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TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 13
GENERAL SESSION: Opportunities for the Future
Moderator: Paul J. DeLong, Administrator, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, Madison, WI- Future Opportunities in Research
- Chris D. Risbrudt, Director, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI
- The Future of Forestry in Wisconsin
- Fred Souba, Jr., Vice President, Wood Supply & Sustainability, NewPage Corp. (formerly Stora Enso), Wisconsin Rapids, WI
- Status of Biofuels and Biorefinery from Woody and Agriculture Biomass
- Ben Thorp, Renewable Energy Consultant and President, Flambeau River Biorefinery, LLC, Park Falls, WI
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
SESSION IA: Sustainable Supply and Availability
Moderator: Edmund A. Gee, National Woody Biomass Utilization Team Leader, USDA Forest Service, Forest Management, Washington, DC- CROP and Levelized Supply: A New Planned Harvest Protocol for Public Land Managers in the U.S.
- Catherine M. Mater, President, Mater Engineering, Ltd., Corvallis, OR
- Supplying New Markets with Forest Products from West Virginia
- Shawn T. Grushecky, Assistant Director, Appalachian Hardwood Center, Jingxin Wang, Associate Professor, Department of Wood Science & Technology, and Ben Spong, Forest Operations Extension Specialist, Appalachian Hardwood Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
- Biomass Inventory and Planning for a Region
- Brett Storey, Biomass Program Manager, Placer County, Auburn, CA
SESSION IB: Sustainable Biomass Harvesting: Concerns and Options
Moderator: Lew R. McCreery, Woody Biomass Coordinator, USDA Forest Service, Wood Education & Resource Center, Morgantown, WV- Effects of Logging Residue Removal on Forest Sites
- Jan J. Hacker, Owner and Operator, Resource Analytics, Roseville, MN
- Considerations in the Certification of Sustainable Biomass Harvesting
- Frederick J. Deneke, Member of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative External Review Panel, Prescott, AZ
- Woody Biomass Harvesting Guideline Development: The Minnesota Experience
- Dick Rossman, Regional Forestry Specialist, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry/ Minnesota Forest Resources Council, Bemidji, MN
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 13
SESSION IIA: Woody Biomass: Harvest, Collection, Process, and Transport Challenges
Moderator: Craig Rawlings, Manager, Smallwood Utilization Network (SUN), A Division of the Montana Community Development Corp., Missoula, MT- Roll-Off Containers: A Solution to Woody Biomass Removal?
- Elizabeth M. Dodson, Assistant Professor of Integrated Natural Resource Planning, and Aaron E. Kash, Graduate Student and Research Assistant, College of Forestry & Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
- Wood Fiber Sourcing for Range Fuel’s Cellulosic Ethanol Plant
- Dick Carmical, President and CEO, The Price Companies, Inc., Monticello, AR
- Wood Fiber Sourcing for Flambeau Paper’s Biorefinery
- Bill Gilbert, Biomass Procurement Manager, Futurewood Corp. (A Johnson Timber Corporation), Hayward, WI
SESSION IIB: Techniques and Tools for Multiple Ownerships
Moderator: John R. (Rusty) Dramm, National Sawmill Specialist, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI- Making Investments in a Federal Landscape Possible
- James K. Walls, Executive Director, Lake County Resources Initiative, Lakeview, OR
- Community-Based Restoration Forestry
- Marko Bey, Director of Operations, and Justin Cullumbine, Director of Programs, Lomakatsi Restoration Project, Ashland, OR
- Hurricane Katrina Biomass Utilization Challenges and Opportunities
- Patrick A. Glass, Director of Operations, Mississippi Institute for Forest Inventory, Jackson, MS
SESSION IIIA: Densified Wood for Energy
Moderator: Charles W. Becker III, Utilization & Marketing Manager, Virginia Department of Forestry, Charlottesville, VA- Densified Wood for Energy – Trends in National, Regional, and International Standards
- Scott Cedarquist, Director of Standards & Technical Activities, American Society of Agricultural & Biological Engineers, St. Joseph, MI; Chris Wiberg, COO, Twin Ports Testing, Inc., Superior, WI
- Fiber Utilization
- Tony (T.J.) Morice, Vice President, Marketing & Operations, Marth Wood Supply, Inc., Marathon, WI
- Exporting Wood Pellets to Europe: History, Opportunity, and Challenges
- John Swaan, Executive Director, Wood Pellet Association of Canada, Prince George, BC, Canada
SESSION IIIB: Biofuels
Moderator: Frederic J. Kuzel, Director, Biomass Partnership, Council of Great Lakes Governors, Chicago, IL- DOE Focus: Biomass to Liquid Fuels
- John Scahill, Project Manager, U.S. Department of Energy, Golden Field Office, Golden, CO
- Wisconsin Activities on Biofuels
- Judy K. Ziewacz, Executive Director, Wisconsin Office of Energy Independence, Madison, WI
- Hydroprocessing of Pyrolysis Bio-oil to Fuels and Chemicals
- Douglas C. Elliott, Staff Scientist, U.S. Department of Energy, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 14
SESSION IVA: Appropriately Scaled Technologies for Rural Communities
Moderator: Eini C. Lowell, Research Scientist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR- Integrated Approach to Highest Value Recovery
- David M. Schmidt, Forest Products Director, Upstream 21, Portland, OR
- Actions Speak Louder Than Words
- Herbert A. Hopper III, Arizona Coordinator to the Southwest Sustainable Forests Partnership with the Little Colorado River Plateau RC&D, Holbrook, AZ
- Lumber Yields and Economic Feasibility of Merchandising Pulpwood in West Virginia
- Shawn T. Grushecky, Assistant Director, and Curt C. Hassler, Visiting Scientist, Appalachian Hardwood Center, and Jingxin Wang, Associate Professor, Department of Wood Science & Technology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
SESSION IVB: Tools for Assessment and Optimization
Moderator: Steve S. Hubbard, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Forest Ecology & Management, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI- Assessing Bioenergy Options for Commercial and Industrial Applications in Wisconsin
- Don Wichert, Director, Focus on Energy Renewable Energy Program, Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corp., Madison, WI
- ChargeOut! Determining Machine and Capital Equipment Charge-Out Rates Using Discounted Cash-Flow Analysis
- Edward M. (Ted) Bilek, Economist, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI
- Decision-Support Tools for Assessing Options in Processing Small Logs
- Janice K. Wiedenbeck, Research Scientist, and Jeff Palmer, Computer Specialist, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Princeton, WV. Presented by Terry R. Mace, Forest Utilization & Marketing Specialist, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison, WI
- Mill Analysis Tools
- Robert L. Govett, Professor, College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, WI
SESSION VA: Funding Opportunities and Woody Biomass Grants
Moderator: Steven Yaddof, S&PF Woody Biomass Program Analyst, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI- Federal Funding Opportunities and How to Manage Grants – Your Reputation
- Andrew A. Gordon, Director of Programs, National Association of RC&D Councils, and Gary Freeman, Chairman, National Association of RC&D Councils, National Energy Committee, Washington, DC
- Foundation Funding Opportunities
- Dave Neu, Senior Regional Wildlife Biologist, Upper Midwest, National Wild Turkey Federation, De Pere, WI
SESSION VB: Multi-Partnership Development
Moderator: Frederick J. Deneke, Forestry Programs Coordinator, National Association of Conservation Districts, Prescott, AZ- Creating Southeast Michigan’s Urban Wood Use Network
- Jessica M. Simons, Natural Resources Specialist, Southeast Michigan RC&D Council, Ann Arbor, MI
- Sustainable Forestry for Bioenergy and Bio-Based Products: A Trainer’s Curriculum
- Larry E. Biles, Director, Southern Forest Research Partnership, Inc., Athens, GA
- The Southwest Sustainable Forests Partnership
- Herbert A. Hopper III, Arizona Coordinator to the Southwest Sustainable Forests Partnership with the Little Colorado River Plateau RC&D, Holbrook, AZ
- From Charcoal to Ethanol: A Case Study in North Arkansas Biofuels Development
- Ron K. Bell, Vice President, Arkansas Association of RC&D Councils, Batesville, AR
- Partnerships to Enhance the Development of Short Rotation Woody Crops
- Timothy A. Volk, Senior Research Associate, College of Environmental Science & Forestry, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 14
SESSION VIA: Biomass Heat and Power
Moderator: Steven Yaddof, S&PF Woody Biomass Program Analyst, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI- Status Update on EPA’s Rulemakings Affecting Small Biomass-Fired Boilers
- James A. Eddinger, Environmental Engineer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Energy Strategies Group, Research Triangle Park, NC
- Using Wood for Energy
- Steven Mueller, President, International WoodFuels LLC, San Diego, CA
- The Chadron College Heating Project
- Doak Nickerson, Northwest District Forester, Nebraska Forest Service, Chadron, NE
SESSION VIB: New and Emerging Technologies for Smallwood
Moderator: Jan Raulin, Publisher, enerG Magazine, Vancouver, BC, Canada- Heat Treatments for Preservation
- Stan Lebow, Research Wood Scientist, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI; Jeffrey J. Morrell, Professor, Department of Wood Science & Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
- Alternative Fibers for Wood-Plastic Composites
- Karl Englund, Assistant Research Professor and Extension Specialist, Wood Materials & Engineering Laboratory, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
- Small Log Sawmilling: Systems and Economics
- Roy C. Anderson, Consultant, The Beck Group – Forest Products Planning & Consulting Services, Portland, OR
- The Good, The Bad, and Small-Diameter Sawmilling
- Russell C. Vaagen, Vice President, Vaagen Bros. Lumber, Inc., Colville, WA
SESSION VIIA: Economic Case Studies
Moderator: Dusty Moller, Utilization & Marketing Specialist, Southwest Sustainable Forests Partnership, Albuquerque, NM- The Energy Business is Good Business, Even if it is Renewable!
- Marvin Burchfield, Vice President, Decker Energy International, Inc.,Winter Park, FL
- Economic Case Studies of Woodchip Heating Projects
- Adam Sherman, Program Manager, Biomass Energy Resource Center, Montpelier, VT
- Smallwood Economics – Southwest Style
- Mark A. Engle, Director, Small Business Development Center, Northland Pioneer College, Show Low, AZ
SESSION VIIB: Marketing Strategies
Moderator: Mark T. Knaebe, Forest Products Technologist, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI- A Baker’s Dozen of Marketing Strategies for Small and Large Producers
- Stephen M. Bratkovich, Project Manager, Recycling & Reuse, Dovetail Partners, Inc., Minneapolis, MN
- 0 to 100,000+ in One Year: A Case Study on How to Build your Web Traffic
- Nora McDougall-Collins, Internet Marketing Specialist, TimberBuySell.com, Missoula, MT
- Our “Green” is Blue: Marketing Wood Products from the New York City Watershed
- Collin A. Miller, Wood Utilization & Marketing Specialist, Watershed Agricultural Council, Walton, NY