BIOSYS North Karelia Inter­na­tional Growth Ecosystem Hits Milestones in Japan

The BIOSYS North Karelia Ecosystem Held Region-to-Region Forest Bioeconomy Workshops on Nagano’s “Forest Valley” and Karelia’s “Forest Joensuu” in Ina City, Nagano.

By Naomi Moriyama

On November 13, 2024, key members of the Forestry Division of Nagano Prefec­ture Govern­ment, Ina City and North Karelia Taskforce convened at the INADANI SEES, the Ina City’s triple-helix facility, for the Nagano Prefec­ture & Ina City – North Karelia Forest Bioeconomy Day. 

INADANI SEES was developed modeling after Science Park, Joensuu.

Nagano and Ina forestry teams and North Karelia taskforce members in front of the Inadani Sees facility
 Inadani Sees Sign
Mr. Markus Hirvonen admiring the birch tree he trans­planted with the Nagano repres­ent­at­ives in June 2022
BIOSYS Event Reception

Mr. Takey­oshi Ueda, Assistant Director, Forestry Policy Division, Nagano Prefec­ture, moder­ated the region-to-region forest bioeconomy day.

Mr. Takey­oshi Ueda, Vice Director, Forestry Policy Division, Nagano Prefecture
Mr. Shigeyuki Mukouyama, Director, Nagano Prefec­ture Forestry Research Centre
Mr. Toru Ito, Deputy Mayor, Ina City
Mr. Markus Hirvonen, Region Mayor, Regional Council of North Karelia

Workshop Theme 1:  Specific Examples of Regional Activities

Mr. Noboru Chishiro, Division Director, Local Timber Utiliz­a­tion Division, Nagano Prefec­ture presented “Kiso Valley and Ina Valley Forest Valley initiatives”
“Kiso & Ina Valleys” Slide
Mr. Tateshi Sakai, Division Director, 50 Years of Forest Promo­tion Division, Ina City Agricul­ture and Forestry Depart­ment, presented “INADANI SEES, a base facility for industry-academia-government collaboration”
Mr. Kazane Yamamoto, explained “Ina Forest Educa­tion Initiatives”
Dr. Masato Kato, CEO, Preci­sion Forestry Measure­ment Ltd. (PreFore), presented Strategic Collab­or­a­tion with Arbonaut Oy
Mr. Timo Leinonen, Manager for Cross-border Cooper­a­tion, Regional Council of North Karelia, presented “Roles and Tools of the Regional Council in Supporting Cooper­a­tion in Research, Devel­op­ment and Innov­a­tion in North Karelia”
Dr. Erkki Verkasalo, Research Professor, Wood Science and Techno­logy, LUKE

Workshop Theme 2: New Food Product Devel­op­ment Utilizing North Karelian Raw Mater­ials for the Japanese and South Korean Markets

Dr. Susanne Heiska and Dr. Jose-Martin Ramos-Diaz, Senior Scient­ists of the Natural Resources Insti­tute Finland (LUKE), presented “Co-creation Process and Luke’s Expertise” and “Food Pilot, Extru­sion, Model Food Products” respect­ively.  They invited the audience to taste and give feedback about the new food items made with North Karelian ingredi­ents such as lingon­ber­ries and black currents. About 30 people parti­cip­ated in the sampling session.

Dr. Jose-Martin Ramos-Diaz
Dr. Susanne Heiska
Work Package 5 Sensory Evalu­ation Card

Workshop Theme 3: Wood Utiliz­a­tion, Construc­tion and Value-chains

Dr. Robert Prinz, Senior Scientist, LUKE
Professor Jouni Pykäläinen, Forest Economics & Policy, Univer­sity of Eastern Finland

Workshop Theme 4: Mushroom as Materials

Dr. Hiroya Nakauchi, Post-doctoral Researcher, Univer­sity of Eastern Finland, presented his research and key findings

Workshop Theme 5: Health and Well-being Effects of Wood-based Solutions

Professor Tuula Jyske, Wood, Science and Wellbeing, Univer­sity of Helsinki and Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Insti­tute Finland (LUKE)
Mr. Valter Huttunen, Master’s Degree Student, Forest Sciences, Univer­sity of Helsinki

Closing Remarks

Dr. Daizo Tsutsumi, Chairman, Nagano Prefec­ture Council for Promoting the Intro­duc­tion of Overseas Forestry Techno­logy and Professor, Faculty of Agricul­ture, Shinshu Univer­sity, closed the workshops.

