2009 SWST International Annual Convention Wednesday, June 24, 2009 Laurel Room at the Doubletree Hotel Boise-Riverside Boise, Idaho, USA In Cooperation with Forest Products Society Topic: The Role of Wood in our Green Future 7:30-8:00 a.m. Registration and Coffee 7:30-9:30 a.m. Student Poster Competition (Juniper Room) 8:00-8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks and Introductions Jim Funck and Jerry Winandy 8:30-9:15 a.m. Biomaterials Consumption and Our Ecological Footprint - A Sobering Comparison - Jim L. Bowyer, Director, Responsible Materials Program, Dovetail Partners, Inc., and Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, Minneapolis, MN 9:15-10:00 a.m. Wildfires and Insects Threaten Future Timber Supplies and Our Climate - Thomas Bonnicksen, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Texas A&M University, College Station and Visiting Scholar, The Forest Foundation, Auburn, CA 10:00-10:15 a.m. Break 10:15-11:00 a.m. Forest Certification - What It Really Means - Cassie Phillips, Vice President, Sustainable Forestry, Weyerhaeuser Company, Federal Way, WA 11:00-11:45 a.m. Materials Are Green Only in Relationship to Each Other - LEED/USGBC Issues - Jeff Howe, CEO of Fullerton Companies and Chairman of the Board, Dovetail Partners, Inc., Minneapolis, MN 11:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Lunch and Annual Business Meeting 1:30-2:15 p.m. Life Cycle Analysis of the Forest Products Industry - No Longer an Option - Bruce Lippke, Professor and Director, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle, and President, CORRIM 2:15-3:00 p.m. Why Efficient Manufacturing Is the Essence of Sustainability - Rick Fisch, Director, Innovation and Productivity Center, Northwest Food Processors