Uncharted Waters Revisited

Laying a New Course for a New Forest Industry

105th Canadian Institute of Forestry Annual General Meeting & Conference

September 14 - 21, 2013 | Corner Brook, NL

Register before August 2nd & SAVE!

Event Highlights!
Who Should Attend?
Forestry Professionals, Forest Industry Aboriginal Communities Government Representatives Natural Resource Sector Academia & Students Municipal Representatives

Presented In English Only Toutes les prsentations seront en anglais seulement Agenda Subject to Change Without Notice

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Pre-Conference | East to West Island Tour Post Conference | Labrador Tour 3 Different West Coast Field Tours Forest without Borders Silent Auction Companion Program Fine Time Social CIF Awards Banquet Scientific Poster Display and much, much, more!

For More Information or to Register:

Call Suzanne (705) 744-1715 ext.: 585

www.cif-ifc.org/site/2013_cornerbrook

Uncharted Waters Revisited

Laying a New Course for a New Forest Industry
105th CIF/IFC Annual General Meeting & Conference September 14-21, 2013 | Corner Brook, NL

Youre Invited...

Early Bird Registration Deadline: August 2nd

On behalf of HAMPCO 2013, we would like to extend a heartfelt invitation to join the Newfoundland & Labrador Section of the Canadian Institute of Forestry as we host the 105th Annual General Meeting, this September. This national event will consist of two full days of technical sessions, local forestry themed conference tours, pre & post island tours and a good ole Newfie Kitchen Party. The spirit of the Canadian Institute of Forestry remains strong in Newfoundland & Labrador and we are excited to give you the opportunity to explore our forests, learn from our professionals and sample our legendary hospitality. Uncharted Waters Revisited is certainly a fitting theme, given the difficulties we have been experiencing in the forest industry, and perhaps it is time we followed in the footsteps of many great explorers and sought out new opportunities. Your journey will take you from the oldest City in North America, across the wilds of black spruce forests and into the fjords and bays of the West Coast. Here, your intellect will be tested, your spirits lifted, and your stomachs filled on local cuisine. You might even get to kiss a cod! For the more adventuresome, your journey will continue up the Northern Peninsula, across the straits of Belle Isle, into the Big Land of Labrador and along the foothills of the Mealy Mountains into Goose Bay. Like all great explorers, dont forget your all weather clothes, your bug spray, and most importantly, your camera! There will be new ideas to ponder, interesting people to meet, vistas to admire and plenty of smiles to go around. You will come as colleagues and leave as friends. See you in September! Eric Young & Bruce Armstrong, Co-Chairs, Host Organizing and Planning Committee Uncharted Waters Revisited Saturday

September 14
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. Newfoundland East to West | Pre-Conference Tour The Newfoundland East to West pre-conference tour leaves St. Johns by coach Saturday morning with the first stop at Sir Robert Bond Park in Whitbourne, to see 90 year old Norway spruce. Its then on to Terra Nova National Park to see the Parks silviculture work and have lunch. The afternoon will see stops at the Red Pine Reserve at Grants Pit, and the Thomas Howe Demonstration Forest in Gander for an interpretation and water bomber demonstration, before proceeding to Lion Max Simms Memorial Camp for comfortable overnight accommodations. The evening will find the tour group relaxed in large summer camp complex nestled among white pine, enjoying BBQ and local entertainment.

Sunday

September 15
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Newfoundland East to West | Pre-Conference Tour Sunday, there are stops at forestry sites in the Grand Falls Windsor area and DNRs Wooddale Provincial Tree Nursery. While in the afternoon, its a ride straight from central Newfoundland to Corner Brook arriving with ample time to take in the Quiz Bowl and other meeting events. 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Registration - Main Foyer - The Pepsi Studio , Corner Brook Student Quiz Bowl - CGSU Backlot - Grenfell Campus, Corner Brook

Uncharted Waters Revisited

Laying a New Course for a New Forest Industry
105th CIF/IFC Annual General Meeting & Conference September 14-21, 2013 | Corner Brook, NL
Monday

September 16
7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. Registration - Main Foyer - The Pepsi Studio , Corner Brook CIF Alumni Buffett Breakfast - The Pepsi Studio CIF National AGM - The Pepsi Studio Main Floor Nutrition Break

Register before August 2nd & SAVE!

Dont Forget!
Mondays Partner Program Grenfell Art Gallery Tour ~or~ Corner Brook Walking Tour Forest without Borders Silent
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Welcome Address - The Pepsi Studio Main Floor Jim Taylor - Chair Newfoundland Chapter, Canadian Institute of Forestry Hon. Tom Marshal, Q.C. - Minister of Natural Resources Dr. Tat Smith - President, Canadian Institute of Forestry His Worship Neville Greely - Mayor, City of Corner Brook Doug Trask - VP, Strategy & Program Development, RDC Opening Address - The Pepsi Studio Main Floor Eric Young, Co-Chair HAMCO, Uncharted Waters Revisited Introduction to Newfoundland & Labrador Forest Resources Industry Keynote Address - The Pepsi Studio Main Floor David Lindsay, Executive Director | Forest Products Association of Canada Forest Products Futures Lunch Technical Sessions - The Pepsi Studio Main Floor & Second Floor

CIF Poster Session

11:20 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

1. Tat Smith | University of Toronto Mobilizing Sustainable Forest Bioenergy Supply Chains 2. Gordon Murray | Wood Pellet Association of Canada North American Wood Pellet Production and World Markets

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Course Setting 1: Alternate Fuels Answering the Burning Question of Bio-Energy

Course Setting 2: Setting Aim on Future Forest Management Activities - Part I

1. Basil English | Department of Natural Resources NL Silviculture activities in Newfoundland & Labrador 2. Blair Adams | Department of Natural Resources NL Adaptive Forest Management Strategies for Caribou 3. Andre Arsenault | Canadian Forest Service Ecology & Management of NL Forests: Emerging Issues & Research Opportunities

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Nutrition Break

6:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

CIF Awards Dinner - The Pepsi Studio Special Guest Speaker: Dr. Wang Xiaoping | China Department of Natural Resources Forestry & R&D in China and Developing Relationship with Canadian Institute of Forestry

1. Megan Smith | Biomass Innovation Centre Plotting a Course: A Biomass Roadmap for the Future 2. Geoff Clarke | Alberta Pacific Forest Industries Bio-energy technology 3. Trevor Stanley | Pineland Forest Nursery Biomass Cogeneration at a Forest Nursery

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Course Setting 1: Alternate Fuels Answering the Burning Question of Bio-Energy

Course Setting 2: Setting Aim on Future Forest Management Activities - Part I

1. Doug Pitt | Canadian Forest Service Enhanced Forest Inventories 2. Aran OCarroll | Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement Status & Market Implications of the CBFA

Uncharted Waters Revisited

Laying a New Course for a New Forest Industry
105th CIF/IFC Annual General Meeting & Conference September 14-21, 2013 | Corner Brook, NL
Tuesday

September 17
7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 a.m.

Early Bird Registration Deadline: August 2nd

Registration - Main Foyer - The Pepsi Studio, Corner Brook Technical Sessions - The Pepsi Studio Main Floor & Second Floor

1. Kelly Hawboldt | Memorial University Conversion of Softwood Residues to Products via Mobile Pyrolysis Units with a focus on remote/diffuse Feedstock 2. Rob Babcock | Fusionintel Inc. Emerging Technologies 3. Lorne Morrow | Centre for Research & Innovation in the Bio-economy - Variety of CRIBE projects for the bio economy

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Course Setting 3: Heavy Oils & Nano Crystals

Course Setting 4: Forest Management Activities for the Future - Part II

1. Anthony Card | Grenfell Campus Memorial University Environmental Research 2. Reg Parsons | Canadian Forest Service First Nations & FEM 3. Brent Howell | College of the North Atlantic Training & Future Workforce

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 p.m.

Nutrition Break

1. John Schmidt | FPInnovations Energy & Bio-refinery 2. Stephen Crabb | Crabco Inc. Syn-gasificaiton

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Course Setting 3: Heavy Oils & Nano Crystals

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Course Setting 4: Forest Management Activities for the Future - Part II

1. Gord Cumming | Algonquin Forest Authority EMS & Certification in Algonquin Park 2. Al Thorne | Tembec FSC: 15 Years Later & Market Impacts 3 Trevor Jones | OMNR Jeff Fera | Canada Wood Fibre Centre Great Lakes Biofibre Harvest Trials

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.

