On
behalf of the International Council and the Executive Board of IUFRO,
I invite you to attend the XXII IUFRO World Congress being held in Brisbane,
Queensland, Australia, 8–13 August 2005.
This is the first time in the long history of IUFRO that our World Congress will be held in the Southern Hemisphere. More than 2500 participants are expected to travel to Brisbane for the Congress.
An innovative and challenging scientific program is being developed. The theme for the Congress, Forests in the Balance: Linking Tradition and Technology, will set the tone of the discussions at the Congress. The main theme is supported by ten sub-themes that will guide the presentations to issues that are important for the future of the forest sector.
The presentations will be given in traditional plenary, sub-plenary and specialist meetings along with a comprehensive poster program. In addition to the five-day scientific program, the Congress will also include a full-day in-congress tour and a number of post-congress excursions with technical, sightseeing and cultural components. An industry exhibition will be staged as part of the congress and will feature state-of-the-art technologies, research agencies, universities, environmental organisations and others.
The XXII IUFRO World Congress represents a significant change in the focus from scientists talking to scientists to scientists interacting with the global community. The scientific program will demonstrate the progress that forest researchers have made in solving the problems faced by other forest stakeholders: policy makers, managers, educationalists and the general public.
I would like to put on record IUFRO's and my own sincere gratitude to the Congress Organising Committee and the Congress Scientific Committee for their hard work in preparing this Congress. We are also very grateful to the State and Federal Government Agencies in Australia for their irreplaceable support, and to our corporate sponsors who we recognise as our valuable partners in ensuring the success of the event.
See you in Brisbane in August 2005!
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