University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, British Columbia
Program Overview| Tuesday, June 10, 2008 | |
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| 07:00 - 08:00 | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 08:00 - 10:00 | Welcome and Opening Speakers |
| 10:00 - 12:00 | Thematic Sessions (choose 2 of 3)
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| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 - 15:00 | Thematic Sessions (choose 2 of 3)
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| 15:30 - 16:00 | Summary and Reporting from Thematic Sessions |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Panel Discussion What are the future forests in areas affected by mountain pine beetle going to look like with and without human intervention? What are science, traditional knowledge, and experience telling us? Moderator: Colene Wood Panel Members: - Sybille Haeussler, University of British Columbia - Ivan Tallio, BC Ministry of Forests and Range - Steve Kozuki, Council of Forest Industries |
| 17:30 - 19:30 | Banquet |
| 19:00 - 22:00 | Public Presentation Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Diversifying the wealth derived from our interior forests What are individuals, community groups, and small businesses doing to derive new economic and social wealth, beyond traditional timber values, from our interior forests? For more details on the Public Session, please click on the following link to the Public Session Poster. |
| Wednesday, June 11, 2008 | |
| 08:00 - 08:15 | Welcome and Recap |
| 08:15 - 10:45 | Interactive Poster Presentation Sessions More details on the posters in this session can be found by clicking the following link. |
| 10:45 - 12:00 | Panel Discussion Management, risk assessment, and control strategies – what have we learned? Moderator: Steve Kozuki, Council of Forest Industries Panel Members: - Shawn Meisner, Tolko - Rod DeBoice, MPB Response Team - Ken Day, Alex Fraser Research Forest |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 - 15:00 | Thematic Sessions (choose 2 of 3)
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| 15:30 - 16:30 | Panel Discussion Will the forests and ecosystems continue to provide the economic benefits, traditional non-timber products, and ecological and cultural services that we are accustomed to and expect from our forests? Moderator: Al Wienszcyk, FORREX Panel Members: - Greg Halseth, University of Northern British Columbia - Bryan Bogdanksi, Pacific Forestry Centre |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Closing Remarks Where do we go from here? Ray Schultz |
