On 15 October 2025, the IT4EST.i3 ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ launched its ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ in ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ, ๐ฅ๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ, co-organized by MNLT Innovations PC and Ocolul Silvic Vlasia (๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ). The event brought together ๐ฒ๐ฌ+ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ from across Europe โ technology providers, researchers, forestry experts and local stakeholders โ to connect innovation with real forest needs. ๐ฟ
๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐: Wildfires are becoming more frequent and intense across Europe. ๐๐ง๐ฐ๐๐ฆ๐ง responds by bringing practical prevention and response technologies directly to the field.
๐น Opening remarks by ๐ ๐ฟ. Valentin Dinu (๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ), ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ. Michalis Chalaris (Democritus University of Thrace – (D.U.Th.)), and ๐ ๐. Vasiliki Alexiou (MNLT Innovations PC) set the stage for an inspiring day of ideas and collaboration.
๐น ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ showcased breakthrough tools for wildfire prevention, intervention, and restoration: ๐๐ฟ. jure ลกkerbiฤ (๐๐ข๐ก๐ฃ๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐) โ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต ๐๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ ๐. Kseniia Plevak (Arbonaut) โ ๐๐ช๐๐๐-๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ช๐ด๐ฌ ๐๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ ๐ฟ. Gintautas Nedzveckas (Thrust – Intelligent UAV Systems) โ ๐๐ช๐น๐ฆ๐ฅ-๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐๐ฟ. Emmanouel Tsiros (๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ข) โ ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ต-๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ, and ๐๐ฟ. Angelos Liapis, PostDoc, PhD, MSc, MRes (Konnektable Technologies Ltd.) โ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ค๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ด ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ
๐น ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป โ The day concluded with a hands-on wildfire technology demo by Falkors Group, led by ๐๐ฟ. Aleksandr Suvorkin, featuring an AI-powered Terrestrial Fire Detector with over ๐ต๐ด% ๐๐บ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐.
On 16 October, partners gathered for the IT4EST.i3 Annual Plenary Meeting, reinforcing our collective mission: deploy, replicate and scale innovative solutions that protect Europeโs forests.
๐ This is only the first of a series of IT4EST Replication Roadshows across Europe โ next stops include ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ด๐ฎ๐น, ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ. Stay tuned!
๐ค Special thanks to Mr. Valentin Dinu and the OSV team, and to our own Ms. Vasiliki Alexiou for the excellent organization, as well as to all IT4EST partners and speakers for their valuable contributions.
Democritus University of Thrace – (D.U.Th.) (๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ) | MNLT Innovations PC | Ocolul Silvic Vlasia | ๐๐ข๐ก๐ฃ๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐ฑ.๐ผ.๐ผ. | ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ข ๐.๐ฃ. | Arbonaut | Thrust – Intelligent UAV Systems | Konnektable Technologies Ltd. | Falkors Group | OPEGIEKA | Forestry France | Animajor Studios | Florecha Forest Solutions SA
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