Conference on Life-Long Learning for sustainable forestry

The conference concludes the project Life Long Learning Forestry Extended (LLLFE) perspectives and experiences from Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, and Ukraine meeting the challenges of future landowners (forest owners, state, companies) adressing regional context benchmarking and forest pedagogics in life long learning in forestry.

The conference is aimed at teachers and researchers in academia, and also forest owners, professionals, career changers, career broadeners, government, business and students. 

The conference is preceded by an excursion with dinner on Sunday 15^th of June.

The conference is economically supported by Swedish Institute and Stiftelsen Seydlitz MP-bolagen. And organised by Linnaeus University, Latvian State Forest Research Institute “Silava”, Latvian University of Life Sciences and Technology, Latvian Forest Owner association, Estonian Private Forest Owner Association, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kyiv School of Economics.

Key dates:

Abstract submission - 7^th of April 2025 
Abstract acceptance - 30^th of April 2025
Registering - 31^st of May 2025
Conference excursion - 15^th of June
Conference - 16^th of June
Paper submission (extended abstracts) special issue Baltic Forestry - 30^th of June. Book of abstracts to be published in LnuOpen.

Excursion and Attendance dinner 15^th of June

Join the preconference excursion going from Riga (Latvia) to Pärnumaa (Estonia) with stops along the way. For you attending the excursion, more information will be announced to participants later.

Goal for the Conference day 16^th of June

• Present new research results on state of the art on LLL about the forest
• Exchange practical experiences on LLL about the forest
• Future look-out
• Conclude the project
• Networking

Address: Silava, Salaspils, Rīgas iela 111, Salaspils, LV-2169, Latvija

Joint transport point from Riga to Salaspils will be announced to participants later.