Forest & Photonics 2024: Designing Forested Environments in 2040

As part of the ICS24 conference in Joensuu, Finland

FOREST AND PHOTONICS: Designing Forested Environments in 2040 brings together leading companies, researchers, and experts in the field to jointly identify technology solutions to the future challenges of using forest resources:

· What kinds of smart forestry planning measures and value chains reconcile the procurement of wood biomass, the goals of carbon sequestration, and the preservation of biodiversity while taking economic, social, and ecological sustainability into account?

· What kinds of data sources and monitoring approaches are needed to evaluate the impacts of the adopted measures?

· How can we prepare for risks elevated by climate change in order to safeguard the vitality and production of forests?

· How could the forest bioeconomy side streams and circular economy opportunities be better utilized?

· How does photonics, the science and technology of light, contribute to forestry today and tomorrow?

· What role could artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies potentially play as enabling technologies?

The conference session is hosted by the University of Eastern Finland and Business Joensuu in collaboration with the other members and partners of the Forest Joensuu and Photonics Joensuu innovation ecosystems.

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Programme

The programme and speakers will be updated closer to the date.

31.10.2024 12.30-18.00

Designing Forested Environments in 2040, Metria, UEF Joensuu campus

SESSION I: ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT​

12.30-13.00 Keynote: Forest Monitoring in Europe, Jo Van Brusselen, Senior researcher, Climate-Smart Forestry Team in the Bioeconomy Unit, European Forest Institute (EFI)

13.00-13.20 Applications of proximal imaging spectroscopy in forestry and wood science, Markku Keinänen, Research Manager, Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology, University of Eastern Finland (UEF)​

13.20-13.40 Making forest operations more sustainable with Lidar sensors on harvesting equipment, Mauricio Acuna, Research Professor of AI and automation in forest operations (LUKE) ​

13.40-14.00 Benefits of models based on causal understanding vs. data-driven artificial intelligence for forest inventory and planning, Jari Vauhkonen, Professor of forest planning and  an adjunct professor of forest remote sensing, University of Eastern Finland (UEF)​

14.00-14.30 Coffee / Networking break / Poster Session​

SESSION II: DESIGNING FORESTED ENVIRONMENTS FOR ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY​

14.30-14.45 Impacts of stand and landscape attributes on Ips typographus damage hotspots in Finland, Alexander Pulgarin Diaz, Researcher, University of Eastern Finland (UEF)

14.45-15.00 Automobile Made from Forests, Katsuhiko Takata, Professor & Director, Institute of Wood Technology (IWT), Akita Prefectural University (APU)

15:00-15:15 Olli Leino, Director Digitalization, Metsä Group

15:10-15:30 How to make the most of digitalization in forest management - a global forest company perspective, Antti Kaartinen, Senior Manager, Stora Enso Forest Division

15.30-16.00 Panel discussion

Antti Kaartinen is Senior Manager in Stora Enso Forest Division. He has more than 20 years of working experience in forest sector, including forest remote sensing, GIS and some 15 years of global management consulting experience covering the forestry wood sourcing value chain. His current role covers product management and business intelligence in Precision Forestry domain; building improved forest data acquisition, handling and utilization.

16.00-18.00 Campus tour

· SenseLab

· Computational Spectral Imaging Lab

· XR Lab

· Drone Lab

· Sphagnum moss research

19:00 ICS24 CONFERENCE DINNER (registration for the dinner as part of the ICS24 conference registration)

01.11.2024 08:00-10:30

Industry speed dating and company presentation event, Joensuu Science Park

8.00-9.00  Business speed dating​
9.00-9.30   Key Note: Hyperspectral Satellite Imagery, Jarkko Antila, Kuvaspace Oy
9.30-10.30 Forest & Photonics Company Presentations

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