CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS, PAPERS, POSTERS
AT THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON FOREST ENGINEERING (COFE) ANNUAL CONFERENCE
BANGOR, MAINE, JULY 30-AUGUST 2, 2017

Conference organizers are inviting abstracts from academics, researchers, forestry professionals, students and others interested in forest engineering and operations.  Submit an abstract describing your work and elect to offer an oral presentation, full paper, or poster using the format for abstract submission on the www.cofe.org website.  The general theme of the meeting is: “Forest Engineering, from Where We’ve Been, to Where We’re Going.” Topics of special interest to the professionals attending the meeting also include: New Harvesting Technologies; Workforce Safety, Health and Availability; Environmental Issues of Roads and Logging; Planning and Assessment Technologies; and Issues of the Supply Chain and Transportation.  Other topics of interest will receive full consideration.

Please indicate if your abstract is intended for a full paper, oral presentation or for a poster. If you are submitting your abstract for a full paper,  indicate if you are a student and would like to have your paper considered for the Student Communication Award (http://cofe.org/index.php/awards/student-communication-award).

Please refer to the COFE Abstract Guide for formatting your abstract submission, and the COFE Paper Guide for formatting your paper at www.cofe.org

Please submit your abstract by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Direct any questions you may have to the same email

- The deadline to submit abstracts: March 20, 2017
- Notification of acceptance: April 21, 2017
- Deadline for final paper submission: June 30, 2017

Accepted full papers will be published as 2017 COFE Annual Conference Proceedings on the internet.  Authors and presenters are solely responsible for the content and grammar of their submissions.  The COFE Program Committee will evaluate your submission.  We look forward to your abstract and attendance at INTERNATIONAL COFE 2017!

The 2017 COFE Annual Meeting will be held July 30 – August 2, 2017 in Bangor, Maine, with an optional tour of the Bar Harbor area on August 3, 2017.  The meeting will be hosted by Wagner Forest Management and lead by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

More details will be available as we get closer to the date!

COFE will meet as part of the DEMO International 2016 Technical Conference: Adapting to a new reality.

DEMO 2016 is pleased to host the Council on Forest Engineering (COFE) 2016 Annual Meeting at the Four Seasons Hotel in Vancouver BC. In addition to a diverse technical program and the COFE Annual Meeting, DEMO 2016 will host the Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Institute of Forestry (CIF), and coordinate interesting and informative pre and post conference field trips.

The conference will occur in conjunction with Demo International® 2016, which will be held on September 22-24, 2016 at the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest. Over the course of the conference seven individual themes will offer a diverse and comprehensive program presenting an opportunity for conference participants to discuss timely issues affecting different areas of forestry.

This event along with the networking opportunity and its affiliation with DEMO International® 2016 will attract well over 350 forest practitioners and members of the fibre supply chain from across North America and abroad.
 
Please consider submitting a paper abstract to be included in the COFE Annual Meeting program.

Guide for COFE authors
Please refer to the COFE Abstract Guide for formatting your abstract submission, and the COFE Paper Guide for formatting your paper.
Please submit your abstract by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

• The deadline to submit abstracts: February 26, 2016
• Notification of acceptance: April 11, 2016
• Deadline for final paper submission: July 1, 2016

 
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For any enquiries regarding the programme, please contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
We look forward to seeing you at DEMO International 2016

Sincerely,
Dr. Kevin Lyons
Co-Chair DEMO International 2016 Technical Conference 

Details have been released for the 2016 WR.COFE meeting!  The seminar will be January 14, 2016 at the Valley River Inn, in Eugene, Oregon.  

Western Region COFE Seminar January 14, 2016

The 2016 COFE Annual meeting will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia CANADA on September 19 - 21,  2016.  The meeting will coordinate with the Canadian Woodlands Forum, The faculty of Forestry at UBC, and the DEMO International Conference.   This combination of meetings and in woods equipment demo should be a forest engineering highlight of the year  -  mark your calendars now and stay tuned for additional information! 

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The Florida Division SAF, UF School of Forest Resources and Conservation, Association of Consulting Foresters and Southern Regional Council on Forest Engineering are hosting a one and one half day conference that will be of interest to COFE members in the Southern US.

The theme of the 43rd Annual Spring Symposium is "Innovations in Timber Harvesting and Utilization"

COFE Annual Meeting Registration NOW OPEN!  Early Registration Before June 1st!  

Register today at http://cofe.ca.uky.edu/

For the first time, the 2015 COFE annual meeting will be hosted by the Department of Forestry at the University of Kentucky. It will be held July 19 – 22, 2015 in Lexington, Kentucky.  The theme of the meeting is “Engineering Solutions for Non-Industrial Private Forest Operations”.  This meeting will have technical presentations addressing the following topics:   

• Forest operations as a mean to restore and improve forest health
• Biomass utilization for energy production
• Best management practices to reduce site disturbances and maintain stream water quality
• Transition to mechanized operations in hardwood forests
• Small-scale forest operations for non-industrial private landowners

For more information about the 2015 COFE meeting, please visit the conference website or contact Conference Chairman:  

Dr. Marco Contreras, Assistant Professor of Forest Management
Department of Forestry College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
University of Kentucky
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Details have been released for the 2015 WR.COFE meeting!  The seminar will be January 15, 2015 at the Valley River Inn, in Eugene, Oregon.  

The full schedule and registration information are posted here