Dear colleagues and friends, This is the second 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. Please note: Proposals for sessions and symposia are invited by 31 May 2015. We kindly invite you to propose a session to this exciting global event. Abstract submission will be available from 1 July to 30 November 2015. Please check the web page www.foresthealth2016.com<http://www.foresthealth2016.com> for details, to subscribe to information updates, and/or to submit a session proposal. The main conference topics are, in the context of global change and forest health: · climate change, · biological invasions, · air pollution, · forest pathology, · forest entomology, · and their interactions Feel free to contact us with any questions and comments. Kind regards 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> 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> 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@gmail.com<mailto:aliebhold@gmail.com>, aliebhold@fs.fed.us<mailto:aliebhold@fs.fed.us> Andrzej Bytnerowicz US Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station - USA Deputy Coordinator IUFRO RG 7.1, Impacts of Air Pollution and Climate Change on Forest Ecosystems Member of the Conference Scientific Committee abytnerowicz@fs.fed.us<mailto:abytnerowicz@fs.fed.us> ________________________________ 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. ________________________________ 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.