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Project no. 284181

Designing Trees for the Future

Start date of project: 1 November 2011 Duration of project: 4 years

Instrument: CP&CSA Theme INFRA-2011.1.1.13: Research infrastructures for forestry research

D4.3 – Trees4Future dissemination portfolio

Abstract: Trees4Future Dissemination portfolio: A portfolio of the key dissemination material to be produced within the project as defined in the dissemination and outreach plan.

Due date of deliverable: M6 Actual submission date: M9

Organisation name of lead contractor for this deliverable: European Forest Institute

WP4 Leader: Ms. Leena Roihuvuo Contributor(s): EFI, FEM, INRA, INRA TRANSFERT, METLA

Dissemination level PU

PU Public (must be available on the website) [ x]

PP Restricted to other programme participants (including the Commission Services) [ ]

RE Restricted to a group specified by the consortium (including the Commission Services) [ ]

CO Confidential, only for members of the consortium (including the Commission Services) [ ]

D4.3 Trees4Future Dissemination Portfolio

Trees4Future (FP7 284181)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 2

2. Dissemination portfolio ......................................................................................................... 2

2.1 Publications ...................................................................................................................................... 2

2.2 Trees4Future website/portal ................................................................................................... 3

2.3 Other ................................................................................................................................................... 3

3. Conclusion ................................................................................................................................... 4

4. Annexes ........................................................................................................................................ 5

Annex 1 – Press Release ................................................................................................................. 5

Annex 2 – T4F Project Factsheet ................................................................................................. 8

Annex 3 – e-Newsletter to promote Call for Access .............................................................. 9

Annex 4 – EU Project Factsheet on T4F .................................................................................. 12

Annex 5 – Trees4Future Brochure .......................................................................................... 14

Annex 6 – Article on T4F in Innovation International ....................................................... 18

Annex 7 – PPT presentation about Trees4Future .............................................................. 21

Annex 8 – PPT template for Trees4Future partners ......................................................... 35

Annex 9 – Poster template for Trees4Future partners .................................................... 37

D4.2 Trees4Future Portal

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1. Introduction

The Trees4Future network aims to integrate, and foster strong interactions among the major European forestry communities and their resources for the first time. It will provide the European forestry community and wider research community with easy and comprehensive access to currently scattered sources of information and expertise to optimise the short and long-term exploitation of forest resources. Trees4Future cooperation will also come up with improved infrastructures by combining complementary infrastructures, tools and knowledge, enabling improved research on physical environment vs genetics, basic wood properties vs end-products quality, as well as different scales of study. Trees4Future will also design a research agenda on future research needs in this field.

Thus, it is of essential importance to disseminate information to various target audiences. This includes information on the existing infrastructures being offered to potential users, the new knowledge and results gained, and future research needs. The Trees4Future dissemination portfolio aims to

- inform various target groups about the infrastructures offered by Trees4Future - inform various target groups of the activities and results of Trees4Future - promote the potential benefits of forest sciences contributing to societal needs.

This current Deliverable report provides a general presentation of the current state of the

dissemination portfolio after the project has been actively operational for approximately 6

months (after kick-off meeting in January 2012). However, it is intended to complement

the Dissemination Portfolio throughout the project, as described in the Dissemination and

Outreach Plan (D4.1).

2. Dissemination portfolio

2.1 Publications

Trees4Future publications include scientific and professional journal articles, brochures,

bi-annual newsletter, flyers for distribution at conferences, press releases, multimedia

etc.

A Press Release was issued in connection with the project kick-off in January 2012. Annex 1.

It was also translated to, amongst others, Finnish and German, and sent to national media

with the help of the project partners. The aim is to produce further press releases after

each important Trees4Future seminar or event, or upon publication of an important project

result, and made available to project partners for distribution.

a project factsheet was published in March 2012. Annex 2.



an E-Newsletter to promote the Call for Accesses to infrastructures was launched on 15 June

when the Call for Accesses was opened, and was widely distributed to various networks and

stakeholders. Annex 3.

