New subject: Fw: Resources for the Future - IUFRO conference in Vancouver Canada

29 May 2013

      Dear D5 friends,

I was asked by John Innes, Chair of IUFRO Task Force on "Resources for the
future" to circulate this conference announcement widely. Please assist to
pass on to your colleagues who may be interested. Early bird registration
cut-off is *June 15th*. For more information about the conference please
check website: http://iufro2013.forestry.ubc.ca/

Cheers,
Andrew

On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Andrew Wong Han Hoy &lt;ahhwong(a)frst.unimas.my
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 From:   "Innes, John" &lt;john.innes(a)ubc.ca&gt;
 To:     &quot;ahhwong(a)frst.unimas.my&quot; &lt;ahhwong(a)frst.unimas.my&gt;
 Date:   29-05-13 01:49 PM
 Subject:        Resources for the Future - IUFRO conference in Vancouver
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 Dear Dr. Andy Wong (IUFRO Division 5 Coordinator):

 The IUFRO Task Force “Resources for the Future” will hold a conference this
 August (27-29) in Vancouver, Canada. In my capacity as Coordinator of this
 Task Force, I am asking if you could possibly distribute the message below
 to your network of Division contacts?

 For your interest, I have also attached a 1-page overview about the
 conference and a document containing speaker biographies.

 Thank-you very much for your assistance with this matter,

 Dr. John Innes,
 Dean, Faculty of Forestry
 University of British Columbia

 Message
 August 27-29, Vancouver, Canada, IUFRO Task Force Conference “Resources for
 the Future”
 You are invited to participate in a Conference, developed by the IUFRO
 Resources for the Future Task Force. The Conference will take place in the
 Forest Sciences Centre at the University of British Columbia, August 27 to
 29, 2013. The conference will feature world leaders in the forest resources
 field, and provide them with a venue to collaborate and share ideas with
 academia, government, industry and NGOs — all stakeholders in the future of
 the world’s forests. The goal is to provide a platform where speakers can
 share their expertise in various areas and identify potential solutions.
 Four topic areas will be covered:
 · Globalization and its implications for forests
 · Plantations
 · Bio-products and advanced building systems
 · Forest ecosystem services

 Early bird registration cut-off is June 15th. For more information about
 the conference please check website: http://iufro2013.forestry.ubc.ca/
  (See attached file: Resources for the Future - Overview-May22.pdf)(See
 attached file: Resources for the Future_Bios_May22.pdf) 

-- 
Andrew H.H. Wong, D.Phil
Coordinator, IUFRO D5 (Forest Products), www.iufro.org
Email: awong.unimas(a)gmail.com
             ahhwong(a)frst.unimas.my
Fax:   +6082-583160
Tel:    +6082-582936
Mobile: +6017 3992509

Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas)
Faculty of Resource Science & Technology
94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak
Malaysia

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