Emerging Domestic Markets for Treated Lumber

Robert L. Smith, Associate Professor and Director, Center for Forest Products Marketing & Management, Dept. of Wood Science & Forest Products, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

Emerging International Markets for Treated Wood

Christopher Gaston, Director, Markets & Economics, Forintek Canada Corporation, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Emerging Technologies in Wood Protection (Presentation not available)

Philip D. Evans, Professor and Director, Centre for Advanced Wood Processing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Emerging Materials: What Will Durable Materials Look Like in 2020?

Jerrold E. Winandy, Project Leader, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Environmental Issues in Europe

Gérard Deroubaix, Environment Manager, Centre Technique du Bois et de l’Ameublement (CTBA), Bordeaux, France

Session IIA: Markets and Marketing

Florida Building Material Dealers and the Future of Sales and Distribution of CCA-Treated Wood Products

Bill Tucker, President, Florida Building Material Association, Mt. Dora, Florida, USA

The Incursion of Alternative Building Materials

William B. Smith, Associate Professor, College of Environmental Science & Forestry, State University of New York, Syracuse, New York, USA

Markets for '‘Recycled’ Treated Wood Products

Stephen M. Bratkovich, Forest Products Specialist, USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Area State & Private Forestry, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

Treated Structural Systems – Promotional and Legislative Status

Clif Jones, Manager, Business Development, Wood Preservative Group, Osmose, Inc., Griffin, Georgia, USA

Relationship Between Codes and Standards

Jeffrey B. Stone, Southeast Regional Manager of Codes & Standards, American Wood Council Division, American Forest & Paper Association, St. Pete Beach, Florida, USA

Session IIB: Overview of Current Research on Wood Protection and Durability

What’s Stopping the Recycling of Recovered CCA-Treated Lumber

Robert L. Smith, Associate Professor and Director, Center for Forest Products Marketing & Management, Dept. of Wood Science & Forest Products, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA; Delton Alderman, Research Scientist, USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, Princeton, West Virginia, USA; Philip A. Araman, Project Leader, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

Potential Markets for Double-Diffusion Treated Ponderosa Pine

Kurt H. Mackes, Assistant Professor, and Christopher M. Jennings, Research Associate, Dept. of Forest Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA; Tim G. Reader, Forest Products Specialist, Four Corners Sustainable Forests Partnership, Durango, Colorado, USA

Remedial Wood Preservation and Restoration (Presentation not available)

Jim Renfroe, President and CEO, Wood Care Systems, Kirkland, Washington, USA

Characterizing the Environmental Response to Pressure-Treated Wood

Kenneth M. Brooks, Senior Scientist, Aquatic Environmental Sciences, Port Townsend, Washington, USA

Water-Borne Copper Naphthenate: A Potential New Preservative for Softwoods, Hardwoods, and Composites

D. Pascal Kamdem, Associate Professor, Dept. of Forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA; Mike H. Freeman, Consulting Wood Scientist, Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Elmer Schmidt, Professor, Dept. of Forest Products, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA; Pascal Nzokou, Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

Field Testing Above Ground (Presentation not available)

Andrew Zahora, Senior Research Scientist, Chemical Specialties, Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Current Research and Perspectives at the SP in Sweden (Presentation not available)

Jöran Jermer, Project Leader, SP Swedish National Testing & Research Institute, Borås, Sweden

A New Approach to Improving Wood Treatability (Presentation not available)

Michael G. Sanders, Research Assistant II, and H. Michael Barnes and Terry L. Amburgey, Professors, Mississippi Forest Products Laboratory, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, USA

Termite Infestation in France: New Regulations to Limit the Spread

Alain J. Jermannaud, International Consultant, Termites & Wood Preservation, HEPEX Consulting, Soulac sur Mer, France

Properties of Wood Treated With Organic Preservatives

Alan F. Preston, Vice President, Technology, and Futong Cui, Andrew Zahora, Lehong Jin, and Paul Walcheski, Senior Research Scientists, Chemical Specialties, Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Bifenthrin – A Termiticidal Treatment for Wood and Wood-Based Composites

Jim Creffield, Forest Products Entomologist, CSIRO Forestry & Forest Products, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Kim Watson, Global Development Manager, FMC Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Treated Parallel Strand Lumber in Marine Tests (Presentation not available)

Paul Merrick, Manager, Preservation Technology, Trus Joist, A Weyerhaeuser Business, Plymouth, Minnesota, USA; Barry Goodell, Professor, Dept. of Forest Management, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA; Jeffrey J. Morrell, Professor, Dept. of Wood Science & Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

Enhanced Efficacy From the Combination of Copper and Cu-8: Lab and Field Studies

Tor P. Schultz and Darrel D. Nicholas, Professors, Mississippi Forest Products Laboratory, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, USA

Making Refractory Wood Species Treatable by Fungal Pre-treatment

Kurt Messner, Professor and Director, LIGNOCELL Wood-Biotechnology GmbH, Vienna, Austria; Alan Bruce, Associate Professor, TRI-PERM Processes Ltd., Dundee, United Kingdom; Edward Tucker, Ph.D. Student, Scottish Institute of Wood Technology, School of Science & Engineering, University of Abertay Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom

The Microdistribution of Borate Preservatives in Flake-Based Wood Composites (Presentation not available)

Glenn M. Larkin, Research Scientist, and Peter E. Laks, Professor, School of Forestry & Wood Products, Michigan Tech Univ., Houghton, Michigan, USA; Matthew P. Nelson, Principle Scientist, Chemicon, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Low-Dose Active Ingredients for Decay and Insect Protection of Wood and Wood Products

Dave Helmer, Divisional Technical-Commercial Manager, Janssen Pharmaceutica, Plant & Material Protection Division, Titusville, New Jersey, USA

Wood Retification: In France, an Industrial Process of Heat Treatment Producing Lumber With Improved Resistance to Decay

Alain J. Jermannaud, International Consultant, Termites & Wood Preservation, HEPEX Consulting, Soulac sur Mer, France; Laurent Duchez, Operating Process Manager, New Option Wood, Bordeaux, France; René Guyonnet, Professor, Ecole des Mines, Saint Etienne, France

Session IIIA: Durable Engineered Wood Products

Biodegradation Susceptibility of Engineered Wood Products

Peter E. Laks, Professor, School of Forestry & Wood Products, Michigan Tech University, Houghton, Michigan, USA

Wood Protection Processes for Engineered Wood Products

Mark J. Manning, Manager, Technical Development, U.S. Borax, Inc., Valencia, California, USA

Protection of Wood Composites

Alan F. Preston, Vice President, Technology, Chemical Specialties, Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

An Alternative Technology for the Production of Dimensionally Stable and Decay Resistant Strandboard

George J. Goroyias, Research Wood Scientist and Wood Technologist, Kronospan Ltd., Wrexham, United Kingdom; Michael D. Hale, Lecturer, Wood Pathology, School of Agricultural & Forest Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, United Kingdom

Integral and Surface Treatments for the Enhanced Durability of Engineered Wood

Alan S. Ross, Vice President and Technical Director, Raymond L. Bender, Senior Scientist, Engineered Wood Chemicals, Brian M. Marks, Research Scientist, Linda L. Smith, Millwork & Engineered Wood Project Manager, and Karen L. Waszczak, Senior Technician, Kop-Coat, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Dimensional Stability of OSB Webbed I-Joists: Effect of Water-Proofing Sealers (Presentation not available)

R.C. Tang, Professor, School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA

Properties of Laboratory Made Plywood With Fipronil® Insecticide Added in the Resin Formulation (Presentation not available)

Joe H. Hope, Manager, Global Projects and Field Technical Center, Aventis Environmental Science, Clayton, North Carolina, USA; D. Pascal Kamdem, Associate Professor, Dept. of Forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

