Wednesday, 17 May 2023 A Host Lecture by Prof. Eric Hansen at UP FAMNIT within the GOST UP Project

Prof. Eric Hansen, PhD
Oregon State University, USA

Visiting professor at the UP FAMNIT as part of the project

GOST UP – Gostovanja tujih strokovnjakov in visokošolskih učiteljev na Univerzi na Primorskem / Hosting foreign experts and professors at the University of Primorska - GUEST UP

in the period from 15 to 19 May 2023

You are kindly invited to attend two lectures on Wednesday, 17 May 2023:

- Wood Science at OSU | 15.00 – 16.00

- Cooperative Extension in the USA | 16:00-17:00 | a lecture with Scott Leavengood

The lectures will be held in English at InnoRenew, Livade 6a, Izola (Sequoia hall), and virtually through Microsoft Teams (Link)

Prof. Eric Hansen is currently a Professor of Forest Products Marketing and Interim Department Head of Wood Science and Engineering at Oregon State University (OSU), where he has worked since 1994.

He received a B.S. in Forest Products Business Management from the University of Idaho in 1990 and a PhD in 1994 from Virginia Tech, specializing in Forest Products Marketing. His current research areas are organizational innovation, bioeconomy transition, corporate social responsibility, and strategic marketing.

He is co-author of Strategic Marketing in the Global Forest Industries. He teaches innovation and marketing management topics at OSU for undergraduate and graduate students as well as for regional industry managers. He coordinates the Executive Management Institute for the North American Wholesale Lumber Association (NAWLA) as well as serving on the NAWLA Education Committee.

During his visit at UP FAMNIT he will hold seminars for students of the PhD Study Programme Renewable Materials for Healthy Built Environments.

    
The investment is co-financed by the Republic of Slovenia and the European Union from the European Social Fund.​