Activities and events

Upcoming IUFRO meetings – Past IUFRO meetings – Other meetings – Past other meetings

Upcoming IUFRO meetings

• Innovations in Forest Industry and Engineering Design; Yundola, Bulgaria; 15-16 November 2012. Conference homepage – Announcement (English) – Announcement (Bulgarian)
  
  
• 2012 IUFRO All-Division 5 Conference; Lisbon, Portugal; 8-13 July 2012. Conference homepage – 1st announcement – Expression of Interest – 2nd announcement – 3rd announcement – Conference poster
  
  
• Renewable Wood and Plant Resources: innovative development in the forestry sector”; Saint Petersburg, Russia; 6-8 June 2012. Units involved: 1.00.00, 4.00.00, 5.00.00. Conference homepage

Past IUFRO meetings

8th International Conference "Wood Science and Engineering in the Third Millennium" – ICWSE 2011; The "Transilvania" University, Brasov, Romania; 3-5 November 2011. Units involved: 5.00.00, 5.04.00. Conference homepage – Report – Group picture

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Innovations in Forest Industry and Engineering Design; Sofia, Bulgaria; 27-28 October 2011. Conference homepage – Report – Summary

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International Conference on the Art and Joy of Wood: Rediscovering Wood: The Key to a Sustainable Future; Bangalore, India; 19-22 October 2011. Units involved: 5.00.00, 5.10.01. Conference homepage

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Annual meeting of IAWS 2011: Novel materials from wood or cellulose; Stockholm, Sweden; 31 August – 2 September 2011. Conference homepage

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Forest Products Society's 65th International Convention; Portland, Oregon, United States; 19-21 June 2011. Conference homepage

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2011 TAPPI International Conference on Nanotechnology for Renewable Materials; Arlington, Virginia, United States; 6-8 June 2011. Conference homepage

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11th International Conference on Wood & Biofiber Plastic Composites; Madison, Wisconsin, United States; 16-18 May 2011. Conference homepage

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2010 China-ASEAN International Wood Culture Symposium and Wood Products Exhibition; Nanning, China; 19-20 November 2010. Conference homepage

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Innovations in Forest Industry and Engineering Design; Sofia, Bulgaria; 5-7 November 2010. Conference flyer – Report – Summary

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International Wood Culture Symposium; Yangling, Shaanxi province, China; 23-24 October 2010. Conference homepage – Summary – Report

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Society of Wood Science and Technology: 53rd International Convention; Geneva, Switzerland; 11-15 October 2010. Conference homepage

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XXIII IUFRO World Congress; Seoul, Korea; 18-23 August 2010. Report of Division 5 Business Meeting

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IAWA, IAWS & IUFRO Conference: Celebrating 100 years of Wood Science and Wood Anatomy on the occasion of the first Centenary of the Forest Products Laboratory; Madison, WI, United States; 23-26 June 2010. Units involved: 5.00.00, 5.01.00. 1st Announcement – 2nd Announcement – Registration

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Forest Product Society: 64th International Convention; Madison, Wisconsin, United States; 20-22 June 2010. Conference homepage

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International Conference on Wood & Biofiber Plastic Composites; Madison, Wisconsin, United States; 16-18 May 2010. Conference homepage – Report

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Future of quality control for wood & wood products; Edinburgh, United Kingdorm; 4-7 May 2010. Conference homepage

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Forest Product Society: SmallWood 2010; Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States; 20-22 April 2010. Conference homepage

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11th International IUFRO Wood Drying Conference; Skellefteå, Sweden; 18-22 January 2010. Units involved: 5.00.00, 5.04.00, 5.04.06. Conference homepage – 1st Call for Papers – Announcement for Final Registration

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Asia and the Pacific Forest Products Workshop – Green Technology for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation; Colombo; Sri Lanka; 14-17 December 2009. 1st Announcement – 2nd Announcement – Registration Form; Report – Wood Waste Utilization Diagramme – Cover of Proceedings

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International Conference on Wood Adhesives 2009; South Lake Tahoe, Nevada, United States; 28 September 2009. Units involved: 5.00.00, 5.04.07. Conference homepage

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International Conference on Woody Biomass Utilization; Starkville, Mississippi, United States; 4-6 August 2009. Conference homepage

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Society of Wood Science and Technology 2009 International Annual Convention; Boise, Idaho, United States; 24 June 2009. Conference homepage – Programme and Registration Form

