Note: Each day will be a combination of lectures and group work sessions of 2-3 hours related to the day's topic. This is meant to increase interaction and own thinking. Tentative schedule.
| Theme 3: Sustainable forest management (SFM) as a basis for bioeconomy development | |
| 8.30 | Introduction to the day |
| Elena Kulikova, EFI | |
| 8.40 | What is SFM? How to measure it? Criteria and indicators, lessons learnt |
| Elena Kulikova, EFI / Bernard Wolfslehner, Leader of EFI's Forest Policy Research Network (presentation) | |
| 9.00 | Forest management in Russia and ensuring its sustainability |
| Natalia Lukina, Centre for Forest Ecology and Productivity, Russian Academy of Sciences (presentation) | |
| 9.20 | Forest management in China and ensuring its sustainability |
| Linyun Rong, Division of International Cooperation, State Forestry and Grassland Administration China (presentation) | |
| 9.40 | Forest management and "virtual forest" |
| Timo Tahvanainen, Business Joensuu (presentation) | |
| 10.00 | Coffee |
| 10.30 | SFM in Russia and China: company view |
| Mikhail Tarasov, IKEA of Sweden (presentation) | |
| 10.50 | SFM in Russia and China: NGO's view |
| Alexander Voropaev, Global Forest and Trade Network, WWF Russia (presentation) | |
| 11.20 | Interactive panel discussion & questions |
| Panellist are the same as the speakers above | |
| 12.00 | Lunch |
| 13.00 | Key skills: leadership and innovations |
| Xavier Marcet, Lead to Change | |
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Theme 4: the emerging forest-based economy: drivers, trends, markets and products |
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| 14.00 | Rethinking the role of the forest-based sector services |
| Päivi Pelli, UEF (presentation) | |
| 14.20 | Non-market forest services: from values to payments |
| Irina Prokofieva, Forest Sciences Center of Catalonia (presentation) | |
| 14.40 | Can bioenergy be competitive? |
| Lauri Sikanen, Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE) (presentation) | |
| 15.00 | Coffee |
| 15.30 | Panel discussion an wrap-up of the day |
| Panellist are the same as the speakers above | |
| 16.0-17.30 | Scenario Building: group work |
| 18.00 | Departure to Villa Vainoniemi, address: Vainoniementie 3, 80100 Joensuu |
| 18.30 | Business dinner: The Role of innovation and strategy in business leadership |
| Francisco Lozano, Arauco, Chile (presentation) | |
| Participants of the panel: representatives of regional business companies | |
| Arbonaut (presentation), Kelluu (presentation) and Mantsinen (presentation) | |
| 20.00-22.00 | Informal dinner |