Dear colleagues, We are pleased to share with you (please see the link below) the updated announcement of the second AFORPOLIS conference that will take place in Accra, Ghana from the 14th to the 17th of September 2020. The new information provided by this announcement are: 1) The names and affiliations of the conference *Keynote speakers* 2) *Deadline extension*: because of the significant number of participants who have not been able to submit their proposals on time and considering the related requests received by the organizing committee, the new deadline for abstracts submission is *12 February 2020*. 3) detailed information about the registration fees 4) Information about limited IUFRO participation grants for students and early career researchers based (and with academic affiliations) in African countries. Please click on the following link to download the updated announcement: https://aforpolis.org/international-aforpolis-conference-2020/ Kind regards, Ameni Hasnaoui Deputy coordinator Working party 9.05.09