Local organizer: Institute of Agricultural and Forestry Economics
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna

Announcement
and Call for Papers

International IUFRO Symposium
Advances and Challenges
in Managerial Economics and Accounting
IUFRO Unit 4.05.00 - Managerial economics and accounting
4.05.01 – Managerial, social and environmental accounting
4.05.02 - Managerial economics
4.05.03 - Managerial economics and accounting in Latin America

conference webpage: https://www.wiso.boku.ac.at/afo/tagungen-forst/iufro-symposium-2016/
contact: forec@boku.ac.at

Vienna, Austria
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU)

9 – 11 May 2016

Institute of Agricultural and Forestry Economics
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna

Background and Objectives
Forests contribute to modern societies through cultural, economic, environmental,institutional and social dimensions. Forest management decisions and practices, therefore,
must incorporate information concerning all of these dimensions. In addition, global issues
such as changes in society, climate and forest values influence and transform the ways inwhich forest ecosystems are perceived, managed and used. The role of managerial economics
and accounting in forest ecosystems management and policy development in response tothese evolving conditions and needs of society will be central to this symposium which
addresses and aims to contribute to theme 3 of the IUFRO-strategy: 'forests and forest
products for a greener future'.
The symposium is aimed at forest researchers and practitioners from the IUFRO 4.05 Unit
(members engaged in managerial, social, and environmental forest economics andaccounting), as well as scientists and practitioners in the areas of forestry, forest and natural
resource policy, decision support modeling, and land-use planning. Presentations are soughton a range of topics related to managerial economics and accounting, including:
New economic instruments, regulations, policies, and organizations in view of emerging
needs of society from forest ecosystems.
Forest development and management in the light of global change
New approaches in forest management to increase the ability for adaptation
Economic impact assessment of environmental, social and economic changes on forest
management
Economic evaluation of forest- and timber trade-related policies
Financial modeling of forest management under changing framework conditions
Lessons from long-term forest-related economic data systems
Opportunities related to the development of payments for ecosystem services andconsequences for forest management
Shifts in supply and demand for non-market services of forests
The role of decision support systems in adaptation to shifting framework conditions
Managing long-term risks in forestry
Awareness and perception of long-term changes in framework conditions among forestrelated stakeholders
Understanding of sustainability under changing framework conditions
Transdisciplinary research in forest management

Contributions in the fields of environmental, social, regional and national accounting areespecially encouraged.

Symposium venue
The Symposium will take place at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
Vienna (BOKU) in Vienna, Austria (Wien 18, Gregor Mendel Strasse 33). For general
information and hints in regard to public transport see http://www.boku.ac.at/en/

Accommodation
Participants are responsible for making their own hotel arrangements. A list of hotels closeby or readily accessible by public transport is available at (see also the conference homepage):
http://www.boku.ac.at/universitaetsleitung/rektorat/stabsstellen/stabsstelle-veranstaltungsmanagement/hotels/

International IUFRO Symposium (IUFRO 4.05.00)
Advances and Challenges in Managerial Economics and Accounting
Vienna, Austria; 9‐11 May 2016

Institute of Agricultural and Forestry Economics
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna

Tentative schedule
Sunday, May 8th 2016:

Arrival in Vienna
Informal come together

Monday, May 9th 2016:

Registration
Welcome Addresses and Opening of the Symposium
Oral Presentations
Official dinner

Tuesday, May 10th 2016:

Oral Presentations
Conclusion of the Symposium
Business Meetings for IUFRO Units
Free evening

Wednesday, May 11th 2016:

Field TripThursday, May 12th 2016:

Departure from Vienna

Registration
To register online, please visit the conference website:
https://www.wiso.boku.ac.at/afo/tagungen-forst/iufro-symposium-2016/
and fill in the respective form no later than February 15th 2016. The registration fee is 150
Euros. A respective invoice will be issued on behalf of BOKU subsequent to onlineregistration. The registration fee has to be transferred net of cost to the recipient to theuniversity’s account until April 15th in order to finally validate registration (delayed payment
in cash at the registration desk includes a service charge of 20%). The registration fee covers
proceedings of extended abstracts, coffee breaks, two lunches and the official symposium
dinner on May 9th.

Field trip
The field trip is scheduled for Wednesday, May 11th and will start and end at BOKU. It is
intended to last from 9 a.m. till 5 p.m.. The core topics of the field trip are ‘forest
management within the sphere of a capital city’ and ‘provision and evaluation of ecosystemservices’. It will be organized jointly by BOKU, the Forest Enterprise of the City of Vienna(MA 49; https://www.wien.gv.at/umwelt/wald/forstamt/) and the Austrian Federal Forest
Enterprise (ÖBf AG; http://www.bundesforste.at/). The field trip fee of 50 Euros includes
lunch and transport.

Important dates and deadlines
Registration and submission of extended abstract: February 15th 2016
Notice on accepted abstracts: February 29th 2016
Transfer of registration fee: April 15th 2016
Submission of full text for the special issue: June 30th 2016

International IUFRO Symposium (IUFRO 4.05.00)
Advances and Challenges in Managerial Economics and Accounting
Vienna, Austria; 9‐11 May 2016

Institute of Agricultural and Forestry Economics
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna

Abstracts, presentations and publications
Participants wishing to present a paper at the Symposium are required to submit an extended
abstract (maximum 3 pages) to forec@boku.ac.at no later than February 15th 2016. The
abstracts have to comply with the template provided on the conference webpage and should
include: title, author(s) name, institution, contact details (including email address) andkeywords. Acceptance will be based on the relevance to the topics of the Symposium. The
Proceedings of extended abstracts will be available as a part of the Symposium package.
Papers can be presented also in terms of posters. Oral presentations at the Symposium will beorganized into thematic sessions. Each session will have a chair person, who will introduce
the presenters, control presentation time and lead the discussion after the presentations.
Presentations are limited to 15 minutes followed by 5 minutes of discussion.
The SCI-rated Austrian Journal of Forest Science (http://www.forestscience.at/home/;
guidelines for authors: http://www.forestscience.at/guidelines-for-publications/) is preparedto publish a special issue devoted to the conference. Respective manuscripts are to besubmitted to the guest editor (walter.sekot@boku.ac.at) no later than June 30th 2016 and will
be subject to peer review.

Organizing Committee
Walter Sekot together with the ForEc-Team of BOKU, forec@boku.ac.at
Lidija Zadnik-Stirn, Lidija.Zadnik@bf.uni-lj.si
Donald Hodges, dhodges2@utk.edu
Vitor Afonso Hoeflich, vitor.ufpr@gmail.com

Program Committee
Luca Cesaro, National Institute of Agricultural Economics, Italy
Donald Grebner, Mississippi State University, United States
Donald Hodges, University of Tennessee, United States
Vitor Afonso Hoeflich, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil
Lyudmyla Maksymiv, Ukrainian National Forestry University, Ukraine
Bernhard Möhring, University of Goettingen, Germany
Maria Nijnik, The James Hutton Institute, United Kingdom
Markku Penttinen, University of Gävle, Sweden
Jean-Luc Peyron, Public Interest Group on Forest Ecosystems, FranceStjepan Posavec, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Endre Schiberna, Hungarian Forest Research Institute, Hungary
Walter Sekot, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Austria
Ludek Sisak, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic
Lidija Zadnik-Stirn, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

International IUFRO Symposium (IUFRO 4.05.00)
Advances and Challenges in Managerial Economics and Accounting
Vienna, Austria; 9‐11 May 2016

Institute of Agricultural and Forestry Economics
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna

Further informationcity map: https://www.wien.gv.at/stadtplan/en/
public transport: http://www.wienerlinien.at/eportal2/ep/programView.do/programId/66797
tourist information: http://www.vienna.info/en or http://www.wientourismus.at/en
For any further information do not hesitate to contact the ForEc-team of BOKU via
forec@boku.ac.at or personally:
Michaela Grötzer (michaela.groetzer@boku.ac.at) phone: +43-47654-3550
Walter Sekot (walter.sekot@boku.ac.at) mobile: +43-664-8453985
Philipp Toscani (philipp.toscani@boku.ac.at) phone: +43-47654-4406
Erhard Ungerböck (erhard.ungerboeck@boku.ac.at) phone: +43-47654-4406

International IUFRO Symposium (IUFRO 4.05.00)
Advances and Challenges in Managerial Economics and Accounting
Vienna, Austria; 9‐11 May 2016