THE ROLE OF FORESTS, AGRICULTURE AND LAND USE IN SHAPING FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AGENDAS
Wednesday 19 August, 2015
University of Helsinki, Infocenter Korona (Lecture Hall 2), Viikinkaari 11
Program
Time | Topic | Speaker |
8:30 – 9:00 | Registration | |
9:00 – 9:15 | Seminar opening | Marketta Sipi, Dean, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki |
9:15 – 10:15 | Green economy in shaping future development agendas | Markku Ollikainen, Professor, Department of Economics and Management, University of Helsinki |
10:15 – 10:45 | Coffee Break | |
10:45 – 11:45 | Green economy and international forest policy processes | Heikki Granholm, Director, Natural Resources Department, Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry |
11:45 – 13:00 | Lunch break | |
13:00 – 14:00 | The growing Finnish forest-and-wood-based bioeconomy and sustainable forestry | Jyrki Kangas, Professor, University of Eastern Finland |
14:00 – 15:30 | Panel discussion | Panelists, including: Jyrki Salmi, Managing Director, Indufor Oy Damrong Pipatwattanakul, Professor, Kasetsart University, Thailand Sithong Thongmaniwong, Professor, National University of Laos, Lao PDR |
15:30 | Closing |