BIFoR Annual Meeting 2026: The Remembering Forest

22 - 23 July 2026. We look forward to welcoming you to the 10th BIFoR Annual Meeting at the University of Birmingham Edgbaston campus.
About this Event

Celebrating a decade of CO2 enrichment at BIFoR FACE, and including an international half-day session in memoriam Prof Steve Long FRS.

10 years of carbon dioxide enrichment at BIFoR FACE - University of Birmingham

Forests are Remembering Forests when trees and the wider ecology, including people, store and act on experience gained throughout life or passed down through generations.

The Remembering Forest 1

🕑: 10:30 AM - 07:30 PM
The Remembering Forest Day 1

Info: Please check back for updated timings closer to the event.

🕑: 11:10 AM - 11:45 AM
Plant health: lessons learnt, lessons to learn
Host: Professor Nicola Spence CBE

Info: Honorary Director BIFoR and Defra Chief Plant Health Officer

🕑: 04:30 PM - 05:00 PM
POPFACE – the first European tree FACE experiment – the Italian job
Host: Professor Gail Taylor, University College London
The Remembering Forest 2

🕑: 08:30 AM - 04:00 PM
The Remembering Forest Day 2

Info: Please check back for updated timings closer to the event.

🕑: 02:10 PM - 02:40 PM
TBC
Host: Professor Jiang Jiang, Nanjing Forestry University