The document discusses dissemination activities for the SLOPE project from January 2016. It provides an overview of dissemination activities planned from 2014-2016, including brochures, newsletters, conferences, and trade fairs. It also summarizes dissemination activities and results from the last 6 months of 2015, including publications, conferences attended, and trade fairs/demonstrations participated in by various project partners.

1. Cork.
January 2016
Project SLOPE
1
WP 8 – Openness with other activities,
dissemination and exploitation of results

2. Cork.
January 2016
T.8.1 – Dissemination planning and
publications results.
Juan de Dios Díaz, ITENE

3. Cork.
January 2016
WP8
DELIVERABLE Dissemination plan II (available at Dropbox)
A general document with all the planned dissemination activities and the material to
achieve a large diffusion of project results was prepared.
An overview of the activities is included here:
2 0 1 4 2 0 1 5 2 0 1 6
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
DISSEMINATION STRATEGY (3 rep.)
BROCHURE
PROJECT WEBSITE
WEB 2.0
NEWSLETTERS (6)
POSTER
TRADE FAIRS, DEMOS
TECHNICAL WORKSHOPS (4)
FINAL CONFERENCE (1)
RELATED PROJECTS FORUMS (5)
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (4)
PRESS RELEASES (4)

4. Cork.
January 2016
Tasks and Results
T.8.1 – Dissemination planning and publications results.
1) DISSEMINATION PLAN
Deliverable
8.022_Dissemination_Plan
submitted.
Available at Dropbox
NEXT UPDATE:
JUNE 2016

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January 2016
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2) BROCHURE. New brochure produced

6. Cork.
January 2016
Tasks and Results
T.8.1 – Dissemination planning and publications results.
2) BROCHURE. New brochure produced

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January 2016
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T.8.1 – Dissemination planning and publications results.
2) BROCHURE.
Adittionally, an infographic has
been completed during this
period

8. Cork.
January 2016
Tasks and Results
T.8.1 – Dissemination planning and publications results.
2) PROJECT WEBSITE. Updated regularly by GRAPHITEC www.slopeproject.eu

9. Cork.
January 2016
Tasks and Results
T.8.1 – Dissemination planning and publications results.
3) SOCIAL MEDIA.
Social media Channels
are regularly updated
with all the information.
Please send us
information or mention
us in your social
comments.

10. Cork.
January 2016
Tasks and Results
T.8.1 – Dissemination planning and publications results.
4) NEWSLETTER.
Newsletter 2 & 3 Published during 2015
Next issues: March 2016, September 2016, December 2016

11. Cork.
January 2016
Tasks and Results
T.8.1 – Dissemination planning and publications results.
5) POSTER. Completed.
• Physical roll-up with a brief presentation of the project
• Available for the partners which will need it.
• To be used during conferences and dissemination
activities.

12. Cork.
January 2016
Tasks and Results
T.8.1 – Dissemination planning and publications results.
6) EVENTS
Trade Fairs / Forum attended by partners presenting SLOPE project:
NAME TYPE PLACE STARTING DATE PERIOD CWL COASTWAY
ASTURFORESTA Trade Fair Asturias (Spain) 18/06/2015 20/06/2015 GREIFENBERG
NATO CAX forum 2015 Forum Vicenza (Italy) 28/11/2015 29/11/2015 GRAPHITEC
TEDex 2015 Forum Trento (Italy) 28/11/2015 28/11/2015 GRAPHITEC

13. Cork.
January 2016
Tasks and Results
T.8.1 – Dissemination planning and publications results.
6) EVENTS
Trade Fairs 2016: Confirmed
Others:
NAME TYPE PLACE STARTING DATE DURATION CNR-
IVALSA
CWL
COASTWAY
MHG SYSTEMS BOKU FLYBY GREIFEN-
BERG
Agri Verona Trade Fair Verona, Italy 01/02/2016 feb-16 x
Kwf-Tagung Trade Fair Demo Roding Bayern,
Germany
09/06/2016 9-12/06/2016 x
EIMA Trade Fair Bolonia, Italy 09/11/2016 09-13/11/2016 x x
Interforst Trade Fair Munich, Germany July 2018 July 2018 x
NAME TYPE PLACE STARTING DATE DURATION
SAM Trade Fair Grenoble, France 23/04/2016 23-24/4/2016
MellanskogsElmia Trade Fair Sala, Sweden 19/08/2016 19-20/08/2016
APF Trade Fair Alcester, UK 15/08/2016 15-17/08/2016
Pap-For Trade Fair Saint Petersburg, Russia 25/10/2016 25-28/10/2016
LIGNA Trade Fair Hannover, Germany 22/05/2016 22-26/05/2016
WoodMac 2017 Trade Fair China 07/03/2017 7-9/03/2017
Interforst Trade Fair Munich, Germany 07/18 07/18

