We are inviting you to join us for the upcoming international conference ICWSE 2013, which is intended to provide to its participants a forum of discussion of the most recent advances in wood science and technology. The event will be hosted by the "Transilvania" University of Brasov, Faculty of Wood Engineering. All accepted papers will be published in a special edition of PRO LIGNO - scientific journal in the field of wood engineering, indexed by CABI, EBSCO and DOAJ (http://www.proligno.ro/en).