This is the first annual meeting for the Wallenberg Initiatives in Forest Sciences - WIFORCE.
The 2-day meeting takes place at Elite Hotel Mimer, downtown Umeå for invited WIFORCE participants only. More information on WIFORCE and the finalized programme (by the end of December) can be found at www.slu.se/en/wiforce
The WIFORCE Initiative consists of:
WIFORCE Research School
WIFORCE Forest Biology and Biotechnology & newly recruited WIFORCE group leaders
WIFORCE Future Silviculture & newly recruited WIFORCE group leaders
WIFORCE Arena and Computing Centre
The Wallenberg Initiatives in Forest Research (WIFORCE) is a basic science research programme that aims to deepen our understanding of the processes behind forest growth, survival, and biodiversity. The knowledge can contribute to sustainable forestry, new management practices, and climate-adapted trees.
This is the first annual meeting for the Wallenberg Initiatives in Forest Sciences - WIFORCE.
The 2-day meeting takes place at Elite Hotel Mimer, downtown Umeå for invited WIFORCE participants only. More information on WIFORCE and the finalized programme (by the end of December) can be found at www.slu.se/en/wiforce
The WIFORCE Initiative consists of:
WIFORCE Research School
WIFORCE Forest Biology and Biotechnology & newly recruited WIFORCE group leaders
WIFORCE Future Silviculture & newly recruited WIFORCE group leaders
WIFORCE Arena and Computing Centre
The Wallenberg Initiatives in Forest Research (WIFORCE) is a basic science research programme that aims to deepen our understanding of the processes behind forest growth, survival, and biodiversity. The knowledge can contribute to sustainable forestry, new management practices, and climate-adapted trees.
Venue: to be decided, in proximity to Umeå
Please note that this event is open for SAB and PI's only, not other personell categories at UPSC.
More information on the programme will be announced in 2026.
UPSC SAB:
Sally Aitken, Professor at the University of British Columbia, Canada
Expertise: Tree population genetics and climate adaptation
Julia Bailey Serres, Professor at the University of California, Riversida, USA
Director of the Center for Plant Cell Biology UC Riverside
Expertise: Genetic mechansims controlling abiotic stress resilience
Malcolm Bennett, Professor at the University of Nottingham, UK
Expertise: Systems biology of root growth and development
Alisdair R. Fernie, Professor at Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany
Expertise: Plant metabolism
Dirk Inze, Professor at Ghent University, Belgium
Scientific Director of VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology
Expertise: Plant organ growth and development