Conference Programme DAY ONE - Wednesday 24 June 2015 Morning Session: Sponsored by AB Equipment/Tigercat 8.30am Welcome & Introduction, FIEA Morning Session: Sponsored by Gough CAT SESSION 4: New Tools to Assist Harvest Productivity & Planning SESSION 1: International Developments in Steep Slope Harvesting 8.45am North America: Steep Slope Harvesting Systems being used by Western Canadian and US Forest Operations Jim Hunt, Research Leader, Harvesting Operations, FP Innovations, Canada 8.30am 9.15am South America: Recent Chilean Start-ups on Steep Slope Terrain with 40 tonne Shovel Yarders (first use of this system in Chile along with Alpine grapple carriages) Simon Adamson, Chief Operating Officer, Latin Equipment S.A., South America (via Video Link) 9.00am 9.45am Europe: Innovations and Costings around European Yarder & Steep Terrain Harvesting Rien Visser, Associate Professor, University of Canterbury 10.15am Morning Tea & Networking SESSION 2: Recent Innovations in Harvesting Equipment and Operating Practices on Steeper Terrain 10.45am The Falcon Forestry Story. Recent Advances (series 2 for smaller hauler set-ups, improved grapple configuration on the carriage, options for carriage tree felling…) and Future Plans Dale Ewers, Owner, Moutere Logging & DC Equipment 11.15am Projects and Advances in Mechanization of Steep Slope Harvesting in Chile Rodrigo Palazuelos, Director of Operations, Forestal Mininco S.A.,Chile (via Video Link) 11.45pm Lunch & Networking Afternoon Session: Sponsored by GE Capital 1.00pm European Technology Working in Steep NZ Conditions; Mangatu Forest. Review of the first Koller 602 H yarding operation in NZ Tim Petro, Gisborne Harvesting Manager, Ernslaw One & Roland Furst, Sales Rep, Koller Forsttechnik GmbH, Austria 1.30pm Operational Innovations to Improve Productivity & Safety on Steep Slopes. From UAV’s flying dynamica ropes to winch assisted harvesters Bill Winmill, Owner, Gillion Logging Live Monitoring of Harvesting Operations. Near real-time harvest integration, harvest control and optimisation. Results from recent operational trials from a large Irish company (445,000ha of land) John Lyons, Forest Technical Services Manager, Coillte, Ireland (via Video Link) Improving Value Recovery & Production Planning through Near Real-Time Data Collection from Harvester Operations. A new system being introduced for Australasian harvesting operations David Herries, GM, Interpine & Jeremy Gibson, Director, ForestPHD, Australia 9.30am Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Forestry. Opportunities for using UAV’s for harvest, inventory and operational planning James Rennie, Director, Australian UAV, Australia 10.00am 11.00am Morning Tea & Networking COMETS - An Innovative Automated System for Counting, Measuring and Tracking Export Logs Dr Glen Murphy, Chair of Forestry, Waiariki Institute of Technology SESSION 5: Robotics and Automation Developments for Harvesting Operations – removing the risk on the hill 11.30am Remote Controlled Mechanical Tree Felling on Steep Terrain a World First. Early trial results. Dr Paul Milliken, Director, Cutover Systems Ltd & Ross Wood, Director, Wood Contracting (Nelson) Ltd 12.00pm The Future of Robotics in Harvesting. A global overview of new technologies (robotics, automation, telematics, remote operation, haptic controls, advanced sensors….) being integrated into off road machines and forestry heavy equipment. Dr Richard Parker, Project Leader Forest Harvesting, Scion 12.30pm Lunch & Networking Afternoon Session: Sponsored by CablePrice/John Deere SESSION 3: New Equipment & Technology Developments. SESSION 6: Environmental Requirements for Steep Slope Harvesting 2.00pm Caterpillar/Gough Cat Brian Webster, Regional Sales Manager, Caterpillar Forest Products, USA 1.15pm Handling Tougher Environmental Requirements. Will our capacity to meet public expectations be tested on NZ’s Steep Slopes? Kit Richards, Environment Manager, PF Olsen 2.20pm SouthStar Equipment Weytze van Heerden, Southern Hemisphere Development Manager, SouthStar Equipment 2.40pm Tigercat Gary Olsen, International Sales Manager, Tigercat, Canada & Bill Winmill, Owner, Gillion Logging 3.00pm Afternoon Tea & Networking 3.30pm Ponsse Oyj Norbert Schalkx, Area Director - Asia Pacific & Africa, Ponsse Oyj, Finland 3.50pm John Deere Richard Lawler, Director, Engineering Forestry Equipment, John Deere Construction and Forestry Division, USA 4.10pm Konrad Forsttechnik Franz Buchsbaum, Export/Sales Director, Konrad Forsttechnik, Austria 4.30pm Technology Showcase. New products and services for improving operational productivity and worker safety on site 5.30pm Refreshments 6.30pm Conference Dinner & Networking 2 DAY TWO - Thursday 25 June 2015 Sponsored by Shaws Wire Ropes SESSION 7: Safety Improvements & Developments on the Forest Site 1.45pm Independent Forest Safety Review. Industry-led initiatives and progress on review recommendations. Where to from here? National Safety Director, Forest Industry Safety Council (tbc) 2.15pm Steep Slope Harvesting Operations – The WorkSafe NZ view Doug McLeod, Nelson/Marlbrough H&S Inspector & Richard Steel, Manager Technical Services, WorkPlace NZ SESSION 8: Harvesting R&D – Programmes, Priorities and Future Research 2.45pm Steep Slope Harvesting: Canadian research update on machine stability modelling for steep slope harvesting equipment. Jim Hunt, Research Leader, Harvesting Operations, FP Innovations, Canada 3.00pm Steep Slope Harvesting: Future R&D planned in NZ Keith Raymond, Harvesting Programme Leader, Future Forests Research Ltd 3.30pm Conference Concludes www.harvesttech.events