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2024-10-14

2024-10-18

3.01.00

3.02.00

4.01.00

4.02.00

IX Congreso Chileno de Ciencias Forestales: "Descubriendo, aceptando desafíos, y cultivando sostenibilidad" Valdivia, Chile
Contact: Marco Contreras, Email: marco.contreras@uach.cl
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2024-09-16

2024-09-18

3.01.00

5th International Symposium of Forest Engineering and Technologies (FETEC 2024): "Forest operation technologies and systems for small-scale forestry applications" Ljubljana, Slovenia
Contact: Abdullah E. Akay, Email: abdullah.akay@btu.edu.tr
Contact: Matevž Mihelič, Email: matevz.mihelic@bf.uni-lj.si
Contact: H. Hulusi Acar, Email: hafizhulusi.acar@yeniyuzyil.edu.tr
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2024-06-16

2024-06-20

3.00.00

SILVA/IUFRO Division 3 PhD Conference Umeå, Sweden
Contact: Ola Lindroos, Email: ola.lindroos@slu.se


Calendar of Meetings

Upcoming IUFRO meetings

  • SILVA/IUFRO Division 3 PhD Conference; Umeå, Sweden; 16-20 June 2024.  Conference homepage  

Documents and references from past IUFRO meetings

55th FORMEC and 7th Forest Engineering Conference (FEC): Improving access to sustainable forest materials in a resource-constrainted world; Firenze, Italy; 20-22 September 2023. Units involved: 3.01.03, 3.00.00. Conference homepage - Report  

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International Scientific Conference on Modern Technologies and Engineering in Sustainable Forest Utilization; Krakow, Poland; 4-6 June 2023. Units involved: 3.00.00, 3.03.00. Conference homepage - 1st announcement - Registration - Report 

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International Conference of COFE-FETEC - Forest Operations: A Tool for Forest Management; Flagstaff, Arizona, USA; 23-25 May 2023. Event homepage 

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Webinar: Digitalization in Forest Operations; online; Units involved: 3.00.00, 3.01.00. Flyer - Agenda 
Part I - 13 April 2023, 2:00 pm CEST  -  Part II - 20 April 2023, 8:00 am CEST

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3rd International Hybrid Symposium of Forest Engineering and Technologies (FETEC 2022): "Forest Transportation Solutions and IT Applications for Natural Disaster Management"; online and Baku, Azerbaijan; 28-29 November 2022. Units involved: 3.00.00, 3.01.00. Conference homepage - Flyer - Report

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All-Division 3 Conference and 44th Council on Forest Engineering and 54th International Symposium on Forestry Mechanization: One big family - Shaping the future together; Corvallis, Oregon, United States; 4-7 October 2022. Units involved: 3.00.00, 3.01.00. Conference homepage - Report - Pictures 

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2nd IUFRO Division 3 Doctoral Student Conference; Corvallis, Oregon, USA; 29 September - 3 October 2022. Conference homepage - Report - Pictures 

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Webinar Series "Automation in Forest Operations" - Webinar 3; online; 20 October 2021. IUFRO Units involved: 3.00.00, 3.01.00. Webinar flyer; Registration: https://forms.gle/Zu4kUPMrcyHVXQsH9
Additional information: About the Operations Automation Webinar

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Webinar Series "Automation in Forest Operations" - Webinar 2; online; 15 September 2021. IUFRO Units involved: 3.00.00, 3.01.00. Webinar flyer; Registration: https://forms.gle/Zu4kUPMrcyHVXQsH9

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Joint 43rd Annual Meeting of Council on Forest Engineering (COFE) & 53rd International Symposium on Forest Mechanization (FORMEC): Forest Engineering Family – Growing Forward Together; online; 27-30 September 2021. Units involved: 3.00.00, 3.01.00. Conference homepage    

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Webinar Series "Automation in Forest Operations" - Webinar 1; online; 25 August 2021. IUFRO Units involved: 3.00.00, 3.01.00. Webinar flyer; Registration: https://forms.gle/Zu4kUPMrcyHVXQsH9;

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International Scientific Conference "Forestry: Bridge to the Future"; online and Sofia, Bulgaria; 5-8 May 2021; Units involved: 1.01.11, 1.03.01, 3.00.00, 9.04.04. Conference homepage

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Cuatro retos operacionales para escalar la restauración de paisajes en América Latina y el Caribe/ Operational Challenges to Landscape Restoration in Latin America; online; 28 October 2020, 12:00-13:45 pm EDT Washington DC (GMT-4). Units involved: 3.09.00, 3.00.00. Event homepageRegistrationAgenda SpanishAgenda English - Report           

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2019 Joint Annual Meeting of International Symposium on Forest Mechanization (FORMEC) and Council on Forest Engineering (COFE); Sopron, Hungary; 6-9 October 2019. Conference homepage

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International Scientific Conference on "Current Position and Perspectives of Forestry and Wood Technology in the 21st Century"; Zagreb, Croatia; 18-19 October 2018. Units involved: 3.00.00, 5.00.00. - Report     

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FORMEC 2018 Improved Forest Mechanisation: Mobilizing natural resources and preventing wildfires; Madrid, Spain; 24-28 September 2018. Conference homepage 

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The 41st Council on Forest Engineering Annual Meeting: Revolutionary Traditions, Innovative Industries; Williamsburg, Virginia, USA; 15-18 July 2018. Conference homepage - Advance notice - Report

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6th International Forest Engineering Conference: Quenching our thirst for new knowledge; Rotorua, New Zealand; 16–19 April 2018. Conference homepage - Flyer  

