The Canadian Wood Preservation Association is proud to invite you to join us at our 32nd annual meeting.
The venue will be at the Westin Nova Scotian Hotel, Halifax and it will be held on Tuesday October 4th and Wednesday October 5th, 2011.
We have negotiated a conference room rate of $169.00 for a single or double if booked by August 2, 2011 and a rate of $189.00 if booked after this date for Westin guest rooms per night.
To get the preferred rate, make your reservation directly with the hotel at 1-877-993-7846 on or before August 2, 2011.
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Professor Dr Holger Militz is head of the Burkhart Institute, Dept. of Wood Biology & Wood Products, Goettingen University, Germany. He is also an adjunct professor in Wood Technology at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences.
He was previously Professor and head of the wood research group within the Chair of Forest Ecology at Wagneningen University (1995-2000)and Director of SHR Timber Research, Wageningen, Netherlands (1991-2000). Before that he was Head of the Department Wood Technology at TNO Centre for Timber Research (1987-1991).
He studied wood science at the University of Hamburg in Germany (1980-1987) and obtained his PhD from Wageningen University in 1991. His thesis topic involved improving the permeability of spruce. Dr. Militz has worked extensively in the field of wood modification and wood preservation investigating and developing a wide variety of technologies.
All of these have been grounded in a solid knowledge of wood science. His considerable expertise in the field of wood modification is renowned and we are particularly fortunate to welcome him to give his keynote address on wood modification methods which will lead off our symposium on Wood Protection without Biocides.
Conference fees are as follows:
| |
One day |
Two days |
| Members: |
CAD$ 125 |
CAD$ 200 |
| Non-members: |
CAD$ 300 |
CAD$ 400 |
| Students: |
CAD$ 50 |
CAD$ 50 |
