Environmental and technological aspects of monitoring and reforestation in the conditions of climate change

International Scientific and Practical Conference

5-7 June 2019

The International Conference of Environmental and Technological Aspects of Monitoring and Reforestation in the Conditions of Climate Change is organized by  Volga State University of Technology in cooperation with Jean Monnet Center of Excellence and will take place in Yoshkar-Ola from Wednesday 5 to Friday 7 June 2019.  The Conference is aimed at offering networking opportunities and fostering scientific debate among the researchers and professionals from Russia and Europe.

The conference will bring together EU and national researchers, the Rosleskhoz officials, young scholars, representatives from industry, public authorities to address the issues of reforestation, monitoring and remote sensing of forest management, to explore and discuss opportunities and strengths related to forest ecosystems in the conditions of climate change. Several individual sessions of the event will be informed by several keynote speakers with extensive expertise in the field, including representatives of the leading national and international Universities, the Ministry of Forestry, high-level representatives from the industry. Contributions are welcome on any aspect of modern forest science, including focused empirical, theoretical and practical contributions to forest management in the conditions of climate change and related fields including environmental policy, GIS, monitoring of reforestation.

During the conference, it is planned to hold the Info day of the international ERASMUS + project “Integrating and validating practical entrepreneurship skills in engineering and ICT studies” (REBUS). The project participants (students and teachers) will talk about the experience of participating in this project, the results obtained and the new software products (Mahara and Level-5) in developing students' entrepreneurial skills in the field of sustainable forestry and nature management.

The working languages of the conference are Russian and English.

The conference proceedings are considered for publication in the annual journal “Forest Ecosystems under Climate Change: Biological Productivity and Remote Monitoring” and the journal “Bulletin of the Volga State University of Technology. Series: Forest. Ecology. Nature Management”, which is referenced in Russian Science Citation Index, and ULRICH'S PERIODICALS DIRECTORY


CONFERENCE AGENDA:
Plenary talk – 20 min.
Session talk – 8 min.
Discussion of resolution proposals – up to 3 min.

The Conference programme

Resolution of the conference

Important Dates: 

Application deadline: 30 April  

Paper submission deadline: 

Paper Acceptance notification sent: 

(Receipt of papers will be acknowledged by email.)

Registration:  
Please fill in the registration form and return it to lejninsa @ volgatech.net