The International Boreal Forest Research Association is pleased to announce, in collaboration with the Pan-Eurasian Experiment (PEEX), the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), and supported by the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) the IBFRA18 “Cool forests at risk? The critical role of boreal and mountain ecosystems for people, bioeconomy, and climate” conference to be held in Laxenburg, Austria.

The event will focus on both boreal and high altitude forests. It will launch an initiative to raise awareness, maintain, and promote the multiple, critical values provided by those ecosystems.

Hosted by IIASA on 17-20 September 2018, the event will bring together and support the dialogue of academia and decision makers from policy, business, and civil society as the start of a collective effort to create solutions for a sustainable future for the earth system.

Jaana Bäck
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research INAR / Forest Sciences University of Helsinki, Finland

Alexander Buck (to be confirmed)
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)

Markku Kulmala
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), University of Helsinki

Werner Kurz (to be confirmed)
Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Canada

Woo-Kyun Lee
Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University

Raisa Mäkipää
Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE)

Christiane Schmullius
Department for Earth Observation, Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences, Friedrich Schiller University Jena (FSU), Germany

Anatoly Shvidenko
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

Eugene Vaganov
Siberian Federal University, Russia

For a constantly updated list of speakers  check the website.