First announcement Global Forestry Trends A PhD seminar in forest sciences Time: 7-10 October 2015 Place: Joensuu, Finland Organisers: University of Eastern Finland, School of Forest Sciences in collaboration with the Finnish Graduate School in Forest Sciences and International Partnership for Forestry Education Global Forestry Trends is an international seminar for PhD students in forest sciences. The objective of the seminar is to bring together PhD students from around the world to discuss about contemporary issues in forest sciences. Preliminary programme Wed 7 Oct 9-12 13-16 18- Plenary session, key note speakers Sub-plenary sessions Get-together and sauna by the lake Pyhäselkä Thu 8 Oct 9-12 13-16 Sub-plenary sessions Excursion (tentatively) to European Forest Institute / John Deere / Fortum biorefinery Dinner 18Fri 9-10 Oct Excursion to St. Petersburg, Russia Call for papers Voluntary speakers for short papers are invited to submit abstracts by 15 June 2015. Based on these abstracts the organiser of the seminar will invite the speakers for the different sessions. The topics of the abstracts can be from any field in forest sciences and the duration of the presentation is 20 minutes, including the time for discussion. Notification of acceptance will be sent via e-mail by 30 June 2015. The abstracts should be up to two pages (A4) font 12 Times New Roman, line space 1.5. Important dates Deadline for abstracts submission Notification of acceptance of abstracts Second announcement Deadline for registration The seminar 15 June 2015 30 June 2015 17 August 2015 21 September 2015 7-10 October 2015 Further information about the seminar from coordinator Pauliina Karvinen. Organising committee Coordinator Pauliina Karvinen University of Eastern Finland, School of Forest Sciences Joensuu, Finland Tel. +358 50 4422 572 Email: [email protected] Director Timo Tokola University of Eastern Finland, School of Forest Sciences Joensuu, Finland Tel. +358 50 4015 835 Email: [email protected] Co-operation partners Finnish Graduate School in Forest Sciences International Partnership for Forestry Education International Forestry Students’ Association Global Forestry Trends - a PhD seminar in forest sciences www.uef.fi/forest/global-forestry-trends