14. Cork.
January 2016
Tasks and Results
T.8.1 – Dissemination planning and publications results.
6) EVENTS: Conferences attended by partners presenting Slope Projects:
NAME TYPE PLACE STARTING DATE PERIOD MHG SYSTEMS
Workshop on Hyperspectral Imaging Workshop Vienna 20/03/2015 20/03/2015 BOKU
9th GEO European Projects Workshop - Workshop Copenhagen 15/06/2015 15/06/2015 GRAPHITEC
20th International Conference on 3D Web
Technology (Web3D 2015). Conference Crete, Greece 18/06/2015 21/06/2015
GRAPHITEC
15th International Multidisciplinary
Scientific GeoConference & Expo SGEM
2015 Conference Albena (Bulgaria) 16/06/2015 25/06/2016
GRAPHITEC
Forestech 2015 Conference New Zealand 19/11/2015 21/11/2015 TREEMETRICS
3rd International Conference on Structural
Health Assessment of Timber Structures Conference Poland 09/09/2015 11/09/2015
CNR-IVALSA
22 IWMS Conference Quebec (Canada) 14/06/2015 17/06/2015
CNR-IVALSA
17th International Conference on Near
Infrared Spectroscopy (ICNIRS 2015) Conference Brazil 18/10/2015 23/10/2015
CNR-IVALSA
FORMEC 2015 Conference Linz (Austria) 6/10/2015 07/10/2015
ALL
International Conferences in Central Europe
on Computer Graphics, Visualization and
Computer Vision (WSCG) 2015 Conference Pilsen 19/05/2015 25/06/2015
GRAPHITEC
Human Computer Interaction International
(HCII 2015) Poster pres. Los Angeles (USA) August 2015 August 2015
GRAPHITEC
European Data Forum 2015 Poster Presentation Luxembourg 16/11/2015 17/11/2015
GRAPHITEC

15. Cork.
January 2016
Tasks and Results
T.8.1 – Dissemination planning and publications results.
6) EVENTS 2016
Confirmed:
Others:
NAME TYPE PLACE STARTING DATE DURATION CNR-
IVALSA
GRAPHITECH MHG
SYSTEMS
BOKU
IVAPP 2016 Conference Rome, Italy 27/02/2016 27-29/02/2016 x
ACHI 2016 Conference Venice, Italy 24/04/2016 24-28/04/2016 x
CHI 2016 Conference San Jose, (California),
USA
07/05/2016 7-12/05/2016 x
FORMEC 2016 Symposium Warszaw, Poland 20/09/2016 20-22/09/2016 x x x
NAME TYPE PLACE STARTING DATE DURATION
SSAFR 2015 Conference Uppsala, Sweden 19/08/2015 19-21/08/2015
WFC World Forestal Congress Congress Durban 07/09/2015 7-11/09/2015
EFI 2015 Conference Saint Petersburg, Russia 30/09/2015 30/09-2/10/2015
Conference on Machine Learning and
Computing (ICMLC 2016)
Conference Hong Kong, China 22/02/2016 22-23/02/2016
Conference on Machine Learning and Comuping
(ICMLC 2016)
Conference Eugene (Oregon), USA 25/02/2016 25-27/02/2016
AusTimber 2016 Conference Traralgon (Victoria), Australia 11/06/2016 11-16/04/2016
AGIT 2016 Conference Salzburg, Austria 07/2016 07/2016

