2010 Precision Forestry Symposium

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MONDAY:  1 March 2010
       
8:00 - 8:45 Registration    
8:45 - 9:00 Welcome and Opening   P. Ackerman & L. Van Huyssteen
  KEYNOTE:    
9:00 - 9:45 New Sensor Technologies and Analytical Tools for Precision Forest Management   Glen Murphy
       
Session 1:  Non-destructive wood quality assessment and wood quality modelling
  Session chair:     Antti Asikainen
09:45 - 10:05 Integrating terrestrial laser scanning based inventory with sawing simulation   T. Seifert, H-J. Klemmt, S. Seifert, A. Kunneke & C.B. Wessels
10:05-10:25 The non-destructive determination and modelling of knotty core sizes of pruned Pinus patula trees on a compartment basis   F. Munalula & C.B. Wessels
       
10:25- 11:00 TEA BREAK    
       
Session 2:  Forest operations simulations
  Session chair:     Walter Warkotsch
11:00 - 11:20 Discrete event simulation of wood harvesting processes in the Virtual Forest   T. Wolferstetter
11:20 - 11:40 Discrete-event simulation - an advanced method for analyzing complex logging operations   K. Väätäinen
11:40 -  12:00 Operational efficiency of the year-round CTL-harvesting on sensitive sites in Finland - A simulation study   S. Lamminen, K. Väätäinen & A. Asikainen
12:00 - 12:20 An evaluation of skyline systems in Norwegian conditions using discrete-event simulation   A. Asikainen, Karl Stampfer & B. Talbot
12:20 - 12:40 Aspects of modeling time for simulators of harvesting operations   R. Pausch
12:40 - 13:00 Multi-stem mechanised harvesting operation analysis – application of Arena 9 discrete-event simulation software in Zululand, Souh Africa   R. Pulkki, G. Hogg & P Ackerman
13:00 - 13:15 GROUP PHOTO    
13:15 - 14:00 LUNCH BREAK    
     
Session 3:  Remote sensing and mensuration
  Session chair:     Anton Kunneke
14:00 - 14:20 Determining stand value and log product yields using terrestrial LIDAR and optimal bucking algorithms:  Experiences from Oregon, Australia and Ireland   G. Murphy & M. Acuna
14:20 - 14:40 Using high-resolution satellite imagery and double sampling as a cost-effective means of collecting forest inventory data - the case of Hans Kanyinga Community Forest, Namibia   J. Kamwi & C. Kätsch
14:40 - 15:00 Forest modelling from earth observation data in forestry plantations   N. Mönnig, F. Holecz, C. Eyre & F. Seifert
15:00 - 15:20 Incorporating fibre attributes into Canadian forest inventories   A. Groot & D. Pitt
       
15:20 - 16:00 TEA BREAK    
       
Session 4:  Remote sensing and mensuration continues
  Session chair:     Bruce Talbot
16:00 - 16:20 Method for estimating forest biomass potentials for Central Finland with biomass maps and GIS analysis   J. Mustonen, P. Anttila, A. Lehtonen & S. Tuominen
16:20 - 16:40 Airborne Lidar in the Forestry Industry   N. Banks
16:40 - 17:00 The use of Hyper spectral Imagery for Forestry Applications in South Africa   A. Fortescue
       
17:00 - 18:00 Poster Session    
       
18:00 - 20:00 Session 5:  WELCOME FUNCTION AT STIAS    
       
Posters
     
17:10 - 18:00 Detection of forest management operations using bi-temporal aerial photographs   P. Hyvönen, J. Heinonen & A. Haara
New method for measuring dynamic pressure under forest tires   T. Purfürst & J. Erler
Productivity and cost of stump wood harvesting   J. Laitila
Parameters of the natural environment of forests as a basis for the optimization of management technologies   J. Simon, A. Skoupy & J. Kulhavy
Automated forestry geoinformation productions form remote sensing imagery   W. Luck
Actual development of the Precision Forestry related research at Technical University in Zvolen   J. Tucek
Resource Planning System for Bioenergy Operations   S. Huurinainen & E. Mikkonen
     