Dr. Daizo Tsutsumi

Press Inter­view

Mr. Markus Hirvonen Press Interview

Networking

Inadani Sees Displays

Indani Sees Essen­tial Oil Samples
Inadani Sees Cedar Fibre Seal
Inadani Sees Cedar Fibre Rolls
Inadani Sees Cedar Fibre Osaka Expo Seal
Inadani Sees Cedar Fiber
Inadani Sees Cedar Fibre Towels
Inadani Sees Store Books
Inadani Sees Interior
Inadani Sees Interior Bulletin Board
Inadani Sees Shinshu Univ Exhibition
Inadani Sees Prefore Exhibition
Inadani Sees Yamatowa Hyogi
Inadani Sees Yamatowa Hyogi

Photos Naomi Moriyama 写真 森山奈保美

Location: INADANI SEEDS  伊那市産学官連携拠点施設
7200–27 Nishim­inowa, Ina, Nagano伊那市西箕輪7200–27

主催:

  • 北カレリヤ地域評議会
  • BIOSYS Japan

共催:

  • フィンランド自然資源研究所（Luke）
  • 東フィンランド大学
  • ProAgria＆MKN 東フィンランド
  • 長野県
  • 伊那市
  • 長野県海外林業技術等導入促進協議会

Organ­izers:

  • Regional Council of North Karelia
  • BIOSYS Japan

Co-organizers:   

  • Natural Resources Insti­tute Finland (LUKE)
  • Univer­sity of Eastern Finland
  • ProAgria＆MKN East Finland
  • Nagano Prefec­ture
  • Ina City
  • Nagano Prefec­ture Council for Promoting the Intro­duc­tion of Overseas Forestry Technology

長野県より出席

●長野県　林業総合センター　所長　向山　繁幸（むかいやま　しげゆき）氏
●長野県　林務部　信州の木活用課　課長　千代　登（ちしろ　のぼる）氏
●長野県　林務部　信州の木活用課　課長補佐　橋渡　博之（はしど　ひろゆき）氏
●長野県　林務部　森林政策課　課長補佐　上田　岳義（うえだ　たけよし）氏
●長野県　林務部　森林政策課　担当係長　柿崎 悦子（かきざき えつこ）氏
●長野県　林務部　森林政策課　技師　米山　雄樹（よねやま　ゆうき）氏
●長野県　林務部　県産材利用推進室　技師　福嶋　航希（ふくしま　こうき）氏
●長野県　林務部　森林政策課　技師　富田　美久（とみた　みく）氏

伊那市より出席

●伊那市　副市長　伊藤 徹（いとう とおる）氏
●伊那市　企画部　地域創造課　課長　田中 久（たなか ひさし）氏
●伊那市　農林部　50年の森林推進課　課長　酒井 建（さかい たてし）氏
●伊那市　農林部　50年の森林推進課　課長補佐 兼50年の森林推進係長　井口 英史 (いぐち えいじ)氏
●伊那市　農林部　50年の森林推進課　50年の森林推進係 主査　北原 大平 (きたはら たいへい) 氏

BIOSYSより出席

●フィンランド自然資源研究所（Luke）BIOSYSリード　ユッタ・カウッピ博士　
●北カレリア地域評議会　BIOSYSプロジェクトマネジャー　森山　奈保美（もりやまなおみ）

Attendees

Regional Council of North Karelia

  1. Mr. Markus Hirvonen, Region Governor
  2. Mr. Timo Leinonen, Manager for Cross-border Cooperation
  3. Ms. Naomi Moriyama, Commu­nic­a­tions Specialist, BIOSYS Inter­na­tional Growth Ecosystem

Luke

  1. Dr. Jutta Kauppi
  2. Professor Tuula Jyske
  3. Dr. Susanne Heiska
  4. Professor Erkki Verkasalo
  5. Dr. Robert Prinz
  6. Dr. Jose Martin Ramos Diaz

Univer­sity of Eastern Finland

  1. Professor Jouni Pykäläinen, Forest Economics & Policy, Univer­sity of Eastern Finland
  2. Dr. Hiroya Nakauchi
  3. Ms. Katri Rusanen

Univer­sity of Helsinki

  1. Mr. Valter Huttunen

Audiences

Nagano business and organ­iz­a­tion owners and executives

The BIOSYS North Karelia Inter­na­tional Growth Ecosystem is run by Natural Resources Insti­tute Finland / Luonnon­varakeskus as a project lead, the Regional Council of North Karelia Pohjois-Karjalan maakun­t­aliitto, Univer­sity of Eastern Finland and MKN Itä-Suomi | Rural Women´s Advisory Centre (RWAC) of Eastern Finland. The project is funded by Renewing and Competent Finland 2021–2027, EU Regional and Struc­tural Policy Programme’s Just Trans­ition Fund – JTF, and Regional Council of North Karelia.

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For more inform­a­tion, please contact Naomi Moriyama [email protected]