The ForestValue Research Programme Kick-Off Seminar was held at the National Museum of Finland in Helsinki on 23rd and 24th of May 2019. The seminar brought together around 70 participants from all around Europe to learn about the 17 projects selected for funding under the 1st Joint Call of the ForestValue Research Programme and to exchange information and ideas among people with a common interest: innovating the forest-based bioeconomy.
participants visiting Oodi. 
ForestValue seminar participants in Helsinki
In the session on the presentations of the jointly funded ForestValue projects Harald Vacik from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna introduced the project NOBEL – Novel business models and mechanisms for the sustainable supply of and payment for forest ecosystem services. Here is a link to the pitch Talk on YouTube and the presentation in pdf.