Call for Abstracts for the International Conference of COFE-FETEC 2023!
Forest Operations: A Tool for Forest Management
May 23 – 25, 2023 | Flagstaff, Arizona
Abstracts are due by January 31, 2023!
The organizing committee has tentatively identified the following technical session program areas:
Technical Session 1 (3 concurrent sessions): Workforce Training and Education
- (1 – 1) Forest Engineering Education
- (1 – 2) Forest Operations Workforce Training
- (1 – 3) National Occupational Research Agenda – Forestry
Technical Session 2 (3 concurrent sessions): Ecological Restoration and Forest Sustainability
- (2 – 1) Forest Management: Operational Practices and Experiences in Arizona
- (2 – 2) Best Management Practices in Logging Operations
- (2 – 3) Contracting Opportunities in Forest Restoration
Technical Session 3 (3 concurrent sessions): Steep Slope Operations
- (3 – 1) Tethered Operations for Mechanized Ground-based Systems
- (3 – 2) New Technologies in Skyline Yarding
- (3 – 3) Impacts on Soils from Mechanized Steep Slope Operations
Technical Session 4 (3 concurrent sessions): Biomass Utilization & Disposal
- (4 – 1) Utilizing Biomass for Production of Bio-based Products
- (4 – 2) Slash Disposal Options and Tools
- (4 – 3) Life Cycle Analysis on Wood and Biomass Utilization
Technical Session 5 (3 concurrent sessions): Harvesting Operations Logistics
- (5 – 1) Wood Supply Chain in the Industrial Operations Context
- (5 – 2) Trucking and Railroad Transportation
- (5 – 3) Forest Roads (Planning, Design, Construction, and Maintenance)
Technical Session 6 (3 concurrent sessions): Precision Forestry
- (6 – 1) Operations Planning using Spatial Analysis Tools
- (6 – 2) Digital Technology Applications in Forest Operations
- (6 – 3) Drones, Mobile Tools, Timber Cruising Equipment
Technical Session 7: (3 concurrent sessions): Forest Operations in Sensitive Zones
- (7 – 1) Operational Planning to Mitigate Hazards Posed by Landslides
- (7 – 2) Salvage Logging after Catastrophic Events (Wildfires/Winter Storms)
- (7 – 3) Forest Operations in Wetlands and Riparian Zones