Luke at the IUFRO 2024 World Congress

We are delighted to be taking part in the IUFRO 2024 World Congress in Stockholm from 24-28 June. Meet us at the SNS Nordic Pavilion in the entrance hall and listen to the 40 and more high level presentations from Luke's scientists throughout the week.

Where to find us at IUFRO 2024

Welcome to meet us at SNS Nordic pavilion close to the entrance! The SNS pavilion is focused on Nordic collaboration and hosts many interesting events as well as a lounge area. Together with our partners, we arrange two events at the pavilion.

Monday, 24^th June

Forest research institutes present: Towards competitive sustainability and well-being of people from European forests.
| SNS Nordic pavilion, 12:45–13:30

Tuesday, 25^th June

Sustainable forestry: Exploring continuous cover
forestry in Northern Europe (panel discussion).
| SNS Nordic pavilion, 8:30–9:30

Policy Briefs launched at the IUFRO 2024 congress

Continuous cover forestry in northern boreal forests : opportunities and challenges

Our researchers' presentations

Luke's scientists have more than 40 high-level presentations, posters, chair duties and other events at the IUFRO 2024 World Congress. Consult the list below from Monday to Friday to find the ones relevant to you. You can also find the scientific programme on the congress website.

Monday, 24th June

Time	Location	Title	Presenter
12:45-13:30	SNS Nordic pavilion	Forest research institutes present: Towards competitive sustainability and security from European forests	CEO Johanna Buchert and partners
12:45-12:50	Poster Stand 4	Analyzing spatial distribution of crop trees in spruce-birch mixed stands before precommercial thinning	Lauri Männistö
13-14	K21	The friendly forest 2050: Towards a new emphasis on social values and recreational needs in forests for the common good (side event)	Liisa Tyrväinen (panelist)
13:30-13:35	Poster Stand 27	Futures of European forests and forestry	Minna Räty
16-16:20	T5	Effects of intensive thinnings on wood production and carbon sequestration in boreal Scots pine stands	Saija Huuskonen
16-16:15	K11	Fine root biomass and production in European forests	Timo Domisch
16:15-16:30	K11	Soil carbon pool may become vulnerable by waterlogging in forested peatlands	Jouni Kilpeläinen
16:25-16:32	K24	Gamified learning of long-term opportunities and limitations of forests in climate change mitigation	Lauri Mehtätalo
17:01-17:13	K22	Optimizing thinning scheduling, carbon stocks, and wood supply in Mediterranean pine plantations under the risk of fire	Mauricio Acuna

Tuesday, 25th June

Time	Location	Title	Presenter
8:30-9:30	SNS Nordic pavilion	Sustainable forestry: Exploring continuous cover forestry in Northern Europe (panel discussion)	Saija Huuskonen (chair) and the book authors
8:30-10:30	B3	Collaborating for boreal forests futures	Raisa Mäkipää (co-chair)
9:10-9:20	B3	Changing disturbance regimes and forest landscapes in Fennoscandia	Juha Honkaniemi
8:30-10:30	K23	Ensuring healthy trees for high quality wood products	Pekka Saranpää (co-cair)
9:50-10:10	K23	Precision forestry for reducing the impacts of root rot in boreal forests	Mikko Peltoniemi
9:10-9:30	A6	New pathogen, Diplodia sapinea, in Finland: genetic tools aiming to determine the factors leading to increased virulence of the pathogen in Scots pine	Eeva Terhonen
10:25-10:30	B6	Merging soil moisture forecasts and rolling resistance data by a forest harvester for predicting site trafficability and soil damages	Aura Salmivaara
12:55-13	Poster Stand 23	Genetics of adaptive seedling traits in Scots pine - views from natural and breeding populations	Sonja Kujala
13:30-13:35	Poster Stand 4	The trade-offs between timber production and forest grouse occupancy become harsher at larger spatial scale in the boreal production forests	Adriano Mazziotta
13:45-13:50	Poster Stand 6	Climate change induced risks for forestry and forest owners’ willingness to join the voluntary carbon schemes	Emmi Haltia
13:55-14	Poster Stand 26	Sustainability as a market opportunity for the cross-laminated timber (CLT) – A literature review on multi-dimensional life-cycle impacts in building	Katja Lähtinen
14:30-15:30	A2+A3	Leadership for sustainability - Overcoming challenges in forest research. More information here.	CEO Johanna Buchert and other leaders
16-16:15	K24	Supply chain determines the quality of forest biomass for biorefining	Pekka Saranpää
16:25-16:43	K23	Towards mainstreaming the use of forests for health through multi-actor collaboration	Liisa Tyrväinen
16:50-16:55	K22	Does stand structural diversity increase disturbance resistance?	Mikko Peltoniemi
17:48-18	A7	Nature-based solutions as innovations to enhance sustainability change in the built environment – A literature review	Katja Lähtinen

Thursday, 27th June

Time	Location	Title	Presenter
8:37-8:44	T2	From evidence into practice – case Finland	Harri Mäkinen
12:30-12:35	Poster Stand 15	Could continuous cover forestry on drained peatlands increase the carbon sink of Finnish forests?	Aleksi Lehtonen
16-16:15	A6	Understanding forest resilience through simulation modelling	Katharina Albrich
16:51-16:58	T2	The model-assisted estimation of timber value in a forest property using geographically balanced samples and 3D UAV data	Janne Räty
16:50-17	T4	Neutral taxation of the income from different forest ecosystem services and types of agreements in Finland	Jussi Leppänen

Friday, 28th June

Time	Location	Title	Presenter
9-9:15	T6	Sensing technology and AI algorithms for detecting tree quality features and optimizing bucking during harvesting operations	Mauricio Acuna
9:15-9:30	B4	A Fennoscandian regional study of forest growth to answer the new climate and silvicultural challenges	Simone Bianchi
9:45-10	B4	Open Forest and Nature data in evaluation of the success of regeneration of pine, spruce and birch, and their mixtures	Karri Uotila
10:17-10:30	T5	MoniFun - Co-creating a blueprint of a harmonised European Forest Multifunctionality Monitoring System	Lauri Mehtätalo
13:30-13:36	Poster Stand 9	Analyzing possible reconciliation for policy support – A case study on wood production vs. biodiversity	Minna Räty
15:06-15:18	Victoria Hall	Introducing the IUFRO-WFSE book: Restoring forests and trees for sustainable development - Policies, practices, impacts and ways forward	Pia Katila
15:45-16	Innovation Stage	Forest Sector Innovations – past and future	Pekka Saranpää
16-16:17	T6	Environment-induced growth changes in forests of Finland revisited	Harri Mäkinen
17-17:12	T4	Quantifying European forest harvest regimes – a realistic representation of forest management for large-scale models	Susanne Suvanto
17-17:15	K21	Climate change and extreme weather events are challenging the health of boreal forests – and some will learn it the hard way	Markus Melin

Research projects

We are involved in a wide range of research projects, working with partners around the world. At the IUFRO 2024 World Congress, our scientists will present results and insights from many of these ambitious projects.

Learn more about Luke as a research partner