ADRIATIC WOOD DAYS 2018: Join European Wood Industry and Forestry on Mediterranean!

The 4th edition of the Adriatic Wood Days will be held in Dubrovnik at the beginning of December (3-4.12.2018).

During two days, this central sectoral FBI event in the Mediterranean will host a numerous sectoral experts, important policy makers and other relevant stakeholders from business, academia, media, etc., which will, on the joint platforom of 4 conferences and 3 workshops, discuss topics related to:

· Hotel interiors furnishing and product design · Greater use of wood in construction · Managing forests on islands · Timber trade and wood products marketing · Future of biomass and RES: Position of pellets and cogeneration in RED II directive · Organizing the sector through clusters and associations · Importance of quality and certification.

In addition to these topics, an important part of the programme will be related to EU projects and funding – an EU project idea market, a stock-exchange-like platform that opens a space for participants (companies, R&D institutions, associations, consultants…) to express their ideas and collaborate with each other on projects. Representatives of regional clusters, sectoral associations, institutions and companies from the Croatia and SEE region, have started the initiatives for project ideas with aim to improve wood-processing sector and forestry and especially to promote wood as an environmentally and renewable material. One of the partners in this workshop will be North-West Croatia Regional Energy Agency, which will present RenewHeat developed and financed by Interreg IPA CBC. Other numerous projects and valuable experiences in developing project activities, will be also presented at AWD.

Don’t miss the opportunity to inform and get informed! Come to Dubrovnik and find out how:

AWD presents market developments and show the trends in the related subsectors to the sector companies, their owners and managers;

AWD ensures interaction with relevant national and the EU officers responsible for the preparation of future policies and strategies, with stakeholders, sector associations, clusters and NGOs, to exchange useful ideas and professional opinions;

AWD gives an insight into the existing technological equipment of the sector and provides an opportunity for technologies and services suppliers to present innovative solutions that will increase the sector competitiveness;

You have an interesting lecture you would like to present? Or project idea and would like to find the consortium partners?

More information and application: [email protected] or +385 98 9282610 (Ms. Rosana Šimunović)

Organizer:
Croatian Wood Cluster
I. Krsnjavoga 1, 10000 Zagreb
T. +385 1 6329 111; E. [email protected]