Dear all
Please check the D5 website for recent changes, and get back to me about
any other additions or suggestions.
Dave Cown,
Senior Scientist, Wood Quality
Coordinator, IUFRO Division 5 (Forest Products)
Scion (Trading name of Forest Research Institute Ltd.)
Private Bag 3020
49 Sala St. Rotorua
New Zealand
Ph: +64 7343 5525
Mobile: 021 187 4022
Fx: +64 7343 5507
www.scionresearch.com
Message forwarded on behalf of B. Hanell:
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If you have not already done so, this message is to invite you to register to the
International Conference on Adaptation of Forests and Forest Management to Changing
Climate that will be held in Umeå on August 25-28.
Extensive information on the conference can be found at: "www.forestadaptation2008.net
<file://www.forestadaptation2008.net>", including the Book of Abstracts, the preliminary
programme, and the registration information. The Conference will feature:
- Numerous keynote addresses from world-renowned experts and high-level managers of
forest and environmental portfolios such as the Chief of the US Forest Service and
Sweden's Minister of Agriculture;
- Oral and poster presentations arranged in 18 sessions that cover science, management
and policy issues within a wide range of forest adaptation-related topics;
- Moderated discussions whose outputs will feed into process aiming at increasing the
profile of forest-related challenges and opportunities within the global climate-change
agenda.
I hope that you can join us in Umeå for this event.
Kind regards
Bjorn Hanell
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Co-Chair of the 2008 Forest Adaptation Conference
Professor of Silviculture, SLU
Coordinator IUFRO Division 1 Silviculture
<http://www.iufro.org/science/iufro-mailing-lists/overview/>
Dear all,
Please be informed that the 3rd Announcement of the Conference on Adaptation of Forests and Forest Managment to Changing Climate with Emphasis on Forest Health, in Umeå, Sweden; August 25-28, 2008 is now available.
Weblink: <http://www.forestadaptation2008.net/> http://www.forestadaptation2008.net/
Direct link to 3rd Announcement and Second Call for Abstracts:
<http://www.iufro.org/download/file/2620/1465/umea08-3rd-_announcemt.pdf> http://www.iufro.org/download/file/2620/1465/umea08-3rd-_announcemt.pdf
Abstracts of presentations will be accepted until the May 31st submission deadline and must be submitted to <mailto:“forest-adaptation-2008-abstracts@fao.org> “forest-adaptation-2008-abstracts(a)fao.xn--org-9o0a (guidelines available from the conference website).
With best wishes,
Claudia
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Claudia Goestl - Web Management
International Union of Forest Research Organizations
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:goestl@iufro.org> goestl(a)iufro.org
A PACIFIC RIM FOCUS ON BIO-BASED COMPOSITES
The 9th Pacific Rim Bio-Based Composites Symposium organising committee
would like to welcome the Pacific Rim Bio-Based Composites Symposium back
to its birthplace. New Zealand was host to the inaugural Pacific Rim
Bio-Based Composites Symposium in 1992. The theme of the 2008 Symposium is
“Innovation and Challenges in Bio-based Composites – How Far to the New
Frontier?”
http://www.biobased-composites.com/
Here are the details in our call for papers.
(See attached file: Call for Papers - Biobased-Composites Apr08 - CA2.pdf)
Dave Cown,
Senior Scientist, Wood Quality
Coordinator, IUFRO Division 5 (Forest Products)
Scion (Trading name of Forest Research Institute Ltd.)
Private Bag 3020
49 Sala St. Rotorua
New Zealand
Ph: +64 7343 5525
Mobile: 021 187 4022
Fx: +64 7343 5507
www.scionresearch.com
It seems the last message was too big because I included an attachment..
I have now removed it.
A PACIFIC RIM FOCUS ON BIO-BASED COMPOSITES
The 9th Pacific Rim Bio-Based Composites Symposium organising committee
would like to welcome the Pacific Rim Bio-Based Composites Symposium back
to its birthplace. New Zealand was host to the inaugural Pacific Rim
Bio-Based Composites Symposium in 1992. The theme of the 2008 Symposium is
“Innovation and Challenges in Bio-based Composites – How Far to the New
Frontier?”
http://www.biobased-composites.com/
Dave Cown,
Senior Scientist, Wood Quality
Coordinator, IUFRO Division 5 (Forest Products)
Scion (Trading name of Forest Research Institute Ltd.)
Private Bag 3020
49 Sala St. Rotorua
New Zealand
Ph: +64 7343 5525
Mobile: 021 187 4022
Fx: +64 7343 5507
www.scionresearch.com
Message forwarded on behalf of Victoria L. Herian:
The first international meeting of the Society of Wood Science and Technology (SWST)
outside of North America will be held on November
10-12, 2008 in Concepción, Chile at the Universidad del Bío-Bío, a cosponsor and
co-organizer of the meeting. IUFRO is also co-sponsoring
this meeting. There will be four sessions during the first two days dealing with (1)
Timber Engineering, (2) Global Trade in Forest
Products, (3) Wood Quality: Challenges in the 21st Century, and (4) Advanced Processing of
Timber in the 21st Century. The last day of
the Convention will be a day-long tour of the area and the forest products industry,
beginning with a visit to Nueva Aldea. For more
information and to register online, go to
http://www.swst.org/meetings/AM08/about.html
Victoria L. Herian
Executive Director
SWST
One Gifford Pinchot Drive
Madison, WI 53726 USA
PH: 608-231-9347
FAX: 608-231-9592
email: vicki(a)swst.org
For your information only, attached below is an announcement for the annual
meeting of the Society for Wood Science and Technology.
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Chris Risbrudt, Ph.D.
Director, Forest Products Laboratory
USDA Forest Service
One Gifford Pinchot Drive
Madison, WI 53726-2398
Phone: 608-231-9318
Fax: 608-231-9567
Email: crisbrudt(a)fs.fed.us
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----- Forwarded by Chris Risbrudt/FPL/USDAFS on 01/18/2008 01:55 PM -----
"Victoria L.
Herian, Executive
Director" To
<vicki(a)swst.org> crisbrudt(a)fs.fed.us
cc
01/17/2008 08:18
AM Subject
SWST Annual Meeting Call for
Papers-Global Trade
Chris,
can you forward this email to people you know or have email lists
for that might be interested in participating in the 2008 SWST Meeting
in Chile? At this point I am looking for speakers in the Global Trade
Session. The other sessions are filled, but posters in any area are
being accepted. We are particularly looking for contacts in South
America but any other worldwide contacts are needed also.
The deadline for abstracts is January 31, 2008
Attached are:
--Call for Papers for the Global Trade Session of the 2008 SWST Annual
Convention, to be held November 10-12, 2008 in Concepcion, Chile
--English Flyer about the meeting
--Spanish Flyer about the meeting
You can find more information about the convention at
http://www.swst.org/annualMeeting.htm
Thanks.
Victoria L. Herian
Executive Director
SWST
One Gifford Pinchot Drive
Madison, WI 53726 USA
PH: 608-231-9347
FAX: 608-231-9592
email: vicki(a)swst.org
(See attached file: SPANISH-469121[1].pdf)(See attached file:
English-469121[1].pdf)(See attached file: 08 SWST Global Trade Session
Call-for-Papers_final.doc)
