SMEAR II field measurement station, Hyytiälä, Finland (photo: Juho Aalto)
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WG and MC meeting Hyytiälä Forestry Field Station, Finland
6- 7 March 2014
Program
Wednesday March 5, Arrival
| Possibility to go skiing, snow-shoe walking for early arrival participants |
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| 11:30-12:30 | Lunch |
| Afternoon | Excursion to field station (facultative) |
| 18:00-19:00 | Dinner |
| 19.00 | Meeting TG leaders and SC |
| 19:00-22:00 | Sauna (Ladies 19:00-20:30, gentlemen 20:30-22:00) |
| 20:00 | Ice-breaking party (snacks and drinks) |
Thursday March 6
| 8:00-9:00 | Breakfast |
| 9:00-9:30 | Opening- Welcome by local organisers; welcome by SC/COST chairs: Action news, outline of the meeting |
| 9:30-10:30 | TG talks 1- updates on TG activities & achievements (10-min per TG + 5-min discussion) |
| TG1 - (Frank Sterck): Sapwood at work: from pilot to comparisons across Europe. | |
| TG2 - (Sergio Rossi): A meta-analysis of cambium phenology and growth: linear and non-linear patterns in conifers of the northern hemisphere . | |
| TG 3 - (Andreas Bolte): Critical thresholds for soil water storage for increased tree mortality (L50) derived from a lethal drought pre-experiment on provenance trials. | |
| TG4 - (Hans Beeckmann): The IAWA lists of microscopic features show research gaps for functional wood anatomy. | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00-12:00 | TG talks 2 - continued |
| TG5 - (Martin de Luis): How to enhance the climate signal in IADF? methodological and ecological issues. | |
| TG6 - (Veerle De Schepper): The secret world of phloem. | |
| TG7 - (Chechu Camarero): The relationship between growth dynamics and tree mortality. | |
| TG8 - (Patrick Fonti): DendroGlobal: state of the art and preliminary analysis. | |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00-13.15 | Topic Group talks 3 - continued |
| TG10 - (Georg von Wühlisch): Genetic variation in drought tolerance of beech provenances. | |
| 13:15-14:15 | Plenary discussion on TG issues (chair Achim Bräuning) |
| 14:15-15:00 | Coffee break |
| 15:00-18:00 | Topic group meetings (TGs 3, 5, 6, 8; separate meeting rooms) |
| 17:30-18:00 | ESR meeting (chair Elisabeth Robert) |
| 19:00 | Conference Dinner in Old Dining Room |
Friday March 7
| 8.00-9.00 | Breakfast |
| 9:00-12:00 | Topic group meetings (TGs 1, 2, 4, 7,10; separate meeting rooms) |
| 12.00-13.00 | Lunch |
| 13:00-14:00 | Working Group meetings (separate meeting rooms) |
| 14:00-15:00 | Coffee break Long break SC prepares WG meetings based on templates from TG leaders Short excursion field station |
| 15:30-16:30 | Plenary meeting (reporting of TG leaders, closing, future meeting, etc. ) |
| 16:30-17:30 | Management Committee meeting (chair Ute Sass-Klaassen) |
| 18:00-19:00 | Dinner |
| 19:00-22:00 | Sauna (Ladies 19:00-20:30, gentlemen 20:30-22:00) Snack |