Scottish Forest & Wood-based Industries - Autumn 2025 Event Series

All meetings start at 5pm for tea, coffee and networking. 

Next event in series:

HIFIC - 29th October 2025 - UHI Campus, Inverness - more detail and booking

Speakers:

• Land Rights and Responsibilities – an introduction to the Scottish Land Commission’s Good Practice Programme, Uwe Stoneman, Scottish Land Commission
• Muirburn and fighting fire with fire, Iain Hepburn and Calum Kippen from Bright Spark Burning Techniques
• Update on Capercaillie buffer zone mapping and other updates, Kenny Kortland, Scottish Forestry. .

Mid Scotland - 6th November 2025 - Forth Valley College, Stirling - more detail and booking

Speakers:

• Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme, Duncan Orr-Ewing
• The role of the forest ecologist, Jack Dunn

North Scotland - 12th November 2025 - Fly Cup Enterprises, Inverurie - more detail and booking

Speakers:

• Generating a map of common tree species with Remote Sensing data, James Hitchcock, Forest Research
• The Carrbridge and Dava Fire - Affected foresters view point, Steve Conolly

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Past events: 

South Scotland - 9th October 2025 - Buccleuch Centre, Langholm - more detail and booking

Speakers:

• Overview and update on latest tree breeding. Richard Whittet, Head of Tree Breeding at Forest Research
• The transformation of the Lowther Estate and use of No Fence collars. David Bliss, CEO Lowther Estate
• Modernisation of Forestry at The Barony now and looking to the future. Hugh Morris, Head of Forestry at The Barony College