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FOUNDATION PRIVATE FOREST CENTRE AND RURAL ECONOMY RESEARCH CENTRE: Private forestry annual conference "WOOD FOR ENERGY PRODUCTION"

Time: 12.09.2012–13.09.2012

Place: Registration to the working groups, study tour and conference via this webpage (click above "REGISTREERIMINE", after you have fulfilled the form click "Registreeru")

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Foundation Private Forest Centre, Rural Economy Research Centre and Estonian Private Forest Union organize an international conference about the increasing role of wood in the energy management on 12th - 14th Septmeber 2012.

The Conference "Food for energy" helps to analyze how cost-effective is the usage of wood for energy production, what are the benefits of using wood energy for local community, and what are the opportunities for private forest owners. During the Conference will be discussed about the resource sufficiency of Estonian forestry and what kind of support measures would contribute on the better usage of wood. In addition to the presentations about developments in Estonian Wood energy sector participants will receive information about the new practices from Europe.

Conference pictures www.maainfo.ee...

Participants: Private forest owners, private forest owners’ cooperatives, forestry officers and experts, scientists, policy-makers, representatives of local governments

Before the conference, three different international forestry working-group seminars will take place on the 12th September afternoon and 13th September morning, and a study-trip on the afternoon of 13th September:

TECHNICAL INFORMATION:

The official working language of seminars is English. The study-trip offers the opportunity for consecutive translation from Estonian to English and 14th September Conference will have simultaneous translation from Estonian to English and from English to Estonian.

Transfers from Tallinn Aiport and Port of Tallinn to Jäneda and back are organised.

Participation in the conference and study tour is free of charge. Participants has to cover the costs of accommodation in Jäneda Guesthouse (www.janedaturism.ee/index.php). There is special price for working group and conference participants that includes breakfest, buffee dinner and using of sauna. Booking an accommodation through email info@janedaturism.ee. 

Accommodation prices:

Registration to the working groups, study tour and conference via this webpage (click above "REGISTREERIMINE", after you have fulfilled the form click "Registreeru")

PROGRAMME of the Conference :

Wednesday, 12th September 2012

WoodEnergy working-goup and gathering of the participants

11.30 Bus transfer from Tallinn Airport / Bus Station/ Passenger port
 13.00 - 14.00 Gathering and welcoming-coffee of WoodEnergy working-group
14.00 - 15.45 Meeting of WoodEnergy working-group
15.45 Coffeee break
16.00 - 17.30 Meeting of WoodEnergy working-group continues
17.30 Coffeee break
 17.45 - 19.00 Meeting of WoodEnergy working-group continues
18.15 Bus transfer from Tallinn Airport / Passenger port
 Up to 24.00 Gathering of other working-group’s participants to Jäneda
 19.30 - ... Dinner in Stable of Black Stallion and accommodation in Jäneda Guesthouse

Thursday, 13th September 2012

Working-groups and study-trip

9.00 - 10.30 Working-groups: WoodEnergy and WETNet
10.30 Coffee break
10.30 - 12.00 Working-groups
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch in Stable of Black Stallion
13.00 - 15.00 Working-groups
15.00
  • Alternative 1: Study-trip – visiting boiler-house which is using wood for and overview about forestry management
  • Alternative 2: bus transfer to Tallinn Airport / Bus Station/ Passenger port
  • Alternative 3: Coffee break (WETNet)
15.30- 18.00 Meeting of WETNet working-group continues
19.00 End of the study-trip
19.15 Bus transfer to Tallinn Airport / Bus Station/ Passenger port
19.30 Dinner and accommodation in Jäneda Guesthouse

Friday, 14th September 2014

CONFERENCE „Wood for Energy “

9.00 - 10.00 Gathering and welcoming-coffee
Moderator of the conference: Hardi TULLUS, Estonian University of Life Science
Simultaneous translation from Estonian to English and English to Estonia
10.00 - 10.15

Opening the Conference - Keit PENTUS-ROSIMANNUS, Minister of teh Environment
10.15 - 11.00

Global usage perspectives of bioenergy - Didzis PALEJS, Latvian Biofuel and Bioenergy Association, Latvia

11.00 - 11.30

Wood energy market in Europe based on the example of UK - Neil HARRISON, bioenergy expert, UK

11.30 - 12.00 We have enough resources of wood - Enn PÄRT, Estonian Environment Information Centre, Head of Department of Forest Survey
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch
13.00 - 13.30 Practical example from local municipality: using wood energy instead of fossil fuels - Raido LIITMÄE, Muhu municipality
13.30 - 14.00 Forestry supports and wood energy - Elar NEITO, chief specialist of rural development department of Estonian Ministry of Agriculture
14.00 - 14.30 The importance of wood energy in the energy policy. Renewable energy support scheme in Estonia. CO2 trade - Ando LEPPIMAN, Vice-Chancellor of Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communication
14.30 - 15.00 Coffee break
14.35 Bus transfer to Tallinn Airport / Bus Station/ Passenger port
15.00 - 15.45

Panel-discussion on "Wood for Energy - What to do?".
Participants
:

  • Arto AAS, member of the Economic Affairs Committee of Estonian Parliament;
  • Taavi EHRPAIS, forest owner, chairman of Estonian Private Forest Union;
  • Ando LEPPIMAN, Vice-Chancellor of Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communication;
  • Andres TALIJÄRV, Vice-Chancellor of Estonian Ministry of the Environment;
  • Andres TAUKAR, Board manager of Tallinn Powerplant;
  • Neil HARRISON, bioenergy expert, UK
15.45 - 16.00 Conclusions
16.30 Bus transfer to Tallinn Airport / Bus Station/ Passenger port (TBC)

Information: Indrek Jakobson, Private Forest Centre, e-mail: indrek @ eramets.ee or telephone +372 524 4844 or Reve Lambur, Rural Economy Research Centre (Estonian Rural Network), e-mail: reve @ maainfo.ee or telephone + 372 529 8009

Viimati muudetud: 29.12.2014

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