Brigitte Burger

#IBFRA18 <http://mailchi.mp/af9aef4741b1/conference-announcement-cool-forests-at-risk…> View this email in your browser On the occasion of the International Day of Forests 21 March 2018 <https://ibfra.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=396aea89a262d8672c84122a9&i…> https://gallery.mailchimp.com/396aea89a262d8672c84122a9/images/ced816f9-d18… Cool forests at risk? The critical role of boreal and mountain ecosystems for people, bioeconomy, and climate 17-20 September 2018, Laxenburg (near Vienna), Austria. The International Boreal Forest Research Association is pleased to announce, in collaboration with the Pan-Eurasian Experiment (PEEX), the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), and supported by the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) the IBFRA18 "Cool forests at risk? The critical role of boreal and mountain ecosystems for people, bioeconomy, and climate” conference to be held in Laxenburg, Austria. The event will focus on both boreal and high altitude forests. It will launch an initiative to raise awareness, maintain, and promote the multiple, critical values provided by those ecosystems. Hosted by IIASA on 17-20 September 2018, the event will bring together and support the dialogue of academia and decision makers from policy, business, and civil society as the start of a collective effort to create solutions for a sustainable future for the earth system. <https://ibfra.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=396aea89a262d8672c84122a9&i…> Latest conference information on the IBFRA18 website <https://ibfra.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=396aea89a262d8672c84122a9&i…> https://gallery.mailchimp.com/396aea89a262d8672c84122a9/images/d9f61d87-e66… https://gallery.mailchimp.com/396aea89a262d8672c84122a9/images/589192e2-2e8… <https://ibfra.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=396aea89a262d8672c84122a9&i…> https://gallery.mailchimp.com/396aea89a262d8672c84122a9/images/8e427fbf-9d8… Sign up to be an Ambassador for Cool Forests and join the collective effort to work together to create solutions for a sustainable future for boreal and mountain ecosystems for people, bioeconomy, and our climate. <https://ibfra.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=396aea89a262d8672c84122a9&i…> Find out more We are proud to present a first list of speakers: Jaana Bäck Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research INAR / Forest Sciences University of Helsinki, Finland Alexander Buck (to be confirmed) International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Markku Kulmala Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), University of Helsinki Werner Kurz (to be confirmed) Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Canada Woo-Kyun Lee Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University Raisa Mäkipää Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE) Christiane Schmullius Department for Earth Observation, Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences, Friedrich Schiller University Jena (FSU), Germany Anatoly Shvidenko International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Eugene Vaganov Siberian Federal University, Russia For a constantly updated list of speakers <https://ibfra.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=396aea89a262d8672c84122a9&i…> check the website. <https://ibfra.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=396aea89a262d8672c84122a9&i…> Preliminary conference program Copyright © 2018 International Boreal Forest Research Association, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you participated in an IBFRA event or you requested to be added to the IBFRA mailing list. Our mailing address is: International Boreal Forest Research Association 580 Booth Street Ottawa, On K1A 0E4 Canada <file:///\\ibfra.us9.list-manage.com\vcard%3fu=396aea89a262d8672c84122a9&id=a51cafe28a> Add us to your address book <https://ibfra.us9.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=396aea89a262d8672c84122a9&i…> unsubscribe from this list <https://ibfra.us9.list-manage.com/profile?u=396aea89a262d8672c84122a9&id=a5…> update subscription preferences <http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm…> Email Marketing Powered by MailChimp <https://ibfra.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=396aea89a262d8672c84122a9&i…> IIASA Disclamer https://ibfra.us9.list-manage.com/track/open.php?u=396aea89a262d8672c84122a…

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IUFRO Spotlight #58 - To build a healthier city, build a better forest

