This document summarizes the agenda and objectives of a final review meeting for the SLOPE project. The SLOPE project aims to develop integrated processing and control systems to improve sustainability in mountain forest production. The meeting agenda covers reviewing progress on tasks in areas like requirements analysis, forest data collection, intelligent harvesting systems, quality control, and system integration. The objectives of the meeting are to evaluate fulfillment of deliverables, continued relevance of objectives, resource use, contributions of partners, and plans for impact and results dissemination. The review involves 10 partners across several European countries working for 36 months on developing and testing new forest monitoring and harvesting technologies.

1. SLOPE
Integrated proceSsing and controL systems fOr sustainable forest Production in mountain arEas
Final Review
Meeting 1 Feb 17
FINAL REVIEW MEETING
FONDAZIONE GRAPHITECH
BRUSSELS, 1° FEBRUARY 2017
THEME:
Integrated processing and Control Systems for
Sustainable Production in Farms and Forests
Duration: 36 Months
Partners: 10
Coordinating institution: Fondazione GraphiTech

2. Final Review
Meeting 1 Feb 17
Welcome

3. Final Review
Meeting 1 Feb 17
Agenda - Morning
• Introduction
• WP9 Financial and administrative management (GraphiTech)
• Use of resource analysis, Q&A
• WP1 Definition of Requirements and System analysis (MHG)
• Overview of achievements and results, Q&A
• WP2 Forest Information collection and analysis (Coastway)
• Overview of achievements and results, Q&A
• WP3 Integration of novel intelligent harvesting systems operating in
mountain areas (Greifenberg, Compolab, Itene, CNR)
• Detailed overview of T.3.3, T.3.4, T.3.5, T.3.6, Q&A
• WP4 Multi-sensor model-based quality control of mountain forest production
(CNR, Boku, Treemeetrics)
• Detailed overview of T.4.3, T.4.4, T.4.5, T.4.6, Q&A

4. Final Review
Meeting 1 Feb 17
Agenda - Afternoon
• WP5 Forest information system development (MHG, Treemeetrics, Boku)
• Detailed overview of T.5.2, T.5.3, T.5.4, T.5.5, Q&A
• WP6 System Integration (GraphiTech, MHG)
• Detailed overview of T.6.2, T.6.3, T.6.4, Q&A
• WP7 piloting the SLOPE demonstrator (Boku, CNR)
• Detailed overview of T.5.2, T.5.3, T.5.4, T.5.5, Q&A
• WP8 Openness with other activities, dissemination and exploitation of
results (ITENE, MHG, CNR and All)
• Detailed overview of T.8.1, T.8.2, T.8.3, T.8.4, Q&A
• Closure
• PO and Reviewer internal meeting
• Closing remarks

5. Final Review
1/Feb/2017
Project Objectives
Improve, harmonize and optimize the wood
processing chain from the forest to the market
• Integrated processing: all actors interact together providing and
sharing information to create a forest data model
• Integrated control systems: real-time quality assessment and tracking
• Sustainable forest production: transport optimization, response to
market demands
• Mountain areas: specific focus on high slope area where operations
are difficult

6. Final Review
1/Feb/2017
The typical scenario
Selection
Cutting and
debranching
Harvesting
and logging
Transport
Sawmill
processing
Selling
Problems
• Right areas/trees selection: demand/quality/optimization
• Operational areas selection in the forest: harvesting, processing, stocking
• Slope: optimize carriage system placement
• Transport: path optimization among sawmills, reduce loading and unloading
times
• Logs quality: maximize final product value
• Other actors involved

7. Final Review
1/Feb/2017
The SLOPE scenario
Forest Survey
(RS, UAV,
TLS)
Digital Forest
Model Creation
Harvest plan
and
simulation
Trees
Marking
(RFID)
Trees Felling
Extraction
Trees
proces
sing
Piling
stocking
transport
Selling

8. The Consortium
Italy
• Fondazione Graphitech: Interactive GEO Visualization, integration and coordination
• CNR-Ivalsa: Novel harvesting machines sensing techniques and pilots
• Compolab: Mechanical Engineering, prototype design and construction
• FlyBy: Digital imaging, remote sensing, optical sensor data processing
• Greifenberg: Cable crane carriage and other forest mechanization systems
Ireland
• Treemetrics: Terrestrial Laser Scanning, 3D reconstruction and operational planning
• Coastway: UAV forest data acquisition and analysis
Finland
• MHG: FIS development, optimization, purchasing & invoicing, integration, exploitation
Austria
• BOKU: Sensing techniques, harvesting planning, road and logistic evaluation, pilots
Spain
• ITENE: woods traceability, logistic models, dissemination
Final Review
1/Feb/2017

9. Final Review
Meeting 1 Feb 17
Project Overview
• Deliverables submitted
• Draft: D.7.06 Reports and manuals for off-the-job training
• Milestones achieved
• Machines development has been completed
• Tecno, Chockers, Rope Launcher Easer, iTruck, Processor Head, Mobile devices
• Software integration completed
• 2 pilots tests performed
• Good dissemination
• Fairs
• Conferences
• Workshops
• Final Conference
• Exploitation booster service
• Key exploitable results
• Business model canvas

10. Final Review
Meeting 1 Feb 17
Meeting objectives
Establish:
1. The degree of fulfilment of the whole project for the second period,
including deliverables and milestones
2. The continued relevance of the objectives
3. The resources planned and utilized in relation to the achieved progress
4. The beneficiaries’ contributions and integration within the project
5. The expected potential impact in scientific, technological, economic, competition and
social terms, and plans for the use and dissemination of foreground

11. Final Review
Meeting 1 Feb 17
Thanks
GRAPHITECH
daniele.magliocchetti@graphitech.it
Fondazione GraphiTech
Via Alla Cascata 56C
38123 Trento (ITALY)
Phone: +39 0461.283394
Fax: +39 0461.283398