Workshops focusing on innovation in wood products will be held in Ireland and Scotland this month.

The events, entitled Conceptualisation to Commercialisation: Innovation in Wood Products and Processes, are organised by the National Council for Forest Research & Development (COFORD, www.coford.ie) and the Scottish Forest Industries Cluster.

The aim is to outline state support for research and development, as well as feature successful projects to show how future programmes should be developed.

The workshops will be at Citywest Hotel, Dublin, on April 29 and Pentlands Science Park, Midlothian, on April 30.