International Conference of KSFE-FETEC 2025

The KSFE-FETEC 2025 conference will share and discuss the latest scientific and professional research work in forest operations and engineering, focusing on managing forest health, forest fires, landslides, and biomass utilization, with participation from internationally renowned researchers, practitioners, and industry stakeholders.

Forest disasters such as landslides and wildland fires are key issues in today’s forest management, especially for forestlands on steep slopes with a limited access. A major event of forest disasters can significantly disrupt an ongoing effort of sustainable forestry and leave unrecoverable damages to rural communities. Up-to-date forest engineering technologies and operational practices have been increasingly adopted to minimize the risk of forest disasters while supporting active forest management practices. Traditionally, innovations in forest engineering have been focusing on a supply of raw materials (i.e., logs and wood chips) to the forest products manufacturing sectors, with a strong emphasis on enhanced worker’s safety, efficient economics, and minimum impacts on the environment. While this still holds as an important goal of today’s industrial forest engineering and operations, forest machines and engineering technologies are now often employed in non-industrial timber operations to address a variety of forest management needs such as forest health improvement and wildfire hazard reduction. The use of forest engineering technologies for various forest management activities for which timber production is not a primary objective is now common today’s forestry, as we often deal with man-made high-density stands and non-traditional operations to accomplish various forest management objectives. Also, it should be noted that environmental issues such as soil impacts and water quality are ongoing challenges that need to be addressed for both successful industrial and non-industrial timber operations. Recent innovations in artificial intelligence and precision forestry can be effectively used to improve operational efficiency while minimizing safety and environmental risks. The forest engineering subject needs to be viewed as an integrated component of forest management and not an isolated field of study. Collaboration with other disciplines is increasingly important to maximize ecological, environmental, and economic benefits that forests provide. Efficient utilization of wood and forest residues is also an important aspect of business operations that effectively enhance a success of forest management projects.

The International Conference of KSFE-FETEC 2025 will be hosted by Korean Society of Forest Engineering (KSFE). The co-organizers include the Forest Engineering and Technologies Platform (FETEC) and IUFRO Research Group 3.01.00.

Important Dates
 

• Abstract Submission Deadline: 30 March 2025
• Author Notification: 15 April 2025
• Registration begins: 01 May 2025
• Conference: 30 June - 02 July 2025
• Full Paper Submission: 15 August 2025
• Publication of Proceedings: 15 November 2025