Ageing in general is a process or permanent, irreversible change of relevant properties with time. This definition is applicable to many scenarios and the term relevant properties is of the key importance. To study the ageing (or causes of ageing) is practically impossible in the context of structural materials that are intended to be used sometimes for centuries. Accelerated methods are often used to predict the change of materials properties with time and often, extrapolation is used to do so. Direct validation of accelerated methods to simulate processes of ageing is virtually impossible. This presentation will attempt to shed the ...
Read MoreOfficial Statement There is understandably a great deal of concern about the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Please be assured that we are monitoring the situation very closely. The health and safety of SWST attendees is our utmost priority. We are regularly following the development of the disease and we will follow the guidelines and instructions of state institutions. At present, there are no plans to postpone or cancel the SWST Convention to be held July 12-17, 2020, nor have we received many concerns regarding this issue from already-registered participants. We are also exploring alternative methods to hold the convention ...
Read MoreBuilding on their 100-year old experience, the University of Belgrade – Faculty of Forestry is organizing the international Congress that will provide updated scientific, decision-making and policy-relevant information across a broad array of different forestry, landscape architecture and horticulture, wood science and technology, and ecological engineering in soil and water protection issues and related scientific disciplines. Emphasis will be on what state-of-the-art research is now telling us about present and future change within these topics and its implications for policy- and decision-making. Organized to include plenary and breakout sessions covering both disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives, results from the various sessions ...
Read MoreSave the Date WSF2020 14 - 19 September 2020, Geneva, Switzerland September 2020 marks the 5th birthday of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. If it were a child and given the right circumstances, it would now have developed fine motor skills, be able to stand on one foot for 10 seconds, have long conversations, and start to develop independence and responsibility. With The 8th World Sustainability Forum, we are not only celebrating a birthday, but are also taking stock of where we are in relation to a more sustainable world, what has worked, what has not ...
Read MoreDates: March 9-17, 2019 Sustainable Forestry in Chile offers students an opportunity to explore the social, environmental, and economic aspects of forests and wood products in Chile. Students will gain real world understanding of the ideas and goals of sustainable forestry as they follow the economic cycle of natural Chilean forests and forest plantations—from seedlings, to forests, to forest products. This field based course will provide an overview of sustainable forestry from a multidisciplinary standpoint including silviculture, forest ecology, forest operations, wood engineering, and marketing. Assignments will aim to allow students flexibility to create and complete projects that demonstrate how ...
Read MoreThis 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 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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