EFI at IUFRO Congress 2024

Join us at the 26th International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) World Congress in Stockholm, Sweden, under the theme, Forests & Society Towards 2050.

Our researchers will present their work at the event and moderate sessions, and you will have the opportunity to learn more about our work across different offices, network with our researchers, and more.

Check out the preliminary agenda below.

Agenda

24 June

Please note that times and locations are subject to change. For the latest updates, please visit the IUFRO website.

Alex Giurca (session chair)

  • Title: Governance of a Bio-resource-based Bioeconomy in the Global South

  • Time: 12:30–14:15 CEST

  • Location: Poster 28


Sara Uzquiano


Johanna Klapper


Alex Giurca (session chair)

  • Title: Governance of a Bio-resource-based Bioeconomy in the Global South

  • Time: 14:30­–15:30 CEST

  • Location: Room 2


Marcus Lindner

25 June

Please note that times and locations are subject to change. For the latest updates, please visit the IUFRO website.

Alex Giurca (session chair)

  • Title: Digital transformation in forest governance – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

  • Time: 08:30–10:30 CEST

  • Location: Room 17


Rina Tsubaki

  • Title: Situating forest policy and governance issues through digital methods

  • Time: 10:10–10:30 CEST

  • Location: Room 17


Florencia Franzini


Hans Verkerk (session chair)

  • Title: Climate Smart Forestry

  • Time: 12:30–13:15 CEST

  • Location: Poster 18


Yasmin Maximo

  • Title: Enhancing forest models by incorporating forest managers’ behavior

  • Time: 12:37–12:44 CEST

  • Location: Poster 18


Cleo Orfanidou 


Helga Pülzl (session chair)

  • Title: Governing EU’s forests: policy narratives, perception and power

  • Time: 16:00–18:00 CEST

  • Location: Room 19


Rik De Vreese


Bernhard Wolfslehner, Helga Pülzl, Alex Giurca, Jeanne-Lazya Roux (EFI co-authors)

27 June

Please note that times and locations are subject to change. For the latest updates, please visit the IUFRO website.

Diana Tuomasjukka and Venla Wallius (session chair)

  • Title: Perception – Awareness – Choice. How forest bioeconomy becomes a reality

  • Time: 08:30–10:30 CEST

  • Location: Room 10


Rik De Vreese

  • Title: How integrated forest management caters to recreationists

  • Time: 08:30–08:42 CEST

  • Location: Room 15


Tanja Kähkönen

  • Title: Agroforestry advisory services at the intersection of agriculture and forestry in Finland

  • Time: 09:08–09:13 CEST

  • Location: Room 24


Trishna Dutta

  • Title: Effects of single- vs mixed-species restoration planting on biodiversity: A systematic review

  • Time: 09:51–10:01 CEST

  • Location: Room 8


Venla Wallius

  • Title: Sustainable value creation and collaborative business models in the future forest-based sector

  • Time: 09:51–10:00 CEST

  • Location: Room 10


Siebe Briers

  • Title: Government and industry perceptions of Bioeconomy: A Comparative Study of nine European Regions

  • Time: 10:05–10:10 CEST

  • Location: Room 10


Venla Wallius

  • Title: Insights Into Life-Science Students’ Views on Bioeconomy Entrepreneurship

  • Time: 10:10–10:15 CEST

  • Location: Room 10

28 June

Please note that times and locations are subject to change. For the latest updates, please visit the IUFRO website.

Hans Verkerk (session chair)

  • Title: The new age of forest monitoring: A common European forest monitoring system in a global perspective

  • Time: 08:30–10:30 CEST

  • Location: Room 21


Inazio Martinez de Arano, Robert Mavsar (EFI co-authors)

  • Title: Non-timber forest products and the European bioeconomy: status and transition pathways

  • Time: 14:42–14:54 CEST

  • Location: Room 2


Helga Pülzl, Rik De Vreese (EFI co-authors)

  • Title: Exploring Urban Forests in Europe: Access, Usage Patterns and Insights from 33 Countries

  • Time: 13:35–13:40 CEST

  • Location: Poster 14


Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat

  • Title: Unlocking the Potential: Systemic Approaches to Scale Up Urgent Ecosystem Restoration for Forest Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

  • Time: 17:28–18:00 CEST

  • Location: Room 4


Robert Mavsar (EFI co-author)

  • Title: Non-Wood Forest Products’ related habits of Spanish households shaping bioeconomy demand: consumption and harvesting factors and trends

  • Time: 09:18–09:42 CEST

  • Location: Room 28


Tanja Kähkönen

  • Title: Agroforestry in Finland: case study of innovations in agroforestry farms in Finland

  • Time: 17:00–17:10 CEST

  • Location: Room 7


Venla Wallius

  • Title: Stakeholder views on the future of Finnish forest utilization and new wood-based products

  • Time: 09:00–09:06 CEST

  • Location: Room 18


Yasmin Maximo

  • Title: Overview of the main challenges for comprehensive forest monitoring in Europe

  • Time: 08:30–08:45 CEST

  • Location: Room 21


Hans Verkerk, Johanna klapper, Yasmin Maximo, Janne Jarvikyla (EFI co-authors)

  • Title: Assessing European forest trajectories under climate change with a high resolution forest resource model, EFISCEN-space

  • Time: 09:40–09:50 CEST

  • Location: Room 27


Thomas Colonna

  • Title: Promoting gender equality and decent work: Cases from the Mekong region’s small-scale forest sector

  • Time: 09:41–09:49 CEST

  • Location: Room 16
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