Preliminary program

Monday, 31.08.2026  

13:15 - 17:00 Arrival and Registration

   17:00 - 18:30 Dinner

18:30 - 20:00 Fairy tale hike, Helmut Wittmann, Storyteller, traditions about trees and    forests

   20:00 - 20:30 Introductory event in the park of the Forest training center

  

  

Tuesday, 01.09.2026 

07:00 - 08:00 Breakfast

   08:00 - 09:00 Arrival and Registration

09:00 - 09:20 Opening of the congress: Biodiversity and forestpedagogy at the Forest training center in Traunkrchen

                                Liga Abizare, Head of the Subgroup of European forestpedagogics,

DI. Florian Hader, Head of the FASt Traunkirchen,

9:20-9:45         Key-note speech: History and Significance of Forest Pedagogy in Austria

DIin Elfriede Moser is the head of the Forestry and Sustainability Section at the BML.

09:50-10:45   Forest Biodiversity in a Changing Climate: From Scientific Evidence to Connected Forest Pedagogy

                                Dr. DI Katharina Lapin, is the Head of the Department for Forest Biodiversity and Nature Conservation at the Austrian Research Centre for Forests (BFW), specialising in the bridge between scientific research and forest biodiversity management.

10:45-11:05   Break

11:05-11:30    “Forest Groove” and Beyond: Engaging Biodiversity through Forest Education and Citizen Science at BFW”

                                Irene Gianordoli BEd, MSC, biologist and environmental educator at the Austrian Research Centre for Forests (BFW), leading innovative projects on the communication of forests, climate change, and citizen science.

11:35-11:50   Presentation of the BFW and the Forest training center

DI. Florian Hader, Head of the Forest training center

                11:50-12:00   Timetable for the next days of the Congress

                                               Johannes Ablinger

                12:00-13:30   Lunch

13:30-17:00   Workshops – Examples of the practical implementation of the topic of the Congress in 6 stations

                                park area and wood area around the Forest training center                                        

   17:00-19:00   Dinner

   19:00-20:30   Traunsee boat trip, folklore music

                  

                  

Wednesday, 02.09.2026         

 

07:00-08:00   Breakfast

08:00- 08:20   Bus ride from the Forest training center to the Taferlklause in the

                                Aurach valley educational forest

08:20-08:40   Introduction to the educational forest and dividing 3 Groups

08:40-11:40   Workshops- Geology, forest soil and biodiversity monitoring in the forest in 3 stations

 

11:40-12:00    Bus ride from Taferlklause in the Aurach valley educational forest to the

Forest training center 

   12:00-13:30   Lunch

13:30-17:00   Workshops – Examples of the practical implementation of the topic of the Congress in 6 stations

park area and wood area around the Forest training center

   17:00-19:00   Dinner

   19:00-20:00   20 years of review by Dirk Schmechel and Thomas Baschny

   20:00-21:00   Alexander Schöpf with folklore program

 

 

Thursday, 03.09.2026

 

07:00-08:00   Breakfast

   08:00-10:00   6 Flashlight Presentations: Best Practice all over Austria

Elisabeth Bernegger, “Experience. Understand. Take Responsibility: Forest Pedagogy Across Generations”

                                   Martina Huemer, “Naturschauspiel – a story of success in Upper Austria”

Christian Scheucher, Adventure Lassingbach is a family excursion where the wilderness becomes an adventure that brings children and adults together.

Günter Dünser, Understanding Forest biodiversity through practical forestry activities with schools, companies and community groups

                                   Evi Hajek, “Different ways to work as a forest educator”

                                   Peter Holzknecht, Learning Biodiversity by Doing – The HOPE Approach

   10:00-10:30   Break and Market of Activities

   10:30-11:00   Tree planting and group photo

   11:00-11:30   Presentation of the host country 2027

   11:30-12:00   Conference Closing

   12:00- 13:00  Lunch