Join Scottish Forest & Wood-based Industries (SFWI) for their popular regional events this Autumn.
Doors will open at stated start time with food and refreshments and a networking hour before presentations begin. Speaker sessions will follow, with an approximate total runtime of three hours.
Speaker details will be updated as available.
HIFIC – 17:00 Wednesday 28 October 2026 – UHI Inverness – more detail and booking
- Kieran Leigh-Moy (Scotland’s Future Trees) – Where Can CCF Work? Opportunities, Evidence and Practical Experience
- Ross Watson (Forestry and Land Scotland) – Working Through Complexity: Wildlife Constraints and Forestry Trade-offs
- Bryony Hewetson-Ward (Forestry and Land Scotland) – Newton Nursery: Growing Scotland’s Future Forest
North Scotland – 17:00 Monday 2 November 2026 – James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen – more detail and booking
- Dr Andy Taylor (James Hutton Institute) – Below ground biodiversity in forests
- Sofia Johansson (University of Aberdeen) – Non-technical skills in forestry
- Dr Eleanor Harris – Forestry Carbon and Natural Capital Markets
Mid Scotland – 16:00 Wednesday 4 November 2026 – Stirling Business Centre – more detail and booking
- Dr William Clark (Scottish Forestry) – The Windblow Contingency Plan
- Other speakers tbc
South Scotland – 16:00 Thursday 12 November 2026 – Heart of Hawick, Hawick – more detail and booking
- Margaret Allan (Alba Trees) – Alba Trees North
- Other speakers tbc