FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT CONFERENCE SESSION "HOW TO ADVANCE FORESTRY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS" Organized within The 15th INTERNATIONAL PHYTOTECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE The Conference session is dedicated to the 60th Anniversary of the foundation of the Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment Venue: University of Novi Sad, Central Building Date: 2-3 October 2018 Location: Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia On behalf of the Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment, we would like to invite you to the CONFERENCE SESSION "HOW TO ADVANCE FORESTRY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS" organized within the 15th INTERNATIONAL PHYTOTECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE to be held at the University of Novi Sad, Central building, located in Novi Sad, Serbia, October 2-3, 2018. Main conference topics: . Climate Change and Forest Ecosystems . Forest Genetic Resources . Industrial Plantations: Challenges for the Near Future . Invasive Organisms (insects, fungi, plants) in Forest Ecosystems: A Growing Global Threat . Silviculture and Forest Management . Forest Soil and Land Use . Forest Ecology and Biodiversity . Urban Forestry and Greenery . Human and Nature Interaction: Policy and Economics . etc. Local organizer: Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment, University of Novi Sad, Serbia Contact persons Dr Sci Andrej Pilipović (+381 063 458 828, e-mail: andrejp(a)uns.ac.rs) Dr Sci Marina Katanić (+381 062 202967, e-mail: katanicm(a)uns.ac.rs) Dr Sci Leopold Poljaković-Pajnik (+381 063 8 969567, e-mail: leopoldpp(a)uns.ac.rs) DEADLINES Abstract submission May 15th, 2018 Notification of abstracts acceptance June 22nd, 2018 Submission of full papers December 1st, 2018 Issue of Proceedings March, 2019 Beschreibung: https://www.uns.ac.rs/images/novosti/2017/0320dobrodoslicaProlecu/slika14.jp g About the Conference session organizer Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment (ILFE) was founded in 1958 under the name of the Poplar Research Institute by the Parliament of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. Soon after, the Institute has been renamed the Institute for Poplars and Non-forest Greenery and finally, in October 2006, the Institute has changed its name to the Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment (ILFE). ILFE research and developmentactivities are directed towards both basic and applied research that meets demands of the research users, such as public enterprises, private forest landowners, urban residents and policy-makers. ILFE has realized numerous projects related to the improvement of major tree species (poplars, willows, black locust, common oak, european beech, norway spruce, wild cherry, etc.) in Serbia and other former Yugoslavian Republics, projects of the establishment of protective greenery, forest management plans, rehabilitation of degraded lands. Moreover, numerous international projects have successfully been realized with various partners from both Europe and USA. Beschreibung: http://www.ilfe.org/old/NOVA%20DOKUMENTA/ILFE%20logo_vektor_transparentno%20 Smanjen.gif posted by Brigitte Burger, IUFRO Headquarters, on behalf of: Milica Zlatkovic, Ph.D., Research Associate, Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment (ILFE), University of Novi Sad, milica.zlatkovic(a)uns.ac.rs