11th FOREXT network meeting

11th FOREXT network meeting

Location: Upsala, Sweden. Hotel Botanika: https://hotellbotanika.se/en/

By European Forest Institute

Date and time

Tue, 21 May 2024 10:30 - Thu, 23 May 2024 16:30 CEST

Location

Hotell Botanika

45 Skolgatan 753 32 Centrum Sweden

Agenda

Tuesday 21 May
Wednesday 22 May
Thursday 23 May

8:30 AM - 10:30 AM

FOREXT Secretariat meeting

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Welcome Coffee

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Pecha Kucha presentations

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Discussion on FOREXT aims, goals and next steps

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Pecha Kucha presentations

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Revision of MOU

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Coffee break

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Discussion on next steps if proposal is/is not successful

5:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Pre-dinner activity (optional)

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Dinner

About this event

11th FOREXT network meeting


Cost

The prices include access to the conference room, meals and hotel room as described below. Our colleagues from the Swedish Forest Agency will handle the reservations with the hotel, any extra night has to be booked directly with the hotel. All costs are currently in SEK, no taxes included. Final cost in euro will depend on the current exchange rate.  

Option 1

  • Arrival on the 21st, leaving on the 22nd in the evening. i.e. only one night. No dinner is included on the 22nd. Price: 2346 SEK (around 205 EUR).

Option 2

  • Arrival on the 21st, leaving on the 22nd in the evening. i.e. only one night. Dinner included on the 22nd.Price 2662 SEK (around 233 EUR).

Option 3

  • Arrival on the 21st, leaving the morning of the 23rd. i.e. two nights without participating in the field trip. Price: 3652 (around 320 EUR).

Option 4

  • Arrival on the 21st, leaving on the 23rd after the field trip, i.e. two nights participating in the field trip. Price: 3968 (around 350 EUR).

Extra nights: If booked before 15 April, the cost is 1200 SEK/night (around 107 EUR) with breakfast included. Participants need to book directly with the hotel sending an email to bokning@hotellbotanika.se providing the reference number 24191.

Pre-dinner activity 21 May - 17:00 – 18:00 (Optional)

A guided tour to the Carl Linnaeus museum and botanical garden which is right next to the hotel. The cost will be around 15 euro per person depending on the number of participants. About The Linnaean Gardens of Uppsala - The Linnaean Gardens of Uppsala - Uppsala University, Sweden (uu.se)

Field trip

Starts at 8:30 from the hotel, transportation will be back in Uppsala around 16:30 at the train station or hotel depending on when people are leaving. The topic will be advisory services and sustainable forestry.

How to best travel to and from Uppsala

Fly to Arlanda international airport. Take the train directly from the airport to Uppsala (approx. 20 min). Tickets can be bought at www.sj.se/en or in ticket machines at the airport.

Local transportation in Uppsala is provided by UL www.ul.se/en

Organised by

The European Forest Institute (EFI) is an international organisation, established by European States. EFI conducts research and provides policy support on forest-related issues, connecting knowledge to action.

EFI has 30 Member Countries, and c. 130 member organizations from 42 different countries working in diverse research fields. The headquarters of the Institute are in Joensuu, Finland, and its other main offices are in Barcelona, Bonn and Brussels.

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