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2018 Joint convention between Society of Wood Science and Technology (SWST) and the Japan Wood Research Society (JWRS) was held November 5-9, 2018 in the Noyori Conference Hall and Noyori Lab, Nagoya University and Nagoya Noh Theater, Nagoya, Japan. The overall theme was “Era of Sustainable World -Tradition and Innovation for Wood Science and Technology-“.

The organizing committee invited you to participate in such an exciting international conference due to various wood science and technological topics.

Organizers:  The Japan Wood Research Society (Japan), Society of Wood Science and Technology (USA) 

Co-organizer:  Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University

C0-Chairs:

Shigehiko Suzuki                                                    Nicole Brown

(JWRS auditor-secretary)                                (SWST President)
(Shizuoka University)               (Pennsylvania State University)

 

Dates:  November 5th(Mon) – 9th (Fri)  2018

Venues:   November 5 – Nagoya Noh Theater, Nagoya, Japan
（http://www.nagoya-info.jp/en/see/facilities/nagoya_noh_theater.html）

November 6-8 – Noyori Conference Hall and Noyori Lab, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

 

 

 

 

November 5th (Monday)

Keynote lectures, Opening  Ceremony, and Noh Theater Performance was held in Nagoya Noh Theater.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Prof. Dr. Akira Isogai
The University of Tokyo, Japan
http://psl.fp.a.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index_e.html

Prof. Dr. Hans Joachin Blaß
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
http://holz.vaka.kit.edu/14_107.php

Prof. Dr. Andreja Kutnar
InnoRenew CoE, Slovenia
https://innorenew.eu/employee/andreja-kutnar/

Prof. Dr. Yves Weinand
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) IBOIS, Lausanne, Switzerland
https://people.epfl.ch/yves.weinand

Opening Reception:  Hotel Nagoya Castle

November 6th (Tuesday)

Early Stage Researcher Session, Oral presentations, Poster presentations
Noyori Conference Hall and Noyori Lab, Nagoya University

November 7th (Wednesday)

Oral presentations, Poster presentations
Noyori Conference Hall and Noyori Lab, Nagoya University

Banquet – Nagoya University Restaurant

November 8th (Thursday)

Oral presentations, SWST Annual Business Meeting,
Closing ceremony and Award Presentation
Noyori Conference Hall and Noyori Lab, Nagoya University

Koshoji Temple visit

November 9th (Friday)
Convention Tour (Additional cost)

Technical Sessions

1. Wood Physics
2. Timber Engineering
3. Biodegradation and Preservation
4. Wood Chemistry
5. Biorefinery and Bioeconomy
6. Wood in Health and Wellness
7. Advances in Cell Biology
8. Composites/Adhesion
9. Mass Timber and Structures
10. Business and Marketing
11. Poster Presentation and Student Poster Competition

Important dates

15th January 2018:  Call for Abstracts sent out
15th January 2018 : Early registration opens
1st February 2018: Nagoya Tokyu Hotel registration available on website
30th April 2018: Abstract submission closes
30th April 2018:   Student Poster Competition Abstracts, and
Student Travel Grant applications submission closes
15th May 2018: Abstracts chosen by session chairs and notified
1st June 2018: Authors responses back to SWST for inclusion in program
1st June 2018: Program will be settled
1st August 2018: Early registration closes
31st August 2018:  Optional full papers submitted
1st October 2018 : Online registration closes
1st October 2018: Room block at Nagoya Tokyu Hotel is released and rates not guaranteed
29th October 2018:  Powerpoint presentations for oral and PDF for posters uploaded on https://swst2018convention.exordo.com/

Secretariat office :
Satoru Tsuchikawa （JWRS Executive Board Members, Nagoya University）
Victoria L. Herian  （SWST Executive Director ）

Organizing committee :
Mariko Yamasaki (Nagoya University)　Hikaru Kobori (Shizuoka University)
Tsunehisa Miki (AIST)   Satoshi Fukuta (Aichi Center for Industry and Science Technology) Yukiko Enomoto (The University of Tokyo) Tetsuya Inagaki (Nagoya University)  Eric Hansen (Oregon State University)

Contact
Satoru Tsuchikawa
〒464-8601 Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Nagoya University
TEL：+81-52-789-4157 　e-mail: st3842@agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Victoria Herian
SWST, P.O. Box 6155, Madison, WI 53716
TEL: +1-608-577-1342 email: vicki@dev.swst.org