Last update: 02/03/2019

Keynote Speakers

Keynote Speakers

 

  

 

 

Bistra Dilkina

WiSE Gabilan Assistant Professor and Assistant Professor of Computer Science
University of Southern California
 
Title: Artificial Intelligence for Wildlife Conservation
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

Rafael Epstein

Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering Department
Universidad de Chile
 
Title: Optimization of Forest Industry Operations  
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

Mark A. Finney 

Research Forester 
U.S. Forest Service
Rocky Mountain Research Station
 
Title: Good News and Bad News for Wildfire Operations Research
 

 


 

 

Robert G. Haight

Research Forester 
U.S. Forest Service
Northern Research Station
 
Title: Invasive Species: Operations Research for Prevention, Surveillance and Control 
 
 

 

 

Jordi García-Gonzalo

SuFoRun
Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya

Title: International Research on Models and decision support tools for Forest Planning under risk and Uncertainty.

Download the abstract here.

See more about Mr. García here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weikko "Stephen" Jaross

Director of Forest Informatics and Client Services

Landvest Inc. Olympia, WA USA 

Title: Applied Operation Research in North American Forestry - A Practitioner's Perspective

Download the abstract here.

See more about Mr. Jaross here.

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Taraneh Sowlati

Professor 
Department of Wood Science, Forest Sciences Centre
The University of British Columbia
 
Title: Forest-based biomass: opportunities, challenges and supply chain modeling
 
  
 
  
   
 
 

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