Poplar
Events
The following are upcoming and recent events related
to poplar (including aspen) and willow which may be of interest.
If you know of other events that we could add to this list, send
us a message with the relevant information.
Upcoming Events
Forum on the Culture of Willows and Hybrid Poplars
for Energy Production: Potentials and challenges
Wendake, Quebec
March 14-15, 2012
Réseau Ligniculture Quebec, with the support
of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) and an organizing committee,
is organizing a forum that will examine key issues for concentrated
short-rotation woody crops (SRWC) of willows and hybrid poplars
for energy production, namely R&D, implementation, economic
feasibility, and deployment. This event will take place in Wendake,
located in the vicinity of Quebec City, on March 14 and 15, 2012.
More than 100 participants are expected, mainly from the Quebec
forestry and agricultural sectors. Fifteen speakers from Quebec
and elsewhere in Canada will share their knowledge. It will be
the opportunity for diverse stakeholders to acquire relevant knowledge
and to establish links with other participants.
Please note that a simultaneous translation service
will be provided in both official languages.
View poster.
Link to the website : http://www.rlq.uqam.ca/colloque/colloqueCourteRotation/index_en.asp
International Conference and Exhibition on the
Art and Joy of Wood
"Rediscovering wood: the key to a sustainable future"
Bangalore, India
October 19-22, 2011
Hosted by the Indian Ministry of Environment and
Forests, and organised by the Institute of Wood Science and Technology,
Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training Institute, and
Indian Forest Research Institute, in collaboration with the Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International
Wood Culture Society and International Union of Forest Research
Organizations.
For information: www.artjoywood.org
2012 IUFRO All Division 5 Conference
Lisbon, Portugal
July 8-13, 2012
This major international conference of Division
5 of the International Union of Forestry Research Organizations
(IUFRO) is designed to bring together researchers in forest products
and related fields from around the world. It will include a joint
session with the IUFRO Working Party on Poplar and Willow Genetics
and Breeding. The topic of the joint session is 'Wood Quality'.
For information: www.iufro2012.org
International Poplar Commission 24th Session
"Improving Lives with Poplars and Willows"
Dehra Dun, India
October 9-12, 2012
First Announcement and call for papers will be
available by September 2011.
For information: www.fao.org/forestry/ipc/69638/en
Recent Events
Poplar Council of Canada
Conference & Annual Meeting
'Poplars and Willows on the Prairies: Traditional Practices meet
Innovative Applications'
Edmonton, Alberta
18-22 September, 2011
Post-conference field tour to Fort McMurray Oil
Sands
23-24 September, 2011
A joint event of the Poplar Council of Canada,
International Poplar Commission 'Environmental Applications' Working
Party (WP6) and the Poplar Council of the United States. The program
included technical presentations, discussion and several days
of field visits.
Conference
presentations (including posters) - available in PDF format.
Coming soon - photos from field tours.
8th
Biennial Meeting of Short Rotation Woody Crops Operations Working
Group (including Poplar Council Annual Meeting 2010)
Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel and Conference
Centre
Syracuse, NY
17-21 October, 2010
This meeting was hosted by the State University
of New York willow biomass group. The theme was 'Short
Rotation Woody Crops in a Renewable Energy Future: Challenges
and Opportunities'. Poplar Council of Canada held its
2010 annual meeting in conjunction. The meeting included a day
and a half of plenary and concurrent technical sessions, and field
visits in the Syracuse area, as well as a 2-day post-conference
field tour of biomass establishments, and poplar and willow plantations
in Northern New York State and eastern Ontario.
Program
| Field
Tours
Presentations given at the conference are available
through the conference
website. A summary of the conference and field tours, including
photos, is available in the current
issue of the Poplar Council Newsletter. That Newsletter also
contains reports from the Annual Meeting.
IUFRO Fifth International
Poplar Symposium (IPS-V)
Orvieto, Italy
20-25 September, 2010
This important meeting was hosted by the Agricultural
Research Council of Italy, the National Research Council of Italy-Institute
of Agro-environmental and Forest Biology, The University of Tuscia,
and the Italian National Poplar Commission.
IPS-V: "Poplars and willows: from research
models to multipurpose trees for a biobased society" included
presentations of the latest scientific research on a diversity
of topics including population genetics, application of genomics
to conventional hybridization, host-pathogen interactions, and
novel biomass production systems, as well as field excursions
to the Po River Valley to observe Italy's vibrant poplar culture
and industry.
Details of the conference program, field tours,
etc. can be found at: http://www.sisef.it/IPS-V/.
The intention is to publish papers presented at
then conference in peer-reviewed journals. A summary report of
the conference and field tours is available in the current
issue of the Poplar Council Newsletter.
International Poplar Commission
Environmental Applications of Poplar & Willow Working Party
Workshop Meeting
Montelibretti, Rome, Italy
17-18 September, 2010
This technical and business meeting took place
at the Institute of Agro-environmental and Forest Biology (IBAF)
of the Italian National Research Council (CNR). The program included
technical presentations, discussion and field visits.
Topics presented included: Using willow riparian
buffers for biomass production and riparian protection; phyto-recurrent
selection: a method for selecting Populus and Salix genotypes
for environmental applications; production of short rotation woody
biomass with and without irrigation using treated municipal sewage
water; and root and shoot pruning of hybrid poplar for establishment
on heavy clay soils.
The second announcement
with details of the meeting can be found here.
The next meeting of this IPC Working Party will
be held in Edmonton, Alberta in conjunction with the Annual
Meeting of the Poplar Council of Canada in September 2011.
Short
Rotation Crops International Conference
Minneapolis, Minnesota
August 18-22, 2008
The theme of this meeting was 'Biofuels, Bioenergy, and Bioproducts
from Sustainable Agricultural and Forest Crops'. It included technical
sessions with oral presentations and posters, as well as a variety
of field tours. The goal was to initiate and provide opportunities
for scientific exchange and full integration of the science and
application of producing both agricultural and forest crops for
biofuels, bioenergy and bioproducts.
Sponsors included USDA Forest Service, USDA Agricultural Research
Service, University of Minnesota, Short Rotation Woody Crops Operations
Working Group, Poplar Council of Canada, Poplar Council of the
US, IEA Bioenergy Task 30, IUFRO, Soil and Water Conservation
Society, and others.
The Conference incorporated the 2008 Annual Meeting of the
Poplar Council of Canada.
The conference website (www.cinram.umn.edu/srwc/)
is still providing information about the event, and and has a
variety of conference materials available. These include:
A formal peer-reviewed proceedings with full papers
is also planned.
International Poplar Commission, 23rd Session
Beijing, P.R. China
October 26-30, 2008
The theme of IPC-2008 was 'Poplars, Willows and People's Wellbeing'.
It included:
- recent status and advances of poplar and willow afforestation
and reforesetation for industry applications;
- recent status, progress and advances in application of poplars
and willows for ecological/environmental restoration, biofuels
(bioenergy) and carbon sinks to mitigate climate change; and
- advances in poplar breeding, biotechnology and forest health.
The program included plenary, concurrent and Working Party Sessions,
Pre- and Post-Session study tours, and IPC Executive Committee
meetings, as well as a tour of Beijing City and the Olympic Stadium
For more information, including publications relating
to the Session, visit the FAO IPC website (www.fao.org/forestry/site/ipc2008).
The Canadian national report
prepared for IPC-2008 is available
here, as well as a separate extensive
literature list.
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