Programme

IUFRO Symposium on Forest Education – Merging theory and practice with help of digital tools

Online presentations voluntary papers time slots are the following ones. Monday 2 October at Helsinki time: before noon for Asian delegates from 6 to 7 am UTC, from 9 to 11 am UTC for African and European delegates and from 1 to 3 pm for American delegates.

There is a field trip in the conference programme. That is why it is recommended that you prepare carefully with your clothing. A typical temperature in early October is in Southern Finland from 5 to 10 C. Tracking boots is a good idea.
The number of onsite participants is limited to 35.

Please note that the schedule has been updated!
Programme

Time

Topic

Place

Sunday, October 1

2-3:30 pm UTC

(5 pm Helsinki time)

Arriving in Helsinki

Get-together

Get-together

Helsinki city centre, Metsätalo, Unioninkatu 40 (onsite only)

Monday, October 2 

6:00-8:00 am UTC

 

Opening, keynote presentations

Pipiet Larasatie: HyFlex graduate program in Forest Business: the adult continuing education business model.

Dianna FisherFrom Idea to Implementation: Creating a successful Online Program.

 

Helsinki city centre, University main building, Fabianinkatu 33, Studium 1 (f3020) (hybrid) 

Monday, October 2 

8:00-9:00 am  UTC 

Voluntary presentations

Higashihara TakashiEducational method to study wood and wood-based materials using digital technology

Mariko InoueComparing Contents between Forest Science Education in Undergraduate Universities and Qualifying Examinations for Professional Experts Related to Forest in Japan.

Delene WeberUpskilling Foresters on Autonomous Wildlife Detection:   A case study of protecting koalas in Australian blue gum plantations.

Helsinki city centre, University main building, Fabianinkatu 33, Studium 1 (f3020) (hybrid)

Monday, October 2

10:00-11:00 UTC 

Roundtable discussion on Digital tools in education. A) digital tools and peer review of teaching B) digital tools and core curriculum C) Digital tools and teaching materials  Helsinki city centre, University main building, Fabianinkatu 33, Studium 1 (f3020) (hybrid)

Monday, October 2

11:30- 13:00 UTC

Voluntary presentations

Sergio Molina-Murillo: Adoption of hybrid learning through the flipped classroom approach: experiences and reflections from teaching forest economics in Costa Rica.

Claudia Moster: Gender issues in forestry education in Brazil. 

Wang, Guangyu and Zeng, Suzy: Innovative Sustainable Forest Management Education in the Asia-Pacific Region.

Lujan Alvarez: Forestry education: a multidimensional challenge for forestry Mexico in the XXI century?

Helsinki city centre, University main building, Fabianinkatu 33, Studium 1 (f3020) (hybrid)

Monday, October 2 

1:00-3:00 pm  UTC 

 

Keynote presentation

Sandra Sharry: Forest education policies in Argentina. Challenges of the new quality standards and the incorporation of ICTs.

Launching Latin America forest education network

Helsinki city centre, University main building, Fabianinkatu 33, Studium 1 (f3020) (hybrid)

Tuesday, October 3

6:00-7:00 UTC 

Keynote presentation

Jorma NeuvonenMicro-Certificate programming. 

Viikki campus, Walter room, EE-building 

Hybrid 

Tuesday, October 3

7:00-8:20 UTC

Voluntary papers

Ari Talkkari: Combining marteloscopes with mobile.

Bator Jarosław: Environmental education implemented by the State Forests in Poland - from walks in the forest to virtual reality.

Isabel Muñoz Hidalgo: Collaborative curriculum development with Higher Education students – An example of designing BSc programme on forest bioeconomy.

Möttönen, Marjoriitta: Global Virtual Seminar in the MSc European Forestry programme – A joint effort of six European universities

Viikki campus, Walter room, EE-building 

Hybrid 

Tuesday, October 3

10:00-12:30 UTC

visiting forests

(Nemus Futurum) &

travelling to Hyytiälä, dinner

Southern Finland, Lohja, Onsite

Hyytiälä, Juupajoki Onsite 

Wednesday, October 4

 

6:00-9:00 UTC

Observing field education and

Intro to the Field Station

Hyytiälä field station (onsite only)

Wednesday, October 4

10:30-11:30

Teaching observation: Introduction to forest

sciences BSc course teaching
Hyytiälä field station (Hybrid, if  weather permitting)

Wednesday, October 4

11:30-17.30 UTC aa

Travelling to Helsinki, via Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (around 15:00)  Helsinki City centre

CLOSING REMARKS: FINAL  

journal FOREST: As our Guest Editor, you could promote our special issue during the conference and maybe it will be interesting for some of the participants to submit the paper and we will provide a discount for every submission.