The NHRI has launched a multi-year initiative to develop solutions in the digital transformation of the forest products value chain for the forest sector. It focuses on the up-stream portion of the value chain and was prepared from priorities of the stakeholders in the forest sector. The current funding from multiple sources is scheduled to end in March 2023. The NHRI is requesting funds from NBIF so that the project can be extended one extra year to March of 2024 The project started in fall of 2020 and consists of six activities conducted in parallel that completely align with the NRCan Canadian Wood Fibre Centre’s priorities and 3-year plan . The deliverables are instrumental inputs into several of the CWFC’s projects scheduled for three years. The funds requested to NBIF are $125,000 (18% of the total). Work is centered around the establishment of 100 one-hectare experimental units in the forest where detailed measurements will be taken on sample trees that will be followed all the way through harvesting and bucking into products. The data will be complemented with high-density point clouds, enhanced forest inventories, remote sensing , harvester on-board-computer data etc. Key deliverables will include publications, workshops, proofs-of-concepts, data, methods, simulators, BMP’s, processes and algorithms to correct bias and errors in data and recommendations for optimized bucking. The project will also provide for many demonstrations of new emerging technology in the sector. NHRI will become a critical hub in the digital value chain, a networking facilitator and enabler of innovation.