About


SilviLaser is a well-attended and established event held in various locations worldwide, with a tradition spanning more than 20 years.

SilviLaser 2027 will bring together experts from various fields to discuss the latest developments in technology and science related to laser scanning and forestry. The conference in Poland will cover many aspects of using laser scanning data in forest environment analysis to improve methods of its description, change monitoring, and ecology.

The 2027 event will take place in Warsaw and will include presentations by participants and keynote speakers, business experience sharing, a summer school, meetings for young scientists, workshops, and information sessions.


Organizing Committe

Chairs

Krzysztof Stereńczak

Forest Research Institute

Juha Hyyppä

Finnish Geospatial Research Institute FGI

Co-Chairs

Piotr Wężyk

University of Agriculture
in Krakow

Eetu Puttonen

Finnish Geospatial Research Institute FGI

Yunsheng Wang

Finnish Geospatial Research Institute FGI

Organizing Team

Mattia Balestra
Università Politecnica delle Marche
Erdenetuya Boldbaatar
University of Agriculture
in Krakow
Mariana Campos
Finnish Geospatial Research Institute FGI
Wirginia Duranowska
Forest Research Institute
Yousef Erfanifard
Forest Research Institute
Bartłomiej Kraszewski
Forest Research Institute
Wojciech Krawczyk
University of Agriculture
in Krakow
Grzegorz Krok
IDEAS Research Institute
Maksymilian Kulicki
IDEAS NCBR
Maciej Lisiewicz
Forest Research Institute
Miłosz Mielcarek
Forest Research Institute
Jakub Miszczyszyn
University of Agriculture
in Krakow
Igor Pawelec
University of Agriculture
in Krakow
Siiri Pyykkönen
Finnish Geospatial Research
Institute FGI
Marta Szostak
University of Agriculture
in Krakow

Scientific Committee

Alexis Achim
Université Laval
Bogdan Apostol
National Institute for Research and Development in Forestry
Krzysztof Będkowski
University of Łódź
Carlos Cabo Gomez
University of Oviedo
Kim Calders
Ghent University
Letícia Ferrari Castanheiro
Embrapa
Gherardo Chirici
University of Florence
Woodam Chung
Oregon State University
Nicholas Coops
University of British Columbia
Renato César dos Santos
Sao Paulo State University
Laura Innice Duncanson
University of Maryland
Fabian  Faßnacht
Freie Universität Berlin
Songlin Fei
Purdue University
Johan Fransson
Linnaeus University
Terje Gobakken
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Qinghua Guo
Peking University
Markus Hollaus
TU Wien
Tommaso Jucker
University of Bristol
Akira Kato
Chiba University
Geza Kiraly
University of West Hungary, Sopron
Xinlian Liang
Wuhan University
Veraldo Liesenberg
Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina
Emily Lines
University of Cambridge
Martin Mokros
University College London
Monika L. Moskal
Washington University
Vítězslav Moudrý 
Czech University of Life Sciences
Mihai Daniel Nita
Transilvania University of Brasov
Jaime Hernández Palma
Naturaleza Universidad de Chile
Yong Pang
Chinese Academy of Forestry
Marius Petrila 
National Institute for Research and Development in Forestry
Roberto Pierdicca
Università Politecnica delle Marche
Anže Martin Pintar
Slovenian Forestry Institute
Timo Pitkänen
LUKE
Stefano Puliti
Norwegian Insitute of Bioeconomy Research
Parvez Rana
LUKE
Ivan Sačkov
National Forest Centre (NLC) Slovakia
Juan Suárez-Minguez
Forest Research
Peter Surový
Czech University of Life Sciences
Xin Tian
Chinese Academy of Forestry
Antonio Maria Tommaselli
Sao Paulo State University
Piotr Tompalski
Natural Resources Canada 
Ruben Valbuena
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Jari Vauhkonen
University of Helsinki
Di Wang
Xi’an Jiaotong University
Lars Waser
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Michael Watt
Scion
Joanne White
Natural Resources Canada 
Michael Wulder
Natural Resources Canada 
Huaiqing Zhang
Chinese Academy of Forestry

Previous editions of Silvilaser

2025Quebec, Canada
2023London, England
2021Vienna, Austria
2019Iguazu Falls, Brazil
2017Blacksburg, USA
2015Grande-Motte, France
2013Beijing, China
2012Vancouver, Canada
2011Hobart, Australia
2010Freiburg, Germany
2009College Station, USA
2008Edinburgh, UK
2007Espoo, Finland
2006Matsuyama, Japan
2005Blacksburg, USA
2004Freiburg, Germany
2003Umea, Sweden
2002Victoria, Canada
2001Brisbane, Australia