3^rd Call for Abstracts (and sorry for cross mailings)

Extended abstract deadline 1^st April 2015

SSAFR 2015 – 16^th Symposium for Systems Analysis in Forest Resources

August 19-21, 2015, Uppsala, Sweden

Abstract submission through conference homepage http://www.skogforsk.se/ssafr2015

The SSAFR symposia congregate researchers and practitioners in the area of Operations Research and Systems Analysis in Forest Resources. The symposia are held biannually and have until now taken place in the Americas, mostly in USA. This would be the first time the symposium takes place in Europe. Topics of stretches from broad problem areas such as ecosystem services, pest and fire, wood for energy, and landscape planning to mathematical methods and algorithmic developments. The following themes have thus far been identified:

• Educational tools in OR/MS
• Multi Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) methods
• Fire and pest management
• Forest Decision Support Systems - construction and use
• OR/MS techniques for forest planning
• Forest operations
• Planning and control systems for the forest-based supply chains
• The forest-based sector – modeling
• The forest-based sector – challenges and policies
• Bioenergy and biorefineries
• Transportation & routing
• Forest management and biodiversity

Contact and questions

· Scientific program: Ljusk Ola Eriksson (ola.eriksson@slu.se)

· Organizational issues: Gert Andersson (gert.andersson@skogforsk.se)

Co-organizers

·      SLU:                http://www.slu.se/en/departments/forest-resource-management/

·      Skogforsk:    http://www.skogforsk.se/english/

Wellcome! /Ola Eriksson

Professor Ljusk Ola Eriksson

Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Department of Forest Resource Management
Forest Planning
SE-901 83 UMEÅ
Visiting address: Skogsmarksgränd
Phone: +46 90 786 83 78

Fax: +46907868111
Ljusk.Ola.Eriksson@slu.se, www.slu.se/srh