Invitation to Spring Meeting on 9 April 2025

Spring meeting of the Finnish Society of Forest Science will be held on Wednesday 9 April 2025 at 15:00 as a hybrid meeting. The place will be House of Sciences and Letters (Tieteiden talo, Kirkkokatu 6, Helsinki), Room Cedercreutz (505). Participation on site in the House of Sciences and Letters does not require registration.

Remote participants must register at latest on 2 April 2025 using this link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kJgyC-xjea8WC1z6Z6H9Hv7zzhBJbYWFfb9jBihqKqc/edit

A Zoom link to the meeting will be sent to all registered participants as a calendar invitation.

Programme

  1. Opening of the meeting
  2. Election of the meeting chair, secretary, reviewers of the minutes, and voice counters.
  3. Confirmation of the legality and quorum of the meeting.
  4. Acceptance of the programme.
  5. Review of the 2024 annual report, closing of the books, and auditors’ report
  6. Confirmation of the 2024 closing of the books
  7. Decision on the discharge from responsibility for the board members and other liables
  8. Award of the prizes for doctoral and Master’s theses
  9. Award of the grants of the Finnish Society of Forest Science
  10. Spring meeting lecture by a winner of a thesis prize
  11. Closure of the meeting
  12. Coffee and cake in honour of the prize winners and grantees

Members of the Society with voting right may propose additional items to the meeting agenda. Items requiring a decision of the meeting must be made by e-mail to the Executive Manager of the Society at latest on 26 March 2025 (pekka .nygren (ät) metsatiede. org). Discussion items may be proposed also later but at latest on-site when accepting the meeting programme.

Helsinki, 14 March 2025

Board of the Finnish Society of Forest Science

Appendices:

Annual report 2024 (in Finnish with English summary):

https://metsatiede.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Vuosikertomus-2024.pdf

Closing of the books 2024 (in Finnish):

https://metsatiede.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Tilinpaatos-2024.pdf