November 30 - December 2, 2008
This meeting provides an opportunity for researchers and others in the field of wood protection to get together to explore common interests relating to research and opportunities across the Americas in the field of wood protection.
The location has been chosen to provide a bridge between the various countries of the Americas in our field. The meeting location hotel is located at beautiful Playa Blanca in Guanacaste on Costa Rica's Pacific Coast. The hotel is ideally configured for technical presentations and has ideal facilities for informal discussions outside of the meeting rooms.
The meeting is being sponsored by the IRG parent organization, RIPMA, and various industrial organizations. Each sponsor's support is provided through intellectual, in-kind, monetary or some combination of suppor t.
Program
It is envisaged that the program will have sessions covering the following topics:
Forest resources in the Americas
Cross border treated wood flows
Sapstain issues and treatments
Termites and insect vectors
Fungal aspects of wood deterioration
Test methodology
Treatments and Processes
Chemical Aspects of Wood Protection
Environmental impacts
Surface degradation and protection
Composites protection
Preferably go to the
Secure Meeting Registration Pageand register directly and securely through the website, or click on the Meeting Registration link below, fill in the interactive PDF, print and fax to the IRG Secretariat.
Click on the Hotel Registration link for direct registration with the Flamingo Beach Resort. Use Attendee Code 10253 for special group rates for the Breakfast plan at the conference hotel, the Flamingo Beach Resort.