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FORMEC´08 Meeting


2nd June

         
11:00 - 16:00 Pre-Tour:  
      Guidet tour to the Rothaarsteig (optional)  
         
17:30 - 18:30 Registration  
         
      MARITIM Hotel Grafschaft Schmallenberg - www.maritim.de  
         
19:00     Dinner  
      Golfclub Winkhausen - www.deimann.de  
         

3rd June

      MARITIM Hotel Grafschaft Schmallenberg
      An der Almert 11, 57392 Schmallenberg
      Telefon +49 (0) 2972 303-0 / Telefax +49 (0) 2972 303-777
      info.sma@maritim.de
       
7:30 - 8:30 Registration
       
8:30 - 10:00 Plenary Session
       
      Opening and Welcome
      Ute Seeling, Kuratorium für Waldarbeit und Forsttechnik e.V. (KWF)
       
      The Forest-Based Sector Technology Platform - Network building for forest research in Europe:
      Wilhelm Vorher, FTP Project Director
       
      Higher forestry education, the Bologna process and the role of Silva network
      Siegfried Lewark, Institute for Forest Utilization and Work Science of the University of Freiburg
       
      The virtual forest – Space- and Robotics technology for the efficient and environmentally compatible growth-planing and mobilization of wood resources
      Jürgen Rossmann, M. Schluse, A. Bücken,
       
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
       
10:30 - 12:00 F O R U M 1 F O R U M 2 F O R U M 3
      Moderator: Raffaele Spinelli Moderator: Thomas Steinmüller Moderator: Rien Visser
      Meeting room 1 Meeting room 2 Meeting room 3
           
      The compatibility between the forest opening-up works and natural environment in the mountainous region of Metsovo Pulpwood versus energy wood: Sorting strategies for different stands and market conditions GPS Accuracy in harvester technologies and possibilities of its use in the context of the CR
      S. Th. Tampekis, V.J. Giannoulas, V.C Drosos Benjamin Engler, Gero Becker, Tobias Cremer Petr Sladek, Petr Suk, Radomir Ulrich, Jindrich Neruda
           
      Using Network Analysis to optimize forest road network for cable logging Wood energy from Plantations - Harvesting and Supply of wood chips Productivity of a 6 wheel long boom grapple skidder in vertically structured hardwood stands – a case study in the communal forest of Aalen
      Mohammad Reza Ghaffarian, Karl Stampfer and John Sessions Werner Große Reinhard Pausch
           
      Conceiving and mechanical designing of a walking harvester for temporary trails The quantitative estimation of the forest residuals as biomass for bioenergy for local industry and villages in forest regions of Russia Further developments of synthetic ropes for logging applications in forestry
      Jörn Erler, Christian Knobloch Karpachev Sergey Rudolf Kirth, Susanna Schiemer, Nikolaus Nemestothy, Siegfried Sperrer, Markus Langanger
           
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch    
           
13:00 - 15:00 F O R U M 4 F O R U M 5 F O R U M 6
      Moderator: Anastasia Sterigiadou Moderator: Teodors Blija Moderator: Werner Grosse
      Meeting room 1 Meeting room 2 Meeting room 3
           
      The Influence of the Skidding Distance on the Value of Damage done to the Surface Soil Layer in the Course of Timber Harvesting in Pine Thinnings Equipment and technologies of combined procurement of merchantable wood with cutting wastes utilization for energy production in Belarus Systems analysis and Sustainability Impact Assessment – an example from the European Forestry-Wood Chain
      Janusz M. Sowa, Dariusz Kulak, Grezegorz Szewczyk Aleksandr Fyedorenchik, Andrej Lednizkij Diana Vötter, Gero Becker
           
      Risk of soil damages while the handling of claims by logging and hauling technologies Forest woodchips supply chain in Southern Italy Analyzing and Estimating Delays in Harvester Operations
      Jiří Dvořák, Václav Štícha Raffaele Cavalli, Giuseppe Zimbalatti, Stefano Grigolato, Andrea R. Proto Spinelli Raffaele, Visser Rien
           
