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Tuesday, December 14, 2004 - Wednesday, December 15, 2004

Program
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
Red Lion at the Park, Spokane, WA
Time
Presenter
Program
Status
8:00 am Opening Remarks
8:10 am
TBA
Keynote Address
Session I: Resource Availability
8:30 am

Jamie Barbour, Program Manager
Focused Science Delivery Program
USDA Forest Service
Pacific Northwest Research Station
Portland, OR
Russ Graham, Research Silviculturist
USDA Forest Service
Rocky Mountain Research Station
Moscow, ID

Resource characteristics and inventory
9:30 am
Break
Session II: Technology Solutions
Lumber Production
10:00 am Todd Brinkmeyer, President
Plummer Forest Products
Plummer, ID
Sawing Technology - where it is now and what is needed?
10:20 am Sawmill Owner - advantages of diversifying product line - challenges and opportunities
10:40 am Russ Vaagen
Vaagen Bros. Lumber Inc.
Colville, WA
Portable Hew-Saw Technology
11:00 am TBA TBA
11:20 am TBA TBA
11:40 am TBA TBA
12:00 pm
Lunch
Engineered Wood Products
1:30 pm Walter Jarck, Director
TimTek Australia PTY, Ltd.
Clarkesville, GA
TimTek Technology
1:50 pm Michael Wolcott, Professor
Wood Materials & Engineering Lab.
Washington State University
Natural Fiber Thermoplastic Composites
2:10 pm TBA TBA
Energy Solutions
2:30 pm Rick Jarvis, President
Grand Teton of Spokane
Spokane, WA
Small Scale Gasifier
2:50 pm Larry W. Potts, CEO
Warm Springs Forest Products Industries
Warm Springs, OR
Bio-Mass Energy Plant
3:10 pm
Break
3:40 pm TBA TBA
4:00 pm TBA TBA
4:20 pm TBA TBA
4:40 pm
Wrap-up
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
WSU Wood Materials & Engineering Laboratory, Pullman, WA
8:00 am - Leave Red Lion, Spokane and travel to WSU WMEL, Pullman, WA
Time
Presenter
Program
Status
9:30 am Demonstration of WPC manufacturing and product performance
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm - Return to Spokane, WA

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

Jamie Barbour
Program Manager
Focused Science Delivery Program
USDA Forest Service
Pacific Northwest Research Station
Portland, OR

Todd Brinkmeyer
President
Plummer Forest Products
Plummer, ID

Russ Graham
Research Silviculturist
USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station
Moscow, ID

Walter Jarck
Director
TimTek Australia PTY, Ltd.
Clarkesville, GA

Rick Jarvis
President
Grand Teton of Spokane
Spokane, WA

Russ Vaagen
Vaagen Bros. Lumber, Inc.
Colville, WA

Michael P. Wolcott
Professor
Wood Materials & Engineering Laboratory
Washington State University
Pullman, WA

 


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