We are glad to inform you that the registration website for the 4th WoodWisdom-Net Research Programme Seminar is now open at https://www.registerforevent.net/Register/Pages/Enter.aspx?en=WoodWisdom&ep=WoodWisdom . Please register to the event on this page, latest by the 31st of January, 2012. On the registration page you can also have a look at and download the latest version of the seminar programme.

This event will be the fourth in a series of programme seminars that started with the Opening Seminar of the WoodWisdom-Net Research Programme in February 2008 in Berlin. The WoodWisdom-Net Programme is an initiative of the ERA-NET WoodWisdom-Net on wood material science and engineering which is currently providing funding to 17 ongoing transnational research projects.

This public seminar will bring together researchers and stakeholders from industry, academia and policy-making organisations in the forest-based sector. It will be the:

• Mid-term seminar of the of the 2nd Joint Call for Proposals (2009),
• Opening seminar of the Joint Call for Proposals (2010) of the European Research Area Networks (ERA-Nets) WoodWisdom-Net 2 and ERA-NET Bioenergy, and
• Final seminar of the Joint Call on Short Rotation Coppice (2008) within the framework of ERA-NET Bioenergy.

The objectives of the seminar will be to discuss the results from the projects, to facilitate information exchange and networking between the projects and their stakeholders and to gain feedback and ideas for the further development of the WoodWisdom-Net Research Programme.