Dear colleagues, I'm pleased to announce that IUFRO Division 5 is co-organising several sessions during the next world conference, including: B2d Wood and tree-ring studies of forest adaptation to climate change; implications for wood production B5a Climate change, environment and conservation: challenges from the analysis of tree rings B5b Small-scale sustainable energy alternatives for developing countries C1a Managing forest ecosystem resilience and biological and social diversity for future forest products C2c Towards Sustainable Development of the Global Teak Sector in a Changing World C3b Digital transformation in wood industry C3i Tools for tropical wood identification against illegal logging C4f Forest Assessment, Modelling and Management for Non-wood Forest Products C5a Characterizing Properties of Plantation Wood for Optimal Value C5b Extraction, purification, characterization and use of hemicelluloses from wood C5c Innovative Utilization of Bamboo and Rattan Resources C5d New Methods and Applications of Timber Identification C5e Progress in wood disintegration technologies C5f Quality requirements of forest biomass for biorefinery C5g Quantifying and forecasting market specific forest products in the forestry wood chain C5h Research and industrial use of wood bio-based (formaldehyde free) adhesives: raw material and introduction to the wood-based industry C5i Sustainable Use of Non-timber Products and Conservation of Semi-Arid and Savanna C5j The use of forest and mill residues for advanced bioenergy/biofuels production C6a The role of forests and trees in the nature-based solutions discourse C8c The Bioeconomy and Non-Wood Forest Products C9c Resource efficiency of wood-based products and manufacturing C9d Societal perceptions, new products, markets , and business models of the circular forest bioeconomy C9e Traditional, emerging and new forest products in a bioeconomy - advances and applications in modelling the market potentials and sectoral impacts D4c Valuation Issues for Wood and Nonwood Forest Products to Balance Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Managed Forests D5b Innovative wood protection and insect pest control strategies to mitigate climate change by conferring long-term carbon storage in wood especially in the tropics and warm temperate climes F8a Wood and Forest Culture: Addressing a Sustainable Future There is a huge number of other topics (almost 200 technical sessions) which might suit to your research. Please find the Call for Abstracts, brief description of the technical sessions, and registration in the following link: http://iufro2019.com/abstracts-submission/ You need to register to be able to submit an abstract and this is free of charge. The deadline for abstract submission is 31 December 2018. Once your abstract is accepted for presentation (announcement will be made on 28 February 2019), early registration for presenter and payment deadline is 31 May 2019. Scientist Assistance Programme (SAP) is for supporting scientists from economically disadvantaged countries whose age below 46 years old. SAP registration will be started from 1 March 2019. Further information on this grant will be found at: http://iufro2019.com/scientist-assistance-program-sap/ Young scientists are encouraged to apply!! Please, feel free to share this information to your colleagues and mailing lists. Best regards and Season's greetings, Pekka Division 5 coordinator Member of CSC E-mail: pekka.saranpaa(a)luke.fi Ph.D., Research Manager Forest products and biorefinery Natural Resources Institute Finland Tietotie 2 02150 Espoo FINLAND Phone +358 29 532 2340 Mob +358 50 391230 http://www.luke.fi/en/ Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) comprises the state research institutes MTT Agrifood Research Finland, the Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla), the Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, and the statistical services of the Information Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. [cid:image003.png@01D46ACE.2B7EE250]