(October 27, 2011)
Welcome to the web site for the international symposium "Tree-stumps for bioenergy - harvesting techniques and environmental consequences". The symposium was held on October 24-26, 2011 at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala, Sweden.
The organizing committee wishes to thank all participants for contributing to make the symposium to such a memorable and inspiring meeting.
Photo: Pär Aronsson
Web site visitors who did not attend the symposium may find useful information on the programme page, where abstracts and the programme booklet are available.
(November 30, 2011)
The plenum discussion, with stakeholders from research organisations, government authorities, the forest industry and environmental organisations, was filmed, and can now be viewed: see film.
Symposium programme available
(October 13, 2011)
The symposium programme – covering keynote talks, oral presentations, poster presentations, the excursion and social events – is now available:
Symposium programme
Second announcement – Call for abstracts
(March 17, 2011)
On-line registration for participants and submission of abstracts for presentations on the topics of the symposium program is now open. Abstract submission is possible until 16 May 2011.
The full content of our 2nd announcement is available as a pdf file:
Second announcement
Sincerely,
The organizing committee
First announcement
Tree stumps are rich in energy and are now emerging as a resource that can provide bioenergy to heating plants and thereby reduce the consumption of fossil fuels. The consequences for biodiversity, soils, waters and greenhouse gases are, however, still poorly known. To fill in the gaps of knowledge, the Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences launched a research programme on Stump harvesting and environmental effects together with the Swedish Energy Agency. This programme is now in its final phase and researchers in the programme will present their results and conclusions in the present international symposium: Tree-stumps for bioenergy – harvesting techniques and environmental consequences.
The goal of this symposium is to bring together a broad range of specialists working with stumps for bioenergy in order to build bridges across disciplines, perspectives and continents as well as to identify and to fill in gaps of knowledge. The main focus is on environmental and production effects, pest remediation and technical achievements but also on the balance between costs and benefits. At the end of the symposium, positive and negative effects of stump harvesting will be discussed and evaluated.
The symposium will be held in Uppsala, Sweden, October 24-26, 2011, and will include keynote speakers, oral presentations, poster sessions and discussions as well as a symposium dinner and a half-day field tour (weather allowing).
Looking forward to seeing you in Uppsala 2011!
Uppsala, October 21, 2010
Tryggve Persson, professor in soil biology, SLU
Chairman of the organizing committee
Kristina Glimelius, professor in genetics and plant breeding
Dean, Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, SLU
Tomas Lundmark, professor in forest management
Dean, Faculty of Forest Sciences, SLU
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences