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Panel Discussion

Forest Production and Utilization

From Forest To Building: Analyzing the Relationships of Silviculture and Emerging Southern Yellow Pine Mass Timber Industry

Saturday, October 28, 2023
8:00am - 9:30am PST
Location: A7
CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375
This panel of experts is assembled to discuss what silviculture and mass timber is in the south east, specifically Florida, and to analyze the relationship of forest to building. What is the role of the forester beyond the forest? What is the role of the architect, before the building?

Learning Objectives:

  • Upon completion, participants will be able to describe the importance of timber forest and forest management to look beyond the forest, and develop relationships to emerging markets, like the mass timber industry.
  • Upon completion, participants will be able to define what the mass timber building industry is and articulate its relationship to forestry and forest management, not only in the southeast, but across North America’s “hotspot” locations.
  • Upon completion, participants will be able to list the benefits of building with mass timber, define what healthy building communities are and demonstrate a basic understanding of the relationship of carbon with mass timber structures as compared to other building materials.