      Newly reduced impact harvesting techniques in Turkish forestry Skid trails at wood harvesting Performance and costs of the logging residues bundling in mature Scots Pine stands
      Hulusi Acar, Saliha ÜniverUMUS Selcuk, Turk Yilmaz Selcuk Gumus, Yilmaz Turk, Erhan Caliskan, H. Hulusi Acar Tadeusz Moskalik, Jarosław Sadowski
           
      The level of environmental damage from timber harvesting depending on skidding methods Environmental Impact of Timer Harvesting in Turkish forestry Estimating the productivity of chipping operations
      Janusz M. Sowa, Dariusz Kulak, Krzysztof Leszczyßnski, Arkadiusz Stanczykiewsicz, Gregorz Szewczyk Erhan Çaliskan, Selçuk Gumus, Hulusi Acar Raffaele Spinelli,Natascia Magagnotti
           
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break    
           
15:30 - 17:00 POSTER Session 1 POSTER Session 2 POSTER Session 3
      Improvements within the Forestry-Wood-Chain Strategies for solving forest catastrophes Wood harvesting and timber logistics under various restrictions
      Moderator: Ante Krpan Moderator: Sergey Karpachev Moderator: Karl Stampfer
      Meeting room 1 Meeting room 2 Meeting room 3
           
      Overview Poster: Institute of forest utilization and work science, University of Freiburg, Germany Application of forest operations in stands affected by various calamities in Poland Improving felling and thinning for coppice and young high forest stands in alpine condition:The case of Trento province
        Dieter F. Giefing, Mariusz Bembenek Giovanni Giovannini, Raffaele Cavalli, Stefano Grigolato
           
      Modelling of Allocation Effects on Sustainability in the European Forest-Wood-Chain within the Field of Forestry to Industry Interactions Evaluation of reforestation technologies in windblow areas in Latvia Methods and technologies in first thinnings and prospectives for development in Bulgaria
      Diana Vötter, Gero Becker Teodors Blija Dinko Dinev
           
      Analysis of logistic processes and optimation potential of the wood supply chain supported by special methods of Process modelling An Investigation on productivity of gantner yarder at windblown forest stand in Turkey Agricultural tractors, adapted and modified, to be used in forestry – concept for production of logging tractors in Bulgaria
      Tina Baumann, Joachim Klädtke, Gero Becker, Bernd Becker Sadık ÇAĞLAR Dinko Dinev, Georgi Tasev
           
      MatchWood – From Trees to Products - Product-specific allocation of raw material to the wood industry - Forest constructions for protection and harvesting operations before and after forest fires in Greece Environmentally compromise between cable and ground logging systems in Greek forests
      Bernd Becker, Joachim Klädtke, Gero Becker Nikolaos Karantzidis, Georgios Mpasianas, Kosmas Doukas Vasileios C. Drosos, Dimitrios E. Farmakis, Rigas Ath. Giovannopoulos
           
      Defining assortment structure of even-aged beech stands according to standard HRN EN 1316-1:1999 Digital terrain model - Geoinformatic model - Harvesting operations after fires Timber harvesting by URUS M III forest skyline on snow in steep terrain: A case from Artvin, Turkey
      Ante P.B. Krpan, Marinko Prka Vasileios C. Drosos, Dimitrios E. Farmakis, Christos P.Kalogeropoulos Habip Eroglu
           
      Comparing the effect of factors affecting damage to the surface of logs by functional mechanisms of harvesters Diachronic recording of harvesting places compare to land use changes An assessment on the optimization techniques at harvesting operations on mountain forests
      Jan Honsa, Jindrich Neruda Vasileios C. Drosos, Dimitrios E. Farmakis, Christos P.Kalogeropoulos, Sarantis – Aggelos G. Liampas Selcuk Gumus, Erhan Caliscan, H. Hulusi Acar
           
      Time and efficiency analysis of harversters CTL 40 HW Evaluation of Logging Damages in Mountainous Forests Located at Northern part of Iran Forest logging influences on steep slopes to the soil and to the remaining trees in the mountainous areas from Romania
      Janos Rumpf Majid Lotfalian, Seyed Reza Mostafanezhad, M. Moafi Eugen Iordache, Gheorghe Sparchez, Viorela Huber, Rudolf Derczeni
           
