ICWSE 2025 First Announcement - div5

20 Feb 2025

Dear all,

The ICWSE 2025 website is now available at:
https://www.proligno.ro/en/icwse_home_2025.htm

We hope that you will be eager to explore it and that you will find 
interest to participate at this event, which was always more than a 
simple scientific meeting. We are proud of the positive feedback that 
we have always received from our participants, who greatly enjoyed 
both the scientific sessions, and the social events 
https://www.proligno.ro/en/icwse_programme_2025.htm

So, I am very happy to announce you that the PRE-REGISTRATION for 
ICWSE 2025 is now open! Please fill in the attached Pre-Registration 
Form, and send it per E-mail to: campean(a)unitbv.ro before 15 May 2025. 
The eligible topics are presented on the conference webpage 
https://www.proligno.ro/en/icwse_topics_2025.htm

Please fill in this form even if you are a co-author or if you just 
wish to attend the conference (with no presentation).

At this time, it is important for us to estimate the number of 
participants, the number of papers in each section, and also your 
publishing preference.

Three scientific journals, which act as ICWSE 2025 partners with 
special issues dedicated to this event, are available: Applied 
Sciences, Bulletin of the “Transilvania” University of Brasov, and 
PRO LIGNO. Details can be found on the conference website, under the 
heading Paper Publishing 
https://www.proligno.ro/en/icwse_paper_2025.htm
Publishing is optional. You can choose only to present your work at 
the conference.

All papers registered to be presented at the conference will be 
included as extended abstracts in a Book of Abstracts.
The deadline for sending the extended abstract and the conference fee 
is 30 September 2025 
https://www.proligno.ro/en/icwse_deadlines_2025.htm
Details concerning the conference fee can be found at 
https://www.proligno.ro/en/icwse_fee_2025.htm

I will keep you up-dated as soon as we upload new aspects on the 
conference webpage.
Until then, do not hesitate to contact me in any matter regarding 
ICWSE 2025.
We look forward to welcome you in Brasov this autumn!

With kindest regards,
Mihaela Campean
on behalf of the ICWSE 2025 - Organizing Committee

On Tuesday 18/02/2025 at 23:08, Diego Elustondo  wrote:
...

 Hello Mihaela,

 Thank you for your quick response! It’s really great to hear from 
 you after all these years.

 Please check if you can find anyone with a small kiln in Europe? I 
 recall your excellent presentation on the history of kiln drying at 
 the Skellefteå  IUFRO conference. Perhaps we’ll need to start 
 looking in museums for a pilot-scale kiln! 😊

 I’m not sure which conference you’re referring to, but my current 
 focus is on the entire value chain from forest to timber buildings. We 
 are also  very interested in advanced manufacturing technologies, so 
 perhaps we can explore some collaboration opportunities. I’ve looped 
 in Henri Bailleres, my General Manager, for further discussions.

 Looking forward to hearing from you again!

 Best regards,

 Diego

 From: Campean Mihaela &lt;campean(a)unitbv.ro&gt;
 Sent: Wednesday, 19 February 2025 3:18 AM
 To: Diego Elustondo &lt;Diego.Elustondo(a)scionresearch.com&gt;
 Subject: Re: Lulea University of Technology

 Dear Diego,

 I am happy hearing again of you.

 New Zealand sounds good!

 Warm!

 I will try to find a partner company. The high air velocity is 
 probably difficult task, but I will try.

 Do you plan to come to the conference? It would be a great pleasure to 
 seeing you again.

 Kind regards,

 Mihaela

 On Tuesday 18/02/2025 at 02:08, Diego Elustondo wrote:

 Hello Mihaela,

 I hope you're doing well. We’ve had the pleasure of meeting a few 
 times over the years, particularly when I was professor at Lulea 
 University of Technology in  Sweden.

 Currently, I’m working with Scion, the New Zealand Forest Research 
 Institute. You can learn more about us here: 
 https://www.scionresearch.com/

 One of our stakeholders is Windsor Engineering, a kiln manufacturer 
 based in New Zealand. You can find more about them here: 
 https://www.windsorengineering.co.nz/

 Windsor is looking to expand into the European market and needs a 
 partner who can validate their drying schedules for European 
 structural species such as Spruce  and Pine. The drying process is 
 relatively straightforward. It includes a warm-up ramp, a constant 
 drying phase at temperatures around 90/60°C, and a cool-down ramp. 
 However, the airflow velocity is quite high, close to 5 m/s.

 Do you have any connections or know of anyone who could replicate 
 these drying conditions in a small pilot kiln for Windsor?

 I greatly appreciate any assistance you can offer and look forward to 
 hearing from you.

 Best regards,

 Diego

 Diego Elustondo
 Portfolio Leader, Trees to High-value Wood Products
 49 Sala Street, Private Bag 3020, Rotorua 3046, New Zealand
 +64 7 3435860, Mobile: +64 22 5904722
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