The First Division 3 Doctoral Student Conference was held in Oregon, USA, in August 2016 for the first time in the Division history. Representing 9 countries in 4 continents, a total of 14 PhD students in Forest Engineering/Operations/Hydrology came to Oregon to participate in the Conference and share knowledge, professionalism, friendship and global collaboration. This episode features an interview with the student participants who spoke about their experience throughout the one-week Conference. The interview participants include: Giovanni Aminti, Wafa Chouaib, Teresa de la Fuente, Ana de Miguel Munoz, Basil Ewane, Raul Fernandez Lacruz, Christoph Huber, Maria Huka, Matthias Kaltenbrunner, Omar Mologni, Ji She, Sarah Yoga, and Mika Yoshida.