There will also be ample time for discussion at various sessions. All presentations and posters will be included in a special volume to be published. The meeting will be held in the conference rooms of the SunBeach Hotel in the outskirts of Thessaloniki, Greece. The final scientific program and abstracts will appear on our web site as soon as they become available. Mr. Georgios Halivopoulos Dr. Yannis Raftoyannis Scientific Committee Dr. Alexandros Arabatzis, DG Research, EU Prof.
Southern forests provide an immeasurable benefit to the citizens of our country and the world.
This highly diverse region of the country supports a variety of ecological, economic, cultural and social systems. The scientists, managers, owners, and users of today's southern forests have one thing in common their desire to improve and enhance these forests and the systems they support. A first step in doing so is to understand the contributions science has made and continues to make to the care and management of the forest, the products produced and the resulting social and economic systems served. A three-day conference is planned to celebrate these contributions of science and to look to the future to shape scientific directions in sustainable forestry. The conference website has more details.