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The scope of the congress includes all new developments in coatings for interior and exterior wood applications. By extension, the congress will also include developments in wood preservation, as with suitable design, the preservative and coating can work together to give a complete wood protection package. Wood continues to be a highly attractive material, being renewable and "natural", with the potential for high aesthetic value and originality. However, it also has a very diverse nature, from the different species from which it is derived, and the growing conditions to which it has been subjected. This must be reflected in the formulation of coatings designed to protect it and enhance its beauty. Another challenge for wood coating technologists is the development of suitable coatings for the emerging range of modified wood materials, aimed mainly at upgrading the performance of softwoods to that of tropical hardwoods. There is therefore a constant need to develop coatings which satisfy multiple needs in different woodcoating markets, while at the same time complying with current legislation aimed at reducing VOC emissions and eliminating potentially hazardous raw materials in line with REACH.