TimeTable SmartForest 2025
SmartForest 2025 took place on Thursday, 13 and Friday, 14 March 2025 at the Technical University of Munich in Freising.
You can find a more detailed overview of the conference programme here.
Further information about our speakers can be found here.
Thursday, March 13th 2025
On Thursday, we will kick off with a joint programme.
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 08:00 – 09:00 | Arrival and Registration |
| 09:00 – 09:15 | Greeting and Conference Opening |
| 09:15 – 10:00 | High-Level Keynote: Current challenges for forest management in Europe and ways forward (EN) – Prof. Dr. Rupert Seidel, TUM |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | FutureForest – KI für den Wald (DE) – Thorsten Reitz, wetransform GmbH |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break |
After the initial coffee break, participants can spread out across the various available sessions.
| Time | Main Session | In-Depth Session | In-Depth Session |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:00 -12:30 | Forest of Today Moderation: Dr. Werner Rammer Language: English | Forests and Society Moderation: Kilian Hochholzer Language: German, English | Forest Modelling and Decision Support Moderation: Dr. Peter Biber Language: English |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Digital Technologies Moderation: Dr. Martin Hoppen Language: German | Research meets Practice Moderation: Dr. Werner Rammer Language: German | Remote Sensing for Essential Forest Information Moderation: Prof. Dr. Fabian Faßnacht Language: English |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee Break | Coffee Break | Coffee Break |
| 16:00 – 17:30 | Forest of Tomorrow Moderation: Prof. Dr. Fabian Faßnacht Language: English | Data Spaces as Digital Ecosystems Moderation: Dr. Somakanthan Somalingam Language: English | Remote Sensing for Forest Condition Assessment and Inventory Moderation: Dr. Lars Waser Language: German |
| 19:00 – 23:00 | Dinner | Dinner | Dinner |
An outdoor session will take place parallel to the sessions mentioned above.
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 13:30 – 15:30 | Outdoor-Session: Smart Forest Toolbox: Mehrwert der Digitalisierung erleben – direkt im Wald nebenan Speaker: Christian Rosset & Hannes Horneber Meeting point: Main entrance Language: German Registration: via Email: hannes.horneber@bfh.ch |
After the sessions, there will be enough time to check in at the hotel before the day ends with the conference dinner.
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 19:00 – 23:00 | Conference Dinner Bräustüberl Weihenstephan Weihenstephaner Berg 10 85354 Freising www.braeustueberl-weihenstephan.de |
Friday, March 14th 2025
On Friday we will also start with a joint programme.
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 08:00 – 09:00 | Arrival and Registration |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | High-level Keynote: “Bilder, Bilder, … – wozu wir in der Ressortforschung KI einsetzen” (DE) – Dr. Ruth Dirsch, LWF Bayern |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | High-Level Keynote: “Ein zäher Weg in die forstliche Praxis – Hindernisse zur Einführung moderner Technologien aus der Sicht eines Revierleiters” (DE) – Martin Roth, Wood-In-Vision |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee Break |
After the coffee break, the participants can once again split up among the remaining sessions, before joining together once more for a final discussion.
| Time | Main Session | In-Depth Session | In-Depth Session |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:30 – 12:10 | Forestry Practice (DE) Moderation: Dr. Werner Rammer Language: German | Digitising Forests Moderation: Thorsten Reitz Language: German / English | Deep Learning in Remote Sensing Moderation: Dr. Nina Krüger Language: English |
| 12:15 – 13:00 | Wrap-up and Panel Discussion | Wrap-up and Panel Discussion | Wrap-up and Panel Discussion |