Dear colleagues and friends, This is the third announcement of the upcoming IUFRO (International Union of Forest Research Organizations) All Division 7 Conference, "Global Change and Forest Health". The conference will be held at the University of Istanbul in Istanbul, Turkey, on 25-29 April 2016. Key points: - Abstract submission is now open, until 30 November 2015 - Early Bird registration is available until 31 December 2015 (300 Euros regular, students receive a 50% discount) Our call for session and symposium proposals resulted in many submissions. The organising committee reviewed those and accepted 16 session proposals. You are kindly invited to submit your abstract for oral or poster presentations (see www.foresthealth2016.com<http://www.foresthealth2016.com>)m>). When you submit your abstract, you can select either one of the 16 pre-arranged sessions or a general session (“other”). We will review all abstract submissions and ensure they will be placed in suitable sessions. Cross-disciplinary abstracts including two or more of the conference subjects (climate change, biological invasions, air pollution, forest pathology, forest entomology) are particularly encouraged. Please submit your abstracts by the 30 November 2015 deadline. See the web page www.foresthealth2016.com<http://www.foresthealth2016.com> for more information on the conference. Feel free to contact us with any questions and comments. Kind regards Ecki Brockerhoff, Yusuf Serengil, Elena Paoletti, Jolanda Roux, Sandy Liebhold Eckehard Brockerhoff Scion (New Zealand Forest Research Institute) and University of Canterbury, School of Biological Sciences - New Zealand Coordinator IUFRO Division 7, Forest Health Member of the Conference Scientific Committee eckehard.brockerhoff@scionresearch.com<mailto:eckehard.brockerhoff@scionresearch.com> Yusuf Serengil Faculty of Forestry, Istanbul University - Turkey Coordinator IUFRO Working Party WP 7.01.08 Local Organizer, Conference Scientific and Organizing Committees serengil@istanbul.edu.tr<mailto:serengil@istanbul.edu.tr>, yserengil@yahoo.com<mailto:yserengil@yahoo.com> Elena Paoletti National Research Council Sustainable Plant Protection Institute - Italy Coordinator IUFRO RG 7.1, Impacts of Air Pollution and Climate Change on Forest Ecosystems Member of the Conference Scientific Committee elena.paoletti@cnr.it<mailto:elena.paoletti@cnr.it> Jolanda Roux Tree Pathology Co-operative Programme (TPCP) Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute - South Africa Coordinator IUFRO RG 7.2, Pathology Member of the Conference Scientific Committee Jolanda.Roux@up.ac.za<mailto:Jolanda.Roux@up.ac.za> Andrew (Sandy) Liebhold US Forest Service Northern Research Station - USA Coordinator IUFRO RG 7.3, Entomology Member of the Conference Scientific Committee aliebhold@fs.fed.us<mailto:aliebhold@fs.fed.us>, aliebhold@gmail.com<mailto:aliebhold@gmail.com> ________________________________ 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.