SilviLaser 2012 is the twelfth international conference focusing on applications of laser systems for forestry and forest landscapes. Previous conferences have taken place in Canada, Australia, Sweden, Germany, USA, UK, Japan, and Finland. Conference themes are;

• LiDAR for Forest Inventory, Management, and Planning
• LiDAR assisted wood resource assessment and value recovery
• Carbon, Biodiversity, forest health and environmental applications
• Forests and the water cycle
• Fire management
• Large area mapping and assessment
• Emerging technologies, methods and algorithms
• Terrestrial laser scanning
• Industrial applications of LiDAR for forest inventory, management, planning