In August 2023, the NHRI hosted a dynamic 3-day conference in Fredericton focusing on the management of northern hardwood forests. In the early planning stages of the Northern Hardwood Conference, careful consideration was given to decide on the program theme. The overarching theme of “leveraging technology and digitalization of the value chain” was chosen very early on, but we wanted our audience to know this was not solely a technology conference. Silviculture research, hardwood management, climate change, and wildlife and ecological management are all central to northern hardwoods management. As one example, without research on technology and climate change, we wouldn’t have improvements in our management of hardwoods, ecology, or wildlife. It is all connected. LEARN MORE