Summit Schedule 2025

DAY 1: April 29, 2025


8:00-9:15 AM Networking Breakfast

9:15-10:25 AM Opening Remarks, Keynote Speaker & Sponsor Speech

  • 9:25 AM Opening remarks: Consulate General of Sweden in San Francisco
  • 9:35 AM Keynote speaker: Jim Lane - Editor and publisher, The Daily Digest
  • 10:10 AM Sponsor speech: Christian Eggleton - Director of Forest Carbon Verification, TÜV SÜD America

10:25-11:00 AM Theme: Forest Management & Ownership
  • 10:25 AM John Andersen - ​​​​​​​Director of Forest Policy, Mendocino and Humboldt Redwood Companies
  • 10:40 AM Carl-Fredrik Hamilton - CEO, Boo Egendom

11:00 AM COFFEE BREAK


11:25-12:15 AM Theme: Forest Bioeconomy & Innovation
  • 11:25 AM Maria Iwarsson - Program Manager Value Chain and Tf Communcation and Sustainability manager, Skogforsk
  • 11:35 AM Nick Wobbrock - Co-Founder & Chief Conservation Officer, Blue Forest
  • 11:45 AM Panel discussion: Maria Iwarsson, Nick Wobbrock, Daniel L. Sanchez & Michael Maguire

12:15-1:30 PM Networking Lunch


1:30-2:35 PM Theme: Forest Bioeconomy & Innovation
  • 1:30 PM Sponsor speech: Christian Butzlaff - Chief Sustainability Solution Architect, SAP
  • 1:45 PM Justin Dawe - Founder and CEO, Earth Force
  • 1:55 PM Erik Willén - Senior Manager Precision Forestry, Stora Enso
  • 2:05 PM Panel discussion: Justin Dawe, Erik Willén, & Magnus Thor

2:35-3:15 PM Startup Pitches
  • 2:35 PM Katam Technologies
  • 2:45 PM Intelifore
  • 2:55 PM Beetlesense
  • 3:05 PM Bright Day Graphene

3:15-3:50 FIKA BREAK


3:50-5:45 PM Theme: Wood Building and Architecture
  • 3:50 PM Jessica Becker - Wallenberg Senior Fellow
  • 3:55 PM Marco Lucisano - Senior Vice President, Built Environment, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
  • 4:10 PM Joe Swain - Associate Principal, Architect, Mithun
  • 4:25 PM Johannes Debus - Architect, Arkitektbolaget
  • 4:40 PM Jessika Szyber - Business Development Manager, Stora Enso
  • 4:55 PM Dean Lewis - Director of Mass Timber and Prefabrication, Skanska USA
  • 5:20 PM Panel discussion: Joe Swain, Johannes Debus, Jessika Szyber & Dean Lewis
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5:45-6:00 PM Closing Remarks Day 1
  • Mats Andersson - SACC SF/SV

6:00-8:30 PM Networking, snacks and non-alcoholic beverages


DAY 2: April 30, 2025


8:00-9:00 AM Networking Breakfast

9:00-9.10 AM Opening Remarks

9.10-11:00 AM Theme: AI for the Forest

  • 9.10 AM Keynote Speaker: John Mills - CEO & Cofounder, Watch Duty
  • 9.45 AM John Battles - Professor of Forest Ecology, UC Berkeley
  • 10.00 AM Lars Svensson - Founder & CEO, Nordic Forestry Automation
  • 10.15 AM Rob Lawson - Go-To-Market and Partnerships Lead, Planscape
  • 10.30 AM Ilkay Altintas - Chief Data Science Officer, San Diego Supercomputer Center
  • 10.45 AM Kevin Bullock - Head of Technical Partnerships, Development Seed

11:00-11:30 AM COFFEE BREAK


11:30 AM-12:00 PM Theme: AI for the Forest
  • 11.30 AM Panel Discussion: John Battles, Lars Svensson, Dr.Ilkay Altintas & Kevin Bullock

12:00-12:15 PM Theme: Forest management, Policies & Fire Mitigation
  • 12.00 PM Joe Nordlinger - CEO, Napa Communities Firewise Foundation

12:55-1:15 PM Startup Pitches
  • 12.55 PM Wildland Robotics Inc,
  • 1.05 PM Richter Life Science Development AB

1.15-2:15 PM Networking Lunch

2:15-3:00 PM Startup Pitches
  • 2.15 PM Big Akwa AB
  • 2.25 PM Zigrid AB
  • 2.35 PM Happy Camp Community Action, Inc
  • 2.45 PM eDNA Explorer

3:00-4:00 PM Theme: Forest management, Policies & Fire Mitigation
  • 3.00 PM Roger Smullen - CEO and Co-Founder, Earth Foundries
  • 3.15 PM Kevin Johnson - Building Wildfire Resilience, PG&E

3:30-4:00 PM FIKA BREAK

4:00-5:15 PM Theme: Forest management, Policies & Fire Mitigation
  • 4:00 PM John McCarthy - Forester and the Program Manager for Wood Products and Bioenergy, CALFIRE
  • 4:15 PM Courtney Cagle - Manager of the California Resilient Careers in Forestry program, Foundation for California Community Colleges
  • 4:30 PM Jim Archuleta - Physical Scientist, Forest Service Wood Innovations Program
  • 4:45 PM Panel discussion: Courtney Cagle, Kevin Johnson & John McCarthy

5:15-5:30 PM Closing Remarks Day 2
  • Mats Andersson - SACC SF/SV


FOREST INNOVATION SUMMIT SCHEDULE 2023

DAY 1: November 16, 2023


8 AM: Networking Breakfast

9 AM: Block 1 - Introduction, Forestry Models & Policies, ESG Regulation & Reporting

  • 9:05 Emilie Molin - Government Office (Zoom)
  • 9:20 Anna Lekvall - Consul General in Sweden
  • 9:35 Paul Hessburg - USDA
  • 10:00 Magnus Thor - Skogforsk
  • 10:15 Elisa Turner - Impakt IQ

10:30 - Coffee Break

10:50 AM: Block 2 - Wood Products, Wood Utilization & Bioenergy

  • 10:50 Julia Levin - Bioenergy Association of California
  • 11:00 Panel Discussion moderated by Matt Dias: Elizabeth Betancourt - California Department of Conservation, Bobby Frank - ResourseWise & Kris Rosa - Rostrum
  • 12:00 Thomas Jordan - Scotts Valley Pomo
  • 12:15 David Seaborg - World Rainforest Fund

12:30 PM: Lunch


1:30 PM: Start up Pitches.

Introduction by Victor Isaksen from Sting Bioeconomy & Luke Carpenter from Blue Forest 
  • ​​​​​​​1:45 FLOX Robotics
  • 2:00 GAIA AI
  • 2:15 Intelifore
  • 2:30 Richter Life Science
  • 2:45 Scandinavian Forest Farming

3 PM - Fika Break

3:30 PM: Block 3 - Wood Products, Bioenergy & Forest Carbon Projects

  • 3:30 John McCarthy - CAL FIRE
  • 3:45 Meritt Jenkins - Kodama
  • 4:00 David Marvin - Planet

4:15 PM: Block 4 - Fire Mitigation & Technology Solutions

  • 4:15 Allison Wolff - Vibrant Planet
  • 4:30 Garnet Mierau - Forest Professionals BC
  • 4:45 Kara Chadwick - USDA
  • 5:00 Justin Dawe - Earth Force
  • 5:15 Panel Discussion - Allison, Garnet, Kara & Justin

6:00 PM: Evening Cocktail Reception Snacks, Drinks & Networking


8:00 PM: END

DAY 2: November 17, 2023


8 AM: Networking Breakfast

8:30: Sara Barth - Sempervirens Fund

9 AM: Block 5 - Forest & Biomass

  • 9:00 Erik Willen - Stora Enso (Zoom)
  • 9:15 Maria Nordström - Skogforsk
  • 9:30 Fredrik Östlund - RISE (Zoom)
  • 9:45 Atrium Ljungberg (Zoom)
  • 10:00 Gregory Stangl - Phoenix Energy
Startup Pitches (Zoom)
  • 10:15 Bright Day Graphene
  • 10:30 Fibu

10:45 - Coffee Break

Startup Pitches 
  • 11:00 Wood Tube (Zoom)
  • 11:15 Clore

Continuing Block 5

  • 11:30 Rob Lawson - Planscape
  • 11:45 Bobby Frank - ResourseWise
  • 12:00 Alexander Koukoulas - AFRY
  • 12:15 Bret Strogen - Visolis Bio
  • 12:30 John Andersen - Mendocino Redwood Co/Humboldt Redwood Co

12:45 PM - Lunch

1:45 PM: Block 6 - Mass Timber

  • 1:45 Helena Murray - USDA
  • 2:00 Lisa Podesto - Lendlease
  • 2:15 Jonathan Kusel - Sierra Institute
  • 2:30 Joint Q&A with Lisa Podesto, Jonathan Kusel & Helena Murray 


3 PM: Block 6 - Forest, Land Management and Sustainability

  • 3:00 Jeanne Wetzel Chinn - Sierra ClubRedwood Chapter’s Northern California Forest Committee
  • 3:15 Temra Costa & Jeremy Fisher - Regenerative Forest Solutions & Forestree Collective


3:30 PM - Fika Break

3:50 PM: Continuing Block 6

  • 3:50 Martin Pilstjärna -Qarlbo Natural Asset Company
  • 4:05 Jessica Daugherty - Landlife Company
  • 4:20 Patricia Manley - USDA
  • 4:35 Peter Hess - Lake County Prescribed Burn Association

5 PM - END
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