| Monday,
March 26, 2007: Red
Lion Hotel on Fifth Avenue, Emerald Ballroom |
|
41st
International Wood Composites Symposium
Emerald Ballroom, Red Lion Hotel on Fifth Avenue
Seattle Washington |
6:30
pm - 9:00 pm
|
Welcome
Reception – Terrace Garden Restaurant, Fifth Floor
Full bar, hearty hors d’oeuvres
Complimentary bar & refreshments hosted by Flamex,
Siempelkamp and Washington State University
Symposium
Check-in/Registration available during reception
|
| Tuesday,
March 27, 2007: Emerald
Ballroom |
|
| 7:30
am - 6:00 pm |
Symposium
Check-in/Registration |
Emerald
Ballroom Foyer
Third Floor |
|
| Symposium
Opening & Awards |
|
Time |
Speaker |
Presentation
Title |
Status |
| 8:30
am |
Vikram
Yadama
Symposium
Co-Chair
Washington State University
USA
|
Symposium
Opening |
|
| 8:35
am |
Robert
Tichy
Symposium
Co-Chair
Washington State University
USA |
Distinguished
Service Awards |
|
| 8:50
am |
Murray
Sturgeon
Managing
Director
Nelson Pine Industries
New Zealand |
Keynote
Address:
Creating value from our forest resources
June 2006 Specialty Wood Journal interview with Murray Sturgeon
|
|
| 9:30
am |
Eddie
Price
Director
of Building Products Technical Services
Georgia-Pacific
USA
|
Composite
wood products:
Yesterday, today and tomorrow |
|
| 10:00 am |
Break |
|
|
| Session
I. Emerald
Ballroom: Sustainable Construction |
| AM
Moderator: Robert Tichy, Washington State University |
| 10:30
am |
Gregory
Lewis
Senior Economist
RISI (Resource Information Systems)
USA |
North
American panel markets' dependence on housing |
|
| 11:00
am |
Jim
Wilson
OSU Professor Emeritus
Wood Science & Engineering
& Vice President, CORRIM
(Consortium for Research on
Renewable Industrial Materials)
USA |
Sustainable
development - building "green" with wood products |
|
| 11:30
am |
Jim
Bowman
Northwest Regional Manager
AF&PA (American Forest & Paper Assn.)
USA |
LEED
and the "greening" of building codes and standards |
|
| 12:00
pm |
Lunch |
|
|
| Session II. Emerald Ballroom: Biorefinery |
| PM
Moderator: Michael Wolcott, Washington State University |
| 1:30
pm |
Bryce
Stokes
National Program Leader
Forest Operations Research
USDA Forest Service
USA |
Feedstocks
for the biorefinery |
|
| 2:00
pm |
Tom
Belin
Business Performance Manager
Potlatch
USA |
Potlatch's
concept of a fully integrated biorefinery |
|
| 2:30
pm |
Tom
Amidon
Professor and Chair
Paper Science & Engineering
SUNY-ESF
USA |
The
biorefinery and reconstituted wood products: Opportunities and
potential impacts |
|
| 3:00
pm |
Dan
Burciaga
President
ThermoChem Recovery International (TRI)
USA
|
A
technical and economic model for the industry biorefinery; a
phased approach |
|
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|
|
| 3:30
- 6:00 pm |
Technical
Forum Poster Session, Emerald Ballroom
Refreshments hosted by IMEAS |
| 6:30
- 7:00 pm |
Buses
to Seattle waterfront for Symposium banquet dinner cruise. Board
ship at Pier 56 |
| 7:30
- 10:30 pm |
Symposium
Banquet – Dinner cruise on Puget Sound aboard the Royal
Argosy
Complimentary beverages hosted by Dieffenbacher, Metso Panelboard,
and TSI Inc. |
| 10:30 - 11:00 pm |
Buses
return to hotel immediately following return to dock. |
| Wednesday,
March 28, 2007 |
|
| 7:30
am - 5:00 pm |
Symposium
Check-in/Registration |
Emerald
Ballroom Foyer
Third Floor |
|
| 7:00
- 9:00 am |
Continental
Breakfast
Hosted
by GreCon |
Emerald
Ballroom |
|
| Session
III. Emerald
Ballroom: Process Innovation |
| AM
Moderator: World Nieh, USDA Forest Service |
Time |
Speaker |
Presentation
Title |
Status |
| 9:00
am |
Anders Mattsson
Metso Panelboard
USA |
The EVO DefibratorTM concept - Optimized fiber-processing technology
|
|
| 9:30
am |
Robert
Dickens
Director, Continuous Process Improvement, Panel Products
Division
Temple-Inland
USA |
Reliability:
Next-generation asset management |
|
| 10:00
am |
Break |
|
|
| 10:30
am |
Pat
Barry
Production Manager
Norbord
Belgium |
A
comparison of OSB manufacture in North America and Europe |
|
| 11:00
am |
Michael
Huddy
President, CEO, Director
International Barrier Technology
USA
|
Fire and strength improvements of Blazeguard coated OSB panels |
|
| 11:30
am |
Kelvin
Chapman
Principal
MDF Tech
New Zealand
|
A
new approach to optimizing MDF fiber cost |
|
| 12:00
pm |
Lunch |
|
|
| PM
Moderator: Vik Yadama, Washington State University |
| 1:00
pm |
Brent Takemoto
Staff Specialist
California Air Resources Board
USA |
New
regulations for formaldehyde emissions from composite wood products |
|
| 1:30
pm |
Brock
Landry
Chairman, Government Division
Venable LLP
USA |
The
California Air Resources Board rule on composite wood products:
What it means for producers, fabricators, and consumers |
|
| 2:00
pm |
Indroneil Ganguly
Research Associate
College of Forest Resources
University of Washington
USA
|
Indian market for panel products: Challenges and opportunities |
|
| 2:30
pm |
Break |
|
|
| 3:00
pm |
Stefan
Zipf
Manager of Modernization
Panel Division
Dieffenbacher
Germany
|
Maximum
upgrade in minimum time |
|
| 3:30
pm |
Didier
Goesaert
Sales & Marketing Manager
Schenkmann-Piel Engineering
Germany |
High
capacity dryers for particleboard and OSB |
|
| 4:00
pm |
George
Meek
Process Specialist & Maintenance Consultant
Evergreen Engineering
USA
|
Increasing
plant uptime |
|
| 4:30
pm |
Robert
Knudson
National
Team Leader
Forintek Canada Corp.
Canada
|
Effect
of log rehydration on quality of OSB strands manufactured from
beetle-killed lodgepole pipe |
|
| 5:00
PM: Symposium Adjourns |
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