Opening day: Friday, February 3
10:30 – 11:00
Registration. Opening of the conference

11:00 -12:00
Plenary session 1:
How are forests managed and governed for multiple services around the world?
Managing forests for multiple services in large disturbance-prone public forests in Canada, USA and Australia: the need for a new complexity-based approach

12:00 – 13:00
Oral sessions
Involving society in forest management
The role of economics in forest management
Different perspectives on forest governance
Perspectives on forestry and conservation

13:00 – 14:00
Break for lunch

14:00 -15:00
Driving forces and outcomes of multiple service forest management approaches: exploring different research perspectives.
Researchers present which specific disciplines/scientific communities can contribute to the conference questions
A political science perspective on how forest management addresses tensions between conservation, sustainable use and restoration

15:00-16:00
An economic perspective on drivers and outcomes of multiple service forest management approaches: exploring different perspectives
Putting the horse before the cart – forestry research focused on ecosystem services

16:00-17:00
Forests and multiple ecosystem services: an ecosystem-based conservation perspective

17:00-18:00
General discussion. Summing up the results of the first day.