ESF Research Conferences

Registration at COST-ESF Desk

Dinner

Welcome Drinks

Transfer from Hotel Europahaus to Monastery of Klosterneuburg

Opening Ceremony

Abtprimas Bernhard Backovsky - Stift Klosterneuburg, AT
Stefan Schmuckenschlager - Mayor of Klosterneuburg, AT
Monica Dietl - Director COST Office, BE
Words of welcome

Tattersall Smith - University of Toronto, CA
Forests as a source of bioeneergy - ecological sustainability and soil productivity

Franz Stefan Hautzinger - President of the Chamber of Agriculture of Burgenland, AT
Wood biomass as a safe supplier of energy from our forests (DE)

Niels Elers Koch - President of IUFRO, DK
Forests as a source of bioeneergy - operational and economic challenges

Stephan Pernkopf - Provincial Counselor for Agriculture of Lower Austria, AT
Lower Austria’s energy roadmap – The potential of biomass (DE)

Niki Berlakovich - Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, AT
Austria on the road to energy autarchy: Which role do forests play? (DE)

Lunch - Invitation by the Austrian Minister of Agriculture and Forestry

Paul Rübig - European Parliament, INT (DE)
The European Union’s climate protection and energy policy (DE)

Guided Tour

Hubert Fladl - Monastery of Klosterneuburg, AT
Presentation of the Bioenergy plant Klosterneuburg

Wine tasting & Finger food buffet

Transfer from Monastery of Klosterneuburg to Hotel Europahaus

Peter Mayer - Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BWF), AT
Words of welcome

Sjur Baardsen – Norwegian University of Life Sciences, NO & Chair of the COST Domain Committee”Forests, their Products and Services (FPS)
Introducing the COST Domain on Forests, their Products and Services (FPS)

Malgorzata Tkatchenko - Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA) & ESF Rapporteur
Introducing ESF

Session 1 Availability of biomass
Chaired by: Robert Jandl - Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BWF), AT

Markus Lindner – European Forest Institute, FI
Forest energy potential – Results from the EU Wood Project

Gerhard Mannsberger - Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry Environment and Water Management, AT
Implementing a national strategy on biomass mobilization

11:30-11:50

Antti Asikainen – METLA, FI
Impact of annual felling, CO2 prices, national subsidies on forest fuel availability in Finland

Toru Terada – University of Tokyo, JP
Wood Energy from Satoyama Woodlands

Klemens Schadauer - Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BWF), AT
How much biomass can be mobilized for energetic use - Central Europe

Session 2: Environmental sustainability
Chaired by: Tattersall Smith – University of Toronto, CA

Inge Stupak Møller - University of Copenhagen, DK
Forest energy and soil sustainability

Hillevi Eriksson - Swedish Forestry Agency, SE
Sustainability criteria in practice 

Berthold Heinze - Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BWF), AT
Dealing with genetic variability of willows and poplars in short-rotation plantations

Coffee break

Hans Langeveld - Bioresearch, NL
Land use questions / sustainability

Hannes Böttcher - IIASA, INT
Projection of the EU27 forest carbon sink and effects of recent bioenergy policies using two advanced forestry models

Paul Schmidt-Walter - University of Goettingen, DE
Groundwater recharge and nitrate leaching rates of short rotation coppices from poplar and willow

Karin Eklöf - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE
Does logging, stump harvesting and site preparation lead to to leakage of mercury?

Poster session

For accepted posters, please refer to the List of Posters

Session 3: Supply chain and system evaluation
Chaired by: Rolf Björheden - Skogforsk Uppsala, SE & IUFRO Task Force "Forest Bioenergy", INT

Raffaele Spinelli – Trees and Timber Institute IVALSA, IT & Vice Chair FPS COST Action FP0902
Technical and economic evaluation of supply systems

Hans Heinimann – ETH Zurich, CH (Participation sponsored by IUFRO)
Environmental performance assessment of biofuel supply chains - state and perspectives

Karl Stampfer – University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna, AT & & MC Member FPS COST Action FP0902
Regional wood chip supply networks for the Alps 

Paula Jylhä – Finnish Forest Research Institute (METLA), FI 
Whole-tree harvesting of small-diameter Scots pine for integrated pulp and energy production in a kraft pulp mill

Coffee break

Rolf Björheden – Skogforsk Uppsala, SE & IUFRO Task Force "Forest Bioenergy", INT
Critical factors for forest fuel supply chains

Antti Asikainen – Finnish Forest Research Institute (METLA), FI
Simulations vs Empirical studies as forest fuel systems analysis tools

Walter Warkotsch - Technische Universität München, DE (Participation sponsored by IUFRO)
Contribution of precision forestry to improve supply chains

Victoria Lerma – AIDIMA, ES
Prediction system for availability of biomass

Mohammad Ghaffariyan – University of Tasmania, AU
Optimising chipping of pine residues in Victoria (Australia)

Discussion

Lunch

Erhan Caliskan – Karadenyz Technical University, TR
Optimising forest biomass transports

Mika Yoshida – University of Tokyo, JP
Relation between chipping site and transportation cost

Peter Rauch – University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, AT
Evaluating procurement risks of the biomass feedstock in Austria

Poster session

For accepted posters, please refer to the List of Posters

Inge Stupak Møller - University of Copenhagen, DK &
Dominik Röser – Finnish Forest Research Institute (METLA), FI & Chair of FPS COST Action FP0902 
Presentation of Multidiciplinary COST Action proposal

Session 4: Forest biomass as feedstock  for the energy and biorefinery sector
Chaired by: Elspeth MacRae - Scion, NZ & IUFRO Task Force "Forest Bioenergy", INT

Elspeth MacRae - Scion, NZ & IUFRO Task Force "Forest Bioenergy", INT
Biorefinery processes and products using trees

Birgitta Strömberg - Thermal Engineering Research Association, SE
Forest biomass as a feedstock for thermal conversion

Suzanne Wetzel - Canadian Wood Fibre Centre/Canadian Forest Service, CA
Heterogenity of forest harvest residue from Eastern Ontario Biomass Harvests

Daniel-Calin Ola - Transylvania University, RO
Energy or insulation from fibre plants

Coffee break

Carmen Guedes - University Londrina, BR
Lignocellulosic derived bio-oil for petroleum blends

Patricia Bubner - University of Technology Graz, AT
Cellulases dig deep

Anna Suurnakki – VTT Technical Research Centre,, FI
The green biorefinery

Discussion

Session 5: Summary and Research Strategy
Chaired by: Johannes Schima - Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, AT

Dominik Röser -Finnish Forest Research Institute (METLA), FI & Chair of FPS COST Action FP0902 &
Raffaele Spinelli – Trees and Timber Institute IVALSA, IT & Vice Chair of FPS COST Action FP0902
The importance of international research collaboration

Rolf Björheden – Skogforsk Uppsala, SE & IUFRO Task Force "Forest Bioenergy", INT
Visionary documents on Forest Energy cases and Outlook on the role of bioenergy 2050 and 2100

Forward Look Session
Chaired by: Rolf Björheden - Skogforsk Uppsala, SE & IUFRO Task Force "Forest Bioenergy", INT

Discussion about future developments in the field

Susanne Schidler - AT
Interactive session for early researchers on Sustainable Biomass-Use

Departure after breakfast