Webinar information

With the rising complexity of the ESG landscape, mathematical optimization – used for decades to solve complex forest landscape and supply chain problems – can bring new intelligence and efficiency to how you balance economic, social and environmental forest management objectives. At a base level, optimization is a mathematical process to finding the best possible outcome to a problem while respecting a set of rules.  This webinar will review the basics of linear programming optimization, and why it is effective for landscape level planning where landowners and stakeholders have multiple objectives to achieve and values to maintain. After examining the application of optimization for multi-objective forest management, we will focus in on use cases for carbon project modeling and how to quantify indicators and trade-offs between carbon-conscious management and traditional timber practices. 

Is this webinar for you?

This webinar is designed for foresters, landowners, and stakeholders who are looking to expand their understanding of the tools available for landscape level planning. Anyone interested in technological solutions for balancing economic, social, and environmental forest management objectives may be interested in this webinar.

Registration

1. Click REGISTER to the right of the webinar title. Be sure to log in with your SAF account username and password.

2. After checking out, the webinar will be available on your MY DASHBOARD page here on ForestEd.

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Pricing

Member: $5

Non-member: $10

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Webinar access 

The webinar was scheduled for live viewing on Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 2 pm ET. The archived recording of the webinar is available for viewing until May 15, 2024 at 12 am ET. The Zoom Webinar platform will be used for the presentation. Be sure to connect to the webinar using a device approved to access Zoom.

The webinar is accessible within the Contents tab (to the right of the Overview information).

Webinar duration

This webinar is 1 hour.

Learning objectives

Upon successful completion of this webinar, you will be able to:

1. Explain the basics of linear programming optimization.

2. Discuss how optimization is applied to multi-objective forest management.

3. Apply optimization techniques to carbon project planning.

Rubric

Successful completion of the webinar is measured by participating in the entire webinar and completing the evaluation.

Evaluation

Participant feedback is appreciated to help the working group and presenters continually improve webinars for future programming.

CFEs

Upon successful completion of this webinar, you will earn 1.0 CFEs in Category 1. CFEs will automatically be added to your CFE record located on www.eforester.org by the end of the day (11:59 pm ET).

Certificate

Upon successful completion of this webinar and the evaluation, participants may download and print a certificate verifying completion of the webinar and earning CFEs. CFE certificates will only be available for download until May 15, 2024 at 12 am ET.

Return to Webinar

Once you are registered for the webinar, access this webinar within your MY DASHBOARD. Prior to the start time, the webinar will be listed under "Upcoming Live Events." 

Following the day of the webinar, you can return to download your certificate accessing the webinar information within the general listing of YOUR DASHBOARD for 6 months following the webinar. The webinar product will become inaccessible on May 15, 2024 at 12:00 am ET.

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Refund

This is a non-refundable item. Please view FAQs for additional information.