EU Commission published a Project Factsheet in May 2012. Annex 4.

A Trees4Future brochure was published in July 2012. Annex 5.

An article in “Innovation International” to promote the project was published in July 2012.

Annex 6.

2.2 Trees4Future website/portal

The Trees4Future portal at www.trees4future.eu was first launched in March 2012 and has

been designed to serve as a user-friendly gateway to the infrastructures – the ones offered

through Calls for Access, as well as the ones to be developed in the course of the project.

The Trees4Future website/portal is used as a window to present and discuss network

results, publications and other outputs. The dissemination of information through the

network website includes relevant news and information about milestones or products, and

also about relevant policy developments at the European level or in the Member States

when relevant. Lastly, the website also serves to alert interested parties about the

project’s progress, new developments and milestones, and provides downloadable

intermediate and final network results. More information on the website is provided in

Deliverable 4.2 Trees4Future portal.

Later on, once there will be a steadier news flow from the project, it is planned to use

also social media (eg Twitter, Facebook) to enhance the Trees4Future visibility of the

Trees4Future website, further raise awareness of Trees4Future among target audiences

and strengthen relationships with stakeholders.

2.3 Other

Moreover, a general powerpoint presentation has been prepared for the project partners’

use . Annex 7.

A Trees4Future powerpoint and poster template have also been designed, see Annexes 8

and 9.

It is intended to prepare a general roll-up poster for Trees4Future in August 2012.

http://www.trees4future.eu/



3. Conclusion

At this stage of the project, only a basic toolkit for dissemination activities has been

provided. It is planned to add to the Dissemination portfolio on a continuous basis as the

project advances, according to the Trees4Future Work Plan and the Dissemination,

outreach and training plan. Future dissemination products of Trees4Future will include,

inter alia:

further Newsletter(s) on the Trees4Future activities & results.

Press releases issued after each important project event and made available to project

partners for distribution

A synthesising policy brief and a multimedia on the main outcomes will be published at the

end of the project, highlighting the main results and their potential impacts

presentations at relevant events, training and other workshops and briefings for various

stakeholder groups, including industry, professional community, EU commission officials and

other policy makers and NGOs.

posters – both general and specific.



4. Annexes

Annex 1 – Press Release



TIEDOTE 3.2.2012

Eurooppalaiset metsäntutkimuksen tietokannat ja asiantuntemus yhteiskäyttöön

Euroopan metsäsektorin keskeiset tutkimusinfrastruktuurit, kuten tietokannat, analyysilaitteet ja

ennustemallit, tullaan avaamaan tutkijoiden ja muiden käyttäjäryhmien kuten teollisuuden

yhteiskäyttöön. Samalla rakennetaan yhteisiä innovatiivisia työkaluja hyödyntämään eurooppalaista

metsäntutkimusta.

Nelivuotisessa Trees4Future – hankkeessa luodaan portaali, josta pääsee tärkeimpiin

metsägenetiikan ja metsäekologian eurooppalaisiin tietokantoihin ja laboratorioihin. Näin Euroopan

tiedeyhteisö pääsee hyödyntämään nykyisin hajallaan olevaa tietoa ja asiantuntemusta. Tätä

kautta tutkimustyö on tehokkaampaa hyödyntäen koko yhteiskuntaa, esimerkiksi metsien

sopeutumisessa ilmastonmuutokseen sekä ekotehokkaiden puupohjaisten tuotteiden ja palveluiden

tuottamisessa.

Hanke tarjoaa suomalaisille metsäalan yrityksille, tutkimuslaitoksille ja yliopistoille mahdollisuuksia

käyttää eurooppalaisia infrastruktuureja, joita ei ole Suomessa. Tutkijat ja muut käyttäjät voivat

hyödyntää 28 hankkeeseen osallistuvan tahon asiantuntemusta, palveluja ja tietokantoja, vaikkapa

Itävallan metsäntutkimuslaitoksen genetiikan laitoksen molekyylilaboratoriota, tai ruotsalaisen

Innventian puukuidun mittauskeskuksen SilviScan –laitteistoa.

