Final list of participants (updated 25 September 2006).
Report of the meeting
Wednesday 13 September
20.00-21.00Registration to the EFI 2006 Annual Conference and the Scientific Seminar in the lobby of the Abbey Rolduc.
Thursday 14 September
EFI 2006 Annual Conference
The technical sessions of the Annual Conference of the European Forest Institute.
Open only to the EFI member organisations and invited observers.
8:00-8:50 Registration to the EFI 2006 Annual Conference and the Scientific Seminar continues in the lobby of the Abbey Rolduc.
9:00 Item 1 Opening of the Conference
Welcoming words
a) Registration of the Participants
b) Adoption of the Agenda
9:20 Item 2 Election of the Officers of the Conference
a) Chairperson and Vice-chairpersons
b) Minute-checkers
c) Vote-checkers
9:30 Item 3 Reports on Activities in 2005-2006
9:30 a) Annual Report 2005 & highlights in Research Programmes
9:45 b) Activities of the Project Centres
9:55 c) Activities of the Board
10:05 d) Report of the Scientific Advisory Board
10:10 e) Final accounts and Auditors' report of EFI Association
10:15 Item 4 Work plan and budget 2007
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 Item 5 Strategic issues
11:00 a) Values of EFI
11:30 b) Vision and Strategy for EFI
11:50 c) Structure of EFI
- Project Centres
- Regional Offices
12:20
Discussion
12:50 Official photograph and lunch
14:20 Item 6 Future of Forest Research
14:20 a) Forest-Based Sector Technology Platform
(guest speaker: C.G. Beckeman, Project Director, FTP)
14:40 Discussion
14:50 b) Case: EFORWOOD project
(guest speaker: Kaj Rosén, Project Leader, EFORWOOD)
15:10 Discussion
15:20 Item 7 Appointment of Board members and
auditors 2006/2007
a) Appointment of Board members
- presentation of applicants
- selection of the Board member
b) Appointment of Auditors of 2007 accounts
15:45 Coffee break
16:15 Item 7 Appointment of Board members and
auditors 2006/2007
(continues)
16:20 Item 8 Membership matters
a) Membership fees 2007
b) Results of the survey 'The flow of information between forest science and forest policy in Europe'
16:40 Item 9 Time and venue of Annual Conferences in
2007 and 2008
a) Warsaw, Poland 2007
b) Venue of 2008
16:55 Item 10 Any other business
a) Ponsse Award
b) Foundation Grant
c) Any other matters
17:15 Item 11 Closing of the Conference
(17:15-18:00 EFI Board meeting)
19:00 Departure for the official dinner
19:30 Official dinner
Friday 15 September
Scientific Seminar 'The Role of Forestry in Integrated Environmental Assessments'
8.00 - 8.50Registration in the lobby of the Abbey Rolduc
9.00 - 9.15 Opening
Nabuurs_opening.pdf
Session 1: The Role of Forestry in Environmental Assessments
9.15 - 10.00 Forests and Environmental Assessment: How Do They Link?
P. Duinker,
School for Resource and Environmental Studies,
Dalhousie University, Canada
Duinker_abstract.pdf,
Duinker_presentation.pdf
10.00 -10.30 Forest Biodiversity Indicators and Forests as Part of Nature Conservation Areas
T-B. Larsson, European Environmental Agency
Larsson_presentation.pdf
10.30 - 11.00 "Nothing ventured, nothing gained" - The Role of Forestry in the Global Biodiversity Outlook
M. van Oorschot, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, the Netherlands
van Oorschot_abstract.pdf,
van Oorschot_presentation.pdf
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee
Posters
Session 2: Integrated Assessments in European Research Area
11.30 - 12.00 Assessing the Impacts of EU Policies on Sustainable Forest Management: the SENSOR Approach
M. Pérez-Soba, Centre for Geo-Information, Wageningen UR , Alterra, the Netherlands
Perez-Soba_abstract.pdf
Perez-Soba.pdf
12.00 - 12.30 ATEAM IP: Vulnerability and Resilience of Forests in Europe
R. Leemans, Wageningen University, the Netherlands
Leemans_presentation.pdf
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 15.30 Session 3: Voluntary presentations
Each voluntary presentation consist of 15-minute presentation, 5 minutes for discussion and a 5-minute response by an invited speaker.
14.00 - 14.30 The Role of Stakeholder Dialogues in Forest Related Integrated Assessments
M. Welp, University of Applied Sciences Eberswalde, Germany
Welp_abstract.pdf,
Welp_presentation.pdf
14.30 - 15.00 Multifunctional Forest Management - Public Assessment of Sustainability of the Forest Economy in Bulgaria
G. Kostov, University of Forestry, Bulgaria
Kostov_abstract.pdf
Kostov_presentation.pdf
15.00 - 15.30 Cross-analysis of Current and Potential Forest Cover in Europe: an Appraisal of the Anthropogenic Footprint on Forest Physiognomy
M. Marcetti, Italian Academy of Forest Sciences, Italy
Marchetti_abstract.pdf,
Marchetti_presentation.pdf
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee
Posters
16.00-17.00 Session 4: Voluntary presentations
16.00 - 16.30 Forest Resources of Russia and its Use
A. Tsarev, Petrozavodsk State University, Russia
Tsarev_abstract.pdf,
Tsarev_presentation.pdf
16.30 - 17.00
Forest Ecosystems Biodiversity as an Indicator of Environmental Quality at Regional Level
A. Alekseev, Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical Academy, Russia
Alekseev_abstract.pdf
Alekseev_presentation.pdf
17.00 Closing of the Seminar
19.00 Dinner in the Abbey Rolduc
Poster abstacts:
Alekseev_Selikhovkin_abstract.pdf
Jakubowski_abstract.pdf
Khoutorova_abstract.pdf
Knust_Schneider_abstract.pdf
Mederski_abstract.pdf
Pentelkina_abstract.pdf
Sisak_abstract.pdf
Spaeth_abstract.pdf
Stuhlmann_abstract.pdf
Zalitis_Libiete_abstract.pdf
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