2008 WORLD CONFERENCE ON NATURAL RESOURCE MODELING

June 15 - 18, 2008

 Warsaw, Poland  

(This is just a quick info page; please visit the main conference website for all other information, on the Location, Tentative Agenda, and Accommodations) 

Publication Submission Deadline: Sep. 1, 2008 

• Special Issue of Forest Science with forestry related papers -- please submit papers directly to Forest Science with a letter indicating that you intend the manuscript to be published in the Special Issue of Forest Science dedicated to the 2008 RMA Conference;  

• We're working on another journal for the publication of manuscripts not suitable for Forest Science, and the information details on this effort will be available soon.  

In order to complete the registration please fill in both: the registration form and the payment form, which also explains the Conference Registration Fees

FAQ

• Was the conference shortened?  

  • Yes.

• How do I find out what are the registration fees and how I can get a receipt or confirmation of payment?  

  • Read the payment form or contact Bob Fray.

• Do we have to fill in two registration forms?  

  • Yes, you need to fill in the registration form and the payment form. (It is the paradigm of Internet shopping: first you log on to a site at which you have an account (a logging id and password); and then, when you want to buy something, you make a credit cart payment through a secure site payment form.) 

• How do I register and pay fees?  

  •  Register your presentation using the registration form and then make the payment using the payment form.  

Sponsors

• Resource Modeling Association; and (other alphabetically) 
• Center for Forest Business & Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens GA, USA; 
• Faculty of Forestry, Warsaw Agricultural University, Warsaw, Poland; 
• Forest Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland; 
• Weyerhaeuser Company; 

Special Guests

• Oscar Garcia, Professor at the University of Northern British Columbia, occupying the FRBC / West Fraser Endowed Chair in Forest Growth and Yield, in the Forestry Program.

• Edwin J.Green, Editor, FOREST SCIENCE; Professor of Forest Biometrics; Program Director, Spatial Statistics. 

• Kim Iles, Expert in Sampling and Forest Inventory, Consultant. 

• More TBA ...

For more information contact

• Chris Cieszewski, UGA, for the registration status, and the matters related to the program agenda, and state of organizational arrangements with our Polish collaborators; 

• Bob Fray, Furman University, for any information relating to the registration fees and payments; 

• Mike Strub, Weyerhaeuser Co., for any information about sponsorships, evening social activities during the conference, relevance of presentation topics, and submissions of papers for publication in special issues; 

• Tommy Tye, UGA, for any inquiries about registration of abstracts;

• Michal Zasada, UA in Warsaw, for any information about hotel accommodations, transportation, tours, and any other matters related to all local arrangements in Warsaw;  

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