Dear IUFRO Meliaceae Working Party: I hope you are all staying well in these difficult times. Below is the announcement for the World Forestry Congress 24-28 May 2021 in Seoul, Korea. This is different from the IUFRO World Congresses. Regards, Sheila Ward Deputy Coordinator IUFRO WP 1.02.04 ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: IUFRO Headquarters &lt;office(a)iufro.org&gt; Date: Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 5:50 AM Subject: XV World Forestry Congress - Call for Abstracts and Side Events To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder &lt;mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com&gt; <https://www.iufro.org/> * International Union of Forest Research Organizations * XV World Forestry Congress - Call for Abstracts and Side Events Dear IUFRO Officeholders, The *XV World Forestry Congress will be hosted by the Government of the Republic of Korea from 24 to 28 May 2021* and held at the COEX Convention and Exhibition Center *in Seoul*. The Congress will bring together global forest stakeholders to review and analyze key challenges facing the sector and ways to address these. *IUFRO has always played a very active role at the WFC contributing alongside diverse participants from all regions and sectors*; including the public and private sector, NGOs, CSOs, scientific or professional bodies, and forestry societies. The theme of the XV World Forestry Congress is *Building a Green, Healthy and Resilient Future with Forests*. It is our pleasure to inform you that the XV World Forestry Congress Secretariat is calling for *submissions of abstracts for papers and posters* that illustrate ideas and examples of innovation, research findings, best practices and pathways that are relevant to the overall theme and one more sub-themes. The *call for papers, posters and side events is open until August 31st, 2020*, so be quick to make your submission via the WFC website. *For abstracts for voluntary papers, posters and videos*: http://wfc2021korea.org/sub02/abstract.html <https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwfc2021korea.org%2Fsub02%2Fabstract.html&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ce204cba2a9454c9e0d2308d824b1b4d1%7Ced5b36e701ee4ebc867ee03cfa0d4697%7C0%7C0%7C637299692951569841&sdata=OtEFPqPvcw%2BGR5aDFTEL4cZsRP1BzNyngwLOSYW6mks%3D&reserved=0> *For side events*: http://wfc2021korea.org/sub02/side_events.html <https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwfc2021korea.org%2Fsub02%2Fside_events.html&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ce204cba2a9454c9e0d2308d824b1b4d1%7Ced5b36e701ee4ebc867ee03cfa0d4697%7C0%7C0%7C637299692951569841&sdata=ikzuq3JtA0Ghs%2BWEVP7A87n6G2ZZF8%2BmAr2YAoiaqsA%3D&reserved=0> We welcome you to notify IUFRO HQ about any side events that your Unit decides to submit. Alexander Buck *Executive Director* --------------------------------------- *You are receiving this message, because you are an IUFRO member or officeholder or have registered for one of our web-based email distribution lists. **If you wish to unsubscribe from **IUFRO mailings, please email us at: burger(at)iufro.org &lt;burger(a)iufro.org&gt;.* *IUFRO Headquarters, Marxergasse 2, 1030 Vienna, Austria. Website: https://www.iufro.org/ <https://www.iufro.org/> - Email: office(a)iufro.org &lt;office(a)iufro.org&gt;* *Imprint: https://www.iufro.org/legal/ <https://www.iufro.org/legal/>*