PRE-CONFERENCE
(Atrium)

5:00-5:25
Panel and Related Research Overview at the Forest Products Laboratory
—Chris Risbrudt, Director, Forest Products Lab

5:25-5:50
Transformation of the Forest Industry Through Research and Innovation
—Ian de la Roche, President & CEO, FPInnovations

6:00-7:30
Exhibitor Appetizer Meet & Greet

Friday, February 8
6:30-7:50 a.m. Breakfast in the Grand Ballroom

POST-BREAKFAST OPENING (Grand Ballroom E)

8:00-8:20
Caring for the Top Line, Employees
—Ron Perry, Chaplain Team Leader, Roy O. Martin

8:20-8:50
The ATC Panels Experience
—Fito Salman, CFO, ATC Panels

NON-STRUCTURAL (Grand Ballroom B)

9:00-9:50
Globalization Presents Challenges & Opportunites for Our Woodworking Industry
—Steve Lawser, Executive Director, Wood Component Manufacturers Assn.
—Matt Bumgardner, Forest Products Technologist, USDA Forest Service

9:55-10:20
Forest Fragmentation Drivers and Timber Supply
—Bob Izlar, Director of the Center for Forest Business, University of Georgia Warnell School of Forest Resources

10:25-10:50
Impacts from Changing Forest Resource Condition and Demand on Panel and EWP Facilities
—Mac Lupold, Lupold Consulting, Inc.

10:50-11:00 Break

11:05-11:30
How the Green Movement Is Impacting Your Business (from Forestland Certification to Finished Products)
—Roger Rutan, Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, Timber Products Co.

11:35-12:00
The Challenges and Opportunity of Regulation
—Jody Bevilaqua, Executive Vice President, Hexion Specialty Chemicals

12:10-2:30 Lunch (ATRIUM), Speaker and Exhibits
Facelift of the North American Panel Industry
—Mike Rehwinkel, President, Woods Products, G-P

2:35-4:10
Profitable Furniture Industry in NA
—Steve Lawser, WCMA, moderator
—Matt Bumgardner, USDA FS
—Jimmy Hunt, Managing Partner, Industrial Timber
—Dr. Urs. Buehlmann, Associate Professor, Virginia Tech Dept. of Wood Science and Forest Products

4:15-5:30
Preemptive, Pro-Active Quality Control
—Steven Mays, moderator, President, Electronic Wood Systems
—Keith Mays, VP, EWS (How Technical Solutions for Online Measurement Meet the Increased Speed of Panel Board Production Lines)
—Allen Wagoner, Vice President, Flamex, Inc. (Obtaining the Maximum Benefit from Fire Protection Systems Through Pro-Active Involvement)
—Clyde Steffens, Principal, Automation Industries (The Search for Preemptive Process Control)
—Staffan Karlsson, Global Product Manager, Sandvik Process Systems (More Value, More Savings, Service Alternatives)

6:00-8:00 Reception (Atrium)

STRUCTURAL I (Grand Ballroom A)

9:00-9:25
The Family of Engineered Lumber Products
—Mark Churchland, Director, Process R&D, iLevel Vancouver Tech Center

9:30-10:15, 10:30-11
LVL Production: Lower Costs, Greater Throughput
—John Holbert, Principal, Corvallis Tool Co. LVL Production on a Continuous Press and Microwave Heating
—Michael Stroh, Cole Martin, Dieffenbacher

10:15-10:30 Break

11:05-11:50
The Future of ELPs and Requirements for Success
—David Parker, President & CEO, StrongWood Technologies, Inc.

