Dear Forest-L Reader, The 2nd Gender in Forestry Conference, Making a difference in theory and practice will be held in Umeå, Sweden on 15-18 June 2009. The conference is organized by the Faculty of Forest Sciences, SLU in cooperation with FAO, UNECE and IUFRO. With this conference, we believe that another step towards a better understanding of gender in the forestry sector will be gained and ideas for resolving gender issues can be generated. We seek reports on progress and backlashes to help identify the means and actions that have proven to be effective. Those will be organized into the following topics: 1. Making a difference through education, knowledge exchange, and capacity building 2. Making a difference through policies and statistical analysis 3. Making a difference through cooperation, networking and the establishments of role models 4. Making a difference through advances in theoretical and empirical research For more details, please visit the conference homepage at, http://www.sfak.slu.se/ShowPage.cfm?OrgenhetSida_ID=10300 Best regards, UNECE/FAO Timber Section