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24 - 25 June 2015, Rotorua, New Zealand
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Wednesday 24 June 2015
Morning Session: Sponsored by AB Equipment/Tigercat
8.30am
Welcome & Introduction: FIEA
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
9.15am
South America: Recent Chilean Start-ups on Steep Slope Terrain with 40 tonne Shovel Yarders
Simon Adamson, Chief Operating Officer, Latin Equipment S.A., South America (via Video Link)
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 and Future Plans
Dale Ewers, Owner, Moutere Logging & DC Equipment
11.15am
Projects and Advances in Mechanisation of Steep Slope Harvesting in Chile
Rodrigo Palazuelos, Director of Operations, Forestal Mininco S.A., Chile (via Video Link)
11.45am
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 - Felix zu Hoheniohe, CEO, HSM Special Forestry Machinery, Germany Turoa Merritt, Director, Storm Logging
1.30pm
Operational Innovations to Improve Productivity & Safety on Steep Slopes.
Bill Winmill, Owner, Gillion Logging
SESSION 3: Equipment & Technology Developments. Recent innovations
from key suppliers.
2.00pm
Caterpillar/Gough Cat
Kevin Thieneman, President, Caterpillar Forest Products, USA
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
SESSION 4: Technology Showcase. New products and services for
4.30pm
improving operational productivity and worker safety on site
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5.30pm
Refreshments
6.30pm Conference Dinner & Networking : Sponsored by Shaws Wire Ropes
After Dinner Presentation: Wayne (Buck) Shelford
Thursday 25 June 2015
Morning Session: Sponsored by Gough Cat
SESSION 5: New Tools to Assist Harvest Productivity & Planning
8.30am
Live Monitoring of Harvesting Operations. Near Real-Time Harvest Integration, Harvest Control and
Optimisation. Results from recent operational trials from a large Irish company
John Lyons, Forest Technical Services Manager, Coillte, Ireland (via Video Link)
9.00am
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
Heinz de Chelard, Director, Australian UAV, Australia
10.00am
Morning Tea & Networking
11.00am
COMETS - An Innovative Automated System for Counting, Measuring and Tracking Export Logs
Dr Glen Murphy, Chair of Forestry, Waiariki Institute of Technology
SESSION 6: Robotics and Automation Developments for Harvesting
Operations. removing the risk on the hill
11.30am
A World First - Remote Controlled Mechanical Tree Felling on Steep Terrain. Early trial results
Dr Paul Milliken, Director, Cutover Systems Ltd & Ross Wood, Director, Wood Contracting (Nelson)
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: Cable Price/John Deere
SESSION 7: Environmental Requirements for Steep Slope Harvesting
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
SESSION 8: 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?
Warwick Foran, General Manager, Crown Forestry (Forest Industry Safety Council Board Member)
2.15pm
Steep Slope Harvesting Operations – The WorkSafe NZ view
Doug McLeod, Nelson/ Marlborough H&S Inspector & Richard Steel, Manager Technical Services, WorkSafe NZ
SESSION 9: 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
3.30pm
Conference Concludes
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Conference Details
• Innovations in NZ, North and South American, European steep slope harvesting
• Getting the best out of existing steep slope harvesting operations
• Harvest planning – new systems and tools really making a difference
• Remote sensing for harvest planning and operations
• Meeting tighter environmental and water quality requirements
• Mobile technologies to improve worker safety
• Remote control, robotics and automation in the bush
• Contractor certification and national planning for improved safety
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Forestry managers Harvest planners
Technical foresters
Forestry consultants
Technology, equipment or service
suppliers to wood harvesting operations
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Forest owners
Harvesting contractors
Forestry H&S managers
Plantation forestry researchers
Venue: Distinction Rotorua Hotel, 390 Fenton Street, Rotorua
Accommodation: Special HarvestTECH 2015 room rates from $150 (incl GST) are available to delegates at the
Distinction Rotorua Hotel. Please state you are attending the HarvestTECH 2015 conference when booking. For online
bookings go to www.distinctionhotelsrotorua.co.nz and enter harvest15 into the promo code box.
