Student Poster Competition

Student Poster Competition at NZIF Conference

NZIF Annual Conference Poster Session: 5th September 2024 - Nelson

Purpose:	The NZIF Foundation offers prizes for the best student posters submitted to the NZ Institute of Forestry annual conference. The first time the prizes were offered by the Foundation was at the NZIF Conference in Wellington in 2015.
Funding:	The prizes are funded from the Foundation’s general funding.
Size and term of Award:	The following prizes are offered in 2024 at the conference of the New Zealand Institute of Forestry in Nelson, 4th - 6th September 2024 First prize $800 Second prize $500 (only awarded if there are at least four entries) Third prize $200 (only awarded if there are at least six entries)
Conditions of Entry:	Entrants must be students enrolled at a New Zealand tertiary institute; Entries to be on a theme associated with some aspect of forestry in New Zealand, where forestry is interpreted very broadly to cover all forests, from native to plantation, all aspects of forests (recreation & biodiversity to intensive production) and to include related aspects such as processing, marketing and use of forest products (including non-wood products); Prizes will be based on votes cast by conference attendees, with the winners announced before the end of the conference; While attendance at the conference is desirable, so you can discuss your poster with conference attendees, it is not mandatory. You may have someone else be available for discussion if desired.
Timetable for 2024:	The NZIF conference is in Nelson from 4th - 6th September 2024 Intention to submit a poster is to be advised to the Foundation by email foundation@nzif.org.nz no later than the 15th August 2024 so they can be included on the voting forms. Posters to be bought with Students attending the conference for display boards on 4th September 2024. If not attending the conference, contact the Foundation regarding the address the poster should be sent to or make arrangements for another person attending to bring along.

RECORD OF AWARDS

Year
2021	Dallas Collier received 1st prize of $800 for 'Money lost through production breakage'. Kajal Chaudhary received 2nd prize of $500 for 'Comparison and valuation of pigeon Valley Standard regime vs the fire affect regime'. Michael Walmsley received 3rd prize of $200 for 'Hovermap consistency analysis' All three winners were 2^nd year Diploma of Forest Management students at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology in Rotorua.
2020	No awards as conference was cancelled because of Covid-19 pandemic
2019	Four prizes ($800, $600, $400 and $200) were offered at the ANZIF Conference in Christchurch. Winners were: 1st Prize Reihana Fisher, 4th B. For. Sc (Hons) Student at University of Canterbury - "To prune or not to prune" 2nd Prize Georgia Craig, 4th B. For. Sc (Hons) Student at University of Canterbury - "Impact of log storage on air quality" 3rd Prize Nick Berry, 4th B. For. Sc (Hons) Student at University of Canterbury - "Factors affecting processor productivity" 4th Prize Shaun Coles, 4th B. For. Sc (Hons) Student at University of Canterbury - Capturing asset value through forest inventory"
Year	First Prize ($800)	Second Prize ($500)	Third Prize ($200)
2018	Ben Reriti 4^th year Bachelor of Forestry Science student at the University of Canterbury School of Forestry Machine utilisation using GPS tracking.	Millan Visser 4^th year Bachelor of Forestry Science student at the University of Canterbury School of Forestry Exploring opportunities for bio-fuels.	Lauchie Western 2^nd year M.For.Sc. Student, University of Canterbury Implications of log taper on accuracy of JAS scaling
2017	William Hollis 2^nd year NZ Diploma in Forest Management, Te Ohomai Institute of Technology, Rotorua Supervised classification of native forest through the use of remote sensing imagery and ArcGIS	Okey Francis Obi Ph.D. (engineering) Student, University of Canterbury. Measuring harvesting efficiency of logging crews and the effect of external factors.	Michael Pay 2^nd year M.For.Sc. Student, University of Canterbury What can be achieved from 121 ha of marginal hill country
2016	Alfred Duval 4th year student at the University of Canterbury. What affects load rates at different ports.	Grace Jones 4th year student at the University of Canterbury. Factors which influence stiffness in ten-year old radiata pine.	James Govina Post graduate student at the University of Canterbury. Resin & resin canals in clones and families of P. radiata.
2015	Adrian Loo. 4^th year B.For.Sc. (Honours) student at University of Canterbury. Working hours in the NZ forestry sector.	No award	No award

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