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/
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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
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
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
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
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
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