12:10-2:30 Lunch (Atrium), Speaker and Exhibits
Facelift of the North American Panel Industry
—Mike Rehwinkel, President, Woods Products, G-P

2:35-3:35
Scrimtec
—Anderson Thomas, President, Loblolly Industries, LLC (How a Traditional Family Sawmill Business Found Its Way into the Strand Engineered Lumber Business)
—Dan Seale, Professor, Mississippi State University

3:40-5:30
Strand Products and Technologies
—Tony Pugel, Senior Research Scientist-EWP, LouisianaPacific (Strand Lumber Process and Product)
—Andrew Johnson, VP, TSI (Long Strand Drying)
—Stefan Wissing, President, Siempelkamp NA (Right Equuipment and Teamwork-The Key for a Great OSB Line Project)
—John Robinson, Drying Technology (Delta T Moisture Control)
—Desmond Smith, Vice President and General Manager, Acrowood (New Technology in Green Strand Screening)

6:15-7:45
Breakfast in Exhibit Hall

POST-BREAKFAST OPENING (Grand Ballroom E)

8:00-8:25
Bridging the Trough
Darrell Keeling, Vice-President-Composite Manufacturing, Roseburg Forest Products

NON-STRUCTURAL
(Grand Ballroom B)

8:35-10:20
Laminate & Engineered Wood Flooring
—Jean Briere, moderator, Technical Director Laminate Flooring Manufacturing, Shaw Industries Group
— Stan McMackins, Faus Industries (NALFA Product Standard LF01: The North American Reference in Laminate Flooring)
—Sven Kramer, Burkle North America (Analyzing Various Approved Surface Technologies for the Production of Laminate Flooring)
—Luca Onesti, Automation Engineer, Protronics; Fred Kurpiel, Georgia Research Institute (Direct Print Flooring for 21st Century)

10:20-10:30 Break

10:35-12:00
Value-Added Laminate Panels
—Vickie Newsum, moderator, Melamine Technical Manager, Roseburg Forest Products
—Dr. Sascha Bernhardt, VP, Hymmen North America (Leading Edge Technologies for the North American Coating Markets)
—Bob Knothe, TFM Manager, Toppan Interamerica; Frank Densmore, Design Support Manager, Toppan (Design, Engraving and Printing from a Global Perspective)
—Jim Buffington, Eastern Sales Manager, Roseburg Forest Products (The Power of Value-Added)

12:00-1:30 Lunch with Exhibitors

1:35-2:00
Texture in Wood Plastic Composites
—F. Bradley Foster, Vice President of Business Development, Standex Engraving

2:05-2:30
Injection Molding Using Wood-Thermoplastic Biocomposites
—Edward Trueman, President and CEO, JER Envirotech

2:35-3:00
Lightweight Wood-Fiber Insulation Board
—Dr. Karsten Lempfer, Scientist, Siempelkamp

STRUCTURAL (Grand Ballroom A)

8:35-9:15
Leveraging Your Assets in the Veneer-Based Industry
—Dick Baldwin, Managing Partner, Oak Creek Investments

9:20-10:00
Energizing a Tired Business
—Fran Eck, President, Wood Resources Specialty Panels

10:05-10:45
Significantly Increase Your Profits By Closing the Execution Gap
—David Jesseau, Director, Sales & Marketing, Perforex
—Michael Steele, Partner, Perforex

10:50-11:30
Electrical Power Systems
—Steve Blackwelder, Business Development Manager, Hunt Guillot & Associates

12:00-1:30 Lunch with Exhibitors

1:30-3:30
International Markets
—Dr. Chris Gaston, National Director, Markets and Economics, FPInnovations (Wood Market Trends in Asia)
—Bob Nurre, Marketing and Sales, Midway United Ltd.; Nolan Roy, VP, Plywood and Veneer Operations, Midway United Ltd. (Russian Wood Products Industry)
—Ampai Peamaroon, Kasetsart University (Asean Countries Represent Fastest Growing Region in the World)

ENERGY TO EMISSIONS
(Grand Ballroom C)

8:35-9:00
The State of MACT Compliance
—John Bradfield, Director of Environmental Affairs, Composite Panel Assn.

9:05-9:30
Timber Supply and Energy
—Michael Clutter, Dean, University of Georgia, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources

9:35-10:00
Pellet Mill Wood Drying Systems
—James Teaford, President, The Teaford Co. Inc.