Tuesday, June 19
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1:00 p m - 5:00 pm
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Satellite Meeting
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6:00 - 8:00 pm
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Early Registration and welcoming reception – Hotel Galvez
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Wednesday, June 20
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7:00 - 8:30 am
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Continental Breakfast
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7:30 - 8:30 am
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Registration – Hotel Galvez
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8:30 – 12:00 am
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Plenary Session – Music Hall
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8:30 am
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Welcome and Announcements
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8:45 am
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James B. Hull
C.F., State Forester and Director of the Texas Forest Service
Topic: Forestry in Texas: Changing Ownerships, Changing Markets, and Changing Priorities
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9:30 am
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Break - West Promenade
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10:00 am
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Steven McKeand
Professor & Director, NC State Univ. Industry Cooperative Tree Improvement Program
Topic: Southern Pine Tree Improvement – A Living Success Story
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10: 30 am
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Glenn Howe
Director, Pacific Northwest Tree Improvement Research Cooperative
Topic: Douglas-fir breeding: Past successes and future challenges
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11:00 am
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Brad St. Clair
Research Geneticist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
Topic: Using Tree Improvement to Mitigate Climate Change
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12:00 – 1:00 pm
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Lunch Buffet (provided)
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1:00 - 5:00 pm
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Concurrent Sessions
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Concurrent Session A1 (Terrace)- Marker Assisted Breeding/Molecular Genetics
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1:00 pm
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Yousry A. El-Kassaby - Increasing the Efficiency of Breeding Without Breeding Through Phenotypic Preselection in Open Pollinated Progenies
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1:25 pm
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C. S. Echt - New Loblolly Pine Microsatellite Markers for Mapping and Population Genetics
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1:50 pm
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K.V. Krutovsky - Estimation of Population Structure in the Coastal Douglas-fir Association Mapping Study
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2:15 pm
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N. Islam-Faridi - Development of Reference Karyotypes for Longleaf and Shortleaf Pines using Fluorescence in situ Hybridization
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2:40 pm
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Break - West Promenade
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3:10 pm
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L. Wu - Strategies for Identification of QTLs Controlling Early Height Growth in Longleaf Pine
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3:35 pm
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A.J. Eckert - ADEPT2 – Resequencing, SNP Discovery, and Association Studies for Loblolly Pine
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4:00 pm
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B. Pande - Nucleotide diversity and neutrality testing in genes involved in adaptation in Douglas-fir
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4:25 pm
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Ross W. Whetten - Parent-Dependent Effects of the cad-n1 Mutant Allele on Height in Loblolly Pine Families
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4:50 pm
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N.K. Ukrainetz - Coastal Douglas-fir Wood Quality: Quantitative and Molecular Results
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Concurrent Session B1 (Music Hall) - Selection, Breeding and Progeny Testing
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1:00 pm
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C. Dean - Weyerhaeuser's Douglas-fir Tree Improvement Program - Beyond 50 years
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1:25 pm
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Scott E. Schlarbaum - Whiskey and Trees: Seed Orchards at the Jack Daniel Distillery
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1:50 pm
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T. D. Byram - Performance of Nuttall Oak (QuercustexanaBuckl.) Provenances at Age 10 in the Western Gulf Region
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2:15 pm
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R. Rousseau - Current Results and Future Aspects of Oak Tree Improvement
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2:40 pm
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Break - West Promenade
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3:10 pm
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A. Kegley - Developing Disease Resistance to Non-native pathogens: Status of programs for Oregon and Washington
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3:35 pm
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L. H. Lott - Evaluation of Resistance to Fusiform Rust in Loblolly Pine from East Texas
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4:00 pm
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A. Benowicz - Fusiform Rust and Pitch Canker Resistance in Loblolly Pine Elite Varieties
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4:25 pm
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X.B. Li - Wood Quality of Southern Pine Hybrids with Reference to Their Slash and Loblolly Parents
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4:50 pm
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E.M. Raley - The Potential of Acoustics to Determine Family Differences for Wood Quality in a Loblolly Pine Trial
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5:30 - 7:30 pm
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Social and Poster Session
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Thursday, June 21
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7:00 - 8:00 am
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Continental Breakfast
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Concurrent Session A2 (Terrace) - Marker Assisted Breeding/Molecular Genetics/Physiology
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8:00 am
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C. D. Nelson - Progress and Plans for Unraveling and Managing Fusiform Rust Disease
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8:25 am
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M. Lstiburek - Computer Simulation of Marker-Directed Population Improvement
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8:50 am
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Chuan-Yu Hsu - Regulation of Flowering in Poplar
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9:15 am
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Joshua P. Adams - PhytochelatinSynthase Expression Effect on Zinc Interaction with Populus
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9:40 am
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Break - West Promenade
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10:10 am
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Daniel J. Chmura - Integration of Crown Morphology and Leaf-Level Physiology as a Tool for Explaining Differences in Aboveground Productivity among Elite Families of Loblolly and Slash Pine
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10:35 am
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John E. Major - Comparative Nutrient Economy, Stable Isotopes, and Related Adaptive Traits in Picearubens, Piceamariana, and Their Hybrids
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11:00 am
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Jesus Espinoza - Responsiveness to Fertilization of Diverse Families from two Provenances of Loblolly Pine
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11:25 am
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M. O. Pechanova - Towards a Comprehensive Proteome Analysis of Poplar Vascular Sap
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Concurrent Session B2 (Music Hall) - Seed Orchards/Climate Change
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8:00 am
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Yousry A. El-Kassaby - Is Randomization Necessary in Seed Orchards?
