Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the CFR Annual Conference is postponed to a future date (Fall 2020 or Spring 2021). For those who already paid their registration fees, the CFR will reimburse you very soon. Take care everyone!
14th CFR Annual Conference
Orford Musique , located within the limits of the Parc national du Mont-Orford , and on the campus of Université de Sherbrooke . The main activities will be taking place at Orford Musique on April 29th and April 30th. Once again this year, a day dedicated to workshops will take place on April 29th on the UdeS campus. The conference is open to all partners of the CFR as well as the entire scientific community.
We are pleased to invite you to the 14th CFR Annual Conference, which will be held from April 28th to April 30th 2020 in the beautiful setting ofPreliminary Program
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Invited Speaker
The CEF is pleased to welcome Dr. Ellen MacDonald , professor of forest ecology in the Departement of Renewable Resources of the University of Alberta. Dr. MacDonald studies the impacts of anthropogenic and natural disturbances on the ecology and biodiversity of boreal forest ecosystems. Her research interests include successional dynamics, regeneration processes and restoration of northern forest ecosystems.
For over 20 years, she's been working on the EMEND Project (Ecosystem Management Emulating Natural Disturbance), a large-scale experiment looking at harvest effects on ecosystem integrity, where she seeks to quantify the effects of partial harvest on biodiversity. She will present us her conference entitled:
Site plan
Detailed Program
Special Session
Remote Sensing for Forest Ecology.
Details coming soon...
Workshop Program
The workshop detailed is available in this page. You have to register for the three days of the conference to participate to the workshops. You can choose your workshops while registering online. Breaks will take place from 10:00 to 10:30 in the morning and from 15:00 to 15:30 in the afternoon of a duration at the discretion of the animator. Workshops will take place on the University of Sherbrooke campus. Participants arriving on Monday evening of the 27th of April will find accomodations on the campus (see section Lodging) or elsewhere in Sherbrooke. A few rooms will also be available at Orford Musique.
Poster Session on April 29
The official poster session will take place on Wednesday at 11:00 in the Hall and the Salle Concert. The best poster contest is reserved for CEF student members and only these posters have a number that you will use to vote. Other affluents are indicated by the code NM/NE meaning Non-Member / Non-Étudiant.
Social Event
Wednesday afternoon - Fun Run (17h30)
- Run with friends in the trails of the Parc national du Mont-Orford . Details coming soon...
Wednesday evening - Diner buffet and traditional dancing with caller (21h00)
- Details coming soon...
Thanks to Our Partners!
Costs & Registration
Conference Only | Conference and Workshops | Diner Buffet | |
CFR Members | 50 $ | 70 $ | 25 $ |
Others | 100 $ | 200 $ | 25 $ |
Fees include coffe breaks and lunches for the two or three days of the conference.
Door prizes
Prizes will be drawn from among the participants who are present at the conference. To be eligible, you must put your name badge in the draw box before the conference concludes. The draw will take place following the announcement of the winners for the best poster and best oral presentation on the second day of the conference at around 5:00 PM.
- Éditions Michel Quintin will be offering books from their « fauna and flora » collection, including the book « Trees and Forest Plants of Quebec and the Maritimes » by Michel Leboeuf
- 1-year subscription to the magazine Nature Sauvage .
Transport
Transport services (organized carpooling) will be coordinated for each CFR pole. Contact the professional for your pole:
- Outaouais (UQO): Benoît Gendreau-Berthiaume
- Sherbrooke pole: Francois Rousseu
- Québec City pole (Université Laval, UQAC et UQAR): Natacha Fontaine
- UQAT pole: Louis Imbeau
- Montréal pole: Luc Lauzon
Lodging
A special feature of this year's conference is that most people will be able to stay directly on the site of Orford Musique. The site has 89 rooms, most of which have two beds, either two single beds or one queen bed and one single bed. In order to maximise the number of people staying on the site, we would be very greatful if participants are at least two persons in rooms containing two beds. Others options in the village of Orford are generally located less than 2km from the conference site. Here are other options for nearby accomodations outside of Orford Musique.
Orford Musique
Lodging directly on the site. The site has 4 residencies for lodging. A breakfast buffet is included with the price of the room for the nights of the 28th and the 29th of April. However, the breakfast won't be included with the night of April 27th and workshop participants already on the Orford Musique site will have to find their own breakfast spot as no breakfast will be available on site. Please note that no room cleaning will be done during the stay, but additional services can be requested (e.g. towels). No cancellation after April 17th.
- Orford Musique, 3165 Chemin du Parc, Orford, Quebec J1X 7A2
- Call 1 800 567-6155 ex.232 for reservations (open tuesday to sunday, 9h to 15h). Double occupancies or more are strongly encouraged.
Hôtel du Parc Orford
Small budget hotel located less than 2km from Orford Musique. Rooms starting at 65$.
- Hôtel du Parc Orford, 1259 Chemin de la Montagne, Orford, QC J1X 6X9
- Book online or by calling at 1-800-567-3475.
Hôtel Cheribourg
Three star hotel located less than 2km from Orford Musique. Rooms 99$ for one or two occupants.
- Hôtel Chéribourg, 2603 Chemin du Parc, Orford, QC J1X 8C8
- Book online or by calling at 1-819-843-3308. Mention the code CEF2020.
Au Campus
Accomodations on the University of Sherbrooke campus. Rooms starting at 55$. The closest place to stay on Monday, April 27th, the night before the workshops.
- Au Campus - Hôtellerie - Université de Sherbrooke (Campus principal)
- Book by email only at responsable.hotellerie@usherbrooke.ca. Mention the code CEF2020 in your email and write Réservation / CEF2020 for the email subject. Make sure to mention that you need a parking pass if you need one.
Restaurants
Soon...
Wireless network access
WIFI access at Orford Musique - Password: orford3165
WIFI access at UdeS(via Eduroam) - Normally, all CFR students who are already connected to the Eduroam wireless network at their own university should be able to connect to the host university network without additional configuration. If this is not the case, we recommend that you configure your laptop BEFORE coming to the conference. The configuration instructions are almost identical from one university to another, but here are the instructions provided by each university:
Instructions for Posters and Presentations
Specific instructions for poster - Posters should be set in PORTRAIT format with maximum dimensions of 36 inches wide by 48 inches tall (90 cm x 122 cm). Read the following article in Nature to improve the quality of your poster.
Specific instructions for oral presentations - Oral presentations should be 15 minutes in length, followed by 5 minutes of questions. Slides should be in PDF or Microsoft PowerPoint format. Office 2016 will be installed on the computers. You can use previous versions of Office if you do not have version 2016. If you have video or other animation, make sure that the presentation is compatible with Windows and does not need any extra software. Also, because we cannot guarantee access to the Internet, it is important that you save a copy of your presentation on a USB key. Therefore online presentations system should not be used (Prezi and others).
Finally, to ensure that the sessions run smoothly, we will NOT computers to be plugged to the display system. Mac users should ensure that they have a version of Office compatible with Windows PC.
Write to Natacha Fontaine if you have questions about posters and presentations.
Competition
NB. Only CEF members and master's or Ph.D. student are eligible
Best oral presentation
- The winner will receive a cash prize of $500 from the CFR.
Best poster
- The winner will receive a cash prize of $150 from the CFR.