Global forestry tech leaders to converge at ForestTECH 2025

The ForestTECH 2025 conference series is set to return this month in New Zealand and Australia, bringing together leading researchers, technology providers and forest managers to explore the latest advances in remote sensing, data capture, inventory management and precision silviculture.

Now recognised as the premier forestry technology event for the Southern Hemisphere, ForestTECH provides an independent and practical platform for sharing new and emerging tools that are transforming forest operations. The annual series draws on strong links between applied research providers and industry leaders, ensuring the most up-to-date technology applications form part of each year’s programme.

ForestTECH 2025 Dates:

• 18-19 November 2025, Rotorua, New Zealand
• 25-26 November 2025, Melbourne, Australia

International and local experts will showcase breakthrough developments that are reshaping forest monitoring, management, and reforestation — particularly for radiata pine and other key plantation species.

Key highlights for 2025 include:

• Revealing the True Value of Forests – Through Drone and AI Analysis, for Everyone
  Masanori Onishi, CEO, DeepForest Technologies (Japan)
• The Digital Forest – Internationally Applied Technologies to Improve Forest Inventories
  Esthevan Gasparoto, Co-Founder & CEO, Treevia (Brazil)
• Customisable AI – Using Fast-Developing AI Technologies for Forest Health, Timber Inventory and Carbon Monitoring
  Albrecht von Ruffer, SKYLAB (Germany)
• The Roll-Out of Real-Time Remote Sensing – Technologies to Combat Forest Fires in Australia
  Andrew Prolov, Head of Australia GTM, Pano AI
• Harvesting Machine-Mounted Real-Time Forest Information – In-Forest Trials
  Ian Wilton, Managing Director, FORCO
• Revolutionising Reforestation – With Biotech and Aerial Seeding
  Andrew Walker, CEO, AirSeed Technologies

“The revolution in the quantity and resolution of satellite sensors together with the significant advances in computer analysis is leading to a new way to collect data about forests down to the tree level,” says A.Prof David Bruce of Flinders University.

Albrecht von Ruffer, CEO of SKYLAB, noted the need for practical application. “AI and remote sensing hold big promises for better forest management, but there’s no one-size-fits-all, so we see the key to unlocking this potential in customising AI to the particular forest type and structure at hand.”

“Technology now evolves faster than our ability to keep up,” added Chaplin Chan, Senior Consultant, Resource Monitoring at Indufor Asia Pacific. “To harness its potential, it is vital that we examine which aspects can be applied practically to our industry, where the solutions we develop introduce a leap in precision and efficiency

Group discounts are still available.

While early bird discounts have closed, there are still special individual and group rates available. In New Zealand, WIDE Trust is sponsoring complimentary spaces – for full details, please contact Gordon Thomson at gordon.thomson@innovatek.co.nz or (+64) 27 275 8022.

Registrations can be made directly via the event website.