Past Events

Virtual Conference 8 April 2021, 10:00 – 16:00 CET The New European Bauhaus: How can the wood sector engage, contribute and co-create? Circular bio-based materials and solutions for a sustainable, affordable and beautiful transformation of the built environment. The European Commission’s New European Bauhaus calls for a creative, interdisciplinary, novel movement embedded in the society to imagine […]

After 3 years of hard work, the Horizon 2020 InnoForESt project is coming to an end, so it is time to celebrate and share the successful results achieved. The InnoForESt consortium will organise a virtual final conference to: showcase the InnoForESt project and its main findings, share lessons learned, and share our policy, business and […]

This ThinkForest event, organised by the European Forest Institute (EFI), aims to understand and discuss the public perceptions of forestry and the forest-based bioeconomy. Is there room, and if so, how should the perceptions be shaped? A new EFI study on “Public perceptions of forestry and the forest-based bioeconomy in the EU” will be launched […]

Webinar with moderated panel debate and audience Q&A The European Commission’s ambition to become the first climate neutral continent by 2050 and achieve a 55% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 is center to a number of policy initiatives, which are also critical to the biomass and bioenergy industry. After adopting a new Biodiversity […]

Location: Brașov, Romania SCOPE The aim of the symposium is to foster the exchange of ideas between scientists from different disciplines of forest sciences, to present the latest advances and stimulate future research on forestry and related fields. To accomplish this aim, the plenary talks and the thematic sessions will cover a wide range of topics. […]

Location: Bolzano, Italy Value chains usually consider the economic value added, which a sector or a product attains due to its productive performance for a region. The perspective of the social or ecological value added often lacks behind. In terms of climate change and sustainability principles, the IUFRO Symposium thus seeks to put its focus on […]

Location: Renaissance Hotel, Brussels or via Live streaming The event is co-organised by the Wood Be Better network and the Confederation of European Paper Industries (Cepi). The event on 30 September consists of two seminars: Part 1 (hosted by Wood Be Better) – 09.00-10.30 CET EU Forest Strategy post 2020 – what should it achieve, […]

The Raw Materials Summit, the flagship event organised by the EIT RawMaterials, will take place on 29-30 September, ONLINE. The summit will gather experts from Europe and the rest of the world to discuss Innovation and new Technologies covering the entire raw materials value chain. Most relevant topics in the raw materials sector will be […]

Location: Asikkala, Finland Due to coronavirus pandemic in Europe, the conference has been postponed from 10-12 May to 27-29 September, 2020. The connection between the International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO) conference and the Scandinavian Society of Forest Economics (SSFE) Meeting is maintained, and the programme of the week remains the same (IUFRO: Sunday-Tuesday […]

Let’s shape the future together European Research and Innovation Days is the European Commission’s annual flagship event, bringing together policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs and citizens to debate and shape the future of research and innovation in Europe and beyond. This year’s format will provide an opportunity to connect, take stock of research and innovation achievements in […]