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Source: DEPT. OF ENERGY, 9/4/12
Engineering New Solutions for Energy Supply and Demand 35th Council on Forest Engineering Annual Meeting September 9-12 in New BernNew Bern, North Carolina - USA
About the 35th COFE Meeting in 2012
The purpose of the 2012 Council on Forest Engineering (COFE) meeting is to advance new engineering solutions for energy supply and demand. COFE is an international professional organization interested in matters relating to forest engineering. Conference early registration deadline is July 31, 2012.
The 2012 meeting will feature an early arrivers welcome reception, plenary sessions with keynote speaker, moderated concurrent sessions organized by timely topics, a full day field tour, a reception and dinner with special speaker, and special spouse/companion program that will immerse conference guest in the history and culture of the Crystal Coast region of North Carolina.
The conference has been accredited by the Society of American Foresters for 16.5 contact hours of Forestry Continuing Education (CFE) in category 1-CF.
Annual Meeting Planning Committee
CHAIR: Joseph Roise, Professor of Forestry, NC State University
Awatif Hassan, Professor Emeritus Forestry and Bio & Agricultural Engineering, NC State University, serving as Conference Chair
Jeffrey G. Benjamin, Assistant Professor of Forest Operations
School of Forest Resources, University of Maine
Chad Bolding, Assistant Professor of Forest Operations/Engineering, Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Tech University
Woodam Chung, The University of Montana, Department of Forest Management
Dale Greene, Professor of Forest Operations, University of Georgia
Tom Gallagher, Auburn University, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Bruce Hartsough, Associate Dean, College of Engineering, University of California at Davis
Matt Veal, NC State University Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Doug Duncan, Executive Director of the North Carolina Association of Professional Loggers, Inc.
Susan Moore and Kelley McCarter, NC State University, Forestry and Environmental Outreach Program (FEOP)
About COFE
The objectives of COFE are to foster the development of forest engineering in industry, government, and in university teaching, research, and extension programs to promote the best methods of managing and operating forests; to serve the forestry profession on matters of policy in the area of forest engineering; and to disseminate technical information on forest engineering subjects.
COFE encourages the exchange of information and technologies relating to forest engineering through their annual meeting and publication of proceedings as well as through other regional activities.
COFE Meeting Alerts
Abstract Submission: Researchers and working professionals are encouraged to share their knowledge through oral and poster presentations. Abstracts are to be submitted for planning committee member review by March 31, 2012. Presenters are expected to register for the meeting, and prepare a full formatted paper for inclusion in the post-meeting proceedings.
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