This year, World Wood Day will be held in Austria. Please visit http://www.worldwoodday.org/2019/regions/Austria for more information.
Read More28–30 August 2019 7th Edition Delft, The Netherlands This is the first general information about the next edition of ISCHP – International Scientific Conference on Hardwood Processing, that will be organized by Delft University of Technology in Delft, The Netherlands The conference will start on Tuesday 27th with a welcome reception. Wednesday 28th and Thursday 29th are dedicated to conference seminars. A technical tour will be organized on the 30th of August. For more information, please visit https://www.tudelft.nl/citg/over-faculteit/afdelingen/engineering-structures/sections-labs/biobased-structures-and-materials/conferences/ischp-2019/
Read MoreAbout the Conference The 1st InnoRenew CoE International Conference “Timber – A healthy future for sustainable buildings” aims to provide a forum for discussion and presentation of the latest developments merging health, sustainability, and timber in the built environment. The main objective is to share scientific development and applications wood use in structures that enhance human and environmental well-being. Sessions at the conference will include: Design solutions for health, safety, and well-being Ambient Assisted Living Mental health in buildings Material design for human well-being Regenerative sustainability and timber buildings Registration Register for the 1st InnoRenew CoE Conference: Please submit the registration form no ...
Read MoreBackground On the 21st March of each year the forest community at large comes together to celebrate International Day of Forests (IDF). In 2019 the day will address the theme, 'Forests and Education', and will seek to raise awareness on how sustainably managed forests provide a variety of contributions in this area. The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), the International Forestry Students' Association (IFSA) and the University of Helsinki with HY+, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (UNFAO), wish to mark the occasion by shining a spotlight on forest educators and rewarding ...
Read MoreApplications are invited for a faculty position at the Assistant Professor level (tenure-track) in Markets and Economics in The Department of Wood Science or Forest Resources Management in the Faculty of Forestry at The University of British Columbia. Position details This is a tenure-track or tenured position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. Qualifications required A PhD degree in forest economics, forest products marketing, or an affiliated field and evidence of excellence in research, and the potential to become a very effective teacher of undergraduate students and mentor to graduate students are required for this professorial appointment. Preference will be given to visionary candidates who show ...
Read MoreLooking forward to your participation in the Society for the next year. Hope to see you at our 2019 Convention, October 20-25, 2019, Tenaya Lodge, Yosemite National Park!
Read MoreHow can a company improve financial performance by 40 percent without an increase in spending? According to recent studies, promoting or hiring women into strategic decision making roles boosts business profitability and success. In a 2016 study of Fortune 500 companies, businesses with at least three female directors had a 40 percent higher return on capital, sales and return on equity compared to less-diverse companies. The research revealed a direct relationship between the diversity of a company’s top management team and competitive performance. A recent study reported by Forbes found: Diverse teams made decisions twice as fast with half the meetings. Decisions made ...
Read MoreContacts: Jamie Anderson, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, 334-844-9248 (jla0015@auburn.edu); or Preston Sparks, Office of Communications and Marketing, 334-844-9999 (pjs0027@auburn.edu) Auburn University to offer forest finance and investment online graduate certificate The Auburn University School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences has launched an online graduate certificate program developed for professionals to advance their knowledge about forest finance and investments. “The certificate program will improve students’ decision making skills associated with forest management and planning, operations and investments,” said Frank Walburn, Regions Bank senior vice president of natural resources and real estate. The forestry industry has grown more complex in ...
Read MoreVictor Deklerck is a PhD-student at the of Laboratory of Wood Technology (Ghent University, Belgium). He obtained his master degree in Bioscience Engineering: Forest and Nature Management in 2015 at Ghent University. His PhD research mainly focuses on valorising the Federal Xylarium (wood collection) of the Royal Museum for Central Africa (Tervuren, Belgium), more specifically to unlock wood technological (e.g. swelling and shrinkage) and biological (e.g. natural durability) data from the samples stored in the xylarium. Making use of this large reference collection, he also develops methods to identify timber in trade using mass spectrometry in collaboration with the U.S. ...
Read MoreWood is highly appreciated and used for construction, furniture design and increasingly also for the production of clothes and other everyday objects due to its special material, appealing aesthetics and the sense of warmth portrayed by it. As such, it is expected that the global demand for timber will only increase in the future. But how can we integrate timber, and timber applications by extent, into a sustainable world? Over 300 scientists from more than 30 countries gathered three weeks ago in Nagoya (Japan) for the 61st SWST (Society of Wood Science and Technology) International Convention in cooperation with the Japan Wood ...
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