This episode features an interview with Oregon State University College of Forestry students (Jessica Kessinger, Ken Dryden, Jesse Hohlt, and Preston Green) after their trip to the 2015 Society of American Foresters National Convention. In the interview, the four students share their experience and perspectives on forest management practices, forest industry and forest education in the United States.

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.

Dr. Rien Visser, a Forest Engineering Professor from University of Canterbury, New Zealand and the Coordinator of IUFRO Working Party 3.01.03, introduces the role of his Working Party and discusses about the current research trends in timber harvesting, especially working with cable-assisted harvesting machines in steep terrains.

This episode features an interview with Professor Hans Heinimann from ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Professor Heinimann currently serves as the Director of the Future Resilient Systems Program at the Singapore-ETH Centre for Global Environmental Sustainability. He was also the former IUFRO Division 3 Coordinator.

This episode features an interview with Professor Karl Stampfer at BOKU in Austria who revealed his secrets for growing FORMEC as the largest forest engineering network in Europe. Professor Stampfer is the Chair of the 48th FORMEC held in Linz, Austria from October 4th through October 8th, 2015. 12:24 mins.

The first episode in the IUFRO (International Union of Forest Research Organizations) Division 3 Podcast Series. Hosted by Preston Green and Woodam Chung. 14:25 mins.