Building Bridges The Cluster of Forest Technology Based on raw materials and knowledge intensive FPInnovation, Montreal 2015-04-22 Maria Hedblom, Managing Director 1 Or to Define needs – how to develop the forest machine of tomorrow FPInnovation, Montreal 2015-04-22 Maria Hedblom, Managing Director 2 To be a bridge 3 4 1 133 employees 140 women Turnover ~ 6 billion Euro 50 % export 5 We invented a model of innovation What: we visit innovators and ask for their ideas How: competence and financing Visit companies, inventory ideas, start Proceeding: Pushing We match the project formulating project. with research and Identify and create The project evaluation Information: identify the need of collaboration. money and search for and conducts with Demo/Product partnership from the right financing, Define and allow the project producers, customers and scientists. Verifying results and make project report. Producing companies go further and goes from prototype to a new product and introduce it to the market. 6 We invented a model of innovation 7 Could be the most dynamic place in world due to developing new forest technic and silviculture. 8 9 Articles in subject "forestry” in Web of Science 1981-2013 Numbers of articles •SLU •Oregon State University •Cornell Year 10 Top ranked internationally 11 World leading design education 12 - Two theses work (mid-term needs in forestry) Axolotl (Nick Ross) Autonomous harvester (Juan Loredo) - Ten students in a course (Forestry 2050) - Fourteen students (Interaction concept) 3-5 year - Ten students in a service design project Work method! Detailed research before design work begins! 13 Work method 14 15 17 Erik Stensson: Thinning ant 18 Markus Leijon: Drone (universal carrier) 19 Fredrik Ausinsch: Flexible harvester 20 Ludwig: Autonomous harvester 21 Janne Martikainen: Remote control from base station •Fly in – Fly out 22 •Adam Hägg: •”An injection of high technology, aesthetics and •an ounce of adrenaline” 23 Simon Lindberg: Airship integrated with harvester/forwarder 24 Anton Löf: Airship Moby •Timber 25 Eric Höglund : Bumblebee 30 26 MA Interaction Design Forest 2020 27 The capacity is not limited by the machine, but by the driver. 28 To navigate a harvester 29 To navigate a forwarder 30 Services for Future Forestry •A service design project exploring future forestry services and entrepreneurships in the value chains of the forest-based bio economy •To open up for new thinking when looking at services for a future sustainable forestry in Sweden. •The assignment is for students course Industrial Design Intensive (IDI) to 1) to identify possibilities for new services, 2) to explore and develop concepts, together with potential users and stakeholder, on services for a future forestry in Sweden based on the different environmental objectives. 31 What are we doing now? 32 Smart Motion Control Pedro La Hera 34 Conclusions • Design students fill a role… • Time perspectives are important! • 35 Thank you! maria.hedblom@skogstekniskaklustret.se 36