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Lunch

Technical Sessions - The Pepsi Studio Main Floor & Second Floor

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Course Setting 5: Engineered Wood For the Future

1. Ying Hei Chui | University of New Brunswick R&D Wood Science: CLT & Emerging Products 2. Danny Goodine | Marwood Guardian Bridge Crawford Dewar | Rapid Construction Inc. Opportunities & Markets for Pressure Treating & Glulam

Course Setting 6: Innovative Marketing

1. Patrick Crabb | Maritime Lumber Bureau Atlantic Wood Works 2. Balazs Tolnai | Kruger Inc. Innovative paper Products

2:40 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. 3:10 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. 3:50 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. 6:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

Nutrition Break Plenary Session - The Pepsi Studio Main Floor Brian Bertrand | Evans Bertrand Hill Wheeler Architecture Good Medicine: Wood Design in Healthcare Infrastructure Ian de la Roche | University of British Columbia Future Markets Trends for the Forest Sector Closing Remarks - The Pepsi Studio Main Floor Jim Taylor | Chair Newfoundland Chapter, CIF Fine Time Night - Marble Mountain Resort, Steady Brook

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Dont Forget!
Tuesdays Partner Program Bay of Islands Hike ~or~ Corner Brook Walking Tour Forest without Borders Silent
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CIF Poster Session

Uncharted Waters Revisited

Laying a New Course for a New Forest Industry
105th CIF/IFC Annual General Meeting & Conference September 14-21, 2013 | Corner Brook, NL
Wednesday

September 18
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Registration - Main Foyer - The Pepsi Studio, Corner Brook Conference Field Tours

Register before August 2nd & SAVE!

Camp 153 | Lomond | Bonne Bay

This tour offers a combination of the forest and the ocean, and will explore the south western portion of The Great Northern Peninsula and will take you into the southern half of Gros Morne National Park as far as Woody Point. Along the way, we will stop at Camp 1 53 where youll learn about the balsam fir ecology of the Western Newfoundland Forest, at an area that was harvested in 1930, again in 1988, and then pre -commercially thinned in 2001. Further along the road youll view a spectacular karst formation at the Lomond Sinkhole, featuring a waterfall cascading 30m to the floor where it disappears underground. Further north and just into Gros Morne National Park, y oull observe the effect of unmanaged moose populations on balsam fir ecology, and then learn about the history of logging in NL at the abandoned town site of Lomond. As an added bonus, and to ensure you have an enjoyable experience both on land and sea, a 2 -hour boat tour of scenic Bonne Bay from Woody Point by Bonne Tours has been included. This portion of the tour highlights the surrounding featu res of Gros Morne Mountain, the geology of the Tablelands, and where seabirds abound and sightings of whales and eagles are common. The t otal estimated time of this tour is 13 hours, including a stop for a boxed lunch.

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Logger School Road | Little Port | Bay of Islands

This tour offers a combination of the forest and the ocean as well, but will keep you within spitting distance of Corner Brook. Ten kilometers southwest of the city is Logger School Road, where youll visit a balsam fir stand that regenerated after a late 1960's harvest and was precommercially thinned in 1980. Then youll travel back towards Corner Brook and venture northwest, to Little Port, the furthest habitation on the Bay of Islands, where youll wander throughout the picturesque community enjoying the fantastic scenery. A 2 -hour boat tour of Humber Arm and Bay of Islands will be the highlight of the day, with possible sightings of Minke whales, eagles, loons, osprey, and corm orants. The total estimated time of this tour is 8 hours, including a stop for a boxed lunch.

Gros Morne North | Western Brook Pond

This tour will take you north and deep into the center of Gros Morne National Park. The first stop will be the park Visitor C entre in Rocky Harbour, a picturesque fishing village. Here you will learn about the history of the area before it became a park, and how it has been developed since then. Its a short scenic drive from Rocky Harbour to the Western Brook Pond boat tour parking area. After an easy 45 minute walk through a coastal plain ecosystem, youll land at the dock on Western Brook Pond, a land -locked fjord. The 2 -hour cruise with live interpretation features 60m waterfalls, rising cliffs, and frequent wildlife sightings. The total estimated time of this tour is 11 hours, including a stop for a boxed lunch

9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

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Thursday

Final Farewell - Jennifers on Broadway, Corner Brook

September 19
Depart 6:00 a.m. Newfoundland to Labrador Post Conference Field Tour The first day of this three day tour will begin with a quaint drive up the Northern Peninsula, through wooded valleys, over mountains and along a windswept seacoast to the town of St. Barbe. There, a passenger and vehicle ferry service will cross the Gulf of St. Lawrence and connect with the Labrador Coastal Drive. The 90 minute crossing will provide an opportunity to watch for seabirds, whales, porpoises and other marine life and vessels. Once on the other side, there will be a 220 km drive north over very remote areas ranging from barrens to heavy timber, to the small town of Port Hope Simpson. The next day, travel will resume with a 400 km drive on gravel highway northwest into Happy Valley Goose Bay. The final day and a half will be filled with local field tours including a visit to the Muskrat Falls Hydro Project Development site and a tour of local northern plantations. 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Newfoundland & Labrador CIF & RPF AGM - College of the North Atlantic, Corner Brook