Workshop on Biomass Production and Intensive Forest Management - Building up the EFINORD Agenda

09:30

Registration and practicalities (coffee available)

10:00

Opening of the workshop
Prof. Hannu Raitio, Chair, EFINORD Advisory Group 

10:15

Workshop goal
Mr. Mika Mustonen, EFINORD

10:30

Keynote:  The potential for increased biomass production in Swedish future forests 
Prof. Tomas Lundmark, SLU

11:00

The Future Forests research program
Prof. Annika Nordin, SLU

11:30

12:00


12:10

EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region
Ulf Wikström, INTERACT Point Turku

Biomass production and intensive forest management - setting the scene

• How biomass supply can meet the increasing demand in EU
  Prof. Antti Asikainen, Finnish Forest Research Institute
  
• Competitiveness of forest based raw materials
  Jari Hynynen, Senior Researcher, Finnish Forest Research Institute
  
• Nature conservation and intensive forest management
  Prof. Lena Gustafsson, SLU
  
• Challenges at European level
  Heikki Pajuoja, Managing Director, Metsäteho
  

13:00

Lunch

14:00

Interactive session: world café elaborating the topic, and the added value
achievable in EFINORD
Introduction and facilitation: Prof. Jon Moen, Umeå University

15:30

Coffee

16:00

Interactive session continues

17:00-18:00

Plenary for a short summary of the discussions

Evening

Networking Dinner

8 April 2011

9:00

Interactive session: from research needs to an EFINORD Workplan 2011-2015
Introductiona and facilitatation: Mr. Mika Mustonen EFINORD and Ms. Päivi Pelli, EFI

10:30

Coffee

11:00

Reporting from the group works and open floor for the participants' feedback.
Next steps.

12:00

Closing of the workshop

12:00-13:00

Lunch