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A Conference by Industry People for Industry People

  • 100% technology transfer, education, and training
  • In-depth coverage of critical issues
  • Multiple concurrent tracks
    • Forest/forestry, logging equipment
    • Saw milling, solid sawn lumber, beams
    • Panels, engineered lumber
    • Value-added products: furniture, cabinets, doors and windows, components, engineered/solid flooring, architectural woodwork
  • CFEs, CLEs, and CEUs available

EXPO Exhibits

  • More than 50 indoor exhibits and 10 outdoor exhibits (interactive)

Workshops

  • Bio-fiber initiatives
  • Forest land ownership and profit optimization on existing land by Forisk, Inc.
  • Water quality
  • Resins and adhesives, moderated by Dr. Terry Sellers (SelTech)
  • Optimizing sawmill operations, with emphasis on management planning, sawing/saws, and drying, organized by Dr. Gene Wengert

Custom Plant Tours and On-Site Seminars

In-Forest Logging Bio-Fiber Demo

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Bio-Energy Symposium

The symposium and Conference Expo will provide the latest technology, process and economics info on all topics concerning biomass research, development & implementation. Featuring presentations from the very best in the industry. Download PDF

Live Demo

Plum Creek site demo dubbed a “must see” by Southern Loggin’ Times and Timber Harvesting. A world class live bio-harvesting, handling, baling, chipping/grinding demo. The largest such conference and demo ever in U.S. Download PDF

$15 Ticket

Please present this ticket at the registration booth to obtain your badge.
Live In-Woods Demo Ticket Plum Creek Forest Land November 16-17, 2008
It does not provide access to conference sessions or conference food functions.

Attendee Registration

Pre-register for the 2008 F2FP Conference and Expo by downloading the following PDF.

Download Attendee Registration Form or use the Online Registration

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Agenda

November 16

1:00 pm-5:00 pm Live In-Woods Demos, Exhibits, and On-Site

Seminars on Plum Creek Forest Land

November 17 • Specialization Day

7:30 am-8:30 am Registration
8:00 am-5:00 pm Live In-Woods Demos, Exhibits, and On-Site

Seminars on Plum Creek Forest Land

8:30 am-2:00 pm Plant Tours

  • Weyerhaeuser-Parallam, Anthony Forest Products, Yancey Brothers — Caterpillar Equipment (all day)
  • UGA Bio-Fiber Conversion Pilot Plant (AM and PM)
8:30 am-Noon Workshops at the Georgia Center

BMPs and Forested Water Resources

  • Frank Green, Georgia Forestry Commission
  • Rhett Jackson, UGA Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
  • John Godbee, F&W Forestry Services, Inc.

Forest Investment and Profit Optimization of Existing Forestland

  • Brooks Mendell, Forisk, Inc.
1:00 pm-5:00 pm Workshops at the Georgia Center

Resins and Adhesives

  • Terry Sellers, Seltech
  • Chung-Yun Hse, USDA Forest Service
  • Kaichang Li, Oregon State University
8:00 am-5:00 pm Workshops at the Georgia Center

Bio-Fiber Energy Symposia

  • Nathan McClure, Georgia Forestry Commission
  • Daniel Cassidy, USDA CSREES
  • Ben Jackson, UGA Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
  • Bill Pennington, Processes Unlimited International, Inc.
  • Ken Muehlenfeld, Forest Product Development Center, Auburn University
  • Ross Harding, Vice President, Herty Foundation
  • Randy Queen, General Motors
  • Dale Threadgill, UGA Biological and Agricultural Engineering
  • Ron Barmore, Range Fuels
  • Gene Zebley, Hurst Boilers
  • Steve Taylor, Auburn University
  • Devon Dartnell, Georgia Forestry Commission
  • Greg Davidson, BFS
  • Greg Alles, Bliss Industries
  • Jon Mayner, Evergreen Engineering
8:00 am-5:00 pm Sawmill Optimization

  • Gene Wengert, The Wood Doctor’s Rx, LLC
  • Mike Steele, Perforex/Poyry
  • Julian Beckwith, UGA (retired)
  • Dennis Hanlon, Forestry Systems, Inc.
  • Joseph Chang, Louisiana State University
  • Mark White (invited), White and Co.
6:00 pm-8:00 pm Opening Keynote Address

  • Jim Ewing, Director of Recruitment & Existing Industry, Georgia Dept. of Economic Development, Commerce Division
  • Karl Brohammer, Director, Georgia Tech

Advanced Wood Products Lab (AWPL) Crate & Barrel Design Competition and Finished Products Exhibit
Reception and Exhibits

