Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce that an IUFRO conference will be held in *Bordeaux, France*, from *August 29 to September 1*, *2023 *on “*Global challenges and innovative management of bark and wood borers in planted forests*”. It will be jointly organized by the WP7.03.05 “Ecology and management of bark and wood boring insects”, WP 7.03.07 “Population dynamics of forest insects”, WP7.03.16 “Behavioral and Chemical Ecology of Forest Insects”, and the Task Forces on “Precision Pest Management in Forest Ecosystems” and “Resilient Planted Forests Serving Society & Bioeconomy”. More information to come but please *save the dates!* Hervé Jactel, Juan Corley, Dimitrios Avtzis, Jess Hartshorn, Jean-Noël Candau, Natalia Kirichenko, Jeremy Allison, Andres Gonzalez Ritzel, Quentin Guignard, Sigrid Netherer, Victoria Lantschner, Josephine Queffelec, Christophe Orazio, Peter Freer-Smith, Tim Payn and Margarida Tomé -- Hervé JACTEL Directeur de Recherches Entomologie Forestière & Biodiversité Forest Entomology & Biodiversity UMR BIOGECO - INRAE 69, route d'Arcachon 33612 CESTAS cedex, France Tel + 33 (0)5 35 38 53 11