COST E53 conference registration open

Registration is now open for the conference. You can register online here. You can view the programme and other details here. By way of a reminder, this is what the conference is about...

The Centre for Timber Engineering at Edinburgh Napier University will be hosting the final conference of COST Action E53 this spring. The conference, which is to he held at Our Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh's historic Holyrood area, will be focused on issues of quality control for wood and wood products including:

* Understanding end user requirements for wood and wood products.
* Scanning of stems, logs and boards for characterisation of geometrical and quality properties.
* Wood drying, distortion and determination of moisture content.
* Assessment of strength, stiffness and visual appearance of timber and wood products.
* Future trends in technology, wood characteristics, and end user requirements.

The full conference runs from the 4-7th May 2010, but there will be two days of particular interest to industry. These days are the 'industry focussed day' (5th May 2010) and a workshop by the European Wood Drying Group (4th May 2010). The aim is to disseminate the results of the four years of pan European research cooperation in this COST Action - and to get feedback and discussion from producers and end users.