Forest Sector Modeling

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT

Topic	Forest Sector Modeling: State-of-the-Art and Future Challenges in an Expanding Global Marketplace
Dates	November 17, 2008: Reception (evening) November 18-19, 2008: Presentations November 20, 2008: Tour
Location	University of Washington • Seattle, Washington USA

The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Forest Sector Modeling Working Party WP 6.11 (originally part of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Forest Sector Project) is planning a conference in the USA, resuming a past tradition. The meeting will offer new and old researchers interested in forest sector modeling (FSM) the opportunity to catch up with developments from around the world. The conference will mix plenary, concurrent sessions, focused panel discussions, and input from key FSM users in forestry, forest industry, and policy planning. Plenary sessions will feature invited speakers, notable in forest sector modeling, with reviews of state-of-the-art FSM applications in major forest sector regions.

TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE:

• short-term versus long-term modeling issues
• use of econometric results as input to FSMs
• opportunities for integrating models across sectors
• integrating forest sector and biological system models
• treatment of uncertainty in FSMs
• incorporating wood-based bio-energy models in FSMs
• application of FSMs in policy analysis including greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation

Planned Sessions Include:
Bioenergy--The Bio of Bioeconomic Models--Modeling the Impacts of Climate Change--Forest Sector Modeling: Consistency; Use for Carbon Accounting--Land Use Modeling--Trade and Globalization--Using Models for Policy Analysis: Related to US ESA; the Bark Beetle Case; Illegal Logging--Modeling Timber Availability--Market Models Proxies.

Please contact Organizing Committee Chair John Perez-Garcia
Phone: (206) 685-2315
Email:  perjohm@u.washington.edu
Website: http://www.cof.orst.edu/cof/fr/research/tamm/Conference/FSM2008_MainFrame.htm

IUFRO, Center for International Trade in Forest Products (CINTRAFOR) at the University of Washington College of Forest Resources, European Forest Institute (EFI), IIASA, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, and Oregon State University.

Committee Memeber	Affiliation	Location
John Perez-Garcia, Chair	University of Washington College of Forest Resources	Seattle, Washington USA
Robert Abt	NC State University Department of Forestry	Raleigh, North Carolina USA
Darius Adams	College of Forestry Oregon State University	Corvallis, Oregon  USA
Richard Haynes	USDA Forest Service	Portland, Oregon USA
Sten Nilsson	International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis	Laxenburg, Austria
Susan Phelps	Canadian Forest Service	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Tachibana Satoshi	Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute	Ibaraki, Japan
Birger Solberg	Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Dept of Ecology and Natural Resources Management	Aas, Norway
Anne Toppinen	European Forest Institute and Finnish Forest Research Institute	Joensuu, Finland

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