Tour of the local area; Introduction of the projects by the group leaders; Lunch; Split into groups

Evening lectures:

15h45-15h50 - Fabio Gennaretti (Acknowledgements and introduction)

15h50-16h00 - Yves Bergeron (History of the FERLD)

16h00-17h00 - Etienne Boucher (Interpretation of time series of tree-ring isotopes)

17h00-19h00 - Opening ceremony sponsored by FUQAT

Laboratory day

Evening lectures:

15h30-16h00 - Jim Speer (The diversity of dendro applications)

16h00-16h30 - Fabio Gennaretti (The network of climate-sensitive tree-ring chronologies from the taiga of Quebec)

16h30-17h00 - Miguel Montoro Girona (Once upon a time a powerful tool to reconstruct forest disturbances: A tale of tree-rings and me)

17h00-19h00 - Barbecue sponsored by CEF and IRNFF

Excursion to Temiscamingue: discover the history of the log drive and attend a harvest

Laboratory day and excursion on the development of the FERLD with Claude-Michel Bouchard

Evening lecture:

16h30-17h30 - Trevor Porter (Reconstructing atmospheric mercury variability from boreal tree-ring records in northwestern Canada)

17h30-18h00 - Raquel Alfaro Sánchez (Tree-ring records to understand the response of tree growth to climate changes hazards)

Laboratory day

13h00-17h00 - Presentation of projects (PowerPoint)

17h00-19h00 - Closing celebration sponsored by the Minister Mr. Pierre Dufour