Upcoming Events
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August 17-20, 2025 - Poplar & Willow Conference at Amos, Québec
This year's Annual Meeting of the Conseil Canadien du Peuplier et du Saule/ Poplar and Willow Council of Canada (CCPS/PWCC) will be part of a poplar/willow conference hosted by the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT) and Ramo Inc. If you would like to attend, consider submitting an abstract about your poplar/willow project or research. The conference website is now open for registration. An early-bird rate is available before July 1, 2025
The conference schedule:
- Sunday, August 17 (evening) - Cocktails
- Monday, August 18 (all day) - Conference
- Tuesday, August 19 (all day) - Field Tour: (evening) - Banquet and Dance
- Wednesday, August 20 (morning) - Conference
The Annual General Meeting (Business Meeting) of the CCPS/PWCC will be on the afternoon or evening of Monday, August 18. Non-members are welcome to join us.
Keynote speakers for the conference:
Dr. Béatrice Gervais-Bergeron (School of Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture, Université de Montréal). Dr. Bergeron specializes in phytotechnologies and plant ecology, and is particularly interested in phytoremediation and development of contaminated sites.
Dr. Heidi Renninger (Forest and Wildlife Research Center, Mississippi State University). Dr. Renninger studies short rotation woody crops and the physiology and water relations fo trees and forests.
