Program



Programm
07.10.07 | Austro2007/FORMEC´07: | |
11:00 – 15:00 | Guided walking tour of Vienna´s historic inner-city (Optional) | |
16:00 – 18:30 | Registration [Hotel Schloss Wilhelminenberg: http://www.austria-trend.at/en/?id=wiw] | |
19:00 – 22:00 | Icebreaker [Plachutta´s Grünspan: http://www.gruenspan.at] | |
08.10.07 | Hotel Schloss Wilhelminenberg | |
07:30 – 08:30 | Registration | |
08:30 – 09:00 | Opening – Welcome by: University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU) – Ingela Bruner Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management – Gerhard Mannsberger Coordinator, IUFRO Division 3, Forest Operations Engineering - Hans Rudolf Heinimann Head of Department of Forest- and Soil Sciences (BOKU) & Organizing Committee – Karl Stampfer | |
09:00 – 10:10
(2 x 30min + | Keynote Speakers (Session 1) Moderator: Karl Stampfer 1.1 The success story of solid biomass in the Austrian energy market – Kasimir Nemestothy 1.2 Developing biomass utilization in Louisiana, USA: educating policy-makers, assessing supply and demand, and integrating with forest management - Cornelis F. de Hoop; Sun J. Chang; Amith Hanumappa-Reddy; Anil Kizhakkepurakkal | |
10:10 – 10:40 | Coffee Break | |
10:40 – 12:30
(5 x 20min + | Plenary Session 2: ‘Some Experiences from Around the World’ Moderator: Rien J. M. Visser (Co-conference organizer) 2.1 Guidelines for the development of forest chips supply chain model: the Italian experience in the eastern alps - Raffaele Spinelli; Natascia Magagnotti 2.2 Human influences on harvest operations – Frank Thomas Purfürst 2.3 How to improve transportation efficiency and cost – A WSRI Study - 2.4 Object-oriented image segmentation approach for timber harvest cruising strategies in mountainous areas - Masami Shiba; Akemi Itaya 2.5 The GIS learning environments at the Insitute of Terrestrial Ecosystems of the ETH Zürich - Riccardo de Filippi; Monika Niederhuber | |
12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch Break | |
14:00 – 15:45
(5 x 20min + | Session 3: ‘Steep Terrain Harvesting - Moderator: Teodors Blija 3.1 Analysis about the productivity and fields of application using light weight feller buncher heads in early thinnings - Alexander Eberhardinger 3.2 Limits of uphill skidding with AGT 835 and woody 110 tractors - Jurij Marence; Bostjan Kosir 3.3 Different approaches on skidding operation and wood transport investigation: integrate two different approaches in one model - Janez Krc; Bostjan Kosir; Raffaele Cavalli; Stefano Grigolato; Daniele Lubello 3.4 Limits of wheel based timber harvesting in inclined areas - Jörg Hittenbeck 3.5 Fine development of the forests with modern high economical efficiency skidding equipments - Gehorghita Ionascu; Eugen Iordache; Rudolf Derczeni | Session 4: ‘Ergonomics’ Moderator: Walter Warkotsch 4.1 Research results on forest workers` training in Greece - Petros A. Tsioras; Paul N. Efthymiou 4.2 Analysis of noise level affecting machine operators during timber harvesting in Poland - Janusz M. Sowa; Krzysztof Leszczynski 4.3 Analyses of Shift Pattern Effect on Productivity at the Kaingaroa Central Processing Plant - Kim Rose; Rien J. M. Visser; Brent Guild 4.4 Full-mechanized harvesting in Bulgaria – the outlines of an upcoming market - Ivailo Markoff; Erik Findeisen; Sotir Gluschkov; Jiri Dvorak 4.5 Online Information Systems for today´s forest industry - Brandon Martin; Earl Kline; Steve Prisley; Rien J. M. Visser |
15:45 – 16:15 | Coffee Break | |
16:15 – 18:00
(5 x 20min + | Session 5: ‘Soils’ Moderator: Ewald Pertlik 5.1 Timber forwarding from Croatian lowland forests – rutting and soil compaction - Tomislav Porsinsky; Igor Stankic; Dubravko Horvat; Tibor Pentek; Marijan Susnjar 5.2 Ground pressure forwarder trials: assess benefits in reducing wheel rutting - Francesco Neri; Raffaele Spinelli; John Lyons 5.3 A new training concept for the practice - Bettina Wolf; Dietmar Matthies; Johann Kremer 5.4 The impact of different carriages on soil and roots – wheels and tracks in comparison - Johann Kremer; Dietmar Matthies; Herbert Borchert 5.5 Implementation of caterpillar tractors in Bulgaria - Sotir Gluschkov; Ivailo Markoff | Session 6: ‘Steep Terrain Harvesting- Cable’ Moderator: Hans Rudolf Heinimann 6.1 Cable Logging opportunities for firewood in Calabrian forestry - 6.2 The use of high performance synthetic fibers in ropes for logging applications - Paul Smeets 6.3 Further developments of synthetic ropes for logging applications in forestry - Rudolf Kirth; Susanna Schiemer; Nikolaus Nemestothy; Siegfried Sperrer 6.4 Steep terrains and harvesting operations in the Hyrcanian Forests of Iran - Seyed Mohammad Hosseini |
18:30 | Dinner [Ristorante Basta: http://www.basta.at] | |
09.10.07 | Hotel Schloss Wilhelminenberg | |