16. Cork.
January 2016
Tasks and Results
T.8.1 – Dissemination planning and publications results.
6) Detailed Report of Conferences /Articles 2015 (Last 6 months):
CNR-IVALSA – CONFERENCES:
• Jakub Sandak, Kazimierz Orlowski Tomasz Ochrymiuk, Anna Sandak,
Mariapaola Riggio (2015) An alternative way of determining mechanical
properties of wood by means of cutting forces. Journal of Heritage
Conservation, (Wiadomosci Konserwatorskie) ISNN 0860-2395,
Proceedings of Shatis 2015 3rd International Conference on Structural
Health Assessment of Timber Structures, 1:543-551.
• Jakub Sandak (2015) SLOPE project appraoch to estimate log quality by
measuring cutting forces. Proceedings of 22 IWMS, Quebec, Canada, 14-
17 June, ISBN: 978-0-9947964-0-0, 135-146pp
• Anna Sandak, Jakub Sandak, Katharina Böhm (2015) NIR as a toll for
determination of log/biomass quality index in mountain forests – SLOPE
project approach. 17th International Conference on Near Infrared
Spectroscopy (ICNIRS 2015)
• Gianni Picchi, Martin Kuhmaier, Juan de Dios Diaz Marques (2015).
Survival Test of RFID UHF Tags in Timber Harvesting Operations. Oral
presentation at FORMEC Conference, Linz 6-7 October 2015, Austria. pp.
460 ISBN 978-3-900932-29-9
• Gianni Picchi, Martin Kuhmaier, Juan de Dios Diaz Marques (2015).
Evaluation of RFID UHF tags for electronic marking of standing trees. Oral
presentation at FORMEC Conference, Linz 6-7 October 2015, Austria. pp.
37-44. ISBN 978-3-900932-29-9
ISI PUBLICATIONS
• Anna Sandak, Jakub Sandak, Mariapaola Riggio (2015) Estimation of
physical and mechanical properties of timber members in service by
means of infrared spectroscopy. Construction and Building Materials
(doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.06.063)
• Jakub Sandak, Anna Sandak, Mariapaola Riggio (2015) Multivariate
analysis of multi-sensor data for assessment of timber structures:
principles and applications. Construction and Building Materials
(doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.06.062)
• Jakub Sandak, Anna Sandak, Claudio Cantini, Antonella Autino (2015)
Differences in wood properties of Picea abies L. Karst. in relation to site
of provenance and population genetics. Holzforshung (DOI: 10.1515/hf-
2014-0061)
• Mariapaola Riggio, Jakub Sandak, Steffen Franke (2015) Application of
imaging techniques for detection of defects, damage and decay in timber
structures on-site. Construction and Building Materials
doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.06.065
• Gianni Picchi, Martin Kuhmaier, Juan de Dios Diaz Marques (2015).
Survival Test of RFID UHF Tags in Timber Harvesting Operations. Croatian
Journal of Forest Engineering. 36-2, pp 165-174 (available at:
http://www.crojfe.com/articles-915#923)

17. Cork.
January 2016
Tasks and Results
T.8.1 – Dissemination planning and publications results.
6) Detailed Report of Conferences /Articles 2015 (Last 6 months):
GRAPHITEC ARTICLES
• WebGL virtual globe for efficient forest production planning in
mountainous area“ F. Prandi, G. Panizzoni, D. Magliocchetti, F. Devigili,
R. de Amicis. 20th International Conference on 3D Web Technology
(Web 3D 2015). Heraklion, Crete, Greece. June 2015.
• "GIS tools for forest production optimization in mountainous areas:the
SLOPE project“ D. Magliocchetti, G. Panizzoni, F. Prandi, R. De
Amicis.15th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geoconference
(SGEM 2015). Albena, Bulgaria, June 2015.
• "GeoPeeling Lens: Deformation - Based Technique for Exploratory Data
Analysis“ Debiasi,A., Simoes,B., De Amicis,R. International Conferences in
Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer
Vision (WSCG) 2015. Pilsen, 19-25 June 2015.
• "SLOPE: A 3D forest virtual system to support harvesting operation in
mountain areas". FORMEC 2015. Linz, Austria, 4-8 October 2015.
D.Magliocchetti, F. Prandi, G. Panizzoni, D. Lotto and R. De Amicis.
• (Under review) "Wide scale interactive 3D forest models at the service of
forest production in mountain areas" Federico Prandi, Giulio Panizzoni,
Daniele Magliocchetti, Federico Devigili, Raffaele De Amicis.
• GMOD: Creation, processing, animation, visualization, and dissemination
of GRAPHICAL MODELS Journal.
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/graphical-models
TREEMETRICS: Conference
• ForestTECH 2015. New Zealand. 19 November 2015. "Real Time Working
in the Forest".
BOKU:
Picchi, G; Kühmaier, M; Marques, JDD (2015): Survival Test of RFID UHF Tags
in Timber Harvesting Operations. CROAT J FOR ENG. 2015; 36(2): 165-174.
http://www.crojfe.com/r/i/crojfe_36-2_15/picchi.pdf
Picchi, G; Kühmaier, M; De Dios Díaz Marqués, J (2015): Survival test of RFID
UHF tags in timber harvesting operations. [48th FORMEC Symposium, Linz,
AUSTRIA, OCT, 4-8, 2015]. In: Kanzian, C; Kühmaier, M; Erber, G (Ed.), Forest
Engineering: "Making a positive contribution". Abstracts and Proceedings of
the 48th Symposium on Forest Mechanization.; ISBN: 978-3-900932-29-9.
https://www.formec.org/images/proceedings/2015/A4_4_Picchi_2015_58.
pdf

