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PROGRAM CONTENT NOTICE
May 13-15, 2008 SPRING MEETING AND FIELD TRIP
DOUBLETREE HOTEL – LLOYD CENTER, PORTLAND, OREGON
“THE GREENING OF THE PLANET -
HOW IT IMPACTS THE FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRY”
TUESDAY, MAY
13 - TECHNICAL SEMINAR
Fiber Quality/Production focus -
Planned presentations include:
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Bill Fuller,
FRM Consulting, on conversion factors for wood energy values.
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Doug Ens/Craig
Garratt, Canfor Pulp, on when an emergency strikes, what fiber
managers might want to discuss ahead of time with mill management…
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Donald Bisson,
Composite Panel Assn., an introduction to CPA’s Raw Materials Task
Force.
Transportation
focus - Planned presentations include:
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MTR Western,
how the company is incorporating green principles into its
transportation business.
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Wayne Elson,
Environmental Protection Agency, on the SmartWay Program.
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Jim Zito,
Peterbilt, on the company’s new Hybrid Diesel engine for Class A trucks.
Forestry/Environmental-Biomass focus - Planned presentations include:
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Rob Janicki,
Janicki Energy, an update on portable pyrolysis plants in the woods.
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Adrian Miller,
Washington Forest Protection Assn, the latest Western State and
Provincial negotiations regarding climate change policies and forestry
protocols ..
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Panel
– Current efforts and techniques for gathering forest biomass from the
field
WEDNESDAY,
MAY 14 – GENERAL SESSION
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Mark Kendall,
Senior Policy Analyst, Oregon Department of Energy
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Dave Sjoding,
Pacific Regional Biomass Energy Partnership, Washington State
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Bruce Lippke,
University of Washington/CORRIM, on life cycle assessment and carbon
storage in wood products.
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Ward Hubbell,
Green Building Initiative, on green building design.
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Jenny Baird,
DoubleTree’s Green Meetings Specialist, on the hotel’s new green
policies.
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Dave Panco,
Weyerhaeuser’s Biofuels Group, on Weyerhaeuser’s interest in biofuels
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Lyn Brown,
Vice President Corporate Relations and Social Responsibility, Catalyst
Paper, on the company’s new carbon-emission neutral paper line.
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Hakan Ekstrom,
Wood Resources Int’l, on global forest products trade in a greening
world
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Rocky Goodnow,
Int’l Wood Fiber, with a perspective on the western US fiber supply
situation.
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Wayne Mercer,
Tembec, with an update on the British Columbia’s fibre supply.
THURSDAY, May 15
- FIELD TRIP
Touring Pac Fibre’s whole log chipping plant and the Oregon-Canadian
Forest Products plant, both in North Plains, Oregon
Full meeting invitations are now available, and can be obtained by
calling the Western Region office at 509.396.2478 Mark your calendars and
plan to attend!
Forest Resources Association
Inc. (FRA)
600 Jefferson Plaza, Suite 350,
Rockville, MD 20852
FRA National office telephone: 301/838-9385
Click here for FRA Staff and FRA Division
contact information
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