Call for Abstracts - 2018 COFE Annual Meeting

41^st Annual Council on Forest Engineering Meeting (COFE 2018) -- July 15-18, 2018 -- Williamsburg, Virginia, USA

Registration Link: https://www.regonline.com/cofe2018

You are invited to submit abstracts for presentations and/or papers at the upcoming 41^st Annual Council on Forest Engineering Meeting in Williamsburg, Virginia; July 15-18, 2018. The meeting theme is “Revolutionary Traditions, Innovative Industries.” Contributions are invited that address forest engineering challenges and innovative solutions globally. The meeting will be hosted by the Virginia Tech Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation.

Three submission tracks are available:

Published abstract with meeting presentation only (no paper required)
Proceedings paper with meeting presentation (not peer reviewed)
Peer reviewed paper with presentation (published in a special issue of the International Journal of Forest Engineering)

The deadline for abstract submission is March 1, 2018. Abstract submissions will be reviewed and notification of acceptance will be confirmed by March 15, 2018. Submissions addressing the following topics will be given priority; however, other relevant forest engineering topics will be considered:

2018 Western Region Council on Forest Engineering Seminar

THEME: IMPROVING FOREST HARVESTING OPERATIONS - January 18, 2018 -- Valley River Inn, Eugene, Oregon

REGISTRATION LINK

(7 Hours + 1 Forest Practices AOL Professional Logger Credits)(TBA)
(8 Washington Master Loggers Program Credits) (TBA)
(6.5 Cat 1 Contact Hours SAF Continuing Forestry Ed Credits) (TBA)

WR.COFE is a regional chapter (western United States and British Columbia) of the COUNCIL ON FOREST ENGINEERING (COFE). COFE is an international professional organization formed to foster the development of forest engineering in industry, government, and education in order to promote the best methods of managing and operating forests, both private and public. COFE serves the forestry profession by disseminating technical information about forest engineering. For more information, see the COFE website at: www.cofe.org

Program Details:

0700 – 0815 REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (Provided)

0815 – 0830 Introduction to WR.COFE & Seminar -- Jeff Wimer, Chair, WR.COFE & OSU FERM Department

SESSION 1: Forestry Drones

SAVE THE DATE - 2018 COFE Annual Meeting

July 15-18, 2018 -- Williamsburg, Virginia

Revolutionary Traditions, Innovative Industries

Hosted by Virginia Tech, Department of Forest Resources & Environmental Conservation. Forest Operations and Business Research Cooperative

and Signature Sponsor Enviva Biomass as host of field trip and sponsor of themed tavern dinner

Conference Website: http://www.regonline.com/cofe2018

Location

Colonial Williamsburg www.colonialwilliamsburg.com

Easy access with 3 Major Airports close by:

2017 Annual Meeting In Bangor Maine

This year’s COFE Annual Meeting is being hosted by the University of Maine, School of Forest Resources, and the New England Region Council on Forest Engineering. The theme of this 40th COFE Annual Meeting is “Forest Engineering, From Where We’ve Been, to Where We’re Going.” Please see the ‘Call for Abstracts’ page for information about the technical presentation topics. See the ‘Registration Page’ to register for the conference, and the ‘Hilton Garden Inn Bangor’ link for hotel information and to reserve your stay.

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Call For Papers

Full Meeting Agenda

Registration Page

To make hotel reservations with the

Hilton Garden Inn Bangor, click here

Use booking code COFE

This year’s COFE annual meeting is sponsored in part with generous donations from:

John Deere
Seven Islands Land Co.
SAPPI North America
Chadwick-BaRoss, Inc.

For additional information please contact: Raymond C. Berthiaume, COFE Co-Chair

Harvest Planning & Operations Manager
Wagner Forest Management, Ltd.
PO Box 121
Errol, NH 03579
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Agenda

COFE 2017 “Forest Engineering, from Where We’ve Been, to Where We’re Going”

July 30 – August 2, 2017

Sunday 7/30 Travel Day

4:30pm-7:30pm Registration

5:00pm-6:30pm Executive Committee Meeting

6:30pm-8:00pm Evening Social/Reception at the hotel

Dinner on your own

Monday 7/31

7:30am Registration

First Call for Papers 2017 Annual Meeting - Bangor Maine

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; Viagra 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!

2017 Annual Meeting Save the Date

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!

2016 COFE Annual Meeting Call for Papers

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

Western Region COFE Seminar Jan 14, 2016

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

2016 Annual Meeting

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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Southern Region COFE Co-sponsors Spring Symposium in Gainesville, FL

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"

The dates are May 13-14, 2015 at the Austin Cary Forest Learning Center in Gainesville, Florida.

For full details and registration please visit Symposium Registration and Details