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FOREWORD
In attracting such a large and diverse group to the 2010 conference, the Operations Systems
Centre of Advanced Research (OSCAR) has once again shown itself to be a viable and appealing
platform for the forest operations research community in the Nordic-Baltic region.
Congratulations are due to the coordinating committee made up of representatives from each
participating country. The OSCAR group have facilitated a structure and provided the means
through which a large number of researchers have felt a strong affiliation to the various working
groups and the CAR itself over the past 5 years. A successful virtual centre such as this reflects
the sum of activity of the many individuals involved – from the newly started doctoral students to
the well seasoned professors.
These proceedings are an impressive collection of abstracts, diverse in the issues they address,
the methodologies applied in addressing them, and their geographic sources of origin. Yet they
are closely knit under the umbrella of forest operations. Together with the proceedings from the
2008 meeting in Denmark and the 2006 meeting in Estonia, they provide a track record which
documents a level of activity that must well exceed the original expectations of a CAR.
This is the final OSCAR conference within the first framework period. We are very proud to have
had the opportunity to host this event in Norway, and I am sure that delegates will have good
memories of the few days spent in Honne. It is always difficult to quantify the immediate gains of a
networking event, and it requires additional sacrifices in our demanding schedules. For the large
number of young researchers represented, gatherings like this play a strong role not only in
benchmarking your current skills and ideas with your colleagues, but in forming a solid basis for
future cooperation and networking. We look to you to not only keep this tradition alive, but to build
on it and adapt it to fit the working lifestyle of the future.
On behalf of the Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute I wish all the delegates a successful
and inspiring conference, and trust that it will contribute to an even greater synergy in the future.
Arne Bardalen
Director – Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute