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The 55th International Symposium on Forest Mechanization (FORMEC) and the 7th Forest Engineering Conference (FEC) was hosted in Florence, Italy, from September 20th to 22nd, by the University of Firenze and the National Research Council (CNR), in collaboration with the Tuscany Regional Administration and the Italian Academy of Forest Science.
PDF document (~3 MB) download: Book of Abstracts 2023
The book of proceedings of the 44th Council on Forest Engineering and 54th International Symposium on Forestry Mechanization held in Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America from October 04-07, 2022 can be downloaded from the website.
PDF document (~7 MB): Book of Abstracts and Proceedings 2022
Proceedings of The Joint 43rd Annual Meeting of Council on Forest Engineering (COFE) & the 53rd International Symposium on Forest Mechanization (FORMEC) "Forest Engineering Family – Growing Forward Together", September 27-30, 2021, Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A.
52 International Symposium on Forestry Mechanization: "Exceeding the Vision: Forest Mechanisation of the Future", 06 - 10 October 2019, Sopron | Forchtenstein (Hungary | Austria)
51 Anniversary of the International Symposium on Forestry Mechanization: "Improved Forest Mechanisation: Mobilizing natural resources and preventing wildfires" Madrid, Spain 24-28 September 2018
50th Anniversary of the International Symposium on Forestry Mechanization: "Innovating the competitive edge: From research to impact in the forest value chain" Brasov, Romania, 25th-29th September 2017
49th International Symposium on Forestry Mechanization: "From Theory to Practice: Challenges for Forest Engineering" from September 4 - 7, 2016 in Warsaw, Poland. Approved presentations are available for download
Hard copies of the 2015 conference proceedings are available for purchase online at a price of EUR 25. Please place an order and we send you an e-mail about total costs (including shipping) and payment details. All orders will be mailed when payment is received.
48th International Symposium on Forestry Mechanization: "Forest engineering : Making a positive contribution" from October 4 - 8, 2015 in Linz, Austria
47th International Symposium on Forestry Mechanisation: “Forest engineering: propelling the forest value chain”, September 23-26, 2014 in Gerardmer, France.
45th International Symposium on Forestry Mechanisation: “Forest engineering: Concern, Knowledge and Accountability in Today's Enviroment”, October, 2012 in Dubrovnik, Croatia.
44th International Symposium on Forestry Mechanisation: “Pushing the Boundaries with Research and Innovation in Forest Engineering”, October 9-13, 2011 in Graz, Austria.
43th International Symposium on Forestry Mechanisation: "Forest Engineering: Meeting the Needs of the Society and the Environment", July 11 – 14, 2010 in Padova, Italy.
42nd International Symposium on Forestry Mechanisation, June 21-24, 2009 in Kostelec, Czech Republic.
41st FORMEC held from June 2-5, 2008 in Schmallenberg, Germany.
40th International Symposium on Forestry Mechanisation: "Meeting the Needs of Tomorrows´ Forests – New Developments in Forest Engineering", October 7–11, 2007 in Vienna and Heiligenkreuz, Austria.
38th International Symposium on Forestry Mechanisation: "Scientific cooperation for forest technology improvment", September 26–28, 2005 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
36th International Symposium on Forestry Mechanisation: "High Tech Forest Operations for Mountainous Terrain", October 5-9, 2003 in Schlägl, Austria.