Call for Abstracts Extended to April 28th:

IUFRO Extension and Knowledge

Exchange (EKE) Working Party Meeting

October 8th - October 12th, 2023

Padua, Italy

(With an optional post conference field trip - October 13th-14th, in the Karst Area of the Slovenian - Italian Border)

Conference Update


Forest Knowledge Exchange: 
Advancing Innovation with Tradition


The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Extension and Knowledge Exchange Working Party (EKE, IUFRO 9.01.03) invites your submission of an abstract for the Working Party Conference to be held Sunday, 8 October 2023 to 12 October 2023 in Padua, Veneto region of Italy (With an optional post conference field trip - October 13th-14th, in the Karst Area of the Slovenian - Italian Border). The conference theme is Forest Knowledge Exchange: Advancing Innovation with Tradition.

Abstracts will be accepted for either 20 minute oral presentations or 5 minute Lightning round talks.

The deadline for abstract submission is 24:00 CET Italy on 28 April 2023. Presenters will be notified by 29 May 2023 if their abstract is accepted. The official language is English.

 

All abstracts will be submitted online. Abstracts submitted by post, fax or mail cannot be accepted. 

 

Abstract Submission Guidelines:

Please have the following information ready when you submit your proposal:

  • Contact information for presenter
  • List of co-author names and affiliations (if applicable)
  • Title of presentation (*first word capitalized only)
  • Abstract (1600 characters or less)
  • Presentation format preference

 

Click here to submit an abstract.
The Conference Organizing Committee is finalizing the venue, hotel and travel logistics, field trips and cost and will provide those details in further correspondence in the near future. Please send questions to whubbard@umd.edu.
The objectives of the IUFRO EKE Working Party are to:

  • serve as a forum for information exchange among Extension forestry workers worldwide.
  • promote the concept of Extension through the transfer of knowledge and technology to improve the lives of people.
  • improve the quality, quantity, and effectiveness of Extension programs worldwide.
  • advance the quality and impact of research on Extension methodologies.


Want to learn more about IUFRO and how you might get involved in this working party or others? Click on the IUFRO logo above.
2023 Conference Planning Committee:

Bill Hubbard University of Maryland, College Park, MD USA whubbard@umd.edu 

Robert Bardon North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC USA rebardon@ncsu.edu 

Antonio Brunori Secretary General PEFC Italy, Perugia, IT antonio.brunori65@gmail.com 

Mark Megalos National Woodland Owners Association, Raleigh, NC USA mega4nwoa@gmail.com 

Nuala NiFhlatharta Teagasc, Galway, IE, Nuala.NiFhlatharta@teagasc.ie 

Eric Norland, USDA NIFA, Washington, DC 

Ales Poljenic Slovenia Forest Service, Ljubljana, SI ales.poljanec@zgs.gov.si