OptiForValue

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OptiForValue is a 4-year Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking research & innovation action project - optimising forest operations for sustainable forest management & high-value applications.

Ola presenting OptiForValue slides in the webinar
Presenter in middle of explaining, standing in front of OptiForValue slides
details of the speakers involved in the webinar - Join a 1.5 hour online webinar on "Forest Machinery Development and Automation" with experts from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and the University of Eastern Finland (UEF), and connect with a broad international audience. In this session, you will explore how innovative forest machinery, autonomous systems, robotics, and electric vehicle (EV) technologies are shaping the next generation of forestry operations. The webinar will highlight cutting edge developments in intelligent automation, and sustainable machine design that improve operational efficiency, reduce environmental impact, and enhance safety in forest operations. Participants will gain insights into how these emerging technologies are driving the transition toward smart, automated, and sustainable forestry systems. - more details at https://www.iufro.org/events/webinar-series-sustainable-forestry-operations-for-the-bioeconomy-forest-machinery-development-and-automation
conference title in white font on an graphic with lots of trees!
Image of the program for the meeting which includes: Presentation of the ADAPT4K Project and the Research Almanac; Presentation of the FORSITE project; Lunch and laboratory tours; and a visit to the BFW experimental garden (optional); And an Interactive Multi-Stakeholder Workshop
Thanks again to the team for representing #OptiForValue - Christian Kanzian (- seen presenting here), Sonja Vospernik, Stephan Böhm (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU)) and Axel Solt-Rindler (Wood K plus - Kompetenzzentrum Holz GmbH) !
Live from COLI Summit 2026 in Vienna, were Axel Solt-Rindler from Wood K plus - Kompetenzzentrum Holz GmbH had the opportunity to present our work within the OptiForValue project Focusing in particular on the #OptiForValue Austrian case study “Value from Damage” — exploring how forest damage, often seen only as loss, can be re-thought as a source of value creation through smart, sustainable use.
#OptiForValue's partner Axel Solt-Rindler (Wood K plus) and his colleague at the stand at the Global Summit “Advancing Sustainable Forest-based Bioeconomy Approaches” in Vienna this week.
OptiForValue team members deep in discussion in the forest. All are wearing hard hats and high viz vests.
Screen grab from the Interreg Aurora site - page on NordicForestry project - Management methods for young boreal forests. There is a photo of tree harvesting with young birch trees on the page together with the project title. Website link is: https://www.interregaurora.eu/approved-projects/nordicforestry/
Forest winter scene with caption "Happy New Year!" and the white OptiForValue logo and tag line "Optimising Forest Operations for Sustainable Forest Management and High-Value Applications"
Video of a snowy forest scene with the northern lights with caption Happy New Year! and OptiForValue logo. The next scene is of a skier doing jumps with mountains in the background, with the caption "We hope it’s off to a flying start, wherever you are!". The following scene is of the sun seen through a birch forest, with the caption "Here’s to a year of continued collaboration, sustainability, and innovation!". The next is a 3x3 grid of forest and wood photos with the OptiForValue colour logo in the centre and the funder logos and funding acknowledgement and disclaimer at the bottom. This morphs into the final slide which is just the OptiForValue colour logo with the funder logos and funding acknowledgement and disclaimer.
Photo from forest in Attsjö super test site with a group looking at a tree with sensors and listening to a talk on the dendrometers, sap meters, sensors and radar monitoring the forest heartbeat!
photo of the sky from the forest floor, and a second photo of 2 researchers Johan and Johanna presenting details on a poster board propped on a table in the forest. There are drones displayed on the table too!
2 photos: 1 of wooden seating surrounding a table, with wooden bookcase behind it. the second photo, is of people in a small meeting room, sitting around a table with laptops out and discussing the project
OptiForValue project partners on the steps of the Teleborg Castle on the way from lunch in the grounds of Linnaeus University
Photo of a desk with a cup of coffee and a laptop. On the laptop screen a video is open and the play button highlighted with 'watch now'
Johan giving the welcome address with presentation slide in background
3 partners from the CBEJU OptiForValue project standing outside the LNU building on the first morning of the meeting
pg 7 of issue 66 - with the OptiForValue article in French
Front page Les Échos d'Ecofor issue 66
Presentation slide on seedlings and seed orchards, discussing topics like long rotation times 50-120 years & that climate change is an important factor. Leading up to the question: How do we select seedlings adapted to current and future climates that can provide maximum growth?
LNU researcher in white lab coat and safety glasses, standing examining the contents of a glass flask
video showing scenes from team at work in forests in Austria last week
3 researchers standing on forest track in Sweden looking up & smiling at drone From left to right: Basam Dahy (Postdoctoral Fellow) - Department of Forestry and Wood Technology, Linnaeus University Pavel Tsybenko (drone pilot) - DRONARISS /Katam Technologies Johan Fransson (Professor Digitalisation in Forestry) - Department of Forestry and Wood Technology, Linnaeus University
Image showing 4 year CBE JU project OptiForValue on Optimising forest operations for sustainable forest management and high-value applications
Webinar: Advances in assessing Tree growth and mortality using LiDAR and Satellite remote sensing 🌲 Speaker: Dr. Nicholas Coops, University of British Columbia, Canada, 📅 Wednesday, May 28th, 2025, 17:00 CET Organised by: IUFRO Working Party 4.01.07 Tree Growth, Mortality, and Remote Sensing - including #OptiForValue partner University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU)
Riccardo Dieni (a Ph.D. from Technical University of Munich) standing in forest - holding an instrument up to a tree - to sample an increment core for analysis with aim of identifying patterns to indicate arising forest decline.
image of the article Linnaeus University: Strengthening Swedish Forestry by Johan Fransson, Professor of Digitalisation in Forestry at Linnaeus University, and Johanna Witzell, Professor of Forest Health at Linnaeus University. Read more at: https://lnkd.in/dbVcqUKP
Video showing the OptiForValue team in a birch forest beside harvesting machinery; an infographic of a forest value chain; an image of the 7 work packages; and slide showing the expected results including: * developing & testing innovative technologies & practices * integrating results * providing cost effective best practice solutions * efficiently enhancing the value addition, competitiveness, sustainability and resilience of European forest-based value chains, particularly in regions impacted by climate change
A series of 4 pictures depicting the OptiForValue research visit to Wood K Plus facilities, including the front of the building, 4 researchers looking at equipment, a meeting in progress with researchers discussing the case study in an office with a presentation screen in background, and a wood storage shelf for wood ready to be tested!
OptiForValue project team in hard hats and high viz jackets in front of forest harvesting machinery loaded with logs
Image of the FORMEC The Forest Engineering Network website heading with logo (a cog) and an image of a forest looking out on a lake with the sun shining through the trees. And call for abstracts 2025 heading
OptiForValue - Optimising Forest Operations For Sustainable Forest Management & High-value Applications Image of logged wood in forest stacked at edge of forest track waiting for pickup for the mill. Images of 3 funder's logos Funding Acknowledgement & disclaimer: The OptiForValue project is supported by the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking and its members under Grant Agreement N° 101157658. Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CBE JU. Neither the European Union nor the CBE JU can be held responsible for them.
short video - Happy New Year! And we hope it's off to a flying start
OptiForValue logo (sustainable tree circular icon) Project full title: Optimising forest operations for sustainable forest management & high-value applications Funders' logos: CBE-JU, BIC (Bio-based Industries Consortium) and co-funded by the European Union. Funding acknowledgement and disclaimer: The OptiForValue project is supported by the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking and its members under Grant Agreement N° 101157658. Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CBE JU. Neither the European Union nor the CBE JU can be held responsible for them.