2022 Camcore Annual Meeting

The Camcore Annual Meeting will take place over a two-week period in South Africa.

Camcore Annual Meeting Information — Main Meeting
https://wetu.com/Itinerary/Landing/02250ecd-4105-409e-9029-24752858ed08

Camcore Annual Meeting Information — Potential Post Conference Tour
https://wetu.com/Itinerary/Landing/D31CC1D4-F134-471C-A85C-7864224DE11F

Important Dates
Pre-Registration: due June 30
Notify Camcore of your intention to attend the main meeting.
Registration and Payment: due Aug 15
Final registration and payment due to Camcore.

Visa Information
To visit South Africa, there is a long list of countries that are not required to have a visa in order to visit. Some countries, e.g., Kenya, are required to have a visa, but are eligible for an E-visa completed online. However, there are some “Camcore” countries that are required to have a formal paper visa, including Colombia, Guatemala, and Indonesia. Delegates from these countries should begin the registration and visa process as soon as possible to ensure sufficient time for the paperwork to get completed.
Main Meeting

Meeting Dates and Locations
The main meeting will run from Tuesday Nov 1 to Friday Nov 11. Arrival will be on Mon Oct 31 in Durban, and departure will be from the Nelspruit Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport on Sat Nov 12.
The main meeting will include four ½ day indoor technical sessions. We will see forestry in sub-tropical Zululand, warm temperate and cool temperate sites in the Midlands region of Kwazulu-Natal, as well as around Sabie in Mpumulanga. We will visit a number of forest genetics and species trials, the Sappi Ngodwana Nursery, the Mondi Fire Control Center, the York sawmill and plywood plant, and see tropical and cool-temperate species and hybrids of both eucalypts and pines.

Post-Conference Tour
If there is sufficient interest, there will be a post-conference tour offered in the southern Cape region from Mon Nov 14 to Wed Nov 16. Interested participants should make their way from Nelspruit to Port Elizabeth over the weekend. We will need at least five delegates for this tour, and there is a limit of 14 delegates in total.  This tour will see primarily pine forestry, and will also include a visit to some indigenous forests, the MTO Longmore sawmill, an MTO and a PG Bison fire control center, and a furniture manufacturing operation.

Spouse Tour
We will also be offering a spouse tour during the dates of the main meeting. This tour will include a guide, transportation, and most meals. Most days will include tourist activities in the same areas as the main meeting. One or two days will be primarily travel / technical days with the main group. We will need a minimum of five participants for this tour.