Suomesta hankkeessa ovat mukana Metsäntutkimuslaitos (Metla) ja Euroopan metsäinstituutti (EFI),

joilla on keskeinen rooli mm. infrastruktuurit saataville tarjoavan portaalin rakentamisessa. Metla

myös tarjoaa portaaliin osaa tietokannoistaan sekä metsägenetiikan, metsänjalostuksen ja

puuntutkimuksen analyysityökaluja. Lisäksi Metla tarjoaa kahta Punkaharjulla sijaitsevaa

tutkimusinfrastruktuuria kansainväliseen käyttöön. EFI toimii hankkeen toisena koordinaattorina ja

vastaa hankkeen tiedotuksesta ja koulutuksesta.

Hankkeen kokonaisbudjetti on noin 9 miljoonaa euroa, ja sitä rahoittaa EU:n 7. tutkimuksen

puiteohjelma. Hanketta koordinoi Ranskan maatalous- ja metsäntutkimuslaitos INRA.

Lisätietoja:

Egbert Beuker Leena Roihuvuo METLA EFI email: [email protected] email: [email protected]

Puh: 050 391 4223 Puh: 050 530 6474

mailto:[email protected]




Annex 2 – T4F Project Factsheet



Annex 3 – e-Newsletter to promote Call for Access

Trees4Future: Your gateway to accessing forest research facilities in Europe

Take advantage of the expertise, services and data offered by Trees4future – free of

charge!

Trees4Future is a dynamic platform offering access to research facilities that can help the

European forestry and wood industries develop sustainable solutions for the future in the

context of climate change.

European researchers and other experts can gain free access to a wide range of

specialised forest research infrastructures, from the molecular to the forest landscape

level. The 28 facilities on offer across Europe include genetic databanks, biobanks,

models and decision-support systems and laboratories.

The Call for Access for Trees4Future facilities opened in June 2012.

Apply now!

Successful applicants will receive a contribution of up to 450€ to their travel costs and a

daily subsistence allowance for visiting and using the facilities under expert guidance.

Free access is also provided to several online databases.

For more information on the facilities offered, the Call for Access and how to apply,

please visit www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses.html

Choose from:

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses.html



4.1.1 Genetics, Genomics and Tree

Breeding

Image: AIT

ASP Traceability of forest reproductive material and applied forest genetic research (Germany) BFW Department of Genetics molecular laboratory (Austria) EVOLTREE Plant Gene Repository Centre and Web Portal (AIT) (Austria) FEM Sequencing and Genotyping Platform (Italy) IBL In vitro plant breeding (Poland) INRA Genomics-Transcriptomics Facility (GTF) (France) INRA Treebreedex forest genetic databases (France) METLA Vegetative propagation laboratory (Finland) METLA Cryopreservation laboratory (Finland) SilviScan – efficient instrument for detailed characterization of wood and fibre properties (Innventia) (Sweden)

4.1.2 (Eco-)Physiology and

Biotechnology

Image: Inga Nielsen, Fotolia

BOKU Wood quality and tree physiology platform (Austria) IBL In vitro plant breeding (Poland) IDPAN Ecophys Dendro Lab - Dendrochronology Laboratory (Poland) IDPAN Ecophys Root Lab - Root Analysis Laboratory (Poland) IDPAN Ecophys CHA Lab - Carbohydrate Analysis Laboratory (Poland) INRA Technical Platform For Functional Ecology, Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotopes Facility (France) INRA Platform for phenotyping tree-water relations (France) SilviScan – efficient instrument for detailed characterization of wood and fibre properties (Innventia) (Sweden)

