Forest&Photonics 2024

The event is held as a part of the ICS24 conference in Joensuu, Finland.
Register your participation for the event HERE

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

• What kind 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 kind 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 do 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 session is hosted by the University of Eastern Finland and Business Joensuu in collaboration with the other members and partners of Forest Joensuu and Photonics Joensuu innovation ecosystems.

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 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 Hyperspectal imaging in plant research, Markku Keinänen, UEF
13.20-13.40 Making forest operations more sustainable with Lidar sensors on harvesting equipment, Mauricio Acuna, 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​
14.40-16.00 Panel discussion
16.00-18.00 Campus tour

19:00 ICS24 CONFERENCE DINNER (registration for the dinner as part of the ISC24 conference registration)

01.11.2024 08:30-10:30

Industry speed dating and company pitching event, Joensuu Science Park

8.00-9.00  Business speed dating​
9.00-9.30  Key Note
9.30-10.30 Company pitching programme

Read more about the conference: 4th International Conference for Sustainable Resource Society – ICS24

ICS24 Key Note speakers:

Eeva Hellström, Senior Lead in Foresight
The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra

What if tomorrow’s resource economy were regenerative?

Further information

Jarno Hämäläinen
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.