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1 The 2010 Nordic-Baltic conference on forest operations Honne conference centre, Norway Oct nd, 2010 More information and registration at Supported by OSCAR, SamNordisk Skogsforkning Contact: Helmer Belbo

2 Programme Wednesday, :30-09:30 Registration and coffee 09:30-09:45 Welcome & information Keynote Session 09:45-10:05 Keynote Speaker 1 (confirmed ) 10:05-10:30 Rolf Björheden; Forest Operations Research in the Nordic / Baltic countries Session :40-11:00 Jori Uusitalo; Simulating the effect of strip road spacing on the total load induced by forest machines 11:00-11:20 Raffaele Spinelli; A low-investment fully mechanized operation for the pure selection thinning of softwood plantations 11:20-11:40 Karl Stampfer; Efficiency and ergonomic advantages of synthetic rope for guying cable yarders 11:40-12:00 Magnus Thor; Master Thesis School in forest machine technology 12:00-12:15 Discussion Discussion 12:15-13:15 Lunch Session 1.2 Session :15-13:30 Ola Lindroos; Cost-efficiency of a system with one harvester that loads two forwarders in comparison to harvester-forwarder system 13:30-13:45 Otto Läspä; Stump extraction with a stump drill from an intermediate thinning of a spruce stand 13:45-14:00 Morten Nitteberg; Continuous work strain measurement in cable rigging 14:00-14:15 Back Tomas Ersson; The costefficiency of seedling packaging specifically designed for tree planting machines Kati Sammallahti; Baling logging residues from intermediate thinnings Lasse Tikkanen; Adaptive tree bucking using group-guiding of harvesters - simulation approach Maria Nordberg; Efficient energy use in forwarders? Grzegorz Trzciński; The impact of timber haulage on loading of forest roads

3 14:15-14:45 Heikki Korpunen; The effect of wood processing costs to wood procurement chain: Activity-based costing in sawmill 14:45-15:00 Discussion Discussion 15:00-15:30 Coffee 15:30-15:45 Heikki Ovaskainen; Comparison of working techniques in virtual harvester simulator environment 15:45-16:00 Peeter Muiste; Assessment of environmental impacts of removal of harvesting residues in Estonian conditions 16:00-16:15 Carola Häggström; Forest operations - from doing to thinking 16:15-16:30 Arja Ala-Laurinaho; The qualitative differences of the effects of technological changes Dimitris Athanassiadis; Stump lifting productivity with a Pallari KH 160 Session 1.4 Session 1.5 Niklas Fogdestam; Great potential in corridor thinning of young stands for harvest of biofuel. Martin Englund; Ergonomics, the work environment and safety Tomi Kaakkurivaara; Portable tools and new methods to predict trafficability of forest roads Kalle Kärhä; Harvesting Stump and Root Wood for Energy in Finland 16:30-16:45 Discussion Discussion 17:00 Project leaders wishing to schedule meetings / facilities here should contact the organisers Thursday, Session 2.1 Session :30-08:45 Karin Westlund; Scrutinizing the wood supply chain reporting from work in progress 08:45-09:00 Teijo Palander; Modeling the Influence of Machinery Operators and Timber Harvesting Environment on Productivity and Fuel Consumption 09:00-09:15 Jussi Manner; The relationship between loading patterns, Mikael Frisk; Planning harvest activities and forest road investments Staffan Berg; Assessment of Västerbotten case study with the aid of The ToSIA Decision Support Tool Johannes Windisch; Productivity of an accumulating felling head in

4 collecting distances, loading frequencies and unloading time during forwarding 09:15-09:30 Nils Egil Søvde; An extraction trail generator using LIDAR data and tabu search unmanaged natural softwood stands in Atlantic Canada Dan Bergström; In progress: Virtual experiments to evaluate new technique in forest operations 09:30-09:45 Discussion Discussion 09:45-10:15 Coffee Session Flash Session Flash Janis Gercans; Impact of Teijo Palander; Technoeconomic Extraction Conditions on Costs of Forwarders in Final Felling analysis of electricity generation from forest, fossil and wood waste Andis Lazdiņš; Evaluation of different approaches of mechanized biomass harvesting in grey alder (Alnus incana (L.) Moench) stands Heikki Pajuoja; Estimating Potentials of Solid Wood-based Fuels in Finland in 2020 Kari Väätäinen; Productivity of harvesters in the northern European part of Russia Waldemar Sieniawski; Analysis of large-size and medium-size wood supply Helmer Belbo; Felling heads vs Harvester heads in biomass harvesting from early thinning Tomas Nordfjell; Harvesting potential of Forest fuels in Sweden Aaron Petty; Integrated small-sized wood harvesting from young stands fuels in a heating plant Bruce Talbot; Combining adapted dump trucks and reduced road standards in lowering the delivered cost of timber in Western Norway Erik Nordhagen; The drying of wood chips with surplus heat in Norway Bo Dahlin; Financial situation for Finnish and Swedish contractors Kjell Suadicani; Mechanised harvesting of large hardwood crowns for energy Anders Hohle; Energy consumption by energy wood supply Marcin Golebiowski; Comparative 11:15-11:30 Discussion Discussion 11:30-12:30 Lunch and prepare for departure 12:30-22:00 Excursion and conference dinner shelterwood harvesting in Poland Yuri Gerasimov; Effect of Bogie Track and Slash Reinforcement on Sinkage and Soil Compaction in Soft Terrains in Russia

5 Friday :30-08:45 Tove Østensvik; Neck muscle activity patterns among Norwegian machine operators in different brand of forest harvesters Session 3.1 Session 3.2 Lars Andersson; Modelling productivity of novel machine systems and its application on forest fuel extraction and long-term forest scenario analyses 08:45-09:00 Björn Löfgren; Boom automation Liana Sadauskiene; Mechanised wood harvesting: Lithuanian case study 9:00-09:15 Kaspars Liepiņš; Costeffectiveness of the mechanized seeding for reforestation of Scots pine in Latvian conditions 09:15-09:30 Risto Mitt; The location, amount and energetic potential of coppice under the power line traces in Estonia 09:30-09:45 Asko Poikela; Harvesting Wood from Spruce Swamp Stand during Summer 09:45-10:00 Discussion Discussion 10:00-10:30 Coffee Session :30-10:45 Dag Fjeld; A basic process model for timber transport vehicle routing 10:45-11:00 Bertil Lidén; Calibrated Routefinder for timber trucks 11:00-11:15 Yuri Gerasimov; Wood harvesting and logistics in Russia -Nordic business possibilities 11:15-11:30 Maria Iwarsson Wide; Volume and cost calculator for biomass harvesting from small dimension Pētersons Jānis; Productivity of Harvesters and Quality of Remaining Stands in Commercial Thinning in Latvia Jonas Lindström; The influence of increasing service levels on timber transport contractors Yrjö Nuutinen; Productivity and Costs of Whole-tree Bundling System in Early Thinnings

6 stands 11:30-11:45 Gunnar Svenson; Testing of revolutionary roundwood haulage rig in Sweden 11:45-12:00 Discussion Discussion 12:00-12:15 Magnus Thor: The status and future of OSCAR 12:15 Lunch and departure

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