Fungal Resistance of Wood Fiber/Thermoplastic Composites

Steven A. Verhey, Ph.D. Candidate and Instructor, and Peter E. Laks, Professor, School of Forestry & Wood Products, Michigan Tech University, Houghton, Michigan, USA

Session IIIB: Environmental Issues

Minimizing Health and Environmental Impacts of Treated Wood Through Best Management Practices at the Treating Plant (Presentation not available)

Henry Walthert, Executive Director, Canadian Institute of Treated Wood, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Minimizing CCA Preservative Emissions by Post Treatment Conditioning and Fixation

Paul A. Cooper, Associate Professor, Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Minimizing Preservative Emissions in Amine/Ammonia Preservative-Treated Wood

John N.R. Ruddick, Professor, Dept. of Wood Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Environmental Impact of Treated Wood in Service

Stan Lebow, Research Wood Scientist, Wood Preservation & Fire Research Work Unit, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin, USA; Kenneth M. Brooks, Senior Scientist, Aquatic Environmental Sciences, Port Townsend, Washington, USA; John Simonsen, Associate Professor, Dept. of Wood Science & Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

Issues With the Use and Disposal of CCA-Treated Wood in Florida (Presentation not available)

Helena Solo-Gabriele, Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA; Timothy G. Townsend, Associate Professor, Dept. of Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA

The Point of View of Metallurgy to Recycling of Impregnated Timber (Presentation not available)

Leo Lindroos, Process Engineer, Outokumpu Harjavalta Metals Oy, Pori, Finland

Options for Recycling Treated Wood in Composites

D. Pascal Kamdem, Associate Professor, Dept. of Forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

Session IV: New Protection Technologies

A Vision for the Future (Presentation not available)

Paul I. Morris, Group Leader, Durability & Protection, Forintek Canada Corporation, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Heat Treatment Technology in Europe: Scientific Background and Technological State-of-Art (Presentation not available)

Holger Militz, Professor and Director, Institute of Wood Biology & Technology, Göttingen University, Göttingen, Germany

Vapor Boron Technology

Richard J. Murphy, Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Biology, Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, London, United Kingdom

The MPP Process – A One-Stage CCA Treatment and Fixation Process (Presentation not available)

Michael E. Hedley, Project Leader, Wood Performance Enhancement, Forest Research, Rotorua, New Zealand

Zeroing in on BMPs Through Process Modifications

Randall T. Baileys, Technical Services Manager, J.H. Baxter & Company, Eugene, Oregon, USA

Innovations in Protection Chemistry: New Approaches to Prevent Wood Decay (Presentation not available)

Tor P. Schultz and Darrel D. Nicholas, Professors, Mississippi Forest Products Laboratory, and William P. Henry, Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, USA

Session V: Whole-House Protection Against Termites and Decay

Comparison of Native Subterranean Termite and Formosan Subterranean Termite Biology, Ecology, and Methods of Control (Presentation not available)

Gregg Henderson, Professor and Urban Entomologist, School of Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Transporting Non-Endemic Termite Species in Wood Products Can be Reduced by Understanding Termite Biology (Presentation not available)

Brian T. Forschler, Associate Professor, Dept. of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA

The Formosan Subterranean Termites in Florida and an Area-Wide Population Management Program

Nan-Yao Su, Professor of Entomology, Ft. Lauderdale Research & Education Center, University of Florida, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA

Effect of Building Design and Construction Techniques on the Colonization of Structures by Subterranean Termites and Fungi

Terry L. Amburgey, Professor, Mississippi Forest Products Laboratory, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, USA

Enhancing Durability by Building With Treated Wood: Termite Damage and Boron Contents in 12-Year-Old Test Houses in Mississippi

Lonnie H. Williams, President, Rich Mountain Wood Protection Services, Inc., Gulfport, Mississippi, USA; Terry L. Amburgey, Professor, Mississippi Forest Products Laboratory, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, USA

Hawaiian Experience With Treated Building Components (Presentation not available)

J. Kenneth Grace, Entomologist and Interim Department Chair, Dept. of Plant & Environmental Protection Sciences, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA