Dr. Raffaele Cavalli is a professor at University of Padua, Italy, who teaches and conducts research in the area of forest operations in mountainous conditions and forest biomass supply chains. Dr. Cavalli also serves as the Coordinator of IUFRO Research Group 3.06.00. In this episode, he introduces his research activities, complexity of forest operations in steep terrain, and his vision on IUFRO roles in the forest science community.