2019 Hungary | Austria

Details: Written by: Woodam Chung and Christian Kanzian

For the first time in their history, FORMEC and COFE co-organized a joint annual meeting in Hungary/Austria, October 6-9, 2019. The meeting was also the result of the joint venture between the University of Sopron, Hungary and the University of Life Sciences Vienna, Austria as hosting organizations. A total of 280 participants from 30 countries attended this year meeting including over 30 participants from North America. The conference hosted 110 presentations spread over three parallel sessions in two days that provided insight in the latest development in forest engineering research and technology.

Details: Written by: Christian Kanzian

52 International Symposium on Forestry Mechanization, 06 - 10 October 2019, Sopron | Forchtenstein (Hungary | Austria)

Details: Written by: Christian Kanzian

The 52 edition of the FORMEC symposium will be held in conjunction with the 42 edition of the Council on Forest Engineering (COFE). This is the first time for a COFE meeting taking place in Europe. 2020 will also be joint meeting COFE/FORMEC, but this time it will take place in Oregon (USA).

Details: Written by: Martin Kühmaier

Topic	Speaker	Institution
Digitalization of forest harvesting: the potential for improved environmental and production efficiency	Rasmus Astrup	NIBIO
Opportunities in remote sensing of forests related to the arrival of the Sentinel-2 satellite	Clement Atzberger	BOKU
Conducting sustainable forest operations while minimizing environmental impacts: a compilation of research	Chad Bolding	Virginia Tech
Future of forest engineering and its sustainability	Woodam Chung	Oregon State University
Smart Forestry - Smart Forest Operations Engineering and Management	Hans R. Heinimann	ETH Zürich
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in Forestry	Martin Kühmaier	BOKU
Traction versus Ground Protection	Josef Primus	PEWAG Austria