Call for papers
5th edition of the international scientific conference WOOD – SCIENCE – ECONOMY. Sustainable solutions and Digitalization in Forest-Wood Industry.
We invite you to submit proposals for papers and posters in line with the scope of the conference, i.e. fitting in with the following areas:
1. Sustainable forestry in a changing environment
- Threats to forests and forestry resulting from global climate change (insect outbreaks, fires, severe weather phenomena, epiphytosis) and the possibilities of preventing these changes
- Anthropopression (environmental pollution, deforestation, overexploitation)
- Mitigation of global climate changes by managing the forest and increasing forest areas
- Augmentation of wood resources and their efficient use
- Invasive species – by-product of globalization (prediction, control)
- The role of disturbances in the formation of multifunctional forests – possibilities and limitations
2. Challenges in wood science
- Impact of climate on wood formation and wood properties
- Wood in bioenergy
- Green building
- Bio-friendly wood protection
- New technologies in wood-based materials (biocomposites, nanomaterials, packing)
- Environmental aspects of the forestry and wood sector (furniture industry, sawmilling and other wood-based industries)
- Wood market; circular bioeconomy, industry 4.0
3. Ecosystem services provided by forest ecosystems
- Phytoremediation – water and air purification
- Protection of biodiversity – maintenance of wildlife habitat
- Carbon storage
- Social and cultural benefits: education, recreation, traditional non-wood resource uses and spirituality
Submitted papers/posters must present original results of basic and applied research on technological, technical, economic and environmental issues essential for science and wood-based industries and neighbouring fields.
Forms of participation in the conference:
- Paper submission and its presentation following the approval of the Scientific Committee,
- Poster submission and its presentation following the approval of the Scientific Committee,
- Participation in the conference (neither paper nor poster).
Paper or poster submission can be made by sending the application with the abstract to wse_2025@pit.lukasiewicz.gov.pl