Date/Local

September 22 - 25, 2015

Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil (Windsor Atlantica Hotel, Copacabana) - Read more about the tourism agency.

About Event

The 19th International Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation of Wood Symposium is a forum for those involved in nondestructive testing and evaluation of wood, wood-based materials and products. It will bring together the international nondestructive testing and evaluation research community, users of various nondestructive testing technologies, equipment development and manufacturing professionals, representatives from various government agencies and other groups to share research findings and new nondestructive testing products and technologies.

Objective

The objectives of this symposium are:

1. To provide the international nondestructive testing and evaluation of wood research community a venue to present results from their latest research and technology transfer activities;
2. To capture, through the symposium’s proceedings, their findings and make them available to scientists and engineers from around the world.

Official Language

English is the official language of the Symposium and will be used for all printed materials and for all presentations.

History

The first symposium in this series was held at the USDA Forest Products Laboratory (FPL), Madison, WI, EUA in 1963. Subsequent symposia were held in the EUA until 1996. Since 1996, it has been held at various sites in Asia, Europe, and North America. We are proud to welcome you to South America for the 19th International Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation of Wood Symposium, hosted by the College of Agricultural Engineering (FEAGRI), University of Campinas(UNICAMP).

	October 7–9, 1963 U.S. Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI, USA
	April, 1964 Washington State University, Spokane, WA, USA
	April – May, 1970 Washington State University, Vancouver,WA, USA
	August 28–30, 1978 Washington State University, Vancouver,WA, USA
	September 9–11, 1985 Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
	September 14–16, 1987 Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
	September 27–29, 1989 U.S. Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI, USA
	September 23–25, 1991 Washington State University, Vancouver,WA, USA
	September 22–24, 1993 U.S. Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI, USA
	August 26–28, 1996 IBOIS-Chair of Timber Construction of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland
	September 9–11, 1998 U.S. Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI, USA
	September 13–15, 2000 University of Western Hungary, Sopron, Hungary
	August 19–21, 2002 University of California, Berkeley Campus, CA, USA
	May 2–4, 2005 University of Applied Sciences Ebenwalde, Hanover, Germany
	September 10–12, 2007 University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN, USA
	May 11–13, 2009 Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, P.R. China
	September 14-16, 2011 University of Western Hungary, Sopron, Hungary
	September 24–27, 2013 U.S. Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI, USA
	September 22 – 25, 2015 University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
	September 2017, U.S. Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI, USA