University of Primorska hosted a gathering of top-tier European Forest Based Sector researchers and research managers in Koper, to map out the future of the InnovaWood association. The main emphasis of the discussions of the attending high-ranking researchers and managers was on the development of the association’s future business model and on the in-depth introduction of the European research and innovation (political) landscape, including the enhanced understanding of policy documents and calls for proposals’ texts.

In the presence of several high-ranking researchers and managers, who were attending the InnovaWood association Executive Board meeting and Interactive Workshop, the first “Charm of Wood” exhibition was officially opened in Armeria Palace. With its theme, the use of hardwood for wood-based products, it supports the current trends in the European wood science research, and underscores the research efforts at the University of Primorska (UP).

The main aim of the Charm of Wood event is for people to get reacquainted with all of the benefits of using wood, because the wood processing industry will not survive without an increase in consumption. The Charm of Wood line of events serves to present the various ways of using wood as a material to people and to spark interest and positive attitudes toward this natural resource.

The workshop is organised by the University Hamburg, Centre of Wood Science and Technology, COST Action FP1407 and InnovaWood.
Target group for the workshop are researchers in the PhD phase and early post-doc researchers. The event aims at connecting ideas of young researchers, active in adjacent topics such as process engineering, building physics, wood and material science. 

Cost Action FP1407 provides 15 grants for participating to this event.

Registration deadline: 5 June 2017.

InnovaWood announce next SSP (InnovaWood Special Service Package) event - “Interactive workshop on European project development”. The workshop will take place on 18-19th May 2017 at the University of Primorska in Koper, Slovenia.

The European Commission will further simplify participation in Horizon 2020, the EU's research and innovation programme. New funding rules will reduce administrative costs to participants and help prevent accounting errors.