Interfob
Interfob (INTER-Européenne FOrêt Bois) is an annual meeting of European schools and Universities of Wood science and technology, where students and professionals across Europe meet to share their knowledge and contacts over the one week’s meeting course.
The Interfob was inaugurated in 1989 by Epinal’s students. Soon after schools in Switzerland and Spain joined followed by countries of Eastern Europe that have made their official entry to this movement.
Today, Interfob event gathers each year more than 300 students from the field of Wood science and technology, coming from more than twenty European schools. Each annual meeting is held during one week in a different European country and is entirely organized by the students of the hosting country.
Interfob 2010 took place in France; it was organized by the students of the Academy of Wood science and technology in Nantes (L’école supérieure du bois de Nantes).
Interfob 2011 took place in Austria and was organized by the students of Universität für Bodenkultur Wien (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna).
In 2012, the INTERFOB will take place in Switzerland between October 15th and 19th. Students of the Bern University of Applied Sciences organize this meeting in the heart of Switzerland at Melchtal near Luzern. The program will contain workshops, an excursion, presentations, entertainment, sports and a lot of networking.
Students from all over Europe are invited to participate on INTERFOB 2012.