08:30 – 10:00 | Plenary Session – Short Course Precision Forestry - Opportunities and Challenges - Hans Rudolf Heinimann | |
10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee Break | |
10:30 – 12:20
(5 x 20min + | Session 7: ‘Biomass (1)’ Moderator: Spela Pezdevsek Malovrh 7.1 Regional wood energy logistics – optimizing local fuel supply - Christian Kanzian; Franz Holzleitner; Karl Stampfer 7.2 Methods for Acquisition of Biomass Compartments - Otto Eckmüllner; Pascal Schedl 7.3 Long-term feasibility of timber and forest biomass resources at a mountainous area in Japan – Discussion on economy and energy balances - Kazuhiro Aruga; Masashi Saito; Toshiaki Tasaka; 7.4 Eco-Efficiency of Pellet Production - Comparison of Log Wood and Sawmill Byproduct Systems – Hans Rudolf Heinimann; Jörg Hässig; Regina Wollenmann 7.5 Innovating clear-felling technique to improve harvesting of branches in maritime pine forest - Arnaud Villette; Richard Emeyriat; Maryse Bigot; Jean-Michel Boulay | Session 8: ‘Roads’ Moderator: Tom V. Gallagher 8.1 Optimum road spacing of forwarding operations: a case study in Southern Austria - Mohammad Reza Ghaffarian; Karl Stampfer; John Sessions 8.2 The applicability of different GPS – types with the survey of forest road networks in Greece – Aristoteles – Kosmas G. 8.3 Quality planning of forest road network – precondition of building and maintenance cost rationalisation - Tibor Pentek; Hrvoje Nevecerel; Tomislav Porsinsky; Dubravko Horvat; Marijan Susnjar; Zeljko Zecic 8.4 Multi-standard forest road network and forest harvesting system – a monorail-based new operation system for forest harvesting at steep hillside - 8.5 Eco-development of a protected mountainous area and the improvement application of forest road - Anastasia G. Stergiadou; Panagiotis Ch. Eskioglou |
12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch Break |
14:00 – 15:45
(5 x 20min + | Session 9: ‘Information Management’ Moderator: Janez Krc 9.1 Analysis of volume differences in measuring timber in forestry and wood industry - Petr Sladek; Jindrich Neruda 9.2 Quantitative and financial confrontation of electronic roundlog acceptance between harvester and measuring frame Kesat - Jiri Dvorak; Pavia Rusnakova 9.3 The grow-in and growth of pine and spruce container seedlings in the site type Hylocomiosa growing conditions - Janis Liepa 9.4 Blue stain on Norway spruce – Quality loss and effect on the storage time - Klaus Friedl 9.5 The digitized data management supported by modern technology on the Greek forest conditions - | Session 10: ‘Biomass (2)’ Moderator: Raffaele Spinelli 10.1 Wood biomass in wood harvesting and waste wood procurement in Bulgaria - Dinko Dinev 10.2 The biofuel production as a means of improvement of the quality of life - Vasileios C. Drosos; Farmakis E. Dimitrios; Vasileios J. Giannoulas 10.3 Regional wood energy logistics - Estimation of wood resources based on inventory data - Christian Kanzian; Georg Kindermann 10.4 Determination of transition rates for the energy biomass calculations in spruce stands in Latvia - Imants Liepa; Teodors Blija 10.5 Characteristics of progressive technologies of snowbreak processing and the production of energy woody biomass in young pine stands - Jindrich Neruda; |
15:40 – 16:00 | Coffee Break | |
16:00 – 18:05
(6 x 20min + | Session 11: ‘Chipping Biomass’ Moderator: Cornelis de Hoop 11.1 Wood chipping service: an analysis approach in Northeastern Italy - Raffaele Cavalli; Beatrice Emer; Stefano Grigolato; Luca Zuccoli Bergomi 11.2 Biomass chipping operations: cases study in Tuscany (central italy) - Francesco Neri; Franco Piegai 11.3 Analysis of full mechanized wood chips harvesting process in the young thinning stands - Tadeusz Moskalik 11.4 Designing and Testing a Small-Scale Biomass Harvesting System in the Eastern United States - Brandon S. O’Neal; Tom V. Gallagher 11.5 Methodologies for setting timber | Session 12: ‘Last but not Least!’ Moderator: Thomas Steinmüller 12.1 State and problems of the system for machinery repair service in Bulgarian forestry - Georgi Tasev; Dinko Dinev 12.2 Forest stand disruption by fully 12.3 Forest utilisation features in alpine parts of Italy and Slovenia – Raffaele Cavalli; Bostjan Kosir 12.4 Opening up the Romanian forests: Presents and perspectives - Eugen Iordache 12.5 Determination of the impact of selected logging technologies on the tree damage level in thinned mountain stands - Janusz M. Sowa; Arakdiusz Stanczykiewicz 12.6 Multilingual web based dictionary for FORMEC - Stefka Kitanova; |
18:30 | Dinner [Heurigenlokal “Fuhrgasslhuber”: http://www.fuhrgassl-huber.at] | |
10.10.07 | Field Trip to AUSTROFOMA2007 (Heiligenkreuz): http://www.austrofoma.at | |
11.10.07 | Field Trip to AUSTROFOMA2007 (Heiligenkreuz) or CHP Simmering |

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