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SCHEDULE
MONDAY, OCTOBER 30
Pre-Conference Workshop: Data Analytics and Visualization
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Speaker:
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Timothy Young, Professor Emeritus, University of Tennessee Center for Renewable Carbon
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9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Eastern
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Additional Registration Required ($200)
Pre-Conference Workshop: Wood Adhesives
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Speaker:
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Robert Breyer, PhD, Bakelite Synthetics
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1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Eastern
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Additional Registration Required ($200)
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31
7:30 AM
8:00 AM
8:15 AM
8:45 AM
9:15 AM
9:45 AM
10:15 AM
10:50 AM
11:10 AM
11:30 AM
11:50 AM
12:10 AM
12:30 PM
1:10 PM
Exhibits Open and Registration
Welcome (Timothy Young and Alexander Petutschnigg)
Keynote Sessions
Pete Madden, President and CEO, Endowment for Forestry & Communities - "Taking Risks to Create New Markets for Forest Products"
Steve Carroll, COO/Technical Director, Swiss Krono USA - "Building a Data Driven Culture"
Steve Winistorfer, Vice President of Engineering and Quality, Huber Engineered Woods - "Road to Resilience: Building Codes and Residential Retrofitting"
Eric Gee, Executive Director, Southern Forest Products Association - "The Impact of Processing Technology in Sawmills"
Coffee Break with Exhibitors
Plenary Session Talks
Robert Breyer, Senior Manager, Bakelite Synthetics - "Game Theory: Infinite vs Finite Game and the Struggle Between Academics and Industry Experts"
Wes McNutt, Canada Sales Manager – OSB Resin & Wax, Hexion - "Closing The Gap Between p-MDI and Phenolic Resin Performance in High Moisture Environments”
Steve Block, Senior Consultant, Biobased Business, Omni Tech International - "‘Advances in Soy-Based Wood Adhesives’
Brandon Higgins, Regional Technical and CI Manager, Roseburg Forest Products - "Making Innovation Work with the Variability Associated with Manufacturing"
Dru Preston, Georgia Forestry Commission - "Timber Markets and Sustainability: Opportunities and Challenges for Georgia and the Southeast"
Lunch with St. Simons Historian, Golf Awards, and PTFBPI 2024 Update
*Subject to Change Based on Active Reviews of Abstracts and Outstanding Abstracts
Technical Session I: ‘Wood Adhesives Technologies – Group I’
Moderator: Dr. Terry Liles, Huber Engineered Woods
Technical Session II: ‘Advanced Materials Technologies’
Moderator: Dr. Robert A. Breyer, Bakelite Chemicals
Technical Session III: ‘Current Events'
Moderator: Dr. Rich Vlosky, Louisiana State University
2:50 PM
Afternoon Break & Exhibits
3:15 PM
Technical Session IV: ‘Advanced Processing Technologies’
Moderator: Dr. Laya Khademibami, Mississippi State University
Technical Session V: ‘Data Science, Machine Learning and AI’
Moderator: Martin Weigl-Kuska, Holzforschung Austria
Technical Session VI: ‘Structural Wood Materials – Group I'
Moderator: Steve Winistorfer, Huber Engineered Woods
4:55 PM
5:30 PM
6:30 PM
Exhibits
Cocktails by the Ocean
Banquet
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1
8:10 AM
9:50 AM
10:15 AM
12:00 PM
Technical Session VII: ‘New and Evolving Opportunities for Wood’
Moderator: Dr. Rich Vlosky, Louisiana State University
Technical Session VIII: 'Structural Wood Materials – Group II’
Moderator: Dr. Sergei Medved, University of Ljubljana
Technical Session IX: ‘Value-Added Technologies’
Moderator: Dr. Anton Astner, University of Tennessee
Morning Break and Exhibits
Technical Session X: ‘Industry Updates on New Startups'
Moderator: Dr. Scott Leavengood, Oregon State University
Technical Session XI: ‘Alternative Technologies’
Moderator: Dr. Brian Bond, Virgina Tech
Conference Adjourns
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