INTERNATIONAL UNION OF FOREST RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS Dear colleagues! This is the first announcement for the: 13th IUFRO International Wood Drying Conference Wood drying in developing countries September 5-9, 2016, Istanbul, Turkey All manuscripts will be peer-reviewed. The papers accepted for oral presentation will be published (printed+full online access) in a special edition of Drying Technology: An International Journal and Maderas: Ciencia y Tecnología. All papers (oral presentations and posters) will be published in the conference proceedings (on CD). The conference details (topics, staff, programme, location, important deadlines, paper guidelines, information concerning accommodation facilities, registration fees and other issues of interest) are available on the conference website: wdc2016.orman.istanbul.edu.tr The deadline for the pre-registration of participants and paper titles is 31th of August 2015. The Pre-Registration Form is attached to this e-mail, as well as available on the conference website under the heading “Key Dates”). Full-papers are expected no later than 30th of July 2016. Correspondence regarding the conference and submission of papers should be addressed to: onsal44(a)hotmail.com ; suleymankorkut(a)hotmail.com We look forward to your contributions! On behalf of the Organizing Committee, Prof. Dr. Oner UNSAL Istanbul University, Turkey E-mail: <mailto:onsal44@hotmail.com> onsal44(a)hotmail.com Assoc. Prof. Suleyman KORKUT Duzce Universit, Turkey E-mail: <mailto:suleymankorkut@hotmail.com> suleymankorkut(a)hotmail.com