CONCURRENT CONFERENCE NO. 5 Forest Engineering Program
Session 1: Wood Supply Chain Opportunities
Moderator: Loren Kellogg
8:40	Michal Brink	South Africa	The Approach Used in the Development of a Method to Forecast Future Systems in the Forest Engineering Value Chain
9:05	Jan Fryk	Sweden	The Need For New Forest Engineering Solutions - Reflections From A Swedish Perspective
9:30	Lennarts Rådström	Sweden	The Swedish Forestry Sector in Search of Wood Supply Excellence
9:55	Glen Murphy	USA	Worldwide Experience with Mechanization and Value Recovery
10:20	BREAK
Session 2: Forest Roads and Operations Management
Moderator: Loren Kellogg
10:45	Klas Norin	Sweden	Forestry's Catch 22 - Business Approaches to Obtaining and Developing Logging Services in Sweden
11:10	Daniel Guimier	Canada	MultiDAT and Opti-grade: Two Knowledge-Based Electronique Solutions to Manage Forestry Operations More Efficiently
11:35	Killian Manyuchi	South Africa	The Technology and the People: An Analysis of Human Factors and Technology in Forest Harvesting Contractor Businesses in South Africa
12:00	Pierre Ackerman	South Africa	A Shorthaul Pulpwood Transport Investigation: A Network Analysis Case Study
12:25	Joel Slate	USA	Choosing A Stream Crossing Structure
12:50	LUNCH
Session 3A: Sustainable Forestry and Harvest Planning
Moderator: Loren Kellogg
14:05	Reino Pulkki	Canada	Connecting Reduced Impact Logging and Forest Certification
14:30	John Sessions	USA	Linking Harvesting Technology with Harvest Scheduling in Steep Terrain for Sustainable Forestry
14:55	Sanna Laukkanen	Finland	Applying Voting theory in Multicriteria Decision Making for Sustainable Forest Operations Planning
15:20	BREAK
15:45	Raphael Ole-Meiludie	Tanzania	Productivity And Costs For Skyline Logging, Mkumbara: A System Balance Approach
16:10	Piotr Paschalis-Jakubowicz	Poland	Timber Harvesting And Minor Forest Utilization In National Forestry Programmes: A European Perspective
16:35	Aaron Nsakanda	Canada	A Multiple-Criteria Decision Analysis Approach for Evaluating Time-Dependent Strategy Alternatives for Forest Management
17:00	Peter Rauch	Austria	Business Process Improvement For Forest Co-Operations As First Step To SCM
Session 3B: New Technologies for Timber Harvesting
Moderator: Francois Oberholzer
14:05	Juha Inberg	Finland	Eliminating Cutting Damages Using Harvester Boom Tip Acceleration Control During Cross-Cutting
14:30	Tapio Nummi	Finland	Prediction Of Stem Characteristics For A Forest Harvester
14:55	Jori Uusitalo	Finland	Comparison Of Various Tree Bucking Principles For Scots Pines
15:20	BREAK
15:45	David Quill	Australia	Innovations In Eucalypt Harvesting
16:10	Benno Krieg	South Africa	Mechanisation In Africa – To Balance Social And Economic Realities – An Appropriate Solution
16:35	Ben Spong	USA	A Mobility and Productivity Model for Ground Based Skidding Machine Planning and Monitoring
17:00	Dunstan T.K. Shemwetta	Tanzania	The Physical Workload Of Forest Workers In Logging And Sawmill Operations