Forest & Photonics 2024
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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 - 16.00 PANELIST PRESENTATIONS AND PANEL DISCUSSION
Regenerative forestry for more vibrant, diverse and climate-resilient forests - extending requirements for forest data, Olli Leino, Director Digitalization, Metsä Group
How to gauge ecological sustainability of forest operations?, Tuomo Kauranne, CEO Arbonaut Ltd.
How to make the most of digitalization in forest management - a global forest company perspective, Antti Kaartinen, Senior Manager, Stora Enso Forest Division
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:
Entangly AB, Anni Lehmuskero, Senior Optics Specialist
Winse Power Oy, Arto Aho, CTO
Sitowise Oy, Teemu Saramäki, Sales Manager
Read more about the conference: 4th International Conference for Sustainable Resource Society - ICS24
Key Note speakers:
Jo Van Brusselen
Forest Monitoring in Europe
Jo Van Brusselen is Senior researcher at the European Forest Institute (EFI), Climate-Smart Forestry Team in the Bioeconomy Unit, with over 20 years’ research experience. His recent project involvement relating to forest monitoring and policy support include: the Horizon Europe MoniFun project on the development of a blueprint for a harmonized European Forest Multifunctionality Monitoring System (EFMMS) (2025-2027), ESA Forest Carbon Monitoring project (FCM-2: 2024-205), support to EU DG Environment for the impact assessment on the legislative proposal for forest monitoring and strategic plans (2022-2023); and the development of guidance for the renewable energy directive (REDII) implementing act with sustainable harvesting and LULUCF criteria, for EU DG Energy (2020-2021).
Furthermore, EFI is actively collaborating on next generation tools for forest monitoring, through several of the big EU funded Horizon Europe projects on this topic. In his talk, Jo will reflect on the big picture of forest monitoring in Europe.
Mauricio Acuna
Making forest operations more sustainable with Lidar sensors on harvesting equipment
Prof. Mauricio Acuna (Luke) holds a PhD in Forest Engineering from Oregon State University, a MSc in Operations Research and Management from the University of Chile, and a Bachelor in Forest Engineering from the University Austral of Chile. He is currently a Research Professor of AI and automation in forest operations at Luke. Prof. Acuna has nearly 30 years of professional experience and is one of the international and national research leaders in forest technology and wood supply chain optimization.
His international experience includes short-term visits and collaboration with organizations in Chile, Uruguay, Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Finland, Ireland, Spain, and Portugal. His research interests include sensing technology and AI in the forest supply chain, mathematical programming and optimization techniques in forest management and operations, wood and biomass harvesting and transport logistics, and harvesting machine evaluation.
Currently, he is leading projects focusing on Lidar and depth camera sensors installed on harvesting equipment combined with AI technology to improve decisions and maximize value recovery in forest operations.
Jari Vauhkonen
Benefits of models based on causal understanding vs. data-driven artificial intelligence for forest inventory and planning
Dr. Jari Vauhkonen is a professor of forest planning and an adjunct professor of forest remote sensing at the University of Eastern Finland. His research focus is on using artificial intelligence, machine learning and similar techniques on remote sensing and other digital map data to support multi-objective forest planning and decision analysis.
Tuomo Kauranne
How to gauge ecological sustainability of forest operations?
Dr. Tuomo Kauranne is the founder and CEO of Arbonaut Ltd., a leading provider of digital forest ecosystem inventory and forest decision support systems to governmental and private customers in over 40 countries on six continents.
Olli Leino
Regenerative forestry for more vibrant, diverse and climate-resilient forests - extending requirements for forest data
Olli Leino works as a digitalization director at Metsä Group’s Wood Supply and Forest Services. He has an extensive work experience in wood supply and business development. His expertise in digitalization and strategic development has significantly contributed to enhancing forest management practices and promoting sustainable forestry. Olli’s work focuses on leveraging modern data tools and integrated planning to achieve ambitious goals in business development and regenerative forestry.
Katsuhiko Takata
Automobile Made from Forests
Automobile Made from Forests, Katsuhiko Takata, Professor & Director, Institute of Wood Technology (IWT), Akita Prefectural University (APU)
Antti Kaartinen
How to make the most of digitalization in forest management - a global forest company perspective
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.
Jarkko Antila
Hyperspectral Satellite Imagery
Kuvaspace Oy
Open Innovation Workshop on Environmental AI and Photonics
Forest & Photonics Pre-event
Are you a student, researcher, or startup enthusiast passionate about innovation? Do you want to tackle the pressing challenges in forestry and photonics while exploring new business ideas? This workshop is your chance to collaborate, brainstorm, and innovate with like-minded individuals.
What to Expect: team building, brainstorming, pitching, AI-powered facilitation, creativity and fun!
Schedule 30.10.2024 13-16 Temple of Challenge, Joensuu Science Park
Facilitators: Mikko Järvilehto and Santeri Lanér / Business Joensuu
Come prepared to think big, collaborate, and create solutions that could shape the future of forestry and photonics!
Register for the Pre-event on the ISC24 registration form
Forest & Photonics Posters
Hanna Haapala, Petri Varvia, Lauri Korhonen (University of Eastern Finland), Estimation of tree cover extent using ICESat-2 spaceborne lidar data.
Mikko T. Niemi (University of Eastern Finland), Marjo Palviainen, Annamari Laurén (University of Helsinki), Towards multi-objective decision support in peatland forestry – How does ditch depth affect tree growth, carbon sequestration and water quality?
Ghasem Ronoud, Maryam Poorazimy, Tuomas Yrttimaa (University of Eastern Finland), Antero Kukko, Juha Hyyppä (Finnis Geospatial Research Institute), Ninni Saarinen (University of Eastern Finland), Ville Kankare (University of Turku), Mikko Vastaranta (University of Eastern Finland), Characterizing the Competitive Stress of Individual Trees Using Airborne Laser Scanning.
Mikko Vastaranta, Tuomas Yrttimaa, Lauri Liikonen, Aapo Erkkilä, Johanna Paakkari (University of Eastern Finland), Eetu Kotivuori (Finnish Forest Centre), Timo P. Pitkänen (Natural Resources Institute Finland), Alternative Methods for Collecting Forest Inventory Data from Field Plots: First Field Experiences.
Shammi Keya (Karelia University of Applied Sciences), Jouni Pykäläinen (University of Eastern Finland), Rohinton Emmanuel (Glasgow Caledonia University), Antti Haapala (University of Eastern Finland), Assessing Urban Greenness for Climate Resilience: A Spatial Framework for Evaluating Cooling Needs and Vulnerability in Cold Climate Cities.
Jan Kunnas, Aliisa Pöllänen (University of Eastern Finland), Bark Beetle in the National Landscapes of Koli and Puijo.
Tuomas Yrttimaa, Samuli Junttila (University of Eastern Finland), Juha Hyyppä (Finnish Geospatial Research Institute), Markus Holopainen (University of Helsinki), Michael A. Wulder (Natural Resources Canada), Mikko Vastaranta (University of Eastern Finland), Quantifying architectural uniqueness of Scots pine trees using terrestrial laser scanning: Towards individual tree fingerprinting.
Further information
Key Account Manager, Green Transition
jarno.hamalainen@businessjoensuu.fi
+358 50 306 7254
+358 10 419 8019
In collaboration with
The event will be produced as a part of the Joensuu city's innovation ecosystem agreement activities, which are co-funded by the European Union and the City of Joensuu.