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Forest Inventory and Analysis Science Symposium
November 19-21, 2024
Virtual Event
Held every two to three years, the FIA Science Symposium (previously referred to as the Science Stakeholder Meeting) offers a unique opportunity for collaboration, scientific and technical exchange, drawing together a world-class group of partners, practitioners, and scientists with regional, national, and international inventory and monitoring missions. Hosting privileges rotate through the FIA regions. The 2024 Science Symposium is coordinated by the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, FIA Program, the National Council for Air and Stream Improvement (NCASI), and the Society of American Foresters (SAF).
The symposium theme is ‘Toward Tomorrow’s Forests Together.’ The following daily subthemes will highlight key foci of the symposium:
- Collaborative Inventory – Fostering Partnerships for Comprehensive Data – Encourages collaboration between the FIA program and other institutions, leveraging partnerships to create more comprehensive and diverse datasets
- Multidimensional Forest Stewardship – Focuses on the multifaceted nature of forests (many ecosystem services) and the use of FIA data to guide stewardship that acknowledges and supports this complexity, promoting a multidimensional approach to forest resource management.
- Big Data Solutions for Inventory Challenges – Emphasizes the role of big data analytics and informatics in addressing inventory challenges, suggesting a focus on the computational tools required to process, analyze, and/or disseminate large datasets.