SWST Invites Abstracts for 57th International Convention in Slovakia

The Society of Wood Science and Technology (SWST) will hold its 57th International Convention at Zvolen, Slovakia, in conjunction with The 7th Wood Structure and Properties Conference and The 6th European Hardwood Conference, together with co-hosts, the Technical University (Zvolen) and the University of West Hungary. The five-day event will be held June 23-27, 2014, and includes technical sessions on Hardwood Research and Utilization; Energy, Fuels, and Chemicals; Products, Design, and Manufacturing Technologies; Forest Products Policy, Global Trade, and Value Chain Management; Wood Construction and Structures; Sustainable Forest Management; Lignocellulosic Material Science; and a Poster Session.

The final day will be a day-long tour of the UNESCO World Heritage Site city of Banská Štiavnica, old Mining/Forestry Academy and Botanical Gardens, and the wooden church in Hronsek.

SWST has issued an invitation for submission of Abstracts for the technical sessions, with a due date of December 1. Information on how to submit/upload abstracts, together with instructions for topic areas, focus, length, structure, etc., are available online.

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