Field trip Rosewood 4.0 – Digitalization in the Poplar sector

Field trip Rosewood 4.0 – Digitalization in the Poplar sector

We are pleased to invite you to our Study Visit that will take place in León, Spain, and online, too.

15 June, Tuesday afternoon 15:00. Digitalization of the poplar sector. (also online)

We welcome the attendance and participation of project partners, including presentations of BPs from other countries related to the topic.

16 June, Wednesday morning 9:00. Field visits to several companies in the sawmill industry, plantations and nurseries near León. (We will take photos and recordings to share them afterwards).

Please, let me know if you or any company of the poplar sector is interested in presenting a BPs on Tuesday afternoon. The attendance in-person is limited due to sanitary restrictions but if there’s any expert in the poplar sector from other hubs interested in coming, please, contact us.

Registration here we can do it for you, and we’ll send you the link the day before, but please, confirm your attendance in advance!! Thank you.

Kind regards,

Ángela García de Arana

Área Gestión de Proyectos, Cooperación y Fundraising

Técnico de proyectos

Fundación Centro de Servicios y Promoción Forestal y de su Industria de Castilla y León

Pol. Ind. Las Casas, calle C, parcela 4. 42005 – Soria. España

0034 975 21 24 53

www.cesefor.com

 

Agenda

Poplar week

15, 16 June. León

Organized by: Institute for Business Competitiveness of Castilla y León (ICE) and Rosewood 4.0 project in collaboration with Cesefor, which is part of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Network of Castilla y León(www.redei.es)

Digitalization in the Poplar sector

Tuesday 15th June, 2021 (afternoon)

Location: Sede de los productos de calidad del Bierzo

Calle la Iglesia, 2, 24549 Carracedelo, León

This session will be broadcast

Presented and moderated by: Ángela García de Arana and Riccardo Castellini, Department of International Cooperation, Cesefor Foundation.

15:00 Opening of the session

Welcome: Institute for Business Competitiveness of Castilla y León (ICE)

Introductions: Cesefor

15:30 Promoting the participation of SMEs in European networks and projects: ICE actions within the scope of the European Programs Unit.

15:50 Enterprise Europe Network and its services: Eva Ferrero, EEN – ICE.

16:10 Presentation of Best Practices & Innovations identified in the sector.

– Managemet of land for poplar timber production. SOMACYL – Álvaro Picardo (JCyL)

– Mobilization of the private forestry market: Collective auctions of landowners through forestry associations – Olga Gonzalez, FAFCYLE

– LiDAR volume estimation of poplar forests – David García, ChoperApp

– Potentiality and profitability analyisis tools for poplar plantations in Castile and León. – Nacho Campanero, Cesefor Foundation

(Questions & Answers after each presentation)

17:40 Break

18:00 Round table on the digitalization of the sector, its international development and the economic opportunities offered to companies.

With the participation of:

Álvaro Picardo – Junta de Castilla y León

Eduardo Tolosana – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

David García – AGRESTA Soc. Coop.

Juan Picos – Universidad de Vigo

Pablo Sabín y Roberto Rubio – Cesefor

Andrea Argnani – AIEL (IT)

Henri Husson – CRPF Aquitania (FR)

19:00 End of session

 

Field trip Rosewood 4.0

Digitalization in the Poplar sector

Wednesday 16 June (morning)

Field Trip

9:00 Departure from León.

Visit to sawmilling companies, plantations and tree nurseries near León.

Lunch during the visit

15:00 End of field trip Rosewood 4.0,

Departure of participants in the afternoon

IMPORTANT: we would like to point out that between 17 and 19 June there will be AsturForesta: an international fair on wood that will take place the following days in Asturias, very close to León (www.asturforesta.es). However, travel & accommodation costs for participation are not eligible under Rosewood 4.0 project.