This week, Salt Lake City, Utah, hosts the world's largest forest research conference with the co-located 24th IUFRO World Congress and joint annual conventions of the Society of American Foresters (SAF) and the Canadian Institute of Forestry/Canadian Institute of Forestry/l’Institut forestier du Canada (CIF/IFC).
Please
visit QUEST’s subplenary session today, 1:30- 3 pm, SP-07 The Importance of quantifying
uncertainty in managing forests in 251 A-C; our Side Event: Practical Issues in Implementing Uncertainty Analysis, Thurs 7-9 pm, in Room 150D; and the technical sessions C-12 Quantifying Uncertainty in
Forest Measurements and Models:
Approaches and Applications, this Friday, October 10, 2014, 8-10:30 in 250 F, and continuing 3:30-6
pm, again in 250F.
Many of these IUFRO talks will be later published in a special issue of the Canadian Journal of Forest Research. Space permitting, the editors can consider additional manuscripts. Stay tuned for submission information.
Meanwhile, our neighbors at the SAF/CIF/IFC Convention offer these related tracks:
- An Engineering Take on Uncertainty: Lessons for the Forestry Profession Thurs., October 9, 1:30- 3 PM and 4 - 5:30 PM in 355 D
- Embracing, and Learning from, Uncertainty, Thurs., October 9, 2014, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM and 4-6 pm, in 255E, and Saturday, Oct 11, 10:30-12, in 255D.
To help navigate the meetings, use the SAF2014 and/or IUFRO2014 apps. If you would like to stay in the loop regarding that special CJFR issue, ask us about the QUEST mailing list.
