For the Latest Program information, download our PDF, here.
at UGA Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel in Athens, GeorgiaNov. 16 (afternoon),17 (all day)
I. Pre-Conference Live In-Woods Demos, Exhibits and Static Exhibits on Plum Creek Forest Land
Demonstrations will focus on bio-mass recovery systems. Demo participants include, to-date: Caterpillar (CAT), John Deere featuring their 1490-D Eco (Euro design modified for North America); Bandit (Beast) recycler chipper; SuperTrak (site prep and bio-fiber handling equipment); Auburn University bio-fiber-gassifier; Georgia Forestry Commission ‘Forests Forever’ demo and forest fire control suppression. Haglof; Landmark Systems; Cellfor; F&W Forestry; Plum Creek, etc.,etc.
November 17th Pre-Conference Specialization Day options will also include plant tours and workshops.
-
II. Plant Tours in A.M.
- Weyerhaeuser-Parallam engineered lumber factory in Colbert, Ga.
- Anthony Forest Products -laminated beam plant and other products in Washington, Ga.
- Yancey Brothers - Caterpillar, static equipment exhibit in Washington, Ga.
- Bio-Fiber conversion pilot plant in Athens, Ga. will be on tour in A.M. and P.M.
November 17th
III. Workshops at the Georgia Center
8 a.m. - 12 noon:
1. Wood to Energy Initiatives
2. Forest Investments and Optimizing Land Owner Profit - Forisk
3. Water Resources
1-5 p.m.
1. Lumber Drying Optimization and Grade Improvement
2. 21st Century Saw Technology
3. Resins and Adhesives Session
November 17th 6:00-8:00 PM F2FP Conference and Expo begins
-
- F2FP Keynote Opening Speaker - Jim Ewing, Director, Georgia Economic Development; introduction by Nathan McLure, Georgia Forestry Commission and Crate n’ Barrel speaker and ‘Georgia Tech Advanced Wood Products Lab (AWPL) Design Competition, and Finished Products Exhibit’ - Karl Brohammer, Director
- Reception and Exhibits Open
- Dinner on your own.
November 18th
6:30 a.m. - 8 a.m. - Continental Breakfast / Exhibits Review
8 a.m. - 10 a.m. - General Session
Fiber Supply and Demand Keynote Speaker, John Carpenter, President of Caterpillar Forest Products
‘Global Overview of Fiber Supply, Demand and Harvesting’
Panel Session
D.K. Knight - Principal of Hatton-Brown - ‘Overview of Wood Products and Fiber Supply and Demand in the South’
John Pait - Vice President of CellFor - Fiber Supply and Wood Quality Based on Genetics of Superior Seedlings; TBA
10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - BREAK / Exhibits Review
10:30 a.m. - 12 noon - Concurrent Sessions
I, II Forest Harvesting; Forestry Issues (topics range from certification and International forestry to inventory systems and carbon credits, etc.)
III Saw Milling Lumber Issues
IV Panels/Engineered Lumber and Value-Added Products Technologies and Developments
12 noon - 1:30 p.m. - LUNCH / Exhibits Review
1:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. - General Session
‘Pine to Energy to Emissions’ Honorable David Garman- former Under Secretary of Energy ; Georgia Conservancy; TBA
3 p.m. - 3:30 a.m. - BREAK / Exhibits Review
3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. - Concurrent Sessions
I, II, III, IV (same general categories as above from 10:30-12:00)
5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. - BREAK / Exhibits Review
Professional Ethics in Forestry (Optional) - Ben Jackson
6:15 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. - Keynote
Brad Southern, Vice President, Louisiana Pacific
6:45 p.m. - 8 p.m. - RECEPTION / Exhibits Review
8 p.m. - Dinner on your own
November 19th
6:30 a.m. - 8 a.m. - Continental Breakfast / Exhibits Review
8 a.m. - 10 a.m. - General Session
“Transportation Could be the Difference Between Profit and Loss”
Keynote
Rick Davis - Vice President/CFO, Landmark Systems “Automating Trucking Logistics”
10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - BREAK + Exhibits Review
10:30 a.m. - 12 noon - Concurrent Sessions
I, II, III, IV (same general categories as before)
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. - Lunch Exhibits Review
Keynoter
Federal Reserve - Atlanta (Invited) “Currency Conversion, Outsourcing and International Trade -Friend or Foe”
1:30 - 3:00 p.m. - Concurrent Sessions
I Certification; II ; III & IV - ‘Bio-Based Products and Bio Energy’ Panel Session
3:00 - 3:30 p.m. - Meet the Speakers
Door Prizes