First IUFRO-FORNESSA Regional Congress
25-29 June 2012, Nairobi, Kenya
CONGRESS REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION
Dear member of the IUFRO network,
Dear friend of IUFRO,
For the first time ever, an IUFRO-FORNESSA Regional Congress & ITTO/AFF
Forest Policy Day on "Forests and Trees: Serving the People of Africa and
the World" is being organized in Nairobi, Kenya on 25-29 June 2012.
This Regional Congress will provide a unique opportunity to stimulate and
enhance scientific cooperation with our colleagues, forest researchers and
organizations in Africa. The overall goal of the Congress is to demonstrate
how forest science is impacting on livelihoods, environmental management and
development in Africa. The Congress will highlight research that puts
relevant information in the hands of forest communities, forest managers,
policy makers, the private sector and civil society.
The Congress will take place at the premises of the World Agroforestry
Centre (ICRAF), United Nations Avenue, Gigiri, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya. An
overview of the Congress Timetable is posted on the website at
http://www.fornis.net/congress/en/homepage, as well as information on the
Congress venue, local logistics, accommodation and the Congress program. All
information is regularly updated with the most recent developments as the
Congress is coming closer.
Do not forget to make your registration before 15 May 2012 through the
Congress website at http://www.fornis.net/congress/en/homepage and pay the
registration fee as described at
http://www.fornis.net/congress/en/registrationfee. Your registration before
the deadline will be essential for arranging local transportation in
Nairobi, which can otherwise not be ensured by the local organizers.
The local Congress organizers and IUFRO Board members are looking forward to
seeing you at the first IUFRO-FORNESSA Regional Congress in Africa and will
be glad to welcome you in Nairobi.
Michael Kleine
IUFRO Deputy Executive Director
Dear Colleagues,
recent updates:
i) due to requests, period for early registration fee for Vilnius meeting (WGs 7.03.01 & 7.03.04) is expanded until 1st of June (see registration form in this e-mail attachment);
ii) for both Palanga and Vilnius meetings, abstract submission deadline has been expanded until 1st of August.
iii) please note that Palanga and Vilnius meetings are separate events, and each require separate registration and payment in case you would like to participate in both: bank transfer for Palanga (details below; just check price and conditions: some refused to believe this, so i had to confirm individually), and use attached registration form fo Vilnius.
iv) registration confirmation for Palanga will be sent immediatelly after receiving of payment (indicate your e-mail with payment; please note that money tranfer will take some days), and that for Vilnius, immediatelly after receiving your e-mail with filled in and attached registration form.
v) please keep in mind that early reservation of flights means lower pricing and broader availability of schedules.
Best regards,
Rimvys
3rd ANNOUNCEMENT
Joint IUFRO 7.03.10 – “Methodology of forest insect and disease survey” and IUFRO WP 7.03.06 – “Integrated management of forest defoliating insects” Working Party Meeting, Palanga, Lithuania, 10 – 14th of September 2012.
Meeting venue and accommodation: www.palangos-zuvedra.lt<http://www.palangos-zuvedra.lt>
Preliminary schedule:
Monday, September 10th – arrival and registration, eventual business meeting.
Tuesday, September 11th – sessions.
Wednesday, September 12th – excursion: Curonian Spit National Park (www.nerija.lt<http://www.nerija.lt>), eventual evening session.
Thursday, September 13th – sessions and conference dinner.
Friday, September 14th – morning sessions and departure.
Conference fee:
- early registration (until 1st of June): 300 EUR;
- late registration (until 15th of July): 330 EUR;
- includes: single accommodation (arrival 10th of September – departure 14th of September), all meals (from breakfast 11th of September – to morning coffee 14th of September), excursion and conference facilities;
- for those willing to share double room with a colleague or accompanying person (excursion recommended also for non-professional) respective fees are 200 EUR and 230 EUR per person.
Fee to be paid to:
UAB “Palangos zuvedra” ACCOUNT:
Beneficiary's bank: Siauliu bankas AB, Siauliai, Lithuania
Bank’s address: Gintaro street 46, Palanga, Lithuania, SWIFT: CBSBLT26
Correspondent account with Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt, SWIFT: DEUTDEFF
Beneficiary: UAB "Palangos zuvedra"
LT 637180600000070416
- purpose: IUFRO, Name, Surname, Country; e-mail address.
Registration: simultaneous with the payment.
Abstracts: up to 1 page, indicating whether intended talk or a poster, deadline August 1st, to be sent to rimvys.vasaitis(a)slu.se<mailto:rimvys.vasaitis@slu.se> and Cc: audrius.menkis(a)slu.se<mailto:audrius.menkis@slu.se>
Proceedings: authors of all contributions will be invited to submit manuscript to Baltic Forestry (www.balticforestry.mi.lt<http://www.balticforestry.mi.lt>), a journal with ISI impact factor (yet recent and small). All submissions will be reviewed.
Travelling by air:
- arrival: Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) flights SK2746 and SK2744 from Copenhagen, and SK2742 from Oslo (direct connections to USA / Canada and major European cities), or AirBaltic flight BT033 from Riga (direct connection to major European cities);
- departure: SAS SK2749 and SK2747 to Copenhagen, SK2743 to Oslo, and BT032 to Riga; you will arrive/depart 7 km from the hotel;
- in case of earlier arrival and/or later departure you will be charged extra at very moderate price (this might be worth as Palanga has nice beaches and unique amber museum www.pgm.lt/Gintaro_muziejus/titulinis_en.htm<http://www.pgm.lt/Gintaro_muziejus/titulinis_en.htm> part of which exhibition consists of insect/plant inclusions);
- in case you will be willing to attend another Meeting of IUFRO Working Parties 7.03.01 and 7.03.04 starting in Vilnius on September 17th (see below), you will be offered transportation to Vilnius meeting venue for symbolic price (or eventually free of charge); in such case, please book return flights from Vilnius airport, which has a broader selection of flights.
Travelling by sea:
- check http://www.dfdslisco.com/en/
- please note that even if from Kiel to Klaipeda (everyday connection) it takes about 20 hours (incl. overnight), the trip is likely to be more relaxing than the whole way driving (see below); Klaipeda port is just 30 km from the hotel;
- in case if you would like to attend Vilnius IUFRO Meeting, Palanga – Vilnius makes 350 km driving, all highway.
Driving all way:
The problem is that there is a Russian enclave between southern Lithuania and northern Poland, so you will have to drive around it, crossing the whole Poland, and there is no cross-country highway. Yet, after passing Polish – Lithuanian border there will be a highway to Palanga, about 350 km. This way could probably be recommended to our Polish colleagues.
Joint IUFRO 7.03.01 “Cone and seed insects” and 7.03.04 “Diseases and insects in forest nurseries” Working Party Meeting, Vilnius, Lithuania, 16 – 20th of September 2012.
Meeting venue and accomdation: http://www.radissonblu.com/lietuvahotel-vilnius
Preliminary schedule:
Sunday, September 16th: arrival, registration, free time (colleagues from Palanga meeting arriving on 14th- 15th, will make respective reservation; Vilnius has a nice old town, check website above);
Monday, September 17th – sessions;
Tuesday, September 18th – excursion to Dubrava Forest Enterprise: nursery, seed orchard, arboretum, etc.
Wednesday, September 19th – sessions and conference dinner;
Thursday, September 20th – morning sessions and departure after the lunch.
Registration: see attached form; please note that the accommodation and dinners (except for conference dinner) are not covered by the registration fee, which makes the difference from Palanga meeting; in case of shared accommodation just make a double room reservation.
Abstracts: up to 1 page, indicating whether intended talk or a poster, deadline August 1st, to be sent to rimvys.vasaitis(a)slu.se<mailto:rimvys.vasaitis@slu.se> and Cc: audrius.menkis(a)slu.se<mailto:audrius.menkis@slu.se>
Proceedings: authors of all contributions will be invited to submit manuscript to Baltic Forestry (www.balticforestry.mi.lt<http://www.balticforestry.mi.lt>). All submissions will be reviewed.
You are cordially invited to attend. Please do hesitate to contact us if you have any questions
Organizers:
Rimvys Vasaitis: rimvys.vasaitis(a)slu.se<mailto:rimvys.vasaitis@slu.se> +46 73 7644159
Audrius Menkis: audrius.menkis(a)slu.se<mailto:audrius.menkis@slu.se> +46 73 3907159
Arturas Gedminas: entom_gedminas(a)yahoo.com<mailto:entom_gedminas@yahoo.com> +370 674 18957
Vaidotas Lygis: vaidotas.lygis(a)botanika.lt<mailto:vaidotas.lygis@botanika.lt> +370 620 66961
Dear Colleagues,
Please note that early registration fee for Vilnius meeting (WGs 7.03.01 & 7.03.04) in applicable only until 1st of May. See attached form.
Best regards,
Rimvys
2nd ANNOUNCEMENT
Joint IUFRO 7.03.10 - "Methodology of forest insect and disease survey" and IUFRO WP 7.03.06 - "Integrated management of forest defoliating insects" Working Party Meeting, Palanga, Lithuania, 10 - 14th of September 2012.
Meeting venue and accommodation: www.palangos-zuvedra.lt<http://www.palangos-zuvedra.lt>
Preliminary schedule:
Monday, September 10th - arrival and registration, eventual business meeting.
Tuesday, September 11th - sessions.
Wednesday, September 12th - excursion: Curonian Spit National Park (www.nerija.lt<http://www.nerija.lt>), eventual evening session.
Thursday, September 13th - sessions and conference dinner.
Friday, September 14th - morning sessions and departure.
Conference fee:
- early registration (until 1st of June): 300 EUR;
- late registration (until 15th of July): 330 EUR;
- includes: single accommodation (arrival 10th of September - departure 14th of September), all meals (from breakfast 11th of September - to morning coffee 14th of September), excursion and conference facilities;
- for those willing to share double room with a colleague or accompanying person (excursion recommended also for non-professional) respective fees are 200 EUR and 230 EUR per person.
Fee to be paid to:
UAB "Palangos zuvedra" ACCOUNT:
Beneficiary's bank: Siauliu bankas AB, Siauliai, Lithuania
Bank's address: Gintaro street 46, Palanga, Lithuania, SWIFT: CBSBLT26
Correspondent account with Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt, SWIFT: DEUTDEFF
Beneficiary: UAB "Palangos zuvedra"
LT 637180600000070416
- purpose: IUFRO, Name, Surname, Country.
Registration: simultaneous with the payment.
Abstracts: up to 1 page, indicating whether intended talk or a poster, deadline July 1st, to be sent to rimvys.vasaitis(a)slu.se<mailto:rimvys.vasaitis@slu.se> and Cc: audrius.menkis(a)slu.se<mailto:audrius.menkis@slu.se>
Proceedings: authors of all contributions will be invited to submit manuscript to Baltic Forestry (www.balticforestry.mi.lt<http://www.balticforestry.mi.lt>), a journal with ISI impact factor (yet recent and small). All submissions will be reviewed.
Travelling by air:
- arrival: Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) flights SK2746 and SK2744 from Copenhagen, and SK2742 from Oslo (direct connections to USA / Canada and major European cities), or AirBaltic flight BT033 from Riga (direct connection to major European cities);
- departure: SAS SK2749 and SK2747 to Copenhagen, SK2743 to Oslo, and BT032 to Riga; you will arrive/depart 7 km from the hotel;
- in case of earlier arrival and/or later departure you will be charged extra at very moderate price (this might be worth as Palanga has nice beaches and unique amber museum www.pgm.lt/Gintaro_muziejus/titulinis_en.htm<http://www.pgm.lt/Gintaro_muziejus/titulinis_en.htm> part of which exhibition consists of insect/plant inclusions);
- in case you will be willing to attend another Meeting of IUFRO Working Parties 7.03.01 and 7.03.04 starting in Vilnius on September 17th (see below), you will be offered transportation to Vilnius meeting venue for symbolic price (or eventually free of charge); in such case, please book return flights from Vilnius airport, which has a broader selection of flights.
