Wood and Biofibre International Conference on October 07-09, 2025 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Wood and Biofibre International Conference on October 07-09, 2025 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

The 7th Wood and Biofibre International Conference 2025 (WOBIC2025), organized by the Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia, will be held from 7–9 October 2025 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This marks the first time the conference will take place outside Malaysia, through a strategic collaboration with Institut Pertanian STIPER (INSTIPER), Indonesia, under the Sustainable Agricultural Landscapes in Southeast Asia (SALSA) partnership platform.

This biennial event serves as a global platform for sharing knowledge, showcasing research, and exploring innovations in the field of wood and biofibre, which hold significant value and benefits for humankind. For over a decade, WOBIC has connected experts from research, industry, and policy, offering insights into technologies, frameworks, and strategies that strengthen the wood and biofibre research and development ecosystem. The program features keynote speeches, workshops, and networking sessions to foster cross-sector partnerships.

WOBIC2025 is an ideal opportunity to gain insights, build networks, and explore impactful collaborations in the field.

WOBIC2025 covers a wide range of wood and biofibre topics ranging from scientific research and engineering to product development, industry applications, and economic insights-framed around the conference theme, "Advancing Tropical Wood: Fibre and Sustainable Landscapes for Planetary Health." Specific areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

- Circular Bioeconomy and ESG

- Tropical Wood Fibre Innovations

- Wood Technology and Applications

- Nanomaterials Technologies

- Climate Change and Environmental Impact

- Social Innovations and Technological Advancements for Landscape Management

- Non-Timber Forest Products

- Policy, Economics, and Market- Based Solutions

- Ecosystem Services

- Ecotourism

- Biodiversity and Conservation

Name: Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Website: https://introp.upm.edu.my/about_us-722
Address: Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP) was established from the merger of the Institute of Biocomposites and the Rain Forest Academy, following the Research University status awarded to UPM in January 2007. INTROP consists of three laboratories, Laboratory of Sustainable Bioresource Management (BIOREM), Laboratory of Biocomposites Technology (BIOCOMPOSITE), and Laboratory of Biopolymers & Derivatives (BADs).
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