The IUFRO 5.04.06 Wood Drying Conference was organised by the "Transilvania" University of Brasov - Faculty of Wood Industry and hosted by the Aro Palace Complex in Brasov (Romania). Over 100 scientists from 28 countries attended the meeting. Two Keynote Addresses: " The Role of Wood Anatomy in the Drying of Wood: "Great Oaks from Little Acorns Grow " by the Wood Drying Working Party Leader, Patrick PerrC (France) and " High-Frequency Heating Combined With Vacuum Drying Of Wood by Helmut Resch (Austria) was an excellent start of the technical program of over 80 oral presentations and 28 poster presentations. The topics of the 10 oral presentation sessions and the poster session covered modelling, stress and strain behaviour of wood, properties ofwood related to drying, fast drying procedures, applied drying, heat and mass transfer, kiln control, drying quality, colorations and general.