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Full Schedule

  • Saturday, October 28, 2023
  • 7:00am – 12:00pm PST
    Registration Open
  • 7:00am – 4:00pm PST
    Speaker Ready Room Open
  • 8:00am – 9:15am PST
    People, Policy, Popcorn: Living with Wildfire: Findings of the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission
  • 8:00am – 9:30am PST
    A Peek into Policy
    Concurrent Session Moderator: Erin Kelly
  • 8:00am – 9:30am PST
    Climate Change Mitigation Education and Climate-Smart Commodities
    Speaker: Puskar N. Khanal, PhD (he/him/his) – Clemson University
    Speaker: Melissa M. Kreye, PhD – Pennsylvania State University
    Speaker: Nana Tian, PhD – University of Arkansas at Monticello
    Bioenergy, Climate Change, and Carbon
     CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375
  • 8:00am – 9:30am PST
    Evolution of Forestry
    Concurrent Session Moderator: Ashley Schulz, PhD – Mississippi State University
    Silviculture
  • 8:00am – 9:30am PST
    Exploring the Web of Life: Navigating Your Forestry Career for Evolutionary Growth
  • 8:00am – 9:30am PST
    Focus on the Science and Research
    Concurrent Session Moderator: Donna Davis, MS Agroforestry (she/her/hers) – Colorado State Forest Service
  • 8:00am – 9:30am PST
    From Forest To Building: Analyzing the Relationships of Silviculture and Emerging Southern Yellow Pine Mass Timber Industry
  • 8:00am – 9:30am PST
    North American boundary forests: diversity, conservation, and fire management
    Speaker: Sabrina E. Russo, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Speaker: Diana Stralberg, PhD (she/her/hers) – Canadian Forest Service
    Speaker: Bailey McNichol, PhD (she/her/hers) – Michigan State University
    Speaker: Benjamin O. Knapp, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Missouri
    Speaker: Will Rodney, PhD – Oklahoma State University
     CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375
  • 8:00am – 9:30am PST
    Science Flashes 7
    Concurrent Session Moderator: Adam Polinko, PhD – Mississippi State University
     CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375
  • 8:00am – 9:30am PST
    Sharing Our Passion
  • 8:00am – 9:30am PST
    Tree Mortality in California: Causes, Consequences, and the Future
    Speaker: Christopher Fettig, PhD – Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service
    Speaker: David Dralle, PhD (he/him/his) – Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service
    Speaker: Sophia Lemmo, MS, RPF (she/her/hers) – California Association of Resource Conservation Districts
    Speaker: Christopher Looney, PhD – USFS PSW Research Station
    Speaker: Alexis Bernal, MS – University of California-Berkeley
    Speaker: Ramiro Rojas, RPF – Pacific Southwest Region, USDA Forest Service
    Forest Health and Genetics
     CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375
  • 9:00am – 5:00pm PST
    USDA Forest Service Computer Lab
  • 9:00am – 5:00pm PST
    USDA Forest Service Hiring Event
  • 9:30am – 10:00am PST
    Refreshment Break
  • 9:30am – 11:00am PST
    Let’s Talk Climate Resilience and Mature and Old-Growth Management
  • 10:00am – 11:30am PST
    Boots on the Ground
    Concurrent Session Moderator: Lloyd C. Irland, Ph D – The Irland Group
  • 10:00am – 11:30am PST
    Climate Smart Forestry: A Discussion about the Emerging Use-based Research, Policy, and Economics
  • 10:00am – 11:30am PST
    Cross Boundary Partnerships After the Fire: Restoration Research, Carbon Modeling, Reforestation Implementation, and Workforce Capacity Building.
    Speaker: Brian Morris, Phd, RPF (he/him/his) – American Forests
    Speaker: Elizabeth Pansing, PhD (she/her/hers) – American Forests
    Speaker: Kendall DeLyser, MF, MEM (she/her/hers) – American Forests
     CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375
  • 10:00am – 11:30am PST
    Evolution of Forestry
    Concurrent Session Moderator: Mitchell P. Michaud, BS Forestry, Grad Cert Pulp and Paper (he/him/his) – Dogon Enterprises
  • 10:00am – 11:30am PST
    Exploring the Web of Life: Navigating Your Forestry Career for Evolutionary Growth Pt. 2
  • 10:00am – 11:30am PST
    Focus on Water
    Concurrent Session Moderator: Emily Thyroff, PhD – University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
  • 10:00am – 11:30am PST
    Foundations for successfully integrating livestock into the woods through silvopasture
    Concurrent Session Moderator: Matthew M. Smith, PhD – USDA Forest Service - National Agroforestry Center
    Speaker: Ashley Conway-Anderson, PhD, PAS (she/her/hers) – University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry
    Speaker: Kendra Esparza-Harris, MS (she/her/hers) – Center for Agroforestry, University of Missouri
     CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375
  • 10:00am – 11:30am PST
    Getting Techy With It
    Concurrent Session Moderator: Brandon K. Craft, MNR, CF (he/him/his) – Treeswift
  • 10:00am – 11:30am PST
    Science Flashes 8
    Concurrent Session Moderator: Calvin Norman, CCF – Penn State
     CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375
  • 10:00am – 11:30am PST
    Technology trials and tribulations: Demonstrating and evaluating advanced communication technologies effectiveness among various stakeholders
  • 11:00am – 6:00pm PST
    Post Convention Technical Tours