Wednesday 6 March 2019
How the latest technology is helping forestry
Thainstone House Hotel, Inverurie AB51 5NT
The meeting focused on the latest gadgets and systems that are set to make forestry smarter, safer and more profitable.
Presentations included:
- Innovations in timber haulage
- Jonathan Ritchie, James Jones & Sons Ltd
- The Smart Rural Grid project – the development of Long Range Wide Area Networks (LoRaWAN), IoT (Internet of Things) and wireless sensor networks.
- Bob Yuill, Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society
- Transporting Timber in Grampian
- Claire Glaister, Grampian Timber Transport Group
- Roots for Further Growth
- Andy Leitch, Timber Development Policy Advisor, FC Scotland
- Industry updates
- James Nott, FC Scotland Conservator for Grampian
- Jamie Farquhar from Confor on general Industry matters