Travelling by sea:
- check http://www.dfdslisco.com/en/
- please note that even if from Kiel to Klaipeda (everyday connection) it takes about 20 hours (incl. overnight), the trip is likely to be more relaxing than the whole way driving (see below); Klaipeda port is just 30 km from the hotel;
- in case if you would like to attend Vilnius IUFRO Meeting, Palanga - Vilnius makes 350 km driving, all highway.
Driving all way:
The problem is that there is a Russian enclave between southern Lithuania and northern Poland, so you will have to drive around it, crossing the whole Poland, and there is no cross-country highway. Yet, after passing Polish - Lithuanian border there will be a highway to Palanga, about 350 km. This way could probably be recommended to our Polish colleagues.
Joint IUFRO 7.03.01 "Cone and seed insects" and 7.03.04 "Diseases and insects in forest nurseries" Working Party Meeting, Vilnius, Lithuania, 16 - 20th of September 2012.
Meeting venue and accomdation: http://www.radissonblu.com/lietuvahotel-vilnius
Preliminary schedule:
Sunday, September 16th: arrival, registration, free time (colleagues from Palanga meeting arriving on 14th- 15th, will make respective reservation; Vilnius has a nice old town, check website above);
Monday, September 17th - sessions;
Tuesday, September 18th - excursion to Dubrava Forest Enterprise: nursery, seed orchard, arboretum, etc.
Wednesday, September 19th - sessions and conference dinner;
Thursday, September 20th - morning sessions and departure after the lunch.
Registration: see attached form; please note that the accommodation and dinners (except for conference dinner) are not covered by the registration fee, which makes the difference from Palanga meeting; in case of shared accommodation just make a double room reservation.
Abstracts: up to 1 page, indicating whether intended talk or a poster, deadline July 1st, to be sent to rimvys.vasaitis(a)slu.se<mailto:rimvys.vasaitis@slu.se> and Cc: audrius.menkis(a)slu.se<mailto:audrius.menkis@slu.se>
Proceedings: authors of all contributions will be invited to submit manuscript to Baltic Forestry (www.balticforestry.mi.lt<http://www.balticforestry.mi.lt>). All submissions will be reviewed.
You are cordially invited to attend. Please do hesitate to contact us if you have any questions
Organizers:
Rimvys Vasaitis: rimvys.vasaitis(a)slu.se<mailto:rimvys.vasaitis@slu.se> +46 73 7644159
Audrius Menkis: audrius.menkis(a)slu.se<mailto:audrius.menkis@slu.se> +46 73 3907159
Arturas Gedminas: entom_gedminas(a)yahoo.com<mailto:entom_gedminas@yahoo.com> +370 674 18957
Vaidotas Lygis: vaidotas.lygis(a)botanika.lt<mailto:vaidotas.lygis@botanika.lt> +370 620 66961
Dear Collegues,
This is LAST call for IUFRO 7.01.08 Conference titled "Forest-Water Interactions with Respect to Air Pollution and Climate Change". The conference will take place in Kahramanmaras, the historical and cultural center of Turkey. The venue is in Kahramanmaras University and the conference will be between 3-6 of September 2012. The deadline of abstract submission has been 14th of April. Please send your abstracts to serengil(a)istanbul.edu.tr with a cc to ibrahimy(a)istanbul.edu.tr
Conference topics are;
a.. Nutrient, water and carbon cycles in ecosystems
b.. Air pollution and forest hydrology
c.. Hydroecology of stream corridors
d.. New watershed management concepts
e.. Riparian ecosystems and their restoration
f.. Landscape Ecology and Planning
g.. Adaptation to climate change with focus on Mediterranean ecosystems
h.. Urbanization as a stressor for forests
i.. Water stress in terrestrial ecosystems
j.. Erosion and sedimentation in relation with climate change
k.. Desertification and its consequences
l.. Water quality, quantity and regime
m.. Ecophysiology
The conference field trip will be to Nemrut Mountain and Ataturk dam to see beautiful forests of the south . The conference fee of 120 Euros will cover field trip. There is also going to be 2 post conference trips; one to Mediterranean coast and one to historical sites of Mardin.
Conference is supported by COST action 903 and the web page is http://cost-fp0903.ipp.cnr.it/events/water2012.html
Hope to see you in Kahramanmaras,
Yusuf Serengil
On behalf of the Organizing Commitee
Bu mesaj ve onunla iletilen tum ekler gonderildigi kisi ya da kuruma ozel, gizlilik yukumlulugu tasiyor olabilir. Bu mesaj, hicbir sekilde, herhangi bir amac icin cogaltilamaz, yayinlanamaz ve para karsiligi satilamaz; mesajin yetkili alicisi veya alicisina iletmekten sorumlu kisi degilseniz, mesaj icerigini ya da eklerini kopyalamayiniz, yayinlamayiniz, baska kisilere yonlendirmeyiniz ve mesaji gonderen kisiyi derhal uyararak bu mesaji siliniz. Bu mesajin bilinen viruslere karsi kontrolleri yapilmistir. ISTANBUL UNIVERSITESI http://www.istanbul.edu.tr This message (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is non-public, proprietary,privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law or may constitute as attorney work product.If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, notify us immediately by telephone and (i) destroy this message if a facsimile or (ii) delete this message immediately if this is an electronic communication. ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY http://www.istanbul.edu.tr
Dear IUFRO members,
The Final Conference of PARAmount a project funded by the Alpine Space
Programme of the European Union will be held on 23rd April 2012 at
Grenoble in parallel with the 12th Congress of INTERPRAEVENT (Grenoble, 23
26 April 2012).
The Final Conference is designed to bring together experts, researchers,
policy and decision makers, practitioners from various disciplines as well
as concerned stakeholders for an interdisciplinary, transnational exchange
of views on the further development of strategies and technologies for the
management of natural hazards threatening transport infrastructure and to
present the results of the project concerning the
Assessment of the vulnerability of transport infrastructure to natural
hazards
Improvement of the efficiency of measures necessary to protect transport
infrastructure against natural hazards and to increase its reliability and
security
Advancement of Decision analysis and support systems for an effective
management of transport infrastructure threatened by natural risks
Development of new concepts and approaches for assessing and monitoring
natural risks.
The objective of the concluding round table discussion will be to elaborate
recommendations for overcoming the identified barriers that might impede the
adoption of the developed approaches and concepts as well as to ensure a
successful knowledge transfer.
At the conference website
http://www.paramount-project.eu/index.php?option=com_content
<http://www.paramount-project.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&i
d=40&Itemid=45&6c31091fa105024792e742d3d29e1931=b46a42ace97b791bf5be92eabeab
4fbe>
&view=article&id=40&Itemid=45&6c31091fa105024792e742d3d29e1931=b46a42ace97b7
91bf5be92eabeab4fbe, you will find the Second Announcement for the Final
Conference of the PARAmount project including the detailed program. The
conference languages will be English, French and German. Interpretation will
be provided. It would facilitate the task of the organizers, if those who
wish to attend the Final Conference would register as soon as possible by
sending an email to the following address: final.conference@paramount-
<mailto:final.conference@paramount-project.eu> project.eu.
If you have any questions regarding the final conference, please do not
hesitate to contact any of the responsible persons listed below.
Kind regards
Marc Adams
--
Contact person project communication manager:
Günter Siegel
BMLFUW - Abteilung Forstliche Raumplanung, Waldschutz und
Landschaftsentwicklung
Tel: + 43 (0)1 711 00 7125 <tel:%2B%2043%20%280%291%20711%2000%207125>
E-Mail: guenter.siegel@ <mailto:guenter.siegel@lebensministerium.at>
lebensministerium.at
Contact person project management:
Gudrun Schrömmer
PRISMA solutions
Telefon: +43(0)2236 47975 36 <tel:%2B43%280%292236%2047975%2036>
E-Mail: gudrun.schroemmer@prisma-
<mailto:gudrun.schroemmer@prisma-solutions.at> solutions.at
Contact person BFW:
Marc Adams
Department of Natural Hazards, BFW
Tel.: <tel:%2B43%20%280%29512%20573933%205177> +43 (0)512 573933 5177
E-Mail: <mailto:marc.adams@uibk.ac.at> marc.adams(a)uibk.ac.at
Dear Colleagues!
We invite you to take part in the International Conference RR 2012:
"Renewable Forest Resources: innovative development in forestry" that
belongs to a conference series on Renewable Resources.
Forestry is constantly adapting to new needs of the changing world. The
range of demands put on forest sector by society has considerably increased
in recent years. These changes require innovative developments not only in
the field of technologies and business, but also on policy and management
level, that will create the environment where innovations can take place.
The aim of the conference is the discussion of various aspects of use of
forest resources and the presentation of Russian and foreign experience in
the introduction of innovative methods of forest management, reforestation
and forest use. Representatives of authorities, scientific-educational and
business community of Russia and other countries are invited to participate
in the plenary session and round tables.
More detailed information can be find at : http://onlinereg.ru/RR2012/
Yours
Maxim
--
Maxim Chubinsky
department of general ecology, physiology of plants and wood science,
executive director of ICFFI, director of studies of FORPEC program, contact
person of CBU and EUROFORESTER in FTA, Vice-dean of Forestry Faculty,
Institutsky per. 5, St. Petersburg, RUSSIA, 194021
+7 911 026 10 24
+7 812 670 92 60
+7 812 670 93 63
Dear List Members:
Linnaeus University is advertising a position for postgraduate study in
forest products. With the support of Swedish board manufacturers, Linnaeus
University has established a new field of research which focuses on
developing new environment-friendly board materials.
Deadline: 10 April 2012
For details, please visit:
<http://www.iufro.org/download/file/8488/95/nb-linnaeus-postgraduate-forest-
products_pdf/>
http://www.iufro.org/download/file/8488/95/nb-linnaeus-postgraduate-forest-p
roducts_pdf/
Please distribute as appropriate,
Best regards
Brigitte Burger
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Mag. Brigitte Burger - Web Management
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
IUFRO Headquarters - Secretariat
Dear IUFRO-List members,
The Department of Forest and Wood Science of Stellenbosch University, South
Africa searches a candidate to fill a position in the "Green Landscapes"
project as soon as possible. An interesting work in a multi-disciplinary
team in the winelands of South Africa and a comparative remuneration are
granted.
Please refer to the pdf file at
http://www.iufro.org/download/file/8487/95/nb-stellenbosch-postdoc-green-lan
dscapes_pdf/ for further information.
Apologies if you may have received the advert from another source.
Best regards,
Thomas Seifert
--
Prof. Dr. Thomas Seifert
Departmental Chair
Department of Forest and Wood Science
Faculty of AgriSciences
Stellenbosch University
Private Bag X1
7602 Matieland
++27 021 808 3295
seifert(a)sun.ac.za
Dear Collegues,
This is second call for IUFRO 7.01.08 Conference titled "Forest-Water Interactions with Respect to Air Pollution and Climate Change". The conference will take place in Kahramanmaras, the historical and cultural center of Turkey. The venue is in Kahramanmaras University and the conference will be between 3-6 of September 2012. The deadline of abstract submission has been 14th of April. Please send your abstracts to serengil(a)istanbul.edu.tr with a cc to ibrahimy(a)istanbul.edu.tr
Conference topics are;
a.. Nutrient, water and carbon cycles in ecosystems
b.. Air pollution and forest hydrology
c.. Hydroecology of stream corridors
d.. New watershed management concepts
e.. Riparian ecosystems and their restoration
f.. Landscape Ecology and Planning
g.. Adaptation to climate change with focus on Mediterranean ecosystems
h.. Urbanization as a stressor for forests
i.. Water stress in terrestrial ecosystems
j.. Erosion and sedimentation in relation with climate change
k.. Desertification and its consequences
l.. Water quality, quantity and regime
m.. Ecophysiology
The conference field trip will be to Nemrut Mountain and Ataturk dam to see beautiful forests of the south . The conference fee of 120 Euros will cover field trip. There is also going to be 2 post conference trips; one to Mediterranean coast and one to historical sites of Mardin.
