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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