For room reservations call:
Freephone: 0800 654789, Tel: +64 7 349 5200 or E-mail: [email protected]
Presented by: Forest Industry Engineering Association, a division of Innovatek Ltd
Please note that FIEA reserves the right to change the programme if needed without prior knowledge to event
delegates.
Background:
ForestTECH 2013 SOLD OUT three weeks before the event ran. Over 430 forestry managers, forest owners, harvest
planners and harvesting contractors from throughout New Zealand, Australia, Chile and North America attended this
region’s first Steep Slope Wood Harvesting conference. It ran alongside New Zealand’s first Forest Industry Safety
Summit and was the largest gathering of its type seen in this region.
Analysis by Future Forests Research indicates that the proportion of the forest harvest from steep hill country (over 20
degrees slope) is currently 44% of the total harvest. This is forecast to rise to 53% by 2016 and to over 60% by 2025.
Nationally over the next 12 years there is a requirement for a new cable harvesting crew every four weeks.
New Zealand currently is one of the world leaders developing new equipment and practices to extract wood off steeper
slopes. Much of the innovation is coming from contractors working with local engineering companies. Because of the
speed of change and range of new innovations developed over the last two years (grapple-equipped hauler carriages,
tethered “winch assist” machines, new wheeled harvesters, remote controlled mechanical tree felling and robotics,
automation and image processing increasingly being integrated into this new machinery), HarvestTECH 2015 is being
run in June this year for Southern hemisphere forestry companies and contractors.
HarvestTECH 2015 will be the largest wood harvesting event seen in this region for two years.
www.harvesttech.events
Conference Registration
Wednesday 24 - Thursday 25 June 2015, Distinction Rotorua Hotel, Rotorua, New Zealand
4 Ways to Register
• Website: www.harvesttech.events • Tel: (+64) 7 921 1382
• Fax (+64) 7 921 1381 or post this registration form to: FIEA, PO Box 1230, Rotorua 3040, New Zealand.
SPECIAL Early Bird Discount: Register BEFORE Friday 22 May 2015
Discounts are also available for multiple registrations and listed Supporting Association Members.
Delegate Details:
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Programme Rates:
Early Bird Rate (applies on or before 22 May 2015)
Standard Rate (applies after 22 May 2015)
Rate
# AttendeesTotal
NZ$890$
NZ$960$
NZ$760$
NZ$840
$
Group Rate (when booking 3 or more delegates - same workplace)
Supporting Association Discount Rate (Participating Associations listed below)
FIEA Discount Rate -$
Dinner Tickets
NZ$80$
SUB TOTAL
$
+ GST (15%)
$
Registration Details:
GRAND TOTAL
$
• All prices exclude GST (15%).
• Forest Industry Engineering Association (FIEA) member discounts of 10-25% apply on ALL listed Conference Rates. FIEA Membership Details
and Benefits can be seen on www.fiea.org.nz Membership status and discounts available can be checked by calling our FIEA offices.
• Supporting Associations include: New Zealand Forest Owners Association, New Zealand Institute of Forestry, FICA, Victorian Association of
Forest Industries, Australian Forest Products Association and Australian Forest Contractors Association.
• To be eligible for the Early Bird Rate, registrations and payment must be received ON or BEFORE Friday 22 May 2015. All ‘Early Bird’
discounts require payment at time of registration.
• Any discounts offered (including group discounts) require payment at the time of registration.
• Your conference registration payment covers the morning and afternoon teas, lunches, refreshments, a conference handbook and access to
presentations (electronic download for those presentations where presenter approval has been given).
Cancellation policy: For cancellations before Friday 8 May a 10% administration fee applies. Cancellations received after 8 May 2015 are nonrefundable but are transferable. Please allow 30 days for refunds to be processed. If you wish to transfer your registration to another individual
from within your company, please provide us with at least 24 hours advance notice.
Payment:
Cheque payable to Forest Industry Engineering Association, or
Direct credit our Westpac Account: 03 1552-0257749-00, or
Amount enclosed: $
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Please return to Forest Industry Engineering Association, PO Box 1230, Rotorua 3040, New Zealand
Fax: (+64) 7 921 1381, e-mail: [email protected]
For more information contact us on (+64) 7 921 1382, OR register online at www.harvesttech.events
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