ForestTECH 2012 will be held in Melbourne during November and in New Zealand during December presenting innovations, technologies and new strategies for forest product companies focusing on improving logistics and operations in the supply chain. Source: Timberbiz
In Melbourne the dates are 28-29 November at the Bayview Eden and in New Zealand the event will be at the Distinction Rotorua Hotel on December 4-5, 2012.
The ForestTECH technology series has been run annually for forest managers and technical foresters since 2007. After the inaugural events were run in New Zealand and Australia, the ForestTECH program was split into two components.
Last year around 200 forest resource and inventory foresters attended ForestTECH 2011. The event ran in both countries with the focus on remote sensing for improving forest inventory and management planning.
Feedback from the 2010 and 2011 events suggested combining the two streams back into a larger ForestTECH event looking at the full spectrum of innovative tools and technologies that have been developed to improve forest management operations.
This combined technology event is scheduled to run in late 2013.
ForestTECH 2012 will instead focus on improving transport and logistics in the forestry sector. It will build on the excellent programs that were designed by the Forest Industry Engineering Association along with forestry companies and logistics specialists.
A full program and other information is at www.foresttechevents.com
