Welcome

Welcome to the NZIF Conference 2012 website.  We look forward to bringing you updated information as we work through the planning process.  

Our theme for this year's conference is:

NZIF 2012 - "Engineering value: Growing & Harvesting Forests for Novel Wood Structures"

New Zealand has a well earned reputation as a leader in growing sustainable plantation forests. In an increasingly competitive international market place it is important to take the next step and increase innovation within our timber related industries. Engineering solutions can drive improvements through the value chain from growing, harvesting, and use of timber products.

The sector faces predicted growth in harvest volumes, rising demand for structural logs, increasingly steep harvesting terrain, and growing national and international interest in wood buildings. Against this context, the 2012 NZIF Conference will discuss how engineering solutions can add value and improve performance within New Zealand’s plantation forest, wood processing and building sectors.

Regular updates will be circulated via email to NZIF members regarding conference.  If you wish to receive conference communications and are not a member of the Institute please contact our Conference Managers.

Phil Taylor

Chair - NZIF Conference Organising Committee

Conference Organising Committee