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Most conferences about short rotation crops have primarily focused on EITHER agricultural OR forest crops, resulting in less integration and slower advancement of common underlying science and application. The goal of this conference is to initiate and provide opportunities for scientific exchange and full integration of the science and application of producing BOTH agricultural AND forest crops for biofuels, bioenergy, and bioproducts. There is a substantial global need for development of such systems and technologies for the sustainability of short rotation crops across multiple temporal and spatial scales. This conference offers an international forum for discussion and scientific exchange about methods for overcoming barriers to economically and sustainably producing large quantities of biofuels, bioenergy, and bioproducts.
We are no longer accepting abstracts for oral and poster presentations. Thank you to those who submitted abstracts.
There will be a joint field tour during the conference to the University of Minnesota Southern Research and Outreach Center in Waseca, Minnesota to see both agricultural and forestry research projects. Opportunities for pre and post-conference tours to biomass research and development projects in the region are being offered.
For more information, please contact:
RaeLynn Jones Loss, CINRAM, Department of Forest Resources (UMN) at +1 (612) 624-7418, raelynn@umn.edu or
Dean Current CINRAM, Department of Forest Resources (UMN) at +1 (612) 624-3400, curre002@umn.edu.
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