Preliminary Program April 21 A FOREST VFOR ISION MACHINE THE TECHNOLOGY FUTURE CONFERENCE Ice-breaker cocktail (Opera Salon B & Foyer) Welcome speech; Pierre Lapointe, President & CEO, FPInnovations Technology/Poster displays (Opera Salon B) In this first session, you will have an opportunity to get an overview of the technologies, products and services offered from each one of the technology suppliers that have a kiosk at the Conference. The technologies will cover a wide range of topics from robotics, automation, haptic controls, artificial vision, remote controls, simulators, sensors and system integrators. As well, you will have a first opportunity to visit the scientific posters, all directly related to some technology application of possible relevance to forest machines. Throughout the Conference, and especially during the meal and health breaks, attendees will have the opportunity to spend additional time with the exhibitors and poster presenters. Visit the programme page often as we will continuously update the list of technology exhibitors. Confirmed exhibitors: • CM Labs (simulators, haptic controls) • Optea AB (Look AheadTM heads-up display technology) April 22 23 & Moderator Moderator: Jean-François Gingras, Research Manager, FPInnovations and FMT Conference director Invited Keynotes – Looking to the Future & Outside the Forest Sector • • • David Lindsay, CEO, Forest Products Association of Canada “Canada Forest Sector 2020 Vision” Robert Hall, Director: Mine Automation / Environmental Simulation Laboratory (MAESL), University of British Columbia “Advanced Technologies in the Mining Sector” Ian MacDonald, Applied Research Coordinator, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs “Precision Agriculture Technologies” The Forest Industry’s Perspective for the Future In this session, we will hear the vision of four key leaders of the forest industry from Canada and Brazil regarding the current situation and future outlook for the timber supply chain and the key role expected of technology. Moderator: Peter Lister, V.-P. Forest Operations & Wood Products, FPInnovations Panel participants: • Al Thorlakson (TBC), Tolko Industries, Vernon, British Columbia • Michael Martel (TBC), Resolute Forest Products, Montreal, Quebec • Jason Limongelli, VP woodlands, J.D. Irving Ltd., St-John, New Brunswick • Marcos Wichert (TBC), Fibria Inc., Brazil Forest Machine Manufacturer Perspective In this session, leading manufacturers of forest machines around the world will provide a high-level outlook on the key drivers of technology development in forest equipment and their perspective on where forest operations will possibly be in a 5-10 year horizon. Moderator: Magnus Thor, Research Director, Skogforsk, Sweden Invitees: • Kevin Thieneman, Kevin Thieneman, President, Caterpillar Forest Products Group, USA • Thomas Trone, Director, John Deere Construction & Forestry Division, USA • Tony Iarocci, President, Tigercat Industries, Paris, Ontario • Tuomo Moilainen, Manager, forest company cooperation and information systems, Ponsse Oy, Finland • Per Annemalm, Product Planning Manager, Komatsu Forest Products (TBC) April 22 23 & Technical presentations Advanced technologies focus (Opera Salon C) In the sessions that will take place April 22 and 23, you will hear from a variety of stakeholders both within and external to the forest sector value chain. Moderators: • Ola Lindros, Researcher, Department of Forest Biomaterials and Technology, SLU, Umeå, Sweden • Luc Lebel, Faculty of Forestry, Laval University, Quebec, Canada Presentations • Stewart Baillie, Chairman, Unmanned Systems Canada, “Overview of UAV & UTV technologies of potential interest to the forest equipment sector” • Clément Gosselin, Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Laval University, Quebec, “Opportunities for robotic systems in unstructured environments” • Maria Hedblom, Skogstekniskaklustret, “The Umeå (Sweden) Forest Technology Cluster” • Shahram Tafazoli, President & CEO, Motion Metrics International Corp. “Advanced technologies from Motion Metrics” • Doug Pitt, Researcher, Canadian Wood Fiber Center, “The use of Lidar and other remote sensing technologies to provide enhanced forest biometric and ground surface information” • Martin Englund, Skogforsk, Sweden, “Overview of the Human-Machine Interactions program” • Gregory Dudek, Director, School of Computer Science, McGill University, “ The NSERC Canadian Field Robotics Network (NCFRN)” • Tim Reedman, Director, Commercial Systems, MDA Technologies, “Overview of MDA robotics & space technologies” • Nariman Sepehri, Professor (Mechanical Engineering), Engineering & Information Technology Complex, University of Manitoba, “Tip-Over Stability and Prevention in Heavy Mobile Machines” • Matthew Fordham, USPD Automation Group Lead, Applied Research Associates, Inc. “Feller-Buncher Tele-Operation… removing the risk” • Philippe Giguère, Professor, Computer science and software engineering department, Laval University “Environment perception & self-learning systems” • Pedro La Hera, SLU, “Advanced hydraulic systems” April 22 23 & Dinner & lunch speakers (Opera Salon A) During the two lunch breaks and the Conference dinner, we will invite guest speaker including a federal minister from one of Canada’s economic portfolios. Ideation working groups – machine of the future (Opera Salon A) In this optional session on April 23rd, attendees will have an opportunity to discuss in small working groups (8-10 people) about developments for the “Machine of the future”. Each group will have a facilitator, and a reporter to present the key findings at the final plenary session. Facilitator: Mikaël Gardoni and his team from École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS) in Montreal Final plenary session & wrap-up (Opera Salon C) During this final session, the innovative concepts discussed in the previous session will be presented to the attendees. Opportunities for future collaborative R&D projects will be outlined. Proceedings Proceedings from the Conference will be produced and made available to all participants, and will be for sale on the FPInnovations web site shortly after the conference (included with the registration fee for participants) www.fmtc.fpinnovations.ca Partners and collaborators