Full videos of each session
Tuesday, 19th October 2021 – Session 1 -Session starts at 15 minutes (total time 1:29:47)
Tuesday, 19th October 2021 – Session 2 – Session starts at 15 minutes (total time 1:31:40)
Tuesday, 19th October 2021 – Session 3 – Session starts at 15 minutes (total time 1:03:17)
Wednesday, 20th October 2021 – Session 1 – Session starts at 15 minutes (total time 1:05:36)
Wednesday, 20th October 2021 – Session 2 – Session starts at 15 minutes (total time 1:31:03)
Thursday, 21st October 2021 – Session 1 – Session starts at 15 minutes (total time 1:20:14)
Thursday, 21st October 2021 – Session 2 – Session starts at 15 minutes (total time 1:34:34)
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Tuesday, 19th October 2021
Video 01: Welcome and Overview: P Taylor, Port Blakely
Video 02: Scion Strategy: J Elder, Scion
Digital and Automated Forestry
Video 03: Getting to the heart of wood quality: insights from new technologies: J Moore, Timberlands Ltd
Video 04: Propagating our future forests – an update on the 21st Century Tissue Culture Programme: R Burton, Forest Growers Research Ltd
Video 05: Integrating information for site specific management: Graham West, NZFFA
Industrial forestry and wood products
Video 06: Session Chair: Grand Dodson, City Forests
Video 07: The Tree Root Microbiome Programme: a transformative platform for forestry: Steve A Wakelin, Scion
Video 08: The Resilient Forests: a portfolio of impacts for raising forest sector productivity and reducing risk: Simeon Smaill, Scion
Video 09: Biuret: from concept to product development: Sheree Balvert, Balance-Agri Nutrients
Video 10: Epidemiology and control of red needle cast: Stu Fraser, Scion
Video 11: Update of Trichoderma in NZ Forestry Project: Helen Whelan, Lincoln University
Digital and Automated Forestry
Video 12: Session Chair: Kerry Ellem, Hancock Forest Management
Video 13: Scaling up – wilding conifer detection at a mega-landscape level: Thomas Paul, Scion
Video 14: Automated yarder and grapple: Keith Raymond, Forest Growers Research Ltd
Video 15: Winch-assisted harvesting: Keith Raymond, Forest Growers Research Ltd
Video 16: New value chains through automation: Karen Bayne, Scion
Wednesday, 20th October 2021
Video 17a: Session Chair: Bart Challis, Forest Growers Research Ltd
Video 17b: Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forest Service – Strategy: Jason Wilson, TUR-NZFS
Climate Change
Video 18a: Risk perception and climate change adaptation: Grace Villamor, Scion
Video 18b: Towards autonomous inventory: collection and analysis of Hovermap data for single tree phenotyping: Robin Hartley, Scion
Video 19: Climate Change – tangible impacts on forest management: Ian Hinton, Timberlands Ltd
Trees for high value wood products
Video 20: Session Chair: Marco Lausberg, Forest Growers Research Ltd
Video 21: SWP: Regional strategies for specialty wood species: Paul Millen, Marlborough Research Centre
Video 22: SWP: Pests and diseases in specialty wood species: Toni Withers, Scion
Video 23: SWP: Douglas-fir Cross Laminated Timber – ready to go: Minghao Li, University of Canterbury
Video 24: Future Investment in Contingency & Alternative Species by FGLT: Bart Challis, Forest Growers Research
Video 25: Tōtara Industry Pilot Initiative: Ramona Radford, Scion
Thursday, 21st October 2021
Industrial Forestry and Wood Products
Video 26: Session Chair: Brent Guild, One Forty One
Video 27: Accelerating forest planting stock production and improving their establishment – preliminary trials at Scion: Craig Ford, Scion
Video 28: An update on Genetic Gain: Alec Foster, Radiata Pine Breeding Company
Video 29: Editing genes for forest productivity, resilience and sustainability: Glenn Thorlby, Scion
Video 30: Contribution of long-term trials to the positive outlook for industrial use of forests: Loretta Garrett, Scion
Trees for BioProducts
Video 31: Session Chair: Phil de la Mare, Ernslaw One Ltd
Video 32: The Growing Demand for Bioenergy: Paul Bennett, Scion
Video 33: Rethinking Biorefineries for New Zealand: Anything made from fossil fuel today can be made from a tree tomorrow: Stefan Hill, Scion
Video 34: Sustainable wood for sustainable buildings: Andrea Stocchero, Scion
Video 35: Bioproducts for a sustainable future: Kate Parker, Scion