The 9th World Bamboo Congress will be organized from April 10-13, 2012 at Antwerp, Belgium. The theme for this congress is “Bamboo Biosciences, Bioengineering and Agroforestry Potentials”. Papers are being invited from scholars for presentation during the congress. The Scientific Committee will select the oral presenters based on the quality and timeliness of the paper.
If you wish to present only a poster, you are welcome to send in an abstract according to the guidelines. All papers, keynotes, oral presentations, and poster presentations that are presented, or are a part of any of the Congress workshops, are eligible for inclusion in the Congress proceedings.
Suggested Topics for Consideration
– Post-Harvesting and Processing:
Preservation and protection; Mechanical and chemical properties; Products and by-products from the living culm; The harvested culm; Machining; Fibers extraction;
– Architecture, Engineering and Social Housing:
Physical and Mechanical Properties; Construction Systems and Methods (Materials, Joinery, Modulation); Constructions (Houses, Buildings, Bridges); Social Housing;
– Products, Design and Technologies:
Products Design (Furniture, Utensils, Housewares, Equipment); Boards (Glue Laminated Bamboo Boards, Fiber Boards, Mat Boards); Machinery; Fibers and fiber characteristics (Paper, Textiles, Composite); Energy (Charcoal, Biomass);
– Resources, Standards, Commerce and Policy Aspects:
Production and Supply Chain; Public Policies and Laws; Import and Export; Transportation; Financing;
– Community and Economic Development:
Poverty reduction; Experience with livelihood development projects; Methodologies; Training; Information and Communication;
– Ecology and Environmental Concerns:
Forest Dynamics; Afforestation and Reforestation; Environmental Impacts & Landscape Use; Carbon Sequestration, Remediation, Watershed Protection; Endangered Species; Biodiversity Conservation; Associated Fauna and Flora;
– Molecular analysis of bamboo (special workshop)
Molecular genetics; Bamboo genomics; Gene expression analysis; Transposon analysis;
– Regional reports
Exchange news from around the world.
Posters
Original work and other presentations that cannot be accommodated in the oral presentation schedule will be presented as posters and there will be plenty of time for scheduled discussion on the poster papers as well.
Note
All papers will be forwarded to the Science Committee for review. The mentioned categories will be developed into sessions of lecture and discussion sessions. The decision on the final structure and composition of the sessions in question will rest with the designated Chair of that session.
Last date for submitting the papers is November 1, 2011. For more information and details, you can visit this link.
