The 1999 Statistics Canada Survey of Innovation

John Hector, Science Policy Advisor, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Keynote Address: Forest Products Industry Overview

Jim Lopez, Executive Vice President, Forest Resource Management, Tembec Inc., Temiscaming, Quebec, Canada

Drying Systems Design and Considerations

Mike Sprague, President and CEO, M. Sprague, Inc. – Thermal Products and Consulting, Portland, Oregon, USA

Current Drying System Alternatives

Fred M. Lamb, Professor Emeritus, Department of Wood Science and Forest Products, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

Process Control Technologies

Uli Heimerdinger, President, Lignomat USA, Portland, Oregon, USA

Session II: Markets and Consumer Needs

Changing Hardwood Markets: Impacts on Production and Marketing

Dan Meyer, Associate Editor, George Barrett, Editor, and Andy Johnson, Associate Editor, Hardwood Review, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Background and Outlook for Certified Wood Products

Peter A. Drake, Senior Marketing Consultant, AMEC Forest Industry Consulting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Impact of Certification on Markets for Manufactured Wood Products

Eric Hansen, Associate Professor and Extension Marketing Specialist, Department of Wood Science and Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

An Examination of Market Trends and Opportunities in Secondary Manufacturing

Bill Wilson, Director, Industry Trade and Economics Research, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Meeting Market Needs: The Perspective of a Custom Kiln Dryer (Presentation not available)

Jeff Hardy, General Manager, Brattleboro Kiln Dry and Milling, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA

Demands of the Export Market: Standards for Sterilization

Paul Houghland, Jr., Executive Manager, National Hardwood Lumber Association, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Session III: Advances in Drying Technologies

Energy Management in Kiln Drying Control Systems

Steve Riley, Scientist, Wood Processing, and Richard Dandoroff, Process Control Engineer, New Zealand Forest Research Institute Ltd., Rotorua, New Zealand

Drying Emissions and Environmental Regulations (Presentation not available)

Michael R. Milota, Associate Professor, Department of Wood Science and Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

Stress-Based Kiln Monitor/Control: Concept and Industrial Trial

Jim Fuller, President, Fuller Labs – Wood Drying Consultation and Research, Newport, Virginia, USA

Hardwood Drying Control Using Acoustic Emission Technology

Frank C. Beall, Professor and Director, University of California Forest Products Lab, Richmond, California, USA

Radio Frequency Vacuum (RFV) Drying and Radio Frequency (RF) Heat Treating

Robert L. Zwick, Vice President, Technology, HeatWave Technologies, Inc., Crescent Valley, British Columbia, Canada

Wood Color and Stain Control

William B. Smith, Professor, and Hwanmyeong Yeo, Patrick Rappold, Douglas Herdman, and Daniel Montoney, former Graduate Research Assistants, Wood Products Engineering, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York, USA

Session IV: Managing the Drying Process

Modeling the Conventional Kiln Drying Process and Comparison With Experimental Results

Carl Tremblay, Research Scientist, Forintek Canada Corporation, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada, and Yves Fortin, Professor, Department of Wood and Forest Sciences, Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada

Modeling Wood Drying Linked With Airflow in the Kiln

Konstantin Pougatch, Research Engineer, Martha Salcudean, Professor and Weyerhaeuser Chair Emerita, and Ian Gartshore, Professor Emeritus, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Analysis of Drying Data

Luiz C. Oliveira, Research Scientist and Group Leader, Forintek Canada Corporation, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Moisture Measurement in Wood With a 1 GHz Transmission Line Probe

Francois S. Malan, Researcher, and Kemal Ahmet, Sub-Dean and Principal Lecturer, Department of Design and Architecture, University of Luton, Luton, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

Evaluating the Cost of Drying Degrade

Peter Garrahan, Wood Drying Scientist, Forintek Canada Corporation, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Session V: Improving Profitability

Spruce and Fir Drying Optimizer: System Description and Performance Study - Part 1 / Part 2

Réal Frenette, Project Engineer, Autolog Inc, Laval, Quebec, Canada, and Marc Savard, Eastern Group Leader, Wood Drying, Forintek Canada Corporation, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada

Increasing Yield of Hardwood Lumber Through Precision End Trimming

Brian H. Bond, Assistant Professor, Tennessee Forest Products Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Accelerated Drying of Hardwoods

Rubin Shmulsky, Assistant Professor, Department of Wood and Paper Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

Methods of Managing Variations in the Drying Process (Presentation not available)

Sita Millar, Technical Manager, AMEC Forest Industry Consulting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and Brad Hunt, General Manager, West Fraser Mill, Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada

Weight-Based Drying – “Just the Facts”

Frederick C. Burkardt, Regional Plant Manager, Armstrong Wood Products, West Plains, Missouri, USA

Certifying the Operator and His Dry Kiln on the Basis of Drying Result

Dieter E. Steinmann, Senior Lecturer, Department of Wood Science, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, Republic of South Africa, and South African Lumber Millers Association, Isando, Republic of South Africa