18. Cork.
January 2016
Tasks and Results
T.8.1 – Dissemination planning and publications results.
6) Detailed Report of Conferences /Articles 2015 (Last 6 months):
BOKU:
Picchi, G; Kühmaier, M; De Dios Díaz Marqués, J (2015): Evaluation of RFID
UHF tags for electronic marking of standing trees. [48th FORMEC
Symposium, Linz, AUSTRIA, OCT, 4-8, 2015] In: Kanzian, C; Kühmaier, M;
Erber G (Ed.), Forest Engineering: "Making a positive contribution".
Abstracts and Proceedings of the 48th Symposium on Forest Mechanization;
ISBN: 978-3-900932-29-9
https://www.formec.org/images/proceedings/2015/A4_3_Picchi_2015_57.
pdf
D. Magliocchetti, F. Prandi, G. Panizzoni, D. Lotto, R. De Amicis (2015):
SLOPE, a 3D forest virtual system to support harvesting operations in
mountain areas. [48th FORMEC Symposium, Linz, AUSTRIA, OCT, 4-8, 2015]
In: Kanzian, C; Kühmaier, M; Erber G (Ed.), Forest Engineering: "Making a
positive contribution". Abstracts and Proceedings of the 48th Symposium on
Forest Mechanization; ISBN: 978-3-900932-29-9
https://www.formec.org/images/proceedings/2015/A4_6_Magliochetti_20
15_206.pdf
S. Huurinainen (2015): Real-time managing of timber and biomass
procurement, harvesting and supply based on multiple end-users demands
in mountain forests. [48th FORMEC Symposium, Linz, AUSTRIA, OCT, 4-8,
2015] In: Kanzian, C; Kühmaier, M; Erber G (Ed.), Forest Engineering:
"Making a positive contribution". Abstracts and Proceedings of the 48th
Symposium on Forest Mechanization; ISBN: 978-3-900932-29-9
https://www.formec.org/images/proceedings/2015/B5_4_Huurinainen_20
15_88.pdf
Kanzian, C; Kühmaier, M; Erber, G (2015): Forest Engineering: "Making a
positive contribution". Abstracts and Proceedings of the 48th Symposium on
Forest Mechanization. Linz, Austria. ISBN: 978-3-900932-29-9
https://www.formec.org/images/proceedings/2015/formec_proceedings_2
015_web.pdf

19. Cork.
January 2016
Tasks and Results
T.8.1 – Dissemination planning and publications results.
6) EVENTS
Poster presentations (Last 6 months)
"The SLOPE project, use of GEOSS for precision forestry management on mountain
areas" 9th GEO European Projects Workshop. 15-16 June 2015 Copenhagen,
Denmark.
"Interactive Virtual Planning Tools for Sustainable Forest Production in Mountain
Areas"
G. Panizzoni, D. Magliocchetti, F. Prandi, R. De Amicis.
Human Computer Interaction International (HCII 2015). Los Angeles, USA, August
2015.
"SLOPE PROJECT: integrated processing and control systems for sustainable
production in farms and forests." European Data Forum 2015, Luxembourg, 16-17
November 2015.

20. Cork.
January 2016
Tasks and Results
T.8.1 – Dissemination planning and publications results.
2nd Press completed.
Translated into:
Spanish.
German.
Italian.
NEXT
UPDATES:
April 2016
December 2016
7) PRESS RELEASES

21. Cork.
January 2016
Tasks and Results
T.8.1 – Dissemination planning and publications results.
Some publications:
Forest Bioenergy:
http://www.forestbioenergyreview.com
/h-h/item/218-mhg-systems-develops-a-
forest-information-systems-for-slope
Forest 2015 Blog:
https://forests2015.wordpress.com/201
5/07/06/slope-project-intelligent-forest-
management/
Geomedia:
https://www.google.es/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&
esrc=s&source=web&cd=60&ved=0ahUKEwi
57srjyIPKAhUD2hoKHZnECls4MhAWCGAwCQ
&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediageo.it%2Fojs%2
Findex.php%2FGEOmedia%2Farticle%2Fview
File%2F1118%2F1033&usg=AFQjCNGl6cji_aT
4OcVHTatdMZUSlUkUcQ&sig2=eFEyEx1DmQ
VWNDwcvwSoPg&bvm=bv.110151844,d.ZW
U&cad=rja
7) PRESS RELEASES

22. Cork.
January 2016
Tasks and Results
T.8.1 – Dissemination planning and publications results.
Please, tell us updates or advances during 2015 in relations with projects included
in Dissemination Plan and Responsible Partners (Page 34-37):
7) COOPERATION / OTHER PROJECTS
FP7 KBBE “Innovative and effective technology and logistics for
forest residual biomass supply in the EU” (www.infres.eu)
FP7 KBBE “Advanced multifunctional forest management in
European mountain ranges” (http://www.arange-project.eu)
FP7 INFRA-2011-1.1.13 “Designing Trees for the future”
(http://www.trees4future.eu/)
FP7 STREP i-Tour “intelligent Transport system for Optimized
URban trips” (as tech. manager)
ICT-PSP BRISEIDE “BRIdging SErvices, Information and Data for
Europe”,(www.briseide.eu)
ICT-PSP i-SCOPE “interoperable Smart City services through an
Open Platform for urban Ecosystems”, (www.iscopeproject.net).
ICT-PSP SUNSHINE “Smart Urban services for Higher energy
efficiency”
NATO Science for Peace GEPSUS “Geographical Information
Processing for Environmental Pollutionrelated Security within
Urban Scale environments“.
BISYPLAN - The Bioenergy System Planners Handbook, part of the -
BIOENAREA/INTEREG
BiQUEEN – Quality Biomass for Efficient Energy production;
NNE5-2000-0395 “Forest Energy – A solution for the Future Power
Needs”;
LdV WESST “Wood Energy Supply System Training”;
QLRT-2000-0645 “Storm damaged forests: efficient and safe harvesting and log conservation
methods”;
QLRT 99 – 0991 “Development of a protocol for ecoefficient wood harvesting on sensitive sites";
AIR2-CT94-1102 "Harvesting, drying and storage of energy biomass from SRF”;
AIR2-CT94-0905 “Improvement of coppice forests in the Mediterranean region”
LIFE94/F/A151/EU/00713 "Mountain forests: techniques for long-term multi-functional
management";
Gatto delle funi (tracked automotive carriage) in collaboration with UNACOMA
Freeman 1800 (programmable forestry winch), computer-controlled machine with drive and
motor PID controlling device
HT 30 (carriage with cable ejection system) in collaboration with Autonomous Province of Trento
LEW (electronic winch) for the management of take-off ramps on ski jumping hills
TG 860 (carriage cableway) first load-identification machine with transport autonomous
management
TECNO totally autonomous remote-controlled self-propelled motor carriage
Flexwood (EU FP7)
IRIS ( ERA-NET)
BESTFACT: Best Practice Factory for Freight Transport,

23. Cork.
January 2016
Tasks and Results
T.8.1 – Dissemination planning and publications results.
8) Workshops
• Four technical workshops are planned as far as results are available for dissemination
• BOKU is responsible for
• Selecting potential stakeholders
• Making invitations
• Setting up the program
• Communication
• Secretariat and logistics

24. Cork.
January 2016
Tasks and Results
T.8.1 – Dissemination planning and publications results.
Workshop 1
 Workshop on Hyperspectral
Imaging at BOKU-UFT
20/03/2015
A workshop on Hyperspectral Imaging
was organized on 20 March 2015 at the
University of Natural Resources and Life
Sciences in Vienna (Austria). The
workshop was very successful; it hosted
58 participants from 11 countries and was
a real international, transdisciplinary and
interdepartmental scientific event.

25. Cork.
January 2016
Tasks and Results
T.8.1 – Dissemination planning and publications results.
Workshop 2
 FORMEC TECHNICAL
WORKSHOP
8-14/10/2105 - Linz, Austria
The SLOPE Technical Workshop was held
within the FORMEC Symposium in Linz,
Austria at the beginning of October 2015.
FORMEC aimed to gather worldwide
scientists, researchers and practitioners in
forest operations and planning to
encourage cooperation, and exchange of
knowledge and information in forestry
profession and science.

26. Cork.
January 2016
Tasks and Results
T.8.1 – Dissemination planning and publications results.
Workshop 2
 FORMEC Scientific Symposium
 8-14/10/2105
 Linz, Austria
 Scientific presentations during the first two days
 Field trip to AUSTROFOMA forest machinery fair
 300 researchers from all around the world are expected

27. Cork.
January 2016
Tasks and Results
T.8.1 – Dissemination planning and publications results.
Workshop 3
 have to be defined
 Possibility: 9-12 June on kwf-tagung fair
 Greifenberg is exhibitor
 Room has been offered
 http://www.kwf-tagung.org/
 in Roding (Oberpfalz, Bayern)

28. Cork.
January 2016
Tasks and Results
T.8.1 – Dissemination planning and publications results.
Workshop 4
 to be defined
 EIMA 2016?
 Together with sister project?
 Together with final conference?

29. Cork.
January 2016
WP 8 PRESENTATION
Thanks for your attention! Questions
& updates can be sent to:
Antonio Monsalve
amonsalve@itene.com
Juan de Dios, ITENE

30. Cork.
January 2016
Project SLOPE
Technical
T.8.2 – Exploitation, business planning and
IPR & licensing policies
Cork, January 20th, 2016
Huurinainen Seppo,
MHG Systems Oy

31. Cork.
January 2016
Overview
Technical
• Status: 10%
• Length: 36 Months (From M1 to M36)
• Involved Partners
• Leader: MHG
• Participants: COMPOLAB, COAST, FLY, GRAPHITECH, CNR,
TRE, ITENE

32. Cork.
January 2016
AIM
Technical
• Identification of the business scenarios, identifying the target market, competition and
internal competencies.
• Creation of the appropriate SLOPE business model, where the corresponding market
segments will be estimated according to the best practice models of market forecast. This
model will be the basis for a 5-year business including the required investments and the
estimated Return on Investment (ROI).
• Production of a business plan that will also include a strategy, financial analysis with
meticulous risk analysis.
• Risk analysis will be performed to detect any potential weakness and identify
adequate solutions.
• Development of a detailed exploitation strategy by each partner, detailing how they
intend to exploit the knowledge from this project.
• Each of the individual exploitation plans will be integrated into the overall exploitation
plan (ITENE)
• Development of required material for hooking up investors

33. Cork.
January 2016
Pitch –Value Proposition
Technical
• Goals of partnering enterprises and organizations
• Elements of a strong value proposition and how to build up it
• Business Model Canvas as a tool
• Sales pitch
• Sales presentation
• Active collaboration with Industrial Advisory Board members
• Of course cost structure per activity/service needed in parallel first (WP 4)

34. Cork.
January 2016
Sales Channel andTargeted Customers
Technical
• Elements for targeted customers and successful international sales
channels
• Analysis of present sales channels/networks and needs for
improvement
• Ensuring the first deals
• Marketing plan with goals
• Managing of (sales) partner network

35. Cork.
January 2016
Contact info
Seppo Huurinainen
Seppo.huurinainen@mhgsystems.com
Thank you for your attention.
Technical

36. Cork.
January 2016
Project SLOPE
T 8.3 – Contribution to Standardization
Cork, January 20th, 2016
Gianni Picchi, Raffaele Spinelli, Michela Nocetti, Stefano Berti
CNR-IVALSA
Technical

37. Cork.
January 2016
Overview
• Status: ongoing
• Length: until month 36
• Involved Partners
 Leader: CNR
 Participants: ITENE
 Aim: Propose updated or new standards in sustainable forest
production based on the results of the SLOPE project.
• Outputs: contacts with Technical Committees
Technical

38. Cork.
January 2016
Technical
Internet pages
• Project’s web page
• Section news
• Dedicated section (Overview, Work Packages, Deliverables,
Contribution to Standardization)
• Partner’s web site
• CNR-IVALSA will upload a “minisite” and the section “news”
with specific info addressing contributions to standardization
(link to slopeproject.eu for more detail)
• Other partners could help increasing the “critical mass”
uploading short communications, e.g. BOKU with the same
info as CNR.

39. Cork.
January 2016
Interactive communication
• Social networks
• All partners, please provide to CNR and ITENE info and
highlights regarding the specific outcomes relevant for
standardization
• Direct contact with TC
• Partners already active in relevant TCs, please provide short
updates of the possible activities related to SLOPE (e.g. CNR-
IVALSA active in CEN/TC 175);
• All partners, please briefly report present standards in your
field of expertise where SLOPE could contribute with an
update beyond the state of art (e.g. CEN/ENV 1927-1 for P.
abies logs classification)
Technical

40. Cork.
January 2016
StandardizationTC
Technical
Main Technical Committees previously identified:
•CEN/TC 144 Tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry (AFNOR)
•CEN/TC 142 Woodworking machines – Safety
•CEN/TC 147 Cranes – Safety
•CEN/TC 175 Round and sawn timber
•CEN/TC 225 AIDC (Automatic Identification and Data Capture) technologies
•CEN/TC 278 Road transport and traffic telematics
•CEN/TC 287 Geographic Information
•CEN/TC 400 Horizontal standards in the fields of sludge, biowaste and soil (DIN)
•OGC – Open Geospatial Consortium (GT)
•StanForD 2010 (Skogforsk – MHG, TRE, CNR)
•More?

41. Cork.
January 2016
Technical
THANK YOU!
Standards for a safer work…

42. Cork.
January 2016
Project SLOPE
WP5 T8.4 – Industrial Advisory Board
Huurinainen Seppo, MHG Systems Oy
Cork, January 20th, 2016
Technical Meeting
20/Jan/16

43. Cork.
January 2016
Overview
• Status: Ongoing (95%)
• Length: 9 Months (From M1 to M25)
• Involved Partners
• Leader: MHG
• Participants: Combolab, COAST, BOKU, FLY, TRE,
CNR
• Aim: Set up an advisory board in order to follow all project
activities
• Output: D8.04, Presenting Industrial Advisory
Technical Meeting
20/Jan/16

