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The 1st Workshop “Basics for Chemistry of Wood Surface Modification”, (organized in the frame of COST Action FP 1006 “Bringing new functions to wood through surface modification”), April 25-27, 2012

Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, Campus Kuchl, Markt 136a, 5431 Kuchl/Salzburg, AUSTRIA

1) IUFRO focal person/meeting organizer:

Name: Marius C. Barbu, Prof.

Function (in IUFRO): WG Leader 5.04.00

Email: [email protected]

2) Meeting report (max. 100 words per paragraph)

The 1st Workshop “Basics for Chemistry of Wood Surface Modification”, organized in the frame of COST Action FP 1006 “Bringing new functions to wood through surface modification” was held between 25 and 27 April 2012, at the University of Applied Sciences, Salzburg, Campus Kuchl. It brought together experts from academia and industry but also young scientists from all around Europe and non European countries in the field of surface modification and functionalization.

This workshop aimed to present and discuss the state of art and new findings of wood surface modification and functionalization processing and the challenges faced in wood characterisation and material interface interaction analysis as well as the estimation of the service life time.

Sessions:

Wood surface modification and functionalization Wood interface modification and interface interactions Process and Service life modelling Poster presentations

Outlook to future activities (proceedings, future meetings, other):

Future meetings:

- Joint COST FP1006 Session at the 6th European Conference on Wood modification ECWM6, September 16-18, 2012 | Ljubljana, Slovenia, including Working Group and Management Committee Meetings.

- PRA’s 8th International Woodcoatings Congress, “Science and Technology for Sustainable Design”, October 30-31, 2012 | Amsterdam, The Netherlands

- 4th Training School, 4th Management Committee Meeting, 3rd Working Group Meetings, 2nd Workshop Ghent, Belgium in April 2013 in planning stage 2

Background information (meeting context):

The advantage of combining renewable resources such as “wood” with a processing technique with low environmental impact to achieve a new high quality material is highly desirable. In case of the surface modification the properties of polymers are maintained and lower amounts of chemicals are needed for the functionalization process. However, there are many challenges associated with the surface modification process for improved, new or innovative wood surface properties, which require an interdisciplinary approach to be resolved. This means that a close collaboration between the wood mechanics and wood chemistry communities from both academia and industry is needed. The workshop brought together experts and young scientists from worldwide academia and industry. It aimed to encourage dissemination of the latest research works, exchanging and developing new ideas, and building collaborations between laboratories and research activities.

3) Other information:

Meeting data:

Full title of the meeting: The 1st Workshop “Basics for Chemistry of Wood Surface Modification”

Date and venue 25-27 April, 2012, Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, Campus Kuchl Markt 136 a, 5431 Kuchl/Salzburg, AUSTRIA

Meeting website: http://cost-fp1006.fh-salzburg.ac.at/index.php?id=93

Number of participants: 102 participants; 25 participant countries; about 19 papers presented in oral presentations; 13 posters presented and exhibited.

Countries represented:

COST Countries: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Non-COST Countries: Canada and Ukraine

Organization of the meeting:

Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, Campus Kuchl, Markt 136a, 5431 Kuchl/Salzburg AUSTRIA

Organizer, Co-Organizer and Program Committee: Salzburg University of Applied Sciences (Dr. Stefanie Wieland, MC Chair) Poznan University of Life Sciences (Prof. Bartlomiej Mazela, MC Vice-Chair) Universiy of Göttingen (Prof. Holger Militz) Holzforschung Austria (Dr. Gerhard Gruell, SC Member) Bangor University (Graham Ormondroyd) Chimar Hellas S.A. (Ms. Electra Papadopoulou, SC Member) Biotechnical University of Ljubljana (Dr. Sergej Medved, SC Member) IUFRO (Prof. Marius C. Barbu)

All IUFRO Units involved: 5.04.00 / Generally, the topics of the Congress also covered the field of work of other IUFRO divisions but none of the units (exception the IUFRO headquarter) were actually involved. There were representatives of other European and North American institutions of higher education in the scientific committee, who are members of IUFRO.

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Host organization(s) and sponsor(s):

Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, Urstein Süd 1, 5412 Puch/Salzburg AUSTRIACommunication activities promotion of the IUFRO and Forest Products Society and about the website http://conference.fh-salzburg.ac.at/:

Oral and poster presentations in separate sessions. Discussions of participants during coffee and lunch breaks, as well as during the organized tour to Salzburg and the common dinner at “Sternbräu”. Each participants got the printed proceedings of conference. Promotional material of the conference and the Salzburg University as well as leaflets and plans about local information given to each participant.

Publications /websites: http://cost-fp1006.fh-salzburg.ac.at Book of Abstracts - COST Action FP1006 Workshop ““Basics for Chemistry of Wood Surface Modification”, April 25-27, 2012, Kuchl/Salzburg, Austria Salzburg University of Applied Sciences HTB – Forest Products Technology & Timber Constructions ISBN 978-3-200-02623-0 Electronic proceedings + presentations also will be published on http://cost-fp1006.fh-salzburg.ac.at. http://conference.fh-salzburg.ac.at/