TimeTable SmartForest 2025
SmartForest 2026 will take place on the 12th and 13th of March, 2026, at the Technical University of Munich’s campus in Freising, at the Zentrum Wald-Forst-Holz Weihenstephan.
You can find a more detailed overview of the conference programme here.
Further information about our speakers can be found here.
Thursday, March 12th 2026
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 08:00 – 09:00 | Arrival and Registration |
| Time | Auditorium H21 | Auditorium H22 | Room SR04 | Room SR05 | Outdoor Session 1 | Outdoor Session 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 – 09:10 | Greeting and Conference Opening | Greeting and Conference Opening | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 09:10 – 10:00 | Keynote: Rethinking Forest ecosystem understanding and management with 3D Artificial Intelligence Stefano Puliti, NIBIO Language: English | Keynote: Digitales Ökosystem Wald: Wie weit sind wir? Thorsten Reitz, wetransform GmbH Language: German | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee Break |
| Time | Auditorium H21 | Auditorium H22 | Room SR04 | Room SR05 | Outdoor Session 1 | Outdoor Session 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Keynote: Digitaler Wald. Analoges Denken. Schluss mit den Kästchen! Günther Bronner, Umweltdata GmbH Language: German | Keynote: Kein technischer Wandel ohne sozialen Wandel. Warum Transformation nur gelingt, wenn wir die Menschen mitnehmen PD Dr. Tobias Schlechtriemen, Universität Freiburg | Thomas Breunig, Forst Direktion Freiburg Language: German | In-Depth Session: Strategies for Climate-resilient Forests Language: English | N/A | Inventur mit Handheld Scanner – Hands-on Erfahrung im Lehrforst Kathrin Birnbauer, Umweltdata GmbH Language: German/English | Smart im Wald – So optimieren mobile Anwendungen die Forstpraxis Ina Wilken, palos GmbH Language: German |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Themenblock 1: Forstwirtschaft im Wandel – Aktuelle Erkenntnisse und Praxisperspektiven Language: German | Keynote (continued) | In-Depth Session (continued) | N/A | Inventur mit Handheld Scanner (continued) | Smart im Wald (continued) |
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 12:00 – 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| Time | Auditorium H21 | Auditorium H22 | Room SR04 | Room SR05 | Outdoor Session 1 | Outdoor Session 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Themenblock 5: Innovative Forstpraxis hautnah Language: German | Block 4: Digital Twins and Data Spaces Moderation: Thorsten Reitz Language: English | In-Depth Session: Hindernisse, Erfolgsfaktoren und Lösungsansätze Language: German | N/A | Plenterwald-App Vorarlberg: Praxisnahe Entscheidungsunterstützung für plenterwaldgerechte Eingriffe direkt im Bestand Moderation: Stephan Philipp Language: German | Digitaler Zwilling im Holzeinschlag Moderation: Martin Roth, Wood.In.Vision Language: German |
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee Break |
| Time | Auditorium H21 | Auditorium H22 | Room SR04 | Room SR05 | Outdoor Session 1 | Outdoor Session 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16:00 – 17:30 | Block 3: Forest Practice 4.0: AI for Sustainable Forestry Language: English | In-Depth Session: Datenräume, Standards und Infrastruktur Moderation: Thorsten Reitz Language: German | In-Depth Session: Künstliche Intelligenz, digitale Zwillinge & Best Practices Language: German | In-Depth Session: Digitale Werkzeuge und Apps Language: German | N/A | N/A |
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 13th 2025
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 08:00 – 09:00 | Arrival and Registration |
| Time | Auditorium H21 | Auditorium H22 | Room SR04 | Room SR05 | Outdoor Session 1 | Outdoor Session 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Focus Session: Bridging remote sensing and modelling: Benchmark data for future forests Moderation: Dr. Mirela Beloiu Schwenke & Dr. Lars Waser Language: English | In-Depth Session: New Methods in Forest Inventory Language: English | N/A | N/A | Skalierbare Resilienz: Biotechnisch optimierte Direktsaat als Antwort auf den Waldumbau im Klimawandel Moderation: Leonard Sauter, Skyseed GmbH Language: German | Datenaufnahme im Wald bis zur Auszeichnungsübung mit MSC Mobile Moderation: Christian Rosset, BFH Language: English |
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| Time | Auditorium H21 | Auditorium H22 | Room SR04 | Room SR05 | Outdoor Session 1 | Outdoor Session 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:00 – 12:30 | In-Depth Session: Artificial Intelligence as an Analytical Tool in Forestry Language: English | Block 2: The Forest of the Future Language: English | World Café Moderation: Dr. Lars Waser, WSL Language: German | World Café Moderation: Petra Adler, FVA BW Language: English | N/A | N/A |
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| Time | Auditorium H21 | Auditorium H22 | Room SR04 | Room SR05 | Outdoor Session 1 | Outdoor Session 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14:00 – 15:30 | In-Depth Session: KI-gestützte Fernerkundung in der Praxis Language: German | In-Depth Session: Drones, Sensor Technology, and Remote Sensing Language: English | In-Depth Session: Von der Datenerhebung zur Anwendung Language: German | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Break |
| Time | Auditorium H21 | Auditorium H22 | Room SR04 | Room SR05 | Outdoor Session 1 | Outdoor Session 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:45 – 16:15 | Closing Keynote: Earth observation for European forest monitoring: what has been achieved and where are we heading? Prof. Dr. Cornelius Senf, TU München Language: English | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 16:15 – 17:00 | Wrap-Up & Closing Thorsten Reitz, wetransform GmbH Language: German | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |