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54th Annual Conference


April 13-15, 2011 Timmins, Ontario

Who's Minding the Forest?

The Changing Face of Forest Mangement

  

Agenda:

 

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

9:00 am - Registration Opens

12:00 pm - Field Tour  - click fo details

* Urban Forestry

* Enhanced Forest Productivity

* NEBIE site

* Mixed Wood research site

* Sewell Township commercial thinning

7:00 pm - Icebreaker Evening Social & Networking

* Keynote Speaker - Avrim Lazar, President & CEO Forest Products Association of Canada


Thursday, April 14, 2011

8:00 am - Continental Buffet Breakfast

8:30 am   MC: Barry Mercer, CBC Radio

* Trade show all day - showcasing today's latest technology for professionals

* Welcome - Tom Laughren, Mayor of Timmins

* Welcome - TBA, Mattagami First Nation

* The OPFA - Carl Corbett

Early Morning - Past, Present and Future Views

* Mark Kuhlberg - Laurentian University     Presentation (1.4 Mb)

* Doug Clark - Northern College

* Ulf Runesson - Lakehead University    Presentation (1.9 Mb)

10:25 am Break

10:40 am Late Morning - Past, Present & Future Views

* Sandy Smith - University of Toronto      Presentation (13.1 Mb)

* Carla Grant - Ontario Forestry Association     Presentation (1.2 Mb)

* Michael Rosen - Urban Forestry, Trees Canada    Presentation (3.0 Mb)

11:55am Lunch

* Hon. Linda Jeffrey, Minister of Ministry of Natural Resources

1:10pm Afternoon Sessions - Who Else: Evolution of Forestry Practice

* Jenny Millson & Monique Koski - Foresters, Millson Forestry     Presentation (32.1 Mb)

* Kandyd Szuba - Biologist, EACOM Timber Corp.     Presentation (4.1 Mb)

* Jeff Leach - Forest Technician, Tembec Inc.      Presentation (4.5 Mb)

* Chris McKay - Aboriginal, WC McKay Consulting

A New Way of Doing Business

* Tom Clark & Jeremy Williams - Arbor Vitae     Presentation (4.9 Mb)

3:15 pm Break

3:30 pm OPFA Annual General Meeting

               Proxy Vote

               2010 AGM Draft Minutes

6:30 pm Reception

7:00 pm Evening Banquet Dinner with Awards & Entertainment

Friday, April 15, 2011

7:30 am CIF Breakfast

8:00 am - Continental Buffet Breakfast

8:30 am Greeting - Gilles Bisson, MPP

Early Morning - A New Way of Doing Business

* Phil Green - First Resources Management Group    Presentation (0.1 Mb)

* Paul Poschmann - Lake Nipigon Forest Management Inc.   Presentation (0.6 Mb)
* Rick Groves - AbitibiBowater    Presentation (0.6 Mb)

* Bill Thornton - ADM Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry

Late Morning - Broader World and Issues

* Richard White - Northern Private Land Forestry   Presentation (4.1 Mb)

* George Graham - A View of Industry     Presentation (1.7 Mb)

* Richard Raper - Forests in Parks    Presentation (8.0 Mb)

* Colin Lachance - A View from First Nations

* Jamie Lim - Looking Ahead     Presentation (1.6 Mb)

Closing Remarks    Presentation (0.1 Mb)

 

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