
Forest Establishment & Silviculture
What’s changed in the last 50 years and opportunities for increased mechanisation
Tony O’Hara, GM Forest Resources, HVP Plantations
CNI planting trials with the mechanised M-Planter
A viable alternative to traditional manual planting. Lessons from early trials.
Henry Fear, Henry Fear Contracting & Ben Dixon, Tree Crop Operations Manager, Timberlands Ltd
Field Evaluation of Mechanised Planting of Radiata Pine in NSW
Mike Sutton, Manager, Innovation & Research, Forestry Corporation NSW, Australia
Mechanised Scarification, Mounding and Planting Systems from Sweden
Klas-Håkan Ljungberg, CEO, Bracke Forest AB, Sweden
Precision Planting. A New GPS system providing traceability of the tree crop for forest managers
Henry Fear, Henry Fear Contracting
Precision Mechanised Soil Cultivation, Fertilisation and Planting
Henri Syvanen, Sales Manager, Risutec, Finland
Drone Planting and Reforestation Options
Results and lessons from recent in-forest trials
Matthew Agahai, Director of Research & Development, DroneSeed, USA
Operational Drone Deliveries of Tree Seedlings
Trial results from the 2019-2020 planting seasons. How does it stack up?
Dave Herries, GM, Interpine
Planting with Drones - Using technology and science to realise large ecological restoration projects
Andrew Walker, Co-Founder and Mechanical Engineer, AirSeed Technologies, Australia
Advanced Deep Learning for Forestry Remote Sensing
Grant Pearse, Geomatics Scientist, Scion
Every Seedling Counts - New high precision digital mapping tools for post planting seedling survival, weed mapping and vitality measurements
Albrecht von Ruffer, CEO, Skylab GmbH, Germany (pre-recorded plus live Q&A) / Rob Hanssen, Technical Forester, Green Triangle Forest Products, Australia
Ultra-high-Resolution Satellite Imagery for Tree Counting before Canopy Closure
Results from operational trials
Michael Breetzke, Director & Co-Founder, Swift Geospatial, South Africa
Panel Discussion & Questions: Live link to international presenters (earlier pre-recorded presentations) on mechanical planting technologies
- Michael Breetzke, Director & Co-Founder, Swift Geospatial, South Africa
- Albrecht von Ruffer, CEO, Skylab GmbH, Germany
- Klas-Håkan Ljungberg, CEO, Bracke Forest AB, Sweden
- Markus Vihottula, Deputy CEO, Risutec, Finland
Mechanisation Opportunities in Forest Establishment & Silviculture - Future directions and research priorities
Russell Dale, Forest Growers Research / Mike Baker, Technical Forester, Hancock Forest Management