FORMEC Post-conference

The Symposium “Forestry Mechanization" (from 1994 named with the acronym “FORMEC”) was held for the first time in 1966 at Zvolen in former Czechoslovakia. The original idea of the organizers of this scientific meeting was to give an opportunity for scientists from Eastern and Central European countries to gather, discuss about forest engineering matters, deepen the knowledge in that field of science and overcome gaps due to different technology levels. Since then 54 meetings have been organised. The more recent meetings are not only held in Central and Eastern Europe, but also of Northern and Western Europe and the US, maintaining the Symposium’s main purpose which is the oppurtunity for leading professionals and expert scientists in all the fields of forest engineering to gather, facilitate and encourage the cooperation and the exchange of ideas.