Dear Friends and Colleagues! Please consider submitting an abstract for the 2017 IUFRO All-Division 5 Conference, Vancouver (June 12th to 16th, 2017). http://www.iufrodiv5-2017.ca/submissions/technical-special-sessions/ Five sessions are suggested with respect to Wood Quality - but there are no limititations: 1) Perspectives on quality for forests and timber resilience 2) Learning from the past: wood quality, species selection and properties in former times vs. today 3) New Frontiers of Wood Science and Technology 4) Advances in wood quality modeling methods and simulation software 5) Function driven variability in wood and bark Submit your abstract before November 15 !!! Please use the online submission system: https://www.xcdsystem.com/iufro2017/abstract/index.cfm?ID=J4anh0T Important Dates: • November 15, 2016 – Abstract submission deadline • December 15, 2016 – Announcement of abstract acceptance • December 15, 2016 – Conference registration opens Hope you see you in Vancouver ! Rupert IUFRO wood quality unit coordinators contact: Rupert.Wimmer(a)boku.ac.at http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-5/50000/50100/ +-+-+-+-+ Rupert Wimmer, Prof. Dr. BOKU Vienna, IFA Tulln, Sustainable Biomaterials Group Institute for Natural Materials Technology Konrad Lorenz Strasse 20, 3430 Tulln/Austria Web: www.naturstofftechnik.at Email: Rupert.Wimmer(a)boku.ac.at Phone +43 2272 / 66280-304. Mobile +43 664 3165155 www.researchgate.net/profile/Rupert_Wimmer facebook: http://tinyurl.com/naturstofftechnik