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IUFRO WORLD CONGRESS 2010
Presentation         Deadlines         News
Contact      Students' Delegation List      Sponsors


1) Presentation

Spirit of the session on forestry education :

Knowledgeable and competent graduates are crucial for professional success in forestry and related fields as well as for successful research. Therefore quality of learning and teaching is of out most importance. IFSA started its activity on forestry education during the World Forestry Congress in Argentina in 2009 by proposing a Global Action Plan for Forestry Education. An enquiry also resulted in detailed information on views of forestry students as well as teaching staff on status and means of improvement of forest sciences education.

Now the aim is to discuss on innovative tools and teaching methods for forestry education. This session is definitively oriented towards research and science. Time is not for reviewing education problems anymore. As they have been assessed, there is a need for innovative propositions and implementation of actions to overcome these problems.

The key debates to be raised in the papers and panel discussion are:

  • How sustainable development and education are linked?
  • Is forestry education willing to follow the development of new technologies? How can it be achieved? Is it desirable?
  • Is the scope of education global or local? What are the limits of forestry education (geographical limits: how forestry is linked to cultural, local constraints; but also limits of subject: what is the difference between forestry education and environmental, landscape or even agricultural education?).
  • What are the most innovative perspectives of research about education in forest sciences?

    • The proposed schedule starts with individual papers followed by a moderated panel discussion. Both students and scientists are invited to submit articles, in order to make the discussion as exciting as possible.

    Below is a list of accepted oral and poster presentations for this session (final list may vary due to availability of speakers) :

     Also, a description of IFSA's activities is available here : IFSA fundraising proposal



    2) Deadlines

    - abstract submission: December 31st, 2009. All abstracts have already been submitted.

    - early-bid registration to the congress: April 30th 2010.

    - last day for registration (higher price) : July 23rd 2010.


    3) News

    • 1st December 2009 : launch of this online page. The IFSA delegation for IUFRO 2010 is born !
    • 16th December 2009 : only 15 days to abstract submission deadline. At the moment, the session on forestry education gathered several presentations and posters from students, one presentation on new technologies by UPM and a presentation from the "communicating forest science" task force of IUFRO. Let's do better and submit your oral presentations/posters !
    • 31st December 2009 : deadline for asbtract submission is over. IFSA's session for forestry education received 23 abstracts, from which 6 to 10 will be finally selected.
    • 07th January 2010 : launch of the delegation mailing list and first contact bewteen all participants.
    • 16th April 2010 : a list of IFSA volunteers have been accepted by IUFRO. In exchange of translation and language volunteering during the congress, these motivated students have been granted a free registration to the congress
    • May-June 2010 : an information document, including a presentation, budget, list of delegates, timetable and detailed information on IFSA presentations (posters and oral) is now available. Don't hesitate to ask the delegation to get the latest version of this document.

    4) Contact

    Apart from the IFSA Forum , please contact directly Michaël Rivoire (IUFRO Liaison Officer) at iufro.lo@ifsa.net.

    You can also be involved in the students delegation (see below). There is a mailing list to organize the tasks between students.





    5) Students' Delegation

    Please find below the list of students participating in the IUFRO World Forestry Congress 2010.

    New ! Online subscription to the IFSA delegation ! Google Groups
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    New ! Online subscription to the IFSA delegation ! Google Groups
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    The delegation is currently organizing fundraising, preparing a booth stand, oral and poster presentations, designing a logo, contacting Korean organizers and printing promotion material.

    Please find below a sketch of the booth stand (that will be available during the whole week at the Congress) :



    Here is a draft of t-shirts that will be worn by students delegates during the Congress:







    6) Sponsors

    The delegates are contacting several potential sponsors. Several students whose posters or oral presentation have been accepted need a strong help from various sponsors to attend the congress in good conditions (travel, registration fee and accomodation, for example).



    #1:
    At the moment, our main partner for this World Congress is IUFRO. The International Union waived the registration fee for 19 students delegates who accepted to make language volunteering work during the congress. IUFRO also granted a booth stand for IFSA during the whole congress, where the students will present their association, welcome participants and discuss with scientists.
    This is a strong and useful help for the delegation.



    #2:
    ITTO (The International Tropical Timber Organization) is supporting IFSA during the World Congress, giving a substantial amount dedicated to the charity evening, particularly on printings and promotional documents. IFSA is glad to have such an agreement with ITTO.





    #3:
    The European Union is a long-term partner of IFSA. The EU grant is supporting a significant part of T-shirt printings, posters printings, postage costs and travel costs (inside the European Union).