44. Cork.
January 2016
Task 8.4 - Objective
• The main objective of this task is to involve industrial members from the
forestry, agricultural and related logistics and machinery industry. The main
activities of the advisory board will be interchange opinions and knowledge by
means of meetings and discussions. This information will be used as inputs
for the execution of the tasks defined in SLOPE project, and redefine them
when needed.
• Advising Business model development
• Budget: 25 k€; covering travelling expenses
• 3-5 members: one from Metsäteho, Finland, one more suggested by
Boku and CNR each
• Profiles TBD
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45. Cork.
January 2016
Task 8.4 – Canditates available
• Academia: 1 canditate
• Associate Prof. Rien J.M. VISSER, New Zealand
• Director of Studies, Forest Engineering, School of Forestry,
Canterbury University
• Harvest system planning, productivity and efficiency, including
modeling and benchmarking
• Cable logging and helicopter logging systems and training
• Minimizing environmental impacts of logging operations, codes of
practice
• Woody biomass harvesting and transport logistics for bio-energy
• Forest engineering, e.g. infrastructure design, construction and
maintenance
• Improving value recovery in harvesting operations
• Ergonomics, safety and training, including outreach activities such
as workshops
• International collaboration for low impact harvesting projects
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46. Cork.
January 2016
Task 8.4 – Canditates available
• Big forest owners: 1 canditate
• Erwin Stampfer, CEO, Austrian State Forest
• Graduated in BOKU 1995, where worked for 2 years
• 15+ years at the Forestry Technology Unit inside the ÖBf AG offering harvesting,
road construction and maintenance services to the own 12 forest management
units and for private land owners (harvesting up to 1 Million m³ per year, 250
contractors
• Since July 1st 2013 working at the Austrian State Forests (ÖBf AG) being a head
of the department "Flachgau-Tennengau" and responsible for an area of 61,500
ha which produces annually 130,000 m³ timber and revenues of 13-24 Mio Euro.
He is responsible for 51 employees. The demonstration activities in Austria will
also take place in Flachgau-Tennengau.
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47. Cork.
January 2016
Task 8.4 – Canditates available
• Forest Industry R&D: 1 canditate
•Mr. Jarmo Hämäläinen, Research Manager, M.Sc. (For)
•Over 30 years of experince in development of wood supply logistics of forest industry, wood
production methods and information management. Main expert fields, wood harvesting, forest
resource management and mechanisation of silviculture.
•Main responsibilities:Analysing R&D needs and new development possibilities concerning
wood supply. Constructing and leading research programmes and projects together with forest
industry companies, research organisations, forest machine manufacturers and other actors of
forestry
•Main focus in last years has been in digitalisation of wood procurement chain through
effective utilization of Big Data and principles of industrial internet. In that context he is leading
a wide national Forest Big Data project, where all the most important forestry actors in Finland
are involved. Main target of the project is to produce basis for next generation forest
management system, in which new methdos for forest data acquisition from different sources,
data fusion, analysing and utilization have been developed.
•He has also taken part in planning and execution of several international R&D-project in
Nordic countries and EU level.
Metsäteho Oy Finland; http://www.metsateho.fi/briefly-in-english/
• http://www.metsateho.fi/wp-content/uploads/Tehokas-puuhuolto_2025_EN_Efficient_Wood_Supply.pdf
• Development goal 2025 Wood supply to produce added value to the value chain while being 30% more cost
efficient than today
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48. Cork.
January 2016
Task 8.4 – Canditates available
• Internationally operating SMSs: 2 canditates; Mr. Jarmo Ylinen, Porinilog, Finland
• 1994-2005 as Manager of Business Intelligence Group, the Metsäliitto
Concern, today renamed as Metsä Group. Mr. Ylinen carried out feasibility
studies for the group’s mechanical forest industries division (Finnforest),
pulp&paper mills division and the Group Headquarters in Finland, Sweden,
Norway, Russia, Estonia, Uruguay, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, PR China, The
Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia, Sweden and the Baltic countries.
• Accumulated experience in organizational development by setting up and
running a wood procurement organization for a blockboard company of
Metsäliitto Group’s Finnforest mill in Romania
• Developing international forest service and wood pricing models
• Solid competence in wood procurement logistics, harvesting and transport
planning and applications; development and marketing of harvesting and
transport machine technology and systems
• Top expert in forest inventories, harvesting, logistics
• Ongoing consultancy assignments cover e.g. Japan mountain forest
harvesting and logistics development (cooperative)
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49. Cork.
January 2016
Task 8.4 – Canditates available
• Internationally operating SMSs: Mr. Paul Dima, Director, PROFOREST, Romania
• Logging operations based on the use of Wyssen cable cranes; using the cable
installation in difficult terrain in Romanian forest, training future operators of cable
installations for companies interested to invest in modern harvesting equipment,
responsible for marketing, sales, maintenance and service to logging companies
• Consultancy in forestry for clients focused on Romania and Balkan region
• Independent consultant in matters regarding the modernization of the Romanian
forest sector, such as: efficient utilization of resources, utilization of modern
environmentally friendly equipment, training and transfer of know-how, socio-
economic analysis, strategy development.
• Wide international experience
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50. Cork.
January 2016
Task 8.4 – Canditates asked not replied
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Serbia; “Srbijašume” Belgrade
• Mr Aleksandar Vasiljevic. Executive Director for development and strategic planning
in SE "Srbijašume". He is the Member of Association of Forest Engineers in Serbia,
NGO “Initiative for sustainable forestry”. He has 25 years of professional experience
in forest management, forestry inventory and planning, forest information systems,
monitoring and evaluation, forest administration. He is also technical experienced in
forest information systems, forest inventory, forest management planning and forest
biomass. His project management experience comprises coordination of technical
and financial cooperation programmes/projects, feasibility studies, policy/sector
studies and evaluations and he also has practical experience with participatory
approaches towards sustainable forest management. Full understanding of multi-
stakeholder forest policy and strategy formulation processes (e.g. NFP). Extensively
involved in institutional change and capacity building projects. Mr Vasiljevic, as the
Director of Forestry Directorate, realized many international projects for development
of forestry sector, national forest inventory, Strategy of forestry, Law of forest and
Law of game animals protection and hunting, forest certification etc. He worked on
many local and international projects in forestry sector for harmonization of
legislation with EU

51. Cork.
January 2016
Coverage
• North America and South America missing
• USA&Canada is a huge market with potential investors
• However North America is always a difficult market to penetrate
without a good strategic partner
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52. Cork.
January 2016
Nomination
• All proposed business-oriented candidates were nominated with
one voice as advisors of SLOPE Industrial Advisory Board?
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53. Cork.
January 2016
Contact info
Seppo Huurinainen
Seppo.huurinainen@mhgsystems.com
Thank you for your attention.
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