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All-Division 3 Conference; Freiburg, Germany; 19-22 September 2017. Conference homepage   
Interview with Division 3 Coordinator Woodam Chung about the work in IUFRO Division 3 and the All-Division Meeting at the IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress: www.iufro.org/download/file/27613/6146/iufro2017-interwiew-d3_pdf/
Link to the IUFRO Blog: http://blog.iufro.org/2017/10/16/on-forest-operations-engineering-and-management/

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II International Conference "Forests of Russia: Policy, Industry, Science and Education"; St. Petersburg, Russia; 24-26 May 2017. IUFRO Units involved: 1.00.00, 3.00.00, 4.00.00. Conference homepage - 1st announcement   

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Precision Forestry 2017: Producing More from Less. Towards Optimising Value in the Bio-economy from Data Driven Decisions; Stellenbosch, South Africa; 27 February - 2 March 2017. Conference homepage - Facebook - Report        

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DEMO International Conference; Vancouver, BC, Canada; 19-24 September 2016; Conference homepage   

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49th International Symposium on Forestry Mechanization (FORMEC); Warsaw, Poland; 4-7 September 2016. Conference homepage

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IUFRO Division 3 Doctoral Student Conference; Corvallis, Oregon, USA; 29 August – 2 September 2016. Conference homepage - Flyer - Report   
 

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AUSTimber2016; Traralgon, Victoria, Australia; 11-16 April 2016. Conference homepage - Call for Papers  

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38th Council on Forest Engineering (COFE) Annual Meeting "Engineering Solutions for Non-industrial Private Forest Operations"; Lexington, KY, USA; 19-22 July 2015. Conference homepage

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CROJFE 2015 International Scientific Conference "Forest Engineering - Current Situation and Future Challenges"; Zagreb and Zalesina, Croatia; 18-20 March 2015. Conference homepage - Report

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5th Forest Engineering Conference together with 47th International Symposium on Forestry Mechanisation; Gerardmer, France; 23-26 September 2014. Conference homepage

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2013 Council on Forest Engineering Annual Meeting; Missoula, Montana, USA; 7-10 July 2013. Conference homepage

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Modern problems of foresty and forest management; St. Petersburg, Russia; 13-15 November 2012. Units involved: 3.00.00, 4.00.00. Conference announcement

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International IUFRO 3.03.00 Ergonomic Workshop and Excursion: Ergonomic Challenges in Future Forest and Forestry; Nagoya, Japan; 27 September - 4 October 2012. Units involved: 3.00.00, 3.03.00. Conference homepage - 1st announcement - 2nd announcement

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Tree-Stumps for Bioenergy - Harvesting Techniques and Environmental Consequences; Uppsala, Sweden; 24-26 October 2011. Conference homepage

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Forest Technologies for Mitigating Climate Change; Seoul, Republic of Korea; 4–6 October 2011. Conference homepage - Report

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Fourth Forest Engineering Conference "Innovation in Forest Engineering – Adapting to Structural Change"; White River, Mpumalanga, South Africa; 5-7 April 2011. Conference homepage - Final announcement

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COFE Annual Meeting 2009; North Lake Tahoe, United States; 15-18 June 2009. Conference homepage - Report

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Conference on "Adaptation of Forests and Forest Management to Climate Change with Emphasis on Forest Health – Review of Science, Policies, and Practices"; Umeå, Sweden; 25–28 August 2008. Conference website - 3rd announcementConference report (draft)

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IUFRO ALL-D3-Conference "Pathways to Environmentally Sound Technologies for Natural Resource Use"; June 15-20, 2008; Sapporo, Japan. Presentations - Conference homepage: http://jfes.ac.affrc.go.jp/IUFRO2008.html - Picture 1 - Picture 2 - Picture 3

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D3 2007 Mid-Term Meeting, 1 October 2007; Mount-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada (also the venue of the 3rd Forest Engineering Conference FEC supported by D3)

The D3 ’07 MTM was intended as a gathering of all Coordinators and Deputy Coordinators of research groups and working parties associated with IUFRO Division 3, Forest Operations Engineering and Management. The main purpose was to:

  • prepare our All-D3-Conference, to be held in 2008 in Sapporo, Japan,
  • plan D3 activities (subplenary and technical sessions) for the IIUFRO 2010 World Congress, to be held in Seoul, Korea,
  • review our activities of the current 2006-2010 period.

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3rd Forest Engineering Conference: Sustainable Forest Operations: The Future is now; Mont Tremblant, Canada; 1-4 October 2007. Conference homepage

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International Scientific Conference: "Forest Growth and Timber Quality: Crown Models and Simulation Methods for Sustainable Forest Management"; Portland, Oregon, United States; 7-10 August 2007. Units involved: 3.00.00, 4.00.00, 5.00.00, 5.12.00, 4.01.05.

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International Mountain Logging and 13th Pacific Northwest Skyline Symposium: Global Competitiveness: Implications and Sustainable Approaches for Mountain Forest Harvesting; Corvallis, Oregon, United States; 1-6 April 2007. Conference homepage

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International Precision Forestry Symposium "Precision Forestry in Plantations, Semi-natural and Natural Forests"; Stellenbosch, South Africa; 5-10 March 2006. Programme


Strategy Development

IUFRO Division 3 implemented a strategy for the 2006-2010 period that aims at improving the effectiveness of research coordination and knowledge dissemination. More information can be found on a special page [link to page]