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11th Hardwood Conference
30-31. May 2024
Sopron, Hungary
The University of Sopron, the Wood K Plus Austria, the Georg August University of Göttingen and FATE (Wood Science Association, Hungary) are pleased to announce the call for abstracts for the 11th Hardwood Conference.
Discover the city of Sopron in the heart of Europe, and meet scientists, young researchers from all over the world, by accepting the invitation of the organizers!
University of Sopron
The University of Sopron is a higher educational institution made up of four faculties. With campuses in the historical town of Sopron, a jewel city situated in the Fertő region (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) and at the foot of the Lower Alps. The university offers up-to-date knowledge to almost 6 thousand students who benefit from the high standards of education and advanced infrastructure. Founded in 1735, University of Sopron is one of the oldest universities among higher education institutions in Hungary. The synergy of long-living traditions and the novel methods in scientific researches and education provides the students cutting edge knowledge, a high standard of education with advanced infrastructure.
The University of Sopron considers itself as “green university” that endeavours to create skills to conserve and improve ecologically, economically and socially adaptable methods to provide sustainable development of life quality for nature and mankind. It cultivates moral and human values, never losing sight of traditions. Its ‘regional centre’ consciousness is determined by its position as a Euro-region centre and by the needs of the over-the-border Hungarian nationality.
The SoE (University of Sopron) is an open-minded institution, inclined to corporate with anyone that could agree on its objectives and targets and would serve the intellectual progress and development of the region as well as the whole country.
The campus of the University of Sopron with four faculties is located in West Transdanubia: a developed, industrialised region at Hungary’s western border, specialised in automotive and machinery industries, characterised by larger-than-the-national-average weight of FDI. Its regional innovation system has been rapidly evolving since 2009 with mobilisation of the region’s endogenous assets like thermal tourism, wood and furniture industries.
Wood K Plus Austria – Kompetenzzentrum Holz GmbH
We are a leading research institute in the area wood and wood-related renewable resources in Europe. Our core competences are materials research and process technology along the complete value chain – from raw material to finished products. We develop methods and basics and perform applied research on the economy-science interface.
University of Göttingen
The University of Göttingen is an internationally renowned research university. Founded in 1737 in the Age of Enlightenment, the University is committed to the values of social responsibility of science, democracy, tolerance and justice. It offers a comprehensive range of subjects across 13 faculties: in the natural sciences, humanities, social sciences and medicine. With about 30,000 students and more than 210 degree programmes, the University is one of the largest in Germany.
FATE
The Wood Science Association, more commonly known as FATE, since its founding in 1950, is an umbrella organization, discussion forum and professional workshop of woodworking trades. The aim of the Association is to socialize and raise awareness of the scientific tasks of the wood industry, to unite the technical and scientific experts of wood industry in Hungary. Since 1951 he has been publishing the “Faipar” (“Wood Industry”) journal. FATE has assisted the development of the profession, the training and security of its employees, and initiated the launch of higher education of timber industry in Hungary, organized wood industry exhibitions, founder of the Wood Science Foundation and the voluntary pension fund for forestry and woodworkers.
“Project no. 140629 has been implemented with the support provided by the Ministry of Innovation and Technology of Hungary from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund, financed under the MEC_SZ_21 funding scheme.”