Upcoming
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
International
Poplar Commission
Environmental Applications of Poplar & Willow Working Party
Workshop Meeting
Montelibretti, Rome, Italy
17-18 September, 2010
This technical and business meeting will take place
at the Institute of Agro-environmental and Forest Biology (IBAF)
of the Italian National Research Council (CNR). The program will
include technical presentations, discussion and field visits.
Topics to be presented include: 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, preliminary program, abstract submission,
etc. can be found here. The
package includes a form for registration of interest.
Contact Working Party Technical Secretary Drusilla
Riddell-Black for further information.
IUFRO Fifth International
Poplar Symposium (IPS-V)
Orvieto, Italy
20-25 September, 2010
This important meeting will be 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. The conference committee
directed by Giuseppe Scarascia-Mugnozza has been planning an exciting
meeting.
The organization of IPS-V: "Poplars and willows:
from research models to multipurpose trees for a biobased society"
will include presentations of the latest scientific research in
a diversity of topics including population genetics, application
of genomics to conventional hybridization, host-pathogen interactions,
novel biomass production systems, and field excursions to the
Po River Valley to observe Italy's vibrant poplar culture and
industry.
The second announcement with details of the conference
organization, venue, theme, preliminary program, abstract submission,
etc. can be found at: http://www.sisef.it/IPS-V/.
Registration is also now open, through the same website.
Contact Lucia
Cherubini or Paola
Spano for the latest IPS-V details.
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 is hosted by the State University
of New York willow biomass group. The theme is 'Short
Rotation Woody Crops in a Renewable Energy Future: Challenges
and Opportunities'. Poplar Council of Canada will hold
its 2010 annual meeting in conjunction, on the evening of October
19. The meeting includes a day and a half of plenary and concurrent
technical sessions, field visits in the Syracuse area, and an
opening reception and evening banquet. As well, there is a 2-day
post-conference field tour of biomass establishments, and poplar
and willow plantations in Northern New York State and eastern
Ontario. The post-conference tour includes options to end in Ottawa
on the afternoon of October 21, or return by bus to Syracuse.
Visit the conference
website for more information.
Program
| Field
Tours | Registration
(on-line registration available now)
Call
for Papers and Posters - closed July 16.
GETTING TO SYRACUSE:
For the benefit of anyone wishing to travel to the conference
in Syracuse via Ottawa, van transportation is being arranged,
leaving Ottawa Airport on the afternoon of Sunday October 17 and
returning there Thursday afternoon October 21 following the field
tour. If you are interested in taking advantage of this option,
please contact Jim Richardson by
E-mail.
Salicaceae
Symposium / Jornadas de Salicaceas
Neuquen City, Patagonia, Argentina
16-18 March, 2011
This is the 5th in a series of events related to
poplars and willows organized in Argentina since the International
Poplar Commission held its 22nd Session in Chile and Argentina
in 2006. The program includes invited and volunteer presentations
on the significant role of poplars and willows from a biological,
environmental and an economic perspective, as well as technical
tours illustrating poplar and willow production and industry in
the south of Argentina.
Visit the conference
website for more information, or by E-mail at jornadasalicaceas@gmail.com.
Call for Papers and Posters closes August 15, 2010.
Recent Events
Poplar Council of Canada Annual Meeting
2009
'Poplar and Willow - Challenge and Change'
Regina, Saskatchewan
September 28-30, 2009
The meeting included two half-day technical sessions September
28 (pm) and 30 (am) at The Regina Inn, a full-day field tour September
29 to the AAFC Shelterbelt Centre, Indian Head, SK, as well as
optional post-conference field visits September 30 (pm) and October
1. See program for details.
The PCC Annual Business Meeting took place on the evening of September
28.
Hosted by Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada's
Agroforestry Division in partnership with the Poplar Council of
Canada.
View program.
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 will include:
- 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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