Wednesday, March 25, 2009
8:00am Pre Conference Tour – 8:00am – 4:00pm (Pre-registration is required)
Part 1 – Vaagen Bros. Lumber, Inc., Colville, WA
Part 2 – Avista’s Kettle Falls Generating Station, Kettle Falls, WA
6:00 pm Pre Registration & Welcome Reception (cash bar)
Suppliers Showcase Networking
Thursday, March 26, 2009
7:00 am Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00 am Opening Remarks
Russ Vaagen, Vice President, Vaagen Bros. Lumber, Inc., Colville, WA
Carlton N. Owen, President & CEO, U.S. Endowment for Forestry & Communities, Inc., Greenville, SC
Moderator: Arnie C. Didier, Northwest Sales Representative, SASHCO Inc., Missoula, MT; formerly Director of Marketing & Sales at Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, (RMEF)
Forest Health Crisis—Global Picture
8:15 am R. Neil Sampson, President, The Sampson Group, Inc., Alexandria, VA
8:45 am Questions
Forest Health Crisis—Solutions & Opportunities
9:00 am Dr. Kurt H. Mackes, Assis. Professor, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
9:20 am Dwayne Walker, Manager, Future Forest LLC, Pinetop, AZ: Apache Sitgrave Stewardship Project
9:40 am Wayne Clogg, Sr. VP Woodlands, West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., Vancouver, BC:
10:00 am Questions
10:30 am Coffee Break
Conservation, Stewardship and the Forest Service—How does it all come together?
11:00 am Panel Discussion: Perspectives by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF), the U.S. Forest Service and Blackfoot Challenge
Al Christophersen, Director of Stewardship Services, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Missoula, MT
Gerald (Jerry) Thompson, Regional Stewardship Coordinator, USDA Forest Service, Northern Region, Missoula, MT
Gary Burnett– Executive Director, Blackfoot Challenge, Ovando, MT
11:45 am Questions
12:00 pm Lunch – Suppliers Showcase Networking
How is the Changing Forest Land Ownership Affecting Supply?
1:15 pm Dave Tenny, President & CEO, The National Alliance of Forest Owners, Washington, DC:
1:35 pm Dr. Peter B. Williams, Collaborative Planning Specialist, Washington Office, USDA Forest Service, Ft. Collins, CO: An Evolving Role for Public Lands as Forest Land Ownership Changes
1:55 pm Bob Simpson, Senior Vice President, Center for Family Forests,
American Forest Foundation, Washington, DC:
2:30 pm Questions
3:00 pm Coffee Break
Will Emerging Markets for Small Logs Present a Problem and/or Opportunity to the Traditional Wood Products Industry
3:30 pm Russ Vaagen, Vice President, Vaagen Bros. Lumber, Inc., Colville, WA:
3:50 pm James Fawley, Vice President of Strategic Business Development Coskata, Inc., Warrenville, IL:
4:10 pm Questions
5:30 pm Reception (cash bar)
7:00 pm Dinner
Friday, March 27, 2009
7:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:00 am Opening Remarks
Moderator: Jeff Webber, VP Operations, Stimson Lumber Company, Portland, OR
Con’t of Emerging Markets—Looking More at the Opportunities
8:15 am Paul D. Owen, Vice President, Vanport International Inc., Boring, OR:
8:35 am Alar Kask, Sales Manager, Russia and Baltics, Veisto Oy, Tallin, Estonia:
9:10 am Questions
9:40 am Mike Nesmith, General Manager, Price Lumber Company, Monticello, AR:
The Impact of Forest Economics on Operations Present and Future
10:00 am Questions
10:15 am Coffee Break
The Pellet Fuels Industry — Past/Present/Future
10:45 am Ernie Johnson, President, Eureka Pellet Mills Inc., Missoula, MT:
Derek Nelson, Board Member, Pellet Fuels Institute & Marketing Executive, Eureka Pellet Mills Inc., Missoula, MT:
11:15 am Rob Davis: President, Forest Energy Corporation,
Show Low, AZ: Emerging Global Wood Pellet Markett
11:35 am Questions
12:00 pm Lunch / Luncheon Speaker
Carlton N. Owen, President & CEO, U.S. Endowment for Forestry & Communities, Inc.: Conference Gleanings: Where Do We Go From Here?
1:30 pm Closing Remarks
Russ Vaagen, Vice President, Vaagen Bros. Lumber, Inc., Colville, WA
Carlton N. Owen, President & CEO, U.S. Endowment for Forestry & Communities, Inc., Greenville, SC
