Esthevan Gasparotto
Project: Cutting-edge Technologies for forest monitoring and measurement
Country: Brazil
Nominated by: Ibá
The winners
The winners presented their projects at the ICFPA Annual Meeting and in front of 20 CEOs of forest based industry from around the world at the occasion of the CEOs Roundtable held on May 18th, 2017 in Berlin.
The ICFPA congratulates all the participants and the global winners of the first edition of this global competition. ICFPa believes it is important to foster knowledge and stimulate innovative research among young researchers.
2016 was the first year of the global competition, which had the following theme:
“Game Changing Technologies for the Forest and Paper Industry – Unfolding the Potential of Forest, Paper and Wood Based Products.”
The theme included 2 sub areas:
Future Generation Forestry
Forest tree breeding and biotechnology
Precision forestry
Measurements and inventory
Innovation in the Wood-Based Industry
Analysis and properties of pulp and paper
Facilities, instrument and process control
Bioproducts and wood chemistry
Recycling, deinking and environment
Timber for construction
Material substitution with wood
Jury
The national level award was conducted from May to December, 2016. Nominations period is now closed. Twelve national finalists were indicated to the global selection which started in January 2017. The 2017 Global Selection will be conducted by a jury composed of experts and global representatives of renowned organizations, including: