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Today's Forests - Tomorrow's Markets
Joint Conference with the MSAF and Canadian Institute of Forestry

31 March - 1 April 2009
Quality Inn, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan
9 Category 1 CFE credits

Conference Brochure

Presentation format is either a PowerPoint *.ppt (2003 or 2007) or a PowerPoint *.pdf    


31 March
 Presentation File
Conference Schedule

8:00
 


Registration
9:30
PowerPoint PDF
1.2 mb

Welcome & Introductory Remarks
   - Bernie Hubbard, President SAF
   - John Pineau, Executive Director CIF

10:00
PowerPoint
2.7 mb

Overview of Ontario's Forests
   - Chris Walsh, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources     
10:30

PowerPoint
0.6 mb

Overview of Michigan's Forests
   - Scott Pugh, Northern Research Station, US Forest Service

11:00
PowerPoint
0.5 mb
 Status and Opportunities in Forest Recreation
   - Charles Nelson, Michigan State University
11:30
  
 Lunch
12:30
PowerPoint PDF
1.7 mb

Tenure Modification
   - Leigh Colpitts, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
1:00
PowerPoint
5.4 mb

Changing Forest Ownership in Michigan
   - Larry Leefers, Michigan State University      

1:30
PowerPoint PDF
6.6 mb
 Ontario's Insect & Disease Concerns
   - Richard Wilson, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
2:00
PowerPoint PDF
1.0 mb
 Insects & Diseases that Influence Forest Management in Michigan
   - Andrew Storer, Michigan Technological University
2:30
    Break
3:00
 PowerPoint
2.0 mb		 Forest Certification - Beyond the Forest
   - Craig Howard, Forestry Consultant
3:30
 PowerPoint
1.9 mb		 Update on North American & Global Forest Product Markets
   - Peter Ince, US Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory
4:00
    MSAF Chapter Business Meetings
CIF Section Annual General Meeting
MSAF State Business Meeting
5:30
    Social Hour, Banquet, Raffle, and Awards
  
1 April
  
 Conference Schedule
  
8:00
PowerPoint
0.3 mb
 Keynote Presentation - Global Trends in the Forestry Sector
   - Frank Dottori, Greenfield Ethanol, Inc.    
8:30
PowerPoint
1.8 mb
 Engineered Forest Products
   - Paul Cooper, University of Toronto
9:00
PowerPoint
1.1 mb

MNR Perspective on Bioproducts and Bioenergy in Ontario
   - Jason Koivisto, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

9:30
PowerPoint PDF
5.3 mb
 Michigan's Centers of Energy Excellence and the Feedstock Supply Chain
   - Donna LaCourt, Michigan Economic Development Corporation
10:00
  

Break
10:30
PowerPoint-2007
0.57 mb

Managing Tomorrow's Forest
     - Art Groot (delivered by Guy Smith), Canadian Forest Service, Canadian Wood Fibre Centre
11:00
PowerPoint
2.2 mb
 Non-timber Forest Products: The Creative Edge
     - Gina Mohammed, P & M Technologies
11:30
  

Internet Marketing Tools for Forestry
     - Shawn Dagenais, Digital WebWorks

12:00
PowerPoint-2007
0.57 mb
 Carbon Markets and Trading Programs
     - Todd Parker, Delta Institute
12:30
  
 Adjourn

 

 

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