World Congress 2014
XXIV IUFRO World Congress 2014 – Salt Lake City, UT, United States, 5-11 October 2014
"Sustaining Forests, Sustaining People: The Role of Research"
Congress homepage: http://congress-2014.iufro.org/ (http://www.iufro2014.com/)
Congress blog: http://congress-2014-blog.iufro.org/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/iufro2014
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/iufro2014/
Opening Speech of IUFRO President
IUFRO President Niels Elers Koch, Denmark, welcomed the delegates to the Congress in the Opening Ceremony on Monday, 6 October 2014.
Find his speech here.
Congress Report
250 pages of information about the Congress: ceremonies, scientific programme, special events, tours, the Congress evaluation...
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Abstracts
The abstracts of all Congress sessions were published as a special volume of The International Forestry Review and distributed at the Congress. The volume can be downloaded here: Congress Abstracts
In addition, three IUFRO Incubator sessions for students were held. The abstracts volue can be downloaded here: IUFRO Incubator Abstracts
Decisions of the International Council
In its two meetings during the Congress week, the International Council, took important decisions:
The New Team
- President: Mike Wingfield, South Africa
- Vice-President responsible for Divisions: Björn Hånell, Sweden
- Vice-President responsible for Task Forces, Special Programmes, Projects and IUFRO-led Initiatives: John Parrotta, United States
The New Board
Division Coordinators:
- Division 1: Jens Peter Skovsgaard, Sweden
- Division 2: Yousry El-Kassaby, Canada
- Division 3: Woodam Chung, United States
- Division 4: Jean-Luc Peyron, France
- Division 5: Pekka Saranpää, Finland
- Division 6: Tuija Sievänen, Finland
- Division 7: Eckehard Brockerhoff, New Zealand
- Division 8: Jean-Michel Carnus, France
- Division 9: Daniela Kleinschmit, Germany
President's Nominees:
- Shirong Liu, China
- John Innes, Canada
- Ben Chikamai, Kenya
- Jung-Hwan Park, Republic of Korea
- Manuel Guariguata, Venezuela
Venue of Congress 2019:
Curitiba, Brazil
Honours and Awards
Honorary Membership
Don Koo Lee, Republic of Korea
Distinguished Service Award
Richard W Guldin, USA
Peter Herbst, Austria
Santiago Barros Asenjo, Chile
Congress Host Country Scientific Award
Stephen Hubbell, USA
Harold E. Burkhart, USA
Chadwick Dearing Oliver, USA
http://blog.iufro2014.org/congress_blog/preeminent-forest-scientists-receive-scientific-achievement-award/
Scientific Achievement Award
Sally Aitken, Canada
Jürgen Bauhus, Germany
Benjamin Cashore, USA/Canada
Richard Hamelin, Canada
Christopher Eric Harwood, Australia
Shibu Jose, USA
Robert A. Kozak, Canada
Aino Annikki Mäkelä Carter, Finland
Jolanda Roux, South Africa
Giuseppe Scarascia Mugnozza, Italy
http://blog.iufro2014.org/congress_blog/science-for-sustaining-the-worlds-forests/
Outstanding Doctoral Research Award
Jan R. Bannister Hepp, Germany/Chile
Susana Barreiro, Portugal
ShuaiFei Chen, China
César Pérez Cruzado, Spain
Puneet Dwivedi, India
Zhun Mao, China
Sandra Rodríguez Piñeros, Colombia
Eli Sagor, USA
Huei Shing Sik, Malaysia
http://blog.iufro2014.org/congress_blog/iufro-awards-for-graduate-and-phd-students-announced/
Student Award for Excellence in Forest Science
Julius B. Adewopo, Nigeria/USA
Tolulope Daramola, Nigeria
Md. Mohitul Hossain, Bangladesh
Sharif Ahmed Mukul, Bangladesh
Mika Yoshida, Japan
Ivana Zivojinovic, Serbia
http://blog.iufro2014.org/congress_blog/iufro-awards-for-graduate-and-phd-students-announced/
Best Poster Award
Emma Soraya, Australia
Chai Ting Lee, Malaysia
Lilli Kaarakka, Finland
Nyein Chan, Japan IUFRO
Min-Jay Chung, China-Taipei
Emmanuel Danquah, Ghana
Tsutomu Kanasashi, Japan
Althea A. Archmiller, USA
Olivia Sánchez, Canada
CPF Wangari Maathai Award
Marta Isabel Pati Ruiz Corzo
http://blog.iufro2014.org/video/video-cpf-wangari-maathai-award-ceremony/
International media coverage
Congress Statistics
- Number of participants: 2,492
- Number of countries: 100
- Africa: 21 countries
- Asia & Pacific: 27 countries
- Europe: 32 countries
- Latin America & Caribbean: 18 countries
- North America: 2 countries - Sessions: 5 plenary, 19 sub-plenary, and over 170 technical and poster sessions
- over 200 session organizers
- more than 1300 oral presentations
- nearly as many poster presentations - Social media:
- #iufro2014 hashtag seen by over 561,000 twitter accounts over 3.6 million times
- 55 blogs with over 50,000 views
- outreach to 18,000 Facebook users.
Key Dates
20 September 2014: Online registration closes
30 April 2014:
- Deadline for presenting authors to register for the Congress
- End of Early bird registration
31 December 2013: Deadline for nominations for Host Country Scientific Achievement Award
15 December 2013: Acceptance decision on submitted abstracts
2 December 2013: Registration opens, http://iufro2014.com/registration/
15 October 2013: Deadline for submission of abstracts (for French and Spanish abstracts: 15 September)
August 2013: Call for abstracts
January 2013: Call for session proposals
Announcements and Calls
Newsletters by Congress Organizing Committee: 1st Newsletter (July) - 2nd Newsletter (September) - Final Newsletter (October)
Program Book - 5 October 2014
International Photo Competition: Forests-Agriculture Interface through a Gender Lens: A photo book with the best entries will be launched at the IUFRO World Congress in Salt Lake City. Deadline: 15 June 2014. Details
List of Approved Abstracts: by Congress Theme - by Country - by Session
Research Group and Working Party Business Sessions - Registration Form - 11 March 2014
The IUFRO Incubator - Student and Young Scientist Sessions: Call for abstracts - Submission Form - 13 February 2014
Congress Booklet - 23 September 2013
Call for nominations for Host Country Award - 11 September 2013
Trade Exposition & Sponsorship Booklet - August 2013
Call for Abstracts - Appel à la soumission de résumés - Llamado para enviar resúmenes
Description of Congress Themes and Technical Sessions - July 2013
Official Announcement - February 2013
Call for Session Proposals – December 2012
Call for nominations for scientific awards - 24 April 2012
Media
Largest forest research conference worldwide to be held in Salt Lake City; IUFRO press release; October 2014. Spanish version - French version
The Forestry Source / Forestry Around the World: A Global Perspective: John Parrotta Leads Forest Service’s International Science Team