Read an interview with Division 3 Coordinator Woodam Chung of Oregon State University, USA, . While Division 3 - Forest Operations Engineering and Management - does promote interdisciplinary research within and beyond the field of forest sciences - we learn from other disciplines, and create synergy and innovations by bringing new perspectives and new solution approaches into our discipline. Thinking outside-the-box and bringing new innovations are necessary to revive our research and profession. We are facing great challenges, but we believe these challenges offer great opportunities. The Freiburg Congress provided us with a glimpse of the future - new technologies, new innovations that are on the horizon. This forum has given us an opportunity to see the future of forest engineering. Download the PDF: https://www.iufro.org/download/file/27613/6146/iufro2017-interwiew-d3_pdf/ Link to the IUFRO Blog: http://blog.iufro.org/2017/10/16/on-forest-operations-engineering-and-manage ment/ Learn more about IUFRO Division 3: https://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-3/