November 18 • Conference

7:00 am-8:00 am Continental Breakfast and Exhibits
8:00 am-10:00 am General Session

Global Overview of Fiber Demand

  • Bill Miller, F&W Forestry Services, Inc.
  • John Carpenter, President of Caterpillar Forest Products
  • D.K. Knight, Principal, Hatton-Brown Publishers
  • John Pait, Senior Vice President, Cellfor
  • Marshall Jacobson, Manager, Plum Creek
10:00 am-10:30 am Refreshment Break and EXPO Exhibits
10:30 am-Noon Concurrent Sessions:

Forest Developments — Carbon Credits

  • Josh Love, Georgia Forestry Commission
  • TBA, Assigning Value to the Resource
  • John Godbee, F&W Forestry Services, Inc.

Forestry Issues — Wood Quality

  • Digges Morgan, Southern Forest Products Association
  • Bryant Beadles, Balfour Lumber Co.
  • TBA, Modeling Wood Quality

Sawmilling and Lumber Developments

  • Karl Brohammer, AWPL, Georgia Tech
  • Wesley Langdale, Langdale Corp.
  • Kerlin Drake (invited), Anthony Forest Products
  • Mark Smith, National Director, WoodLinksUSA
10:30 am-Noon Panels Engineered Lumber Value Added

  • Dick Baldwin, Oak Creek Investments
  • Tony Pugel, Louisiana Pacific
  • Brian Wommack, Weyerhaeuser
Noon-1:30 pm Lunch and EXPO Exhibits
1:30 pm-3:30 pm General Session

Pine to Energy to Emissions

  • Hon. Dave Garman, Former Under Secretary of Energy
  • Ross Harding, Vice President, Herty Foundation
  • Greg Heck, Principal Research Engineer, Southern Co.
  • Barbara Wells, President and CEO, ArborGen
3:30 pm-4:00 pm Refreshment Break and EXPO Exhibits
4:00 pm-5:30 pm Concurrent Sessions

Forest Developments — Finance/ROI

  • Brooks Mendell, Forisk, Inc.
  • Rocky Goodnow, RISI
  • Phil Dougherty, ArborGen

Forestry Issues — Inventory Systems

  • Darian Yawn, Landmark Systems
  • David Evans (invited), Mississippi State University
  • Russell Bozeman, Haglof Inc.

Sawmilling and Lumber Developments

  • Mike Steele, Perforex/Poyry
  • Jay Galloway, Tolleson Lumber
  • Bryant Beadles, Balfour Lumber

Panels Engineered Lumber Value Added

  • Jim Davis, Davis & Associates
  • Hongfan Li, ChinaWood
  • Robert Nurre, Midway United
  • David Williams, D.H. Williams and Associates
5:15 pm-6:15 pm Professional Ethics in Forestry (optional)

  • Ben Jackson, UGA Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
6:15 pm- 6:45 pm Keynote Address

  • Brad Southern, Vice President, Louisiana Pacific
6:45 pm-8:30 pm Reception, EXPO Exhibits, and Entertainment
8:30 pm Dinner on Your Own

November 19 • Conference

7:00 am-8:00 am Continental Breakfast and Exhibits
8:00 am-10:00 am General Session

  • Rick Davis, Vice President/CFO, Landmark Systems
  • Richard Schroeder, Director of Bio-Resources Management, University of Florida
  • Bob Rummer, Project Leader — Forest Operations, USDA Forest Service
10:00 am-10:30 am Refreshment Break and EXPO Exhibits
10:30 am-Noon Concurrent Sessions

Forest Issues (Business and Production Issues Facing Loggers Today

  • Tommy Carroll, Southeastern Wood Producers Association
  • Herb Decours, Davis-Garvin Insurance
  • Ezell Castleberry (invited), American Loggers Council

Forest Developments (Certification)

  • Fred Cubbage, North Carolina State University
  • Bill Hubbard, Southern Regional Extension Forestry
  • John Godbee, F&W Forestry Services, Inc.

Sawmilling and Lumber Developments

  • Mark Craig, Giben
  • Joseph Chang, Louisiana State University

Panels Engineered Lumber Value Added

  • Steve Winistorfer, TECO
  • Tim Young, University of Tennessee
  • Chris Andrews, Shaw Solid Flooring
Noon-1:30 pm Lunch and EXPO Exhibits
1:30 pm-3:30 pm General Session

  • Ken Muehlenfeld, Forest Product Development Center, Auburn University
  • Joseph James, James and Associates
  • Ron Barmore, Range Fuels
  • Greg Alles, Bliss Industries
  • Randy Queen, General Motors
3:30 pm Adjourn
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