Overview
Scientific Program Schedule is Now Available (click on the text to the left to download)
The Congress scientific program is complete and abstracts are no longer being accepted.
The scientific program for the XXIV IUFRO World Congress will consist of plenary sessions, sub-plenary sessions, technical sessions, and themed poster sessions. In keeping with the spirit of the Congress title – Sustaining Forests, Sustaining People: The Role of Research – the Congress Scientific Committee (CSC) is developing a program to highlight how forest science is helping address significant environmental, social, and economic challenges facing our world.
The program will reflect diverse contributions from the forest science community across the full range of natural and social science disciplines.
The broad themes of the Congress include:
• Forests for People
• Forest Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
• Forests and Climate Change
• Forest and Water Interactions
• Forest Biomass and Bioenergy
• Forests and Forest Products for a Greener Future
• Forest Health in a Changing World
Point of Contact
John A. Parrotta
Chair, IUFRO 2014 World Congress Scientific CommitteeU.S. Forest Service – Research & Development
1601 N. Kent Street, Arlington VA 22209 (USA)
Tel: +1-703-605-4178
Fax: +1-703-605-5131
IUFRO Congress Scientific Committee
Chair: | John Parrotta | |
Division 1: | Jens Peter Skovsgaard | |
Division 2: | Yousry El-Kassaby | |
Division 3: | Hans Heinimann | |
Division 4: | Ron McRoberts | |
Division 5: | Andrew Wong | |
Division 6: | Tuija Sievänen | |
Division 7: | Tod Ramsfield | |
Division 8: | Robert Jandl | |
Division 9: | Jim Johnson | |
VP-Divisions: | Mike Wingfield | |
VP-Task Forces: | Su See Lee | |
IFSA Rep: | Lisa Hansen | |
COC (ex officio): | Richard Guldin |