• Transport & Roads (Pirjo Venäläinen)
  
• Value creation in the forestry chain – how can we work together? (Mia Iwarsson Wide)

• Opening Managing Director Heikki Pajuoja, Metsäteho Oy
• Finnish Bioeconomy – current topics Director General Juha S. Niemelä, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
• The shaping of industrial scale bioeconomy – UPM perspectives Vice President, R&D Heikki Ilvespää, UPM-Kymmene

L1. ROAD TRANSPORTATION WITH HCT TRUCKS – EXPERIENCES IN FINLAND AND SWEDEN

Chair: Kari Väätäinen, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)

L1.1. Impacts of HCT trucks on logistics costs Pirjo Venäläinen, Metsäteho Oy

L1.2. Impacts of HCT trucks on traffic safety Mauri Haataja, University of Oulu

L1.3. Operational experience of HCT trucks in Sweden (Fuel consumption, load ratio, technical calamities & transport economy) Gunnar Svenson, Skogforsk

L1.4. HCT vehicles in the Swedish transport system Victor Asmoarp, Skogforsk

V1. VALUE CREATION IN THE FORESTRY CHAIN

Chair: Mia Iwarsson Wide, Skogforsk

V1.1. Productify for optimal fuel base Mia Iwarsson Wide, Skogforsk

V1.2. Utilization of high resolution harvester production data for improved pre-harvest planning John Arlinger, Skogforsk

V1.3. Smart thinning of young dense stands for simultaneously extracting and keeping ecosystem service values Dan Bergström, SLU

V1.4. Correlation between outer and inner quality attributes of forest stand Heikki Alanne, Metsäteho

L2. IMPROVING EFFICIENCY OF BIOMASS ROAD TRANSPORTATION

Chair: Gunnar Svenson, Skogforsk

L2.1. Simulation of timber truck transport logistics – Case Central Finland Kari Väätäinen, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)

L2.2. Cost analysis of transporting forest chips and forest industry by-products with large truck-trailers in Finland Juha Laitila, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)

L2.3. Modeling cost reductions for multimodal transport in Norwegian wood supply Dag Fjeld, Norwegian Institute for Bioeconomics

L2.4. Optimal biomass truck load size and work models for loading of loose biomasses Heikki Ovaskainen, Metsäteho

L2.5. Biorefinery feedstock assessment made easy: Luke’s tools to analyze harvesting potential, competition situation and transport distances for any given location Perttu Anttila, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)

S1.

Chair: Hans Fredrik Hoen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Room: 4501

S1.1. The influence of institutional innovation to the development of the Estonian forest sector Meelis Teder, Estonian University of Life Sciences

S1.2. Public perceptions of forest industry innovativeness on the road to bioeconomy Sami Berghäll, University of Helsinki

S1.3. Techno-economic comparison of promising biofuel conversion pathways in a Nordic context – effects of feedstock costs and technology learning Walid Fayez Mustapha, Norwegian University of Life Sciences

S1.4. Utilization of wood ash in forest fertilization: options and impact on tree growth in Latvia Modris Okmanis, Latvian State Forest Research Institute ‘Silava’

S1.5. Wood-based businesses in the next era of manufacturing Teppo Hujala, University of Eastern Finland

S1.6. Sustainable forest-based bioeconomy: A case of biorefinery as a multi-product firm Jenni Miettinen, University of Helsinki

• Evolution of CSR in the forest industry Professor Kaisu Puumalainen, LUT School of Business and Management
• Wood supply digitalization in Finland Research Director Jarmo Hämäläinen, Metsäteho
• Productive forest operations with a soft footprint
  – report from a strategic work programme in Swedish forestry Head of Research Magnus Thor, Skogforsk
• Seasonal Variation of Production in Forest Industries and Wood Procurement in Finland Head of Business Development Kalle Kärhä, Stora Enso Wood Supply Finland

Over 16 milj. m³ of wood used in Lappeenranta, Joutseno and Imatra.

Places we will see:

• UPM Kaukas, Lappeenranta
• MetsäFibre, Joutseno
• Stora Enso, Research Centre, Imatra (+ coffee)
  • General presentation: Stora Enso Consumer Board, Innovation and R&D Director Veli-Matti Niemelä
  • General presentation: Stora Enso, Biomaterial and Pulp Competence Centre Joni Lapatto
  • Life Cycle Assessment at Stora Enso Tiina Keskisaari
• HCT demonstrations during the visits in UPM Kaukas and MetsäFibre

T1. 

Chair: Heikki Pajuoja, Metsäteho

T1.1. Research activities of planting and sowing mechanization in Latvia Dagnija Lazdina, Latvian State Forest Researche Institute Silava (Presenter: Andis Lazdiņš)

T1.2. Integrated roundwood and biomass terminals – 0,1 TWh case Heikki Ovaskainen, Metsäteho

T1.3. Detection of stems and tree damage in softwood stand by a machine vision algorithm based on color analysis Jyry Eronen, University of Eastern Finland

T1.4-5. Factors affecting productivity of Vimek 404 T5 harvester in pre-commercial thinning / Fields of application of Kranman Bison 10000 and other small forwarders Santa Kalēja, Latvian State Forest Research Institute ‘Silava’

T1.6. Measuring timber piles with TRESTIMA stack Sari Nurmela, University of Helsinki

T1.7. Productivity of Logbear F4000 forwarder on soils with low bearing capacity Santa Kalēja, Latvian State Forest Researche Institute Silava (presenter Ainārs Lupiķis)

T1.8. Impact of Small and Middle Sized Forwarders to Soil Compaction During Mechanized Thinning in Young Stands Ainārs Lupiķis, Latvian State Forest Research Institute ‘Silava’

S2.

Chair: Teppo Hujala, University of Eastern Finland

S2.1. Utilization of industrial side streams originating from sawmilling – challenges and suggestions Janni Kunttu, University of Eastern Finland

S2.2. Identification of wet areas in forest by using LiDAR based dem Jānis Ivanovs, Latvian State Forest Research Institute ‘Silava’

S2.3. GIS and remote sensing based planning of forest regeneration Gints Spalva, Latvian State Forest Research Institute ‘Silava’ (presenter Jānis Ivanovs)

S2.4. Diversification of the Finnish forest industries: Role of new products Elias Hurmekoski, European Forest Institute

S2.5. Economic and climate change mitigation potential of forest fertilization in state forests in Latvia Andis Lazdiņš, Latvian State Forest Research Institute ‘Silava’