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8:25 am
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C.L. Rosier - Clonal Replacement as a Tool for Seed Orchard Managers – Year 3 Update
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8:50 am
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M.L. Rust - Using GA4/7 to Induce Flowering in Pinus Ponderosa Seed Orchards
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9:15 am
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Alex C. Mangini - A South-wide Rate Test of Esfenvalerate (Asana® XL) for Cone and Seed Insect Control in Southern Pine Seed Orchards
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9:40 am
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Break - West Promenade
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10:10 am
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Don Grosman - Systemic Insecticide Injections: New Effective Option for Several Conifer Seed Orchard Pests
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10:35 am
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Tongli Wang - Use of Genetic Variation to Adapt Climate Change
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11:00 am
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Robert D. Westfall - Genecological Responses in Western Conifers to Climate Changes Over the Past Two Millennia
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11:25 am
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N.K. Ukrainetz - Environmental Effects on Relative Wood Density in Lodgepole Pine and Strategies for Improved Growth and Density Breeds
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12:00 pm
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Lunch Buffet (provided)
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Concurrent Session A3 (Terrace) - Genetic Diversity/Gene Conservation
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1:00 pm
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B.S. Crane - Evolution of the Forest Service’s National Forest System Genetic Programs
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1:25 pm
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S. Xu - Genetic Diversity and Hybridization in Natural Stands of Shortleaf Pine (Pinusechinata Mill.) and Loblolly Pine (Pinustaeda L.)
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1:50 pm
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R.C. Schmidtling - Hurricane Katrina and Evolution of Adaptive Traits in Slash Pine (Pinuselliottii)
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2:15 pm
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L.E. DeWald - Effects of the Decline of the American Chestnut and Harvesting on Genetic Diversity of Northern Red Oak in Western North Carolina
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2:40 pm
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Break - West Promenade
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3:10 pm
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Valerie D. Hipkins - Conservation Genetics within the US Forest Service: From Quaking Aspen (Populustremuloides) to Rocky Mountain Bristlecone Pine (Pinusaristata)
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3:35 pm
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Keith Woeste - Progress in Juglanscinerea Conservation: Genetic Diversity, Health, and Introgression
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4:00 pm
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S.B. Johnson (presented by coauthor S. A. Merkle) - Advances in American Chestnut Somatic Seedling Production
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4:25 pm
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Timothy S. McKechnie - Some Resistance Genes against Cryphonectriaparasitica May Be Strain-specific
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4:50 pm
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Lisa Worthen - Male Genotype Influences Seed Set and Seed Size in Controlled Crosses of American Chestnut (Castaneadentata [Marsh] Borhk)
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Concurrent Session B3 (Music Hall) - Selection/Growth and Yield/Valuation
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1:00 pm
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W. Patrick Cumbie - Improvements in Stem Form and Growth of Elite Genotypes in Loblolly Pine
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1:25 pm
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J. H. Roberds - Long-Term Selection for High and Low Oleoresin Production in Loblolly Pine
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1:50 pm
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Ben Smith - Genotype by Environment Interaction Under Optimal and Deficient Nutrient Regimes in Loblolly Pine at Age 12
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2:15 pm
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Mark J. Dieters - Genotype X Environment Interaction in Florida Sources of Loblolly Pine Across the Lower Coastal Plain of the South Eastern USA
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2:40 pm
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Break - West Promenade
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3:10 pm
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M. Lstiburek - Integer-Programming Approach to Group-Merit Selection
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3:35 pm
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I. Blada - Diallel Crossing in Pinuscembra: V. Age Trends in Genetic Parameters and Genetic Gain for Total and Annual Height Growth across 16 Years of Testing
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4:00 pm
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Randy Johnson - Modeling Genetic Gain in Douglas-fir Growth Models
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4:25 pm
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P.M. Dougherty - Probing the Potential Value of Enhanced Genetic Stands
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4:50 pm
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John E. Major - Genetic variation and control of chloroplast pigment content in Picearubens, Piceamariana, and their hybrids, under ambient and elevated CO2 environments
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5:00 – 6:00 pm
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IEG Business Meeting
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5:00 – 6:00 pm
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WFGA Business Meeting
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6:30 – 8:30 pm
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Dinner Buffet
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Friday, June 22
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7:00 - 8:00 am
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Continental Breakfast
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8:00 – 12:00 am
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Plenary Session
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8:00 am
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John A. Helms
Professor Emeritus, UC Berkeley and 2005 President, Society of American Foresters
Topic: Forestry in a Changing World: Will We Adapt or Be Left in the Woods?
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9:00 am
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Robert Kellison
President Emeritus of the Institute of Forest Biotechnology, Raleigh, NC
Topic: The Horizon of Forest Biotechnology
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10:00 am
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Break - West Promenade
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10:30 am
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Adam Costanza
President of the Institute of Forest Biotechnology, Raleigh, NC
Topic: Promoting Science, Dialogue, and Stewardship in Forest Biotechnology
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11:00 am
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Clark Binkley
Managing Director, International Forestry Investment Advisors
Topic: Valuation of Forestry Investments and the Impact on Forest Productivity Research
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12:00 pm
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Closing Remarks
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1:00 - 3:00 pm
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SFTIC Committee Business Meeting
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