2025 marks the 20th year of the SilviLaser confrerences
Bringing together academics, industry and government experts.
SilviLaser 2025 will bring together experts from different fields to discuss the newest in cutting edge technology and science from the laser scanning and forest communities. Themes for this year’s conference will cover multiple aspects of laser scanning in a forestry context; ranging from terrestrial, mobile, UAV, airborne and space borne lidar instruments.
This year’s event will be held in Quebec City, Quebec and will include presentations from keynote speakers, parallel sessions, workshops and information sessions.
SilviLaser is a well-attended, biannual event that has been occurring for over 20 years.
See below for members of our Organization and Scientific Committees that help make this event possible!
2025 Organizing Committee
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Alexis Achim
Professor, Université Laval
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Nicholas Coops
Professor, University of British Columbia
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Amy Wotherspoon
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia
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Emmanuelle Baby-Bouchard
Research associate, Université Laval
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Catherine Chagnon
Research associate, Université Laval
2025 Scientific Committee
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Cédric Vega
ENSG-Geomatics
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Christopher Bater
Remote Sensing Analyst, Canadian Forest Service
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Eija Honkawaara
Research Professor, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute
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Emily Lines
Associate Professor, University of Cambridge
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Felix Morsdorf
Remote Sensing Laboratories, Department of Geography, University of Zürich
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Jean-François Côté
Research Scientist - Forest Inventory, Canadian Forest Service
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Joanne White
Research Scientist, Canadian Forest Service
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Justin Morgenroth
Professor, University of Canterbury
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Kim Calders
Associate Professor of Earth Observation & Terrestrial Ecology, Ghent University
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Koreen Millard
Associate Professor, Carleton University
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Laura Chasmer
Assistant Professor, University of Lethbridge
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Laura Duncanson
Associate Professor, University of Maryland
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Lauri Korhonen
Associate Professor, University of Eastern Finland
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Lennart Noordermeer
Researcher at the Division of Forest and Forest Resources, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO)
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Lin (Tony) Cao
Nanjing Forestry University
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Luiz C E Rodriguez
Professor, University of São Paulo, Brazil
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Manuela Hirschmugl
Assistant Prof. University of Graz and Senior Researcher, Joanneum Research
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Margaret Kalacska
Associate Professor, McGill University, Canada
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Mikko Vastaranta
Professor, University of Eastern Finland
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Neha Hunka
Assistant Research Professor, University of Maryland
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Ninni Saarinen
University of Eastern Finland
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Pang Yong
Professor, Institute of Forest Resource Information Techniques
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Piotr Tompalski
Research Scientist, Canadian Forest Service
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Randolph Wynne
Professor, Virginia Tech
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Rubén Valbuena
Professor of Forest Remote Sensing, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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Samuli Junttila
Associate Professor, University of Eastern Finland
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Stefano Puliti
Research Scientist, NIBIO, Norway
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Svetlana Saarela
Researcher, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
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Sylvie Durrieu
Research Director at INRAE - TETIS Joint Research Unit, France
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Lukas Winiwarter
Professor of Geodesy, University of Innsbruck, Austria
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Valerie Thomas
Professor, Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Tech
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Yasumasa Hirata
Researcher, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council, Japan