Call for Papers

Below is a list of Technical Interest Groups issuing a Call for Papers for Sunday, June 20, Monday, June 21, and Tuesday, June 22. All formal presentations will be 20 minutes, including time for Q/A. Individuals who are interested in giving a formal presentation at the FPS 64th International Convention, must submit a request form from the list below as soon as possible, but no later than November 20, 2009. Please click on the links below to submit the appropriate form.

• Wood Products Research: Anatomical, Structural, and/or Biological, sponsored by the Biology Group
• Fungal Degradation Mechanisms, sponsored by the Biology Group, Treated Wood Products Group, and Adhesives Group (Joint)
• Woody Biomass: Economics, Supply, Conversion to Energy, and Environmental Impacts, sponsored by the Energy & Environmental Issues Group, Timber Production & Harvesting Group, and Economics & Financial Management Group (Joint)
• Extension and Technology Transfer in a Changing Industry, sponsored by the Extension & Technology Transfer Group
• General Topics in Marketing, sponsored by the Marketing Group
• Bio-Based Materials - Characterization, Processing & Product Development, sponsored by the Particleboard, Fiberboard & Molded Products Group and Adhesives Group (Joint)
• Wood-Based Carbon Materials for Advanced Applications, sponsored by the Physics Group, Adhesives Group, and Biology Group (Joint)
• Growing Wood and Biomass for Industry - Property Requirements and Material Procurement, sponsored by the Pulp & Paper Group and Biology Group (Joint)
• Manufacturing and Business Process Management, sponsored by the Quality Control, Process Control & Production Management Group
• Improving the Softwood Lumber Industry in a Troubling Market, sponsored by the Softwood Lumber Group
• Marketing and Utilization of Temperate and Tropical Species, sponsored by the Temperate & Tropical Hardwood Lumber Group
• Research and Technology in Support of Legal Timber Harvesting, sponsored by the Timber Production & Harvesting Group
• Treated Wood Products for the 21st Century's 'Green' Customers, sponsored by the Treated Wood Products Group
• Design of Wood Buildings Using Current Codes and Practices, sponsored by the Wood Engineering Division
• General Topics in Wood Engineering, sponsored by the Wood Engineering Division
• International Collaboration of Forest Products Research, sponsored by Zhiyong Cai, USDA Forest Products Laboratory