11:23 a.m.
Dear friends and colleagues,
This message about the all-Division 7, Forest Health, segment of the IUFRO 125th
Anniversary Congress contains important information about the following points (our
apologies if you receive this more than once):
(1) congress registration,
(2) post-congress field trips organised by Div. 7 (news and changes),
(3) a social evening for participants contributing to (or interested in) Div. 7, Forest
Health, on Monday, 18 Sept. 2017,
(4) the business meeting of Div. 7, Forest Health, where everyone is welcome to learn
about planned activities and opportunities to discuss and contribute.
(1) Congress registration
Hopefully you are all aware that the deadline for Early-Bird Registration is coming up
very soon (1 June 2017), and that it is a requirement for all presenters to have
registered for the Congress by this deadline. Every presenter not registered by 1 June
will be removed from the programme. The congress organisers have to adhere to this rule to
enable the planning of the programme.
(2) Post-congress field trips organised by Div. 7 (news and changes)
Some of you will be aware that we have been planning a Forest Health post-congress tour,
over two days in the Black Forest and the Vosges Mountains in France to see various forest
health concerns (mainly insects and pathogens).
Those of you who have already registered may not have seen this in the list of two-day
tours because the 2-day tour (Excursion 38) has only just been listed on the congress
website (see http://iufro2017.com/two-day-excursions/#toggle-id-11 ).
Also note that there is a change in the plans for Excursion 11 (Bark beetle management in
the Black Forest). Originally this was meant to be offered in two options, as a
stand-alone 1-day field trip AND as part of a 2-day post-congress tour focussing on forest
health issues. However, the organisers of these two excursions (#11 and #38) have decided
to merge them entirely, so that the preferred option is now that all participants join the
2-day tour on 23-24 September. A detailed description of the full programme of Excursion
38 is attached.
Excursion 38 (the 2-day post-congress tour) is entitled 'Ecology and management of
emerging and invasive forest pests and diseases'
It includes an overnight stay in a hotel in France, two lunches and a dinner, wine
tasting, etc., and the fee is 270 Euros.
We are corresponding directly with those who have already signed up for Excursion 11 about
their options (to either join the extended tour (#38) or continue with the original
Excursion 11 which we offer to those who don't want to join the 2-day tour).
We hope that you will be interested in joining us for the 2-day tour. I'm sure it will
be a great experience and a perfect conclusion to the 125th Anniversary Congress and the
embedded Division 7 (Forest Health) conference.
(3) Social evening for all interested in Div. 7, Forest Health, on 18 Sept.
We are planning a social evening in a beer garden not far from the centre of Freiburg on
Monday, 18 Sept. 2017, from about 8 pm / 20:00 hrs. This is mainly for all those who are
interested in or contributing to Div. 7. (those interested or presenting in Div. 7
sessions, participating with working parties, etc. Horst Delb has kindly agreed to help
organise this. This promises to be a very nice opportunity to socialise in the beer garden
outdoors or in the hall inside (in case the weather is not so kind). There will be local
beers and other drinks available, including non-alcoholic options, as well as dinner. We
will have more information about this soon, but we suggest you keep Monday evening free,
so you can join us.
(4) The business meeting of Div. 7, Forest Health, on 19 Sept.
Although the name 'business meeting' may not be so enticing, these meetings are
always very interesting to anyone who would like to know a little more about IUFRO, the
Forest Health groups and their activities, upcoming conferences, opportunities to discuss
relevant topics, become involved, etc. Attendance of this is not limited to office holders
and, in fact, everyone is welcome to come along.
This is currently scheduled for Tuesday, 19 Sept. 2017, from 8 pm / 20:00 hrs. Please mark
this in your diaries.
Please send me an email if you have any questions or suggestions (which we welcome).
Kind regards,
Ecki Brockerhoff
Eckehard Brockerhoff, PhD
Coordinator, IUFRO Division 7 (Forest Health)
Principal Scientist, Scion
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