Conference is supported by COST action 903 and the web page is http://cost-fp0903.ipp.cnr.it/events/water2012.html
Hope to see you in Kahramanmaras,
Yusuf Serengil
On behalf of the Organizing Commitee
Bu mesaj ve onunla iletilen tum ekler gonderildigi kisi ya da kuruma ozel, gizlilik yukumlulugu tasiyor olabilir. Bu mesaj, hicbir sekilde, herhangi bir amac icin cogaltilamaz, yayinlanamaz ve para karsiligi satilamaz; mesajin yetkili alicisi veya alicisina iletmekten sorumlu kisi degilseniz, mesaj icerigini ya da eklerini kopyalamayiniz, yayinlamayiniz, baska kisilere yonlendirmeyiniz ve mesaji gonderen kisiyi derhal uyararak bu mesaji siliniz. Bu mesajin bilinen viruslere karsi kontrolleri yapilmistir. ISTANBUL UNIVERSITESI http://www.istanbul.edu.tr This message (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is non-public, proprietary,privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law or may constitute as attorney work product.If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, notify us immediately by telephone and (i) destroy this message if a facsimile or (ii) delete this message immediately if this is an electronic communication. ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY http://www.istanbul.edu.tr
IUFRO - 9.01.01 - Library, information networks and terminology Call for
papers/contributions: IUFRO and Information: Direction 2012
IUFRO Division 9 Conference
Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 8-10 May 2012
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IUFRO and Information: Direction 2012
Information has been central to IUFRO's brief since its foundation in the
nineteenth century, and it has maintained a specialist research group
dealing with information in various forms for well over a century. Following
the latest re-organisation, this role is now held by the new IUFRO group 9.
01, Information and Communication, which brings together the traditional
library, information networks and terminology activities (formerly 6.03)
with communications, public relations, extension and knowledge exchange,
along with the long-existing Latin American and Caribbean information
systems network.
The All-Division 9 conference in Sarajevo, May 9-11 2012, gives us a great
opportunity to explore these newly-unified territories and discover
synergies within them that will benefit both IUFRO's internal information
exchange and the global forest information network. Each subgroup of 9.01
will offer an individual programme, and this is a call for contributions for
the session to be organised by 9.01.01, Library, Information Networks and
Terminology, entitled IUFRO and Information: Direction 2012. For full
details of the Sarajevo conference see http://www.foper.org/iufro_1.html.
Objectives for the session are:
1) To involve the widest possible cross-section of those with an
interest in forest-related information
2) To explore opportunities for cross-sectoral work between the various
sub-sections of 9.01 and across IUFRO generally, to support and enhance
information provision is its widest sense
3) To derive from this a timely and relevant agenda for 9.01.01 to
take us up to the next World Congress in 2014 and beyond.
So we invite your ideas! In which directions should we be heading in 2012?
What are your priorities in managing information today? What solutions have
you found, and what support do you need to help establish new systems and
services - or to reinforce existing systems much valued but now under
threat, perhaps for economic or staffing reasons?
We welcome proposals for conventional papers (15min maximum), and also short
contributions (maximum 5 mins) which can be presented in café-style
discussion sessions. We recognise that funding to attend conferences is
often difficult to come by these days, particularly in the library and
information sector, and many who would be interested may be unable to
attend. We welcome contributions from you too! and strongly encourage you to
send in short pieces which can be discussed by conference participants. This
can be in any form you like, e.g. PowerPoint, video (e.g. YouTube), social
media (Twitter etc), e-mail etc. We are not looking for sophisticated or
time-consuming presentation, but for ideas : suggestions for activities
where we as a group of information professionals can make a difference to
you, whether you are an information provider or user, or both.
Traditionally, our group has been active in the areas of networking,
classification and terminology, and in supporting the Global Forest
Information Service (GFIS); and more recently in the developing areas of
data management/archiving, mentoring, training & support and evidence-based
forestry. Ideas for further development in those areas are welcome, but do
not limit yourselves to them:
information is key to every area of human activity so nothing is barred!
Please send your suggestions in not more than 450 words, together with full
name of authors, affiliations, and an e-mail address by February 20, 2012,
to
gillian.petrokofsky(a)plants.ox.ac.uk<mailto:gillian.petrokofsky@plants.ox.ac.
uk>.
Please share this call for papers widely.
Many thanks!
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posted on behalf of 9.01.01 Coordinator Gillian Petrokofsky by Brigitte
Burger, IUFRO Headquarters