4.1.3 Wood Science and Technology

Image: Victor Zastol'skiy, Fotolia

BOKU Wood quality and tree physiology platform (Austria) CNR-IVALSA Wood quality laboratory (Italy) FCBA Fungi and insects collections (France) FCBA Physics laboratory (France) FLOR - Forestry and Forest Products Research Unit (IICT) (Portugal) INRA GENOBOIS Wood analysis technical platform (France) SilviScan – efficient instrument for detailed characterization of wood and fibre properties (Innventia) (Sweden) UGent Coupled Differential Scanning Calorimetry and Thermogravimetric Analyzer (DSC-TGA) (Belgium) UGent Nanowood Multi-resolution X-ray CT scanner (Belgium)

4.1.4 Modelling / Data Analysis

Image: Forest map of Europe, EFI

Alt-For models (Alterra) (The Netherlands) BOKU Wood quality and tree physiology platform (Austria) EFI Virtual Library of information services on forest resources in Europe (Finland) EFISCEN – European Forest Information SCENario model (EFI) (Finland) FR Spatial modelling of species suitability to sites and climate projections (United Kingdom) SilviScan – efficient instrument for detailed characterization of wood and fibre properties (Innventia) (Sweden) ToSIA – Tool for Sustainability Impact Assessment (EFI) (Finland)

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/asp-traceability-frm.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/asp-traceability-frm.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/bfw-molecular.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/bfw-molecular.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/evoltree.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/evoltree.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/fem-sequencing-genotyping-platform.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/ibl-tissue-culture-lab.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/gtf.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/gtf.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/treebreedex.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/metla-vegetative-propagation-lab.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/metla-cryopreservation-lab.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/silviscan.html



http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/boku-wood.html


http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/ibl-tissue-culture-lab.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/dendrochronology-lab.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/dendrochronology-lab.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/root-analysis-lab.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/root-analysis-lab.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/cha-lab.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/cha-lab.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/ptef.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/ptef.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/inra-platform-for-phenotyping-tree-water-relations.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/inra-platform-for-phenotyping-tree-water-relations.html






http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/wood-quality-lab.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/fcba-fungi-insect.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/fcba-physics-lab.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/flor-ffpr.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/flor-ffpr.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/genobois.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/genobois.html




http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/dsc-tga.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/dsc-tga.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/nanowood.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/nanowood.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/alt-for.html



http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/efi-virtual-library.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/efi-virtual-library.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/efiscen.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/efiscen.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/fr-gis-based-species-site-climate-infrastructure.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/fr-gis-based-species-site-climate-infrastructure.html




http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/tosia.html

http://www.trees4future.eu/transnational-accesses/tosia.html



About Trees4Future

Trees4Future is an Integrative European Research Infrastructure project that aims to

integrate, develop and improve major forest genetics and forestry research

infrastructures.

Coordinator, Dr. Luc E. Pâques (INRA-Orléans) Email: [email protected]

Vice-Coordinator, Dr. Gert-Jan Nabuurs (European Forest Institute) Email: [email protected]

Work Package 5 (Transnational Access) Dr. Franco Miglietta (Fondazione Edmund Mach) Email: [email protected] Paola Rosà (Fondazione Edmund Mach) Email: [email protected]

Project Manager, Dr. Lavanya Premvardhan (INRA Transfert) Email: [email protected]

Theme: Research infrastructures for forestry

research

Duration: 4 years

Budget: €9.06 million

Funder: EU 7th Framework Programme (FP7)

Partners: 28 organisations from AU, BE, DE,

ES, FI, FR, IT, NL, PL, PO, RO, SE, UK

Transnational Access: 28 facilities

Project co-funded by the European Union

Seventh Framework Programme FP7 under

grant agreement n° 284181 "Trees4Future"

www.trees4future.eu






http://www.trees4future.eu/



Annex 4 – EU Project Factsheet on T4F



Annex 5 – Trees4Future Brochure



Annex 6 – Article on T4F in Innovation International



Annex 7 – PPT presentation about Trees4Future



Annex 8 – PPT template for Trees4Future partners



Annex 9 – Poster template for Trees4Future partners

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