[IUFRO RG 7.02 FORPATH] FW: Resources for the Future - IUFRO conference in Vancouver Canada

Dear all, I am forwarding a message from John Innes about an upcoming event of the IUFRO Task Force "Resources For the Future". See below and attached. For further information please contact John Innes. Apologies for cross-posting. Cheers, Ecki Eckehard Brockerhoff, PhD Coordinator, IUFRO Division 7 Scion (New Zealand Forest Research Institute) PO Box 29237 Christchurch 8540, New Zealand E-mail: eckehard.brockerhoff@scionresearch.com<mailto:eckehard.brockerhoff@scionresearch.com> From: Innes, John [mailto:john.innes@ubc.ca] Sent: Wednesday, 29 May 2013 5:53 p.m. To: Eckehard Brockerhoff Subject: Resources for the Future - IUFRO conference in Vancouver Canada [cid:image001.jpg@01CE5BD3.7283A420] Dear Dr. Eckehard Brockerhoff (IUFRO Division 7 Coordinator): The IUFRO Task Force "Resources for the Future" will hold a conference this August (27-29) in Vancouver, Canada. In my capacity as Coordinator of this Task Force, I am asking if you could possibly distribute the message below to your network of Division contacts? For your interest, I have also attached a 1-page overview about the conference and a document containing speaker biographies. Thank-you very much for your assistance with this matter, Dr. John Innes, Dean, Faculty of Forestry University of British Columbia Message August 27-29, Vancouver, Canada, IUFRO Task Force Conference "Resources for the Future" You are invited to participate in a Conference, developed by the IUFRO Resources for the Future Task Force. The Conference will take place in the Forest Sciences Centre at the University of British Columbia, August 27 to 29, 2013. The conference will feature world leaders in the forest resources field, and provide them with a venue to collaborate and share ideas with academia, government, industry and NGOs - all stakeholders in the future of the world's forests. The goal is to provide a platform where speakers can share their expertise in various areas and identify potential solutions. Four topic areas will be covered: * Globalization and its implications for forests * Plantations * Bio-products and advanced building systems * Forest ecosystem services Early bird registration cut-off is June 15th. For more information about the conference please check website: http://iufro2013.forestry.ubc.ca/ ________________________________ This e-mail and any attachments may contain information which is confidential or subject to copyright. If you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it. Scion does not accept responsibility for anything in this e-mail which is not provided in the course of Scion's usual business or for any computer virus, data corruption, interference or delay arising from this e-mail.