2008 Meetings and Conferences

PricewaterhouseCoopers 21st Annual Global Forest and Paper Industry Conference
Challenging times, winning strategies.
Learn how leading CEO's senior executives, analysts, customers and suppliers are addressing emerging trends and seizing new opportunities in this dynamic industry.

8 May 2008

Westin Bayshore Resort and Marina
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

For further information visit: www.pwc.com/forestconf08

Email: forestandpaper@ca.pwc.com

A North-American symposium on ecosystem-based management of hardwood forests will be held at the Université du Québec en Outaouais from the 13th to the 15th of May, 2008. This symposium, titled "Ecosystem-based Management of Tolerant Hardwood Forests: Its Implementation in a Context of Economic and Environmental Uncertainties" is organized by the Institut québécois d'Aménagement de la Forêt feuillue as an initiative of the Conférence régionale des Élus de l'Outaouais.

Complete Program and Online Registration: click here

May 2008
British Columbia locations

Feric is planning a spring workshop addressing road construction issues and techniques. The seminars will be linked by video conferencing

If you are interested, contact Darcy Moshenko (darcy-m@vcr.feric.ca), Albie Thomson (albie-t@vcr.feric.ca), or Ed Proteau (ed-p@vcr.feric.ca).

Colloque sur les vieilles forets boreales

27-29 mai 2008 - Hotel des Gouverneurs

event website: click here

BioEnergy Conference and Exhibition 2008

June 3-5, 2008
Prince George, BC

Visit the Conference website: click here

Contact:
Cam McAlpine, Conference Coordinator
infor@bioenergyconference.org
250-961-6611

June 11-12, 2008 (to be confirmed)
Prince George, BC
The goal of this conference is to highlight the lessons of research, experiential and traditional ecological knowledge with respect to the influence of the mountain pine beetle as a disturbance agent on forested ecosystem dynamics.

For more information, contact Albie Thomson at 250-961-3443 or albie-t@vcr.feric.ca.

22 June 2008
Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

Website: http://www.cpe.vt.edu/nafsc/
Contact name: kelly Obenauer

This conference will take a fresh look at how forest soils research has changed in the last 50 years, how technology has changed our understanding of forest soils processes and how do we continue to maintain functioning healthy soils

September 16-17 2008
Westin Nova Scotian Hotel, Halifax, Nova Scotia

click here to see conference announcement

http://iufroextension.org

 

September 22-27
Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Website: http://www.iawfonline.org/yellowstone/index.php