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Harnessing novel technologies to execute sustainable and low-carbon wood supply

57th International Symposium on Forestry Mechanization (FORMEC)

June 9–13, 2025, Joensuu, Finland

FORMEC 2025 is calling again the family of forest technologists and other friends of sustainable forestry to get together in Joensuu, Finland. The theme of the FORMEC 2025 is “Harnessing novel technologies to execute sustainable and low-carbon wood supply”.

To submit your abstract please go to FORMEC 2025: Call for Abstracts 

Please click Read more for the all details.

Read more: Call for abstracts 2025

  • Abstract submission start / January 13
  • Abstract submission deadline / January 31
  • Author notifications of acceptance / February 24
  • Registration opens / March 3
  • Early bird registration closes / April 15

  • Monday, 9th
    • Pre-conference tour (Tikkurila (Vantaa) Railway station – Joensuu)
    • Ice breaking & registration (METLA House)
  • Tuesday, 10th
    • Field trip
  • Wednesday, 11th
    • First conference day (UEF Joensuu Campus)
  • Thursday, 12 th
    • Second conference day (UEF Joensuu Campus)
  • Friday, 13 th
    • Post-conference tour (Joensuu – Vieremä Ponsse Factory – Kuopio Airport/Railway station)

  • Kalle Kärhä, University of Eastern Finland (UEF), Finland
  • Mauricio Acuna, Natural Resources Institute (Luke), Finland
  • Sanna Kasurinen, University of Eastern Finland (UEF), Finland
  • Heli Kymäläinen, University of Eastern Finland (UEF), Finland
  • Jukka Malinen, Metsäteho Oy, Finland
  • Heikki Ovaskainen, Metsäteho Oy, Finland
  • Teijo Palander, University of Eastern Finland (UEF), Finland
  • Jarkko Pesonen, University of Eastern Finland (UEF), Finland
  • Lauri Sikanen, Natural Resources Institute (Luke), Finland
  • Jori Uusitalo, University of Helsinki, Finland
  • Kari Väätäinen, Natural Resources Institute (Luke), Finland
  • Christian Kanzian, Boku University, Austria

Chairs

  • Kalle Kärhä, University of Eastern Finland (UEF), Finland
  • Mauricio Acuna, Natural Resources Institute (Luke), Finland
  • Jori Uusitalo, University of Helsinki, Finland
  • Karl Stampfer, Boku University, Austria

Members

  • Borys Bakay, Ukrainian National Forestry University, Ukraine
  • Dan Bergström, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden
  • Chad Bolding, University of Georgia, USA
  • Stelian Alexandru Borz, Transilvania University of Brașov, Romania
  • Joseph L. Conrad IV, University of Georgia, USA
  • Andreja Duka, University of Zagreb, Croatia
  • Jiří Dvořák, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic
  • Dag Fjeld, Skogkurs, Norway
  • Mohammad Reza Ghaffariyan, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
  • Carola Häggström, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden
  • Campbell Harvey, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
  • Christian Kanzian, Boku University, Austria
  • Martin Kühmaier, Boku University, Austria
  • Dagnija Lazdina, Silava, Latvia
  • Luc Lebel, University of Laval, Canada
  • Ola Lindroos, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden
  • Patricio Mac Donagh, Misiones National University, Argentina
  • Natascia Magagnotti, CNR IBE, Italy
  • Jukka Malinen, Metsäteho Oy, Finland
  • Piotr Mederski, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poland
  • Teijo Palander, University of Eastern Finland (UEF), Finland
  • Thomas Purfürst, University of Freiburg, Germany
  • Muedanyi Ramantswana, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa
  • Renato Cesar Gonçalves Robert, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil
  • Dominik Roeser, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • Johanna Routa, Natural Resources Institute (Luke), Finland
  • Janine Schweier, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Switzerland
  • Raffaele Spinelli, CNR IBE, Italy
  • Eduardo Tolosana, University of Madrid, Spain

57th International Symposium on Forestry Mechanization (FORMEC) will be held in Joensuu, Finland in June 9–13, 2025. Next year's FORMEC will take place under the theme of Harnessing novel technologies to execute sustainable and low-carbon wood supply. The conference is organized by the University of Eastern Finland (UEF), the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), the University of Helsinki and Metsäteho Oy, with the forest machine manufacturer Ponsse Plc as the main partner (https://www.uef.fi/en/article/ponsse-is-the-main-partner-of-formec-2025).

Please find more details about the conference and the venue within this presentation:  <PDF file >

You are very welcome to FORMEC 2025 and Joensuu!

The 56th International Symposium on Forest Mechanization (FORMEC) was hosted by the Poznań University of Life Sciences in Gdańsk, Poland from June 11 - 14, 2024.

The topic of the meeting was "Timber harvesting: the reality of offsetting the needs of industry against those of the environment".

PDF document (~2.0 MB) download: Book of Abstracts 2024

Read more: Poland 2024 Proceedings