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Change in topic for March 20 IUFRO Div. 5 Webinar

by Henry Quesada

Dear friends, Due to an unforeseen circumstance, we need to switch the topic for our upcoming webinar on March 20. The modified agenda for March 20 and April 10 is: · Statistical Process Control (SPC) – A Time-Tested Tool for Process Control and Improvement. March 20, 2018. 7 am-8 am Pacific Time (GMT -08:00). WebEx session number 311 570 056 · Wood procurement. April 10, 2018. 4 pm -5 pm Central European Time (GMT +01:00) . WebEx session number 310 080 448 If you have questions please let me know and I am sorry for the inconvenience. Henry ---------------------------------- Henry Quesada Associate Professor Department of Sustainable Biomaterials Virginia Tech Brooks Forest Products Building 1650 Research Center Drive Blacksburg, VA 24061 Phone (540) 231-0978 Related web sites: www.sbio.vt.edu www.cfpb.vt.edu www.sim.sbio.vt.edu

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Upcoming IUFRO Webinar reminder, March 20 2018

by Henry Quesada

Dear friends: The Industrial Engineering, Operation Analysis and Logistics working party (5.04.13) AT IUFRO is glad to announce a series of webinars scheduled for Spring 2018. Please MARK YOUR CALENDAR! The goal of this webinar series is to present latest updates on technology and operations management practices impacting the forest products industry. The webinars are free and do not require a registration. If for some reason you cannot participate, a recording of each webinar will be uploaded to the working party web site. The schedule is as follows: · Wood procurement. March 20, 2018. 4 pm -5 pm Central European Time (GMT +01:00). WebEx session number 310 080 448 · Statistical Process Control (SPC) – A Time-Tested Tool for Process Control and Improvement. April 10, 2018. 7 am-8 am Pacific Time (GMT -08:00). WebEx session number 311 570 056 · Production Management in Forest based industries. May 15, 2018. 4-5pm Central European Time (GMT +01:00). WebEx session number 318 558 152 · Tooling Issues in Wood-Based Manufacturing. -June 12, 2018. 10 pm-11pm Malaysia Time (GMT+08:00). WebEx session number 648 885 702 Instructions to access WebEx 1. Go to https://virginiatech.webex.com <https://virginiatech.webex.com/> 2. Enter the WebEx session number (see above) 3. If this is your first time using WebEx, the platform will ask you to install the WebEx client. It will take a couple of minutes 4. Once you are logged-in, please adjust your microphone and speakers preferences. Past webinars · Lean Logistics. Value Stream Mapping Applied to the Wood Fiber Supply Chain. February 6, 2018. A video this seminar can be accessed at https://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-5/50000/50400/50413/public… <https://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-5/50000/50400/50413/public…> Webinars Details See attachment for more details and speakers information. ---------------------------------- Henry Quesada Associate Professor Department of Sustainable Biomaterials Virginia Tech Brooks Forest Products Building 1650 Research Center Drive Blacksburg, VA 24061 Phone (540) 231-0978 Related web sites: www.sbio.vt.edu www.cfpb.vt.edu www.sim.sbio.vt.edu

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Deadline for abstracts for NFFF 2018 end of March: reminder

by David Drew <drew＠sun.ac.za>

A reminder that the call for abstracts<http://conferences.sun.ac.za/index.php/ff2018/NFFF2018/schedConf/cfp> for "New Frontiers in Forecasting Forests<http://conferences.sun.ac.za/ff2018/NFFF2018>", an international conference on forest growth, yield, wood formation and wood properties modelling, will close at the end of March 2018! This meeting, which will be held in the beautiful, historic town of Stellenbosch, South Africa<http://conferences.sun.ac.za/index.php/ff2018/NFFF2018/schedConf/accommodat…>, will provide an opportunity to bring together scientists, modelers and managers in a focused forum to present and discuss advances in models predicting wood formation, future wood properties and other attributes of forests. Please contact Dr David Drew<mailto:drew@sun.ac.za> or any other members of the Organizing Committee<http://conferences.sun.ac.za/index.php/ff2018/NFFF2018/about/organizingTeam> for more information! [http://cdn.sun.ac.za/100/ProductionFooter.jpg]<http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Pages/Water-crisis.aspx> The integrity and confidentiality of this email is governed by these terms. Disclaimer<http://www.sun.ac.za/emaildisclaimer> Die integriteit en vertroulikheid van hierdie e-pos word deur die volgende bepalings gere?l. Vrywaringsklousule<http://www.sun.ac.za/emaildisclaimer>

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IUFRO NEWS 2/3, 2018

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