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57th International Symposium on Forestry Mechanization (FORMEC)

June 9–13, 2025, Joensuu, Finland

  • Abstract submission start / January 13
  • Registration opens / March 3
  • Early bird registration closes / April 15
  • Registration closes / June 1

Read more: FORMEC 2025 program overview

We are pleased to announce the program for the 2025 FORMEC Conference in Joensuu, Finland!

With six sessions running in parallel, 175 presentations, and four keynote speeches, this will be the largest program in the history of FORMEC conferences. Please take a look at the draft of the conference program: FORMEC 2025 Program

Please be aware that registration will close on June 1, 2025, if you have not registered yet.

At FORMEC 2025, young researchers (within 3 years of getting the PhD) will have the possibility of being selected for two awards for the best oral presentation (150 euros each) and one award for the best paper presented (150 euros). In addition to the monetary prize, each award recipient will receive a complimentary publication option in the Forests Monitor in 2025.

About forests monitor

The Forests Monitor is an international peer-reviewed open-access journal dedicated to the applied science of multifunctional forest ecosystems, with a primary objective of enhancing forest management and conservation in support of good governance worldwide.

Read more: Forests monitor awards

To register for FORMEC 2025 please visit the registration portal:

https://registration.contio.fi/uef/Registration/Login?id=8749-T_8749-10098

Last early bird registration date (Finnish time): 15 Apr 2025 

There are four options to travel from Helsinki / Helsinki-Vantaa Airport to Joensuu:

  1. Take a flight to Joensuu Airport
  2. Take a train to Joensuu Railway station
  3. Rent a car from Helsinki-Vantaa Airport
  4. Jump to a bus of Pre-conference trip organized by the FORMEC 2025 Organizers

More information about travelling option:

Read more: Travelling to Joensuu, FORMEC 2025

IMPORTANT! Joensuu is a lively summer town full of events and tourists.

Please book your accommodation a.s.a.p. because there is a risk of shortage.

FORMEC 2025 Team in Joensuu has made block (quota) reservations in some hotels for FORMEC delegates, but you must book your own accommodation directly from the hotel.

Here are hotels with block (quota) reservations. Please, check booking details of hotels.

Read more: Accommodation options 2025

The FORMEC 2025 Conference will publish a Proceedings containing the submitted abstracts as well as the oral and poster presentations given at the conference. Extended abstracts may also be published in the Proceedings. We will contact the corresponding authors of the abstracts regarding the publication of the Proceedings in March 2025.

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We are planning two Special Issues or Article collections. One for the journal of Silva Fennica and the other for the International Journal of Forest Engineering.

Forestry 5.0 – Drivers and trends for AI, robots and humans in forestry

Ola Lindroos, Professor, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden

Biodiversity and Climate Roadmaps for the Finnish Forest industries

Karoliina Niemi, Director, Finnish Forest Industries, Finland

High-quality forest resource information through individual tree level inventories, automated field reference and accurate tree species classification

Juha Hyyppä, Professor, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI), Finland

Cut-to-length technology highlights & vision forward

Kalle Einola, Director of Research & Programs, Ponsse Plc, Finland

  • 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
  • Francesco Latterini, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
  • 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