      Efficiency analysis of mechanisation working units in Croatian Forestry - Dea approach Permanent infrastructures as possibility to cope forest disasters GPS-based Design of Skyline Corridors and Software Solutions for Analyzing of Cableway Systems
      Mario Šporčić, Ivan Martinić, Marijan Šušnjar, Dubravko Horvat, Zdravko Pandur Ewald Pertlik, Thomas Steinmüller Jaka Klun, Robert Robek
           
      Exploitation and Productivity Characteristics of the New Croatian Skidders Ecotrac 55 V and Ecotrac 120 V Development of a decision-making tool to manage windthrow damages in the Walloon Region (Belium) Forest cableway and their use in forest management
      Željko Zečić, Tibor Pentek, Dinko Vusić, Hrvoje Nevečerel, Igor Stankić, Krunoslav Lepoglavec, Andreja Bosner Simon Riguelle, J. Hebert, B. Jourz Premysl Horek, Jiri Novak, Jindrich Neruda
           
      QS-harvester measurement - a system of quality assurance creates transparency and acceptance for the measurement by harvester of timber length and diameter Slope stabilization process of the forest roads Ergonomic aspects of artificial pruning operations
      Klaus Klugmann Anastasia Stergiadou, Panagiotis Eskioglou Marta Złota, Witold Grzywiński
           
      Logging Operation and Tree Falling Types in Forests of Iran   Working Postures during tree felling using chainsaw
      Majid Lotfalian   Witold Grzywinski, Martha Zlota, Magdalena Szakiel
           
      Implemntation of modern technology on Greek forest conditions   Tractive Forces, Slip and Slopes
      Vasileios C. Drosos   Jörg Hittenbeck
           
19:00     Dinner MARITIM Hotel Grafschaft    
           

4th June

      MARITIM Hotel Grafschaft Schmallenberg  
      An der Almert 11, 57392 Schmallenberg  
      Telefon +49 (0) 2972 303-0 / Telefax +49 (0) 2972 303-777  
      info.sma@maritim.de  
         
8:00 - 10:00 F O R U M 7 F O R U M 8
      Moderator:Thomas Steinmüller Moderator: Hans R. Heinimann
      Meeting room 1 Meeting room 2
         
      Harvesting and processing systems for large dimensioned timber LDT as short logs Cometences of forestry graduates and European labour market - working for a European graduate analysis
      Udo Hans Sauter, Paul Siemes Siegfried Lewark, Reiner Mühlsiegl
         
      Fully mechanized logging in Bulgaria – first steps and prospects Improving Helicopter pilot training with on-board GPS
      Erik Findeisen, Ivailo Markoff, Sotir Gluschkov Andy Horcher, Rien Visser, Ed Messerlie
         
      Cableway logging operations and residuals harvesting: cases study in windthrow areas in the Eastern Alps - Italy Using GIS applications in road network development taking into consideration soil erosion
      Francesco Neri, Franco Piegai, Enrico Marchi, Carla Nati Eugen Iordache Bogdan Popa, Nita Mihai Daniel
         
      Emissions from the “Larix” cableway system operation phase Combined log and energy wood processing of large dimensioned timber LDT in steep terrain
      Radomir Klvac, Radek Fischer and Alois Skoupy Udo Hans Sauter, Paul Siemens
         
10:00 - 10:30 Coffe Break  
         
10:30 - 12:00 Plenary Session
       
      Vision and Challenges for Utilisation of Forests
      Heinimann Hans-Rudolf, Zürich, Coordinator IUFRO Division 3
      Tomorrow's Logging Technologies - Trends and Drivers from a Manufacturer's Standpoint
      Arne Bergmann, John Deere, Finland
       
      Closing remarks: Karl Stampfer
       
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
       
15:00     Opening Ceremony of the 15. KWF-Tagung
       
19:00 - 22:00 Opening Reception at the 15. KWF-Tagung and FORMEC-Partner
       

5th June

         
10:00     Special offer: Guided Tour through the KWF-Tagung (ForstDemoMesse and Excursion) in German and English language (plase make a separat registration, free of change)