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IAWS-2009 – Forests as a renewable source of vital values for a changing world; Saint-Petersburg/Moscow, Russia;  15-21 June 2009. Conference homepage – Report – Pictures: At Main Botanical Garden Moscow – At Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical Academy – Professor Boris Ugolev

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Asia and the Pacific Forest Products Workshop – Green Technology for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation; Colombo; Sri Lanka; 14-17 December 2009. 1st Announcement – 2nd Announcement – Registration Form

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International Research Group on Wood Protection, Americas Regional Meeting, Playa Flamingo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, 30 November – 2 December 2008 – Website: http://www.irgamericas.org/ – co-sponsored by IUFRO RG 5.03.00 Wood protection

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51st Annual Convention of the Society of Wood Science and Technology, Concepción, Chile, 10-12 November 2008; co-sponsored by Division 5 – Conference website

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9th Pacific Rim Bio-Based Composites Symposium, Rotorua, New Zealand, 5-8 November 2008 – Flyer

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International Symposium on Wood Science and Technology – IAWPS 2008, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China, 27-29 September 2008 – Scientific Program – Contact person – Participants list available upon request

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Conference on "Adaptation of Forests and Forest Management to Climate Change with Emphasis on Forest Health – Review of Science, Policies, and Practices"; Umeå, Sweden; 25–28 August 2008. Conference website – 3rd announcement – Report on the half-day Div. 5 Session 18 "Wood as a Green Building Material" – Conference report (draft)

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IUFRO All-Division 5 Meeting
Taipei, China-Taipei; 29 October – 2 November 2007

Please find below the keynote addresses of a

• Table of Contents  (315 KB, PDF)
• Keynote addresses of conference speakers (2.1 MB, PDF)
• Minutes of the Meeting
• All D5 Final Report
• Powerpoint presentations of the meeting (sorted by day and session)  *
• Latest additions (Monday, 5.14.SWST)

*Note: Presentations of RG 5.05.00 (Sessions A-D) can also be found on the 5.05 webpages.

Pictures of the All-Divsion 5 Meeting

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International Plantation Certification Symposium 2007, "Impact of Certification on Plantation Forestry"; Stellenbosch, South Africa; 18–21 September 2007.  2nd Announcement and Call for Papers – 3rd Announcement (incl. Registration Form and Provisional Program)

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The 3rd Conference on Hardwood Research and Utilisation in Europe, "The Beauty of Hardwood"; Sopron, Hungary; 3-4 September 2007. Report

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International Scientific Conference: "Forest Growth and Timber Quality: Crown Models and Simulation Methods for Sustainable Forest Management"; Portland, Oregon, United States; 7-10 August 2007. Units involved: 3.00.00, 4.00.00, 5.00.00, 5.12.00, 4.01.05.

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Further information on past meetings can be found in the Unit Archive.

Other meetings

• Sixth European Conference on Wood modification. Ljubljana, Slovenia; 16-18 September 2012. Conference homepage
  
  
• ECOWOOD – 5th International Conference on Environmentally-Compatible Forest Products. Porto, Portugal; 5-7 September 2012. Conference homepage
  
  
• 2nd Conference, Mechano-Chemical Transformations of Wood during Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Processing. Nancy, France; 26-28 March 2012. Conference homepage
  
  
• COST FP0904 Workshop: Current and Future Trends of Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Modification of Wood Opportunities for new markets?; Nancy, France; 26-28 March 2012. Scientific Programme

• Third International Scientific Conference on Hardwood Processing. Blacksburg, VA, USA; 16-18 October 2011. Conference homepage
  
  
• 5th International Symposium on Wood Fibre Polymer Composites; Biarritz, France; 26-27 September 2011. Conference homepage
  
  
• Wood Technology Society Launch Event; London, UK; 30 November 2010. Conference homepage
  
  
• Going Green – CARE INNOVATION 2010; Vienna, Austria; 8-11 November 2010. Conference homepage – Invitation Brochure & Call for Papers
  
  
• Workshop on Harvested Wood Products in the Context of Climate Change Policies (not IUFRO-sponsored), Geneva, Italy, 9-10 September 2008 – Workshop report (provided by Sylvain Labbe)
  
  
• COST Action E 40 "Innovative utilization and products of large dimensioned timber including the whole forest-wood-chain", Freiburg Germany, 15-16 July 2008 – Report