The IRG58 meeting of the International Research Group on Wood Protection will be held on June 13-17, 2027 at San Sevolo in Venice, Italy.

IRG58 will be the first IRG meeting to be held in Italy.

This location was chosen as providing the following advantages:

• one of the most spectacular scenic locations in the Venice lagoon

• excellent meeting facilities of a size appropriate for the IRG meeting

• Venice is a city full of history and culture, as well as a fun city to enjoy at all hours of the day and night

• convenient global flight connections to Venice International Airport with multiple airlines

• easy and reasonable connections by the Venice ferry services - Vaporetto - to downtown central Venice as well as to and from the IRG57 meeting location and conference hotel on the island of San Sevolo.

• opportunities for many pre- and post-conference activities in Italy, and nearby Slovenia, France, Switzerland, and throughout the Adriatic region.

So count on attending the IRG58 meeting in Venice, Italy for what promises to be an excellent, stimulating and very well attended IRG meeting.