TUESDAY:  2 March 2010
       
Session 6:  Equipment monitoring and management
  Session chair:     Martin Ziesak
8:30 - 8:50 User guide for the selection of onboard technology in Australian harvesting operations   M. Strandgard
8:50 - 9:10 Path tracking for autonomous forwarders in forest terrain   D. Athanassiadis, D. Bergström, T. Hellström, O. Lindroos, T. Nordfjell & O. Ringdahl
9:10 - 9:30 The accuracy of positioning forestry vehicles under canopy   T. Purfürst & J. Erler
9:30 - 9:50 FPSuite:  An integrated process control platform for forestry operations    J. Favreau
9:50 - 10:10 Side effect of strip-road compaction   R. Klvac, P. Holcikova, P. Dundek, M. Kleibl & V. Markes
10:10 - 10:30 Wander factors for skid distance estimation in Pine thinnings   B.S. Folegatti, M. Smidt & T.P. McDonald
10:30 - 10:50 Reduction in unloaded log transport mileage using route optimization   T. McDonald, K. Haridass, M. Smidt &  J. Valenzuela
       
10:50 - 11:30 TEA BREAK    
       
Field trip
       
11:30 - 19:00 Visit MTO Forestry plantations in Boland, Western Cape, to view current Precision Forestry initiatives   A Kunneke, P. Ackerman, T Seifert & B. du Toit
       
WEDNESDAY:  3 March 2010
       
Session 8:   Equipment monitoring and management continues
  Session chair:     Bo Dahlin
       
8:30 - 8:50 An electronic device to map tree seedling locations while hand planting   T. McDonald, J. Fulton, M. Darr & S. Taylor
8:50 - 9:10 Profor:  The development of an integrated equipment management system   M. Ziesak
Supply chain optimisation
     
9:10 - 9:30 Reducing transportation costs through the application of performance based standard and hybrid technology, and optimal truck scheduling systems   M. Acuna, M. Brown & M. Strandgard
9:30 - 9:50 Optimal allocation of the forest resource to match raw material with industry needs   T. Smaltschinski, M. Opferkuch & G. Becker
9:50 - 10:10 Think outside the box - new approaches to optimize forest fuel supply chains   J. Windisch, D. Röser, L. Sikanen
10:10 - 10:30 Reducing pulp mill wood variation by including wood properties in harvest scheduling decision-making   C.S. Price, F. Blakeway, F. Ahmed & J.-R. Tapamo
       
10:30 - 11:00 TEA BREAK    
       
Session 9:  Supply chain optimisation
  Session chair:     Reino Pulkki
11:00 - 11:20 A GIS-based model for evaluating supply chains of forest biomass for energy   P. Anttila & T. Tahvanainen
11:20 - 11:40 Raw material supply for sustainable pellet production in Europe   R. Prinz & D. Röser
11:40 -  12:00 The fate of simulated vs. real tagged logs in identifying principal contributors to value adding in the wood supply chain - does traceability pay?   B. Talbot & N. Søvde
12:00 - 12:20 A new solution approach to include wood properties in integrated bucking, sorting and transportation planning   P. Flisberg, M. Nordström, M. Rönnqvist, K. Westlund & L. Wilhelmsson
12:20 - 12:40 The use of RFID in round wood logistics   C. Kaul
Cost Action PF 0902
12:40 - 13:10 Overview of Cost Action PF0902:  Forest Biomass Supply   R. Prinz
       
13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH BREAK    
       
Session 10:  Landscape assessment and planning
  Session chair:     Walter Warkotsch
14:00 - 14:20 Opportunities, Current & Future for precision forestry application in South Australia   J. O'Hehir
14:20 - 14:40 The influence of the quality of data in forest road planning - a case study form Russia   P. Mönkkönen, M. Havimo, E.Lopatin & B. Dahlin
14:40 - 15:00 Simulations of forest landscapes based on knN data   O. Sallnäs & R. Trubins
15:00 - 15:20 An extraction trail generator using LIDAR data and Tabu search   N. Søvde, A. Løkketangen & B. Talbot
       
15:20 - 16:00 TEA BREAK    
       
Session 11:  Growth simulation at single tree and stand level
  Session chair:     Thomas Seifert
16:00 - 16:20 IVY:  An individual-tree growth model for complex-stands   A. Groot
16:20 - 16:40 ComBio - Estimation tool for combined energy wood and pulp wood harvesting   K. Pasanen
16:40 - 17:00 Utilizing stem level data to develop site-specific values and management zones   C. Brodbeck, J. Fulton, T. McDonald, S. Taylor & J. Shaw
17:00 - 17:20 CLOSURE   P. Ackerman

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Updated:  March 2010