Von: Drew, David [drew(a)sun.ac.za] [mailto:drew@sun.ac.za]
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 23. Mai 2018 15:42
Betreff: Reminder: NFFF 2018 earlybird registration
Dear colleagues
A reminder to those who are planning to attend "New Frontiers in Forecasting Forests" in Stellenbosch, South Africa, in September that the deadline for earlybird (reduced price) registration is the end of May! Visit http://conferences.sun.ac.za/index.php/ff2018/NFFF2018/schedConf/registrati… to register. Or contact David Drew (drew(a)sun.ac.za) if you have any queries.
Regards
Dave Drew and the NFFF organising committee
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From: mirela niculescu < <mailto:mniculescum@yahoo.com> mniculescum(a)yahoo.com>
Date: Di., 22. Mai 2018 um 18:21 Uhr
Subject: ESNA CONFERENCE
Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the ESNA Committee and Local organizing committee it is our pleasure to invite you to participate in the 47-th Annual Meeting of our Society to be held in Craiova, Romania. The host of the ESNA meeting will be the Faculty of Agronomy – University of Craiova.
Craiova, Romania's
6 th largest city and capital of Dolj County, is situated near the east bank of Jiu river, in central Oltenia. It is a longstanding political center, and is located at approximately equal distances from the Southern Carpathians (north) and Danube River (south).
We hope we will all have a memorable and scientifically stimulating meeting in Craiova and we look forward to meeting you here in September 2018.
Welcome to Craiova, Romania!
Prof.assoc. M. NICULESCU, PhD.
Vice-Dean
Faculty of Agronomy
University of Craiova
Departament of Botany
19 Libertatii street, 200583
Craiova
Romania
00 40 251 418475
00 40 730 447200
Von: Marušák Róbert [mailto:marusak@fld.czu.cz]
Gesendet: Montag, 21. Mai 2018 11:12
Betreff: Landscape Manegement: From Data to Decison – Prague - Registration and Abstract Submission Now Open!
Colleagues,
Registration and abstract submission is open for the international conference "Landscape Management: From Data to Decison"!
The conference will be held on September 17-19, 2018 in Prague, Czech Republic.
More information is available at the conference website www.praguelandman2018.org
We are looking forward to meeting and to discussing with you landscape matters in Prague!
Robert Marusak
Coordinator of IUFRO Research Group 4.04.00 – Forest management planning
Von: Jean-Paul Laclau [mailto:jean-paul.laclau@cirad.fr]
Gesendet: Montag, 21. Mai 2018 10:47
Betreff: EARLY-BIRD REGISTRATION to the IUFRO Conference 'Eucalyptus 2018' in Montpellier, France. DEADLINE: 31 May 2018
This is a friendly reminder that the early-bird registration deadline for the 'Eucalyptus 2018' conference is 31 May 2018.
Details at https://eucalyptus2018.cirad.fr/
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Call for Participation in the 4th International Congress on Planted Forests
The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), in
partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
(FAO) and the State Forestry and Grassland Administration of China (SFGA),
is convening the 4th International Congress on Planted Forests at the China
National Convention Centre (CNCC), Beijing, China on October 23-25, 2018,
with optional post Congress excursions on October 26-27 with two routes, one
for the conservation planted forests in North China and one for the
industrial planted forests in South China. The Congress is organized by the
Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF), the national research institution on
forestry in China.
The 4th International Congress on Planted Forests aims to investigate the
contribution of planted forests to green development in the context of
global changes. Topics include the sustainability of planted forests in the
context of changing climates and the future role of planted forests in
bio-resources sustainability, environmental protection and green
development. The Congress will also be a space of interface between
scientific communities, wider society and government policy initiatives
related to planted forests.
The 4th International Congress on Planted Forests will arrange 2 plenary
keynote presentations, 8 sub-plenary invited presentations, around 40
parallel technical sessions with around 240 oral presentations as well as
quite a number of poster presentations.
The 4th International Congress on Planted Forests is calling for submission
of session proposals and abstracts, as well as registration for
participation.
Important deadlines:
(1) Submission for session proposals: May 31, 2018 (with flexibility of
submission a week later if prior communication with the Congress Secretariat
is made).
(2) Submission for abstracts: July 15, 2018.
(3) Early-bird registration: July 31, 2018.
Immediately after the 4th International Congress on Planted Forests, there
will be also the 60's anniversary celebration of the Chinese Academy of
Forestry and associated international workshop in Beijing, China on October
26-27, 2018.
Please find as attached herewith the Congress Announcement.
For more information about the 4th International Congress on Planted
Forests, please refer to the Congress website www.icpf2018.net
<http://www.icpf2018.net/> or www.icpf2018.com <http://www.icpf2018.com/> ,
or directly contact icpf2018(a)vip.163.com or icpf_4th(a)126.com.
We thank you very much and look forward to your kind participation in the
4th International Congress on Planted Forests, either organizing sessions,
or making oral/and or poster presentations, as well as just participating
for academic discussions and exchange.
It will be highly appreciated if you could also help circulate the Congress
among your network family as widely as possible.
Dear IUFRO Colleagues,
P
lease find enclosed the 1st announcement and call for papers for “18th
International Symposium
on Legal Aspects of European Forest Sustainable Development and Wildlife:
Skills and Vocational Training” of IUFRO Units 5.12.00, 8.02.05, 9.06.00 to
be held in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova in
September 11-15, 2018.
The pre-registration form is also included
.
The objectives of symposium will focus on the intersection of „ecosystem
services", "forest and wildlife legislation", "wildlife habitat relations"
and “education in forestry and wildlife management”.
Modern skills required for improving the lives of people through economic,
environmental, ecological and social benefits of forests are at the center
of the conference.
See you all this year in Republic of Moldova!
With best regards,
Vitalie Gulca
IUFRO 8.02.05 Unit Deputy Coordinator
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:
· 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.
· Statistical Process Control (SPC) – A Time-Tested Tool for Process Control and Improvement. March 20, 2018.
· Wood procurement. April 10, 2018.
Videos of these past seminars 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…>
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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.eduwww.cfpb.vt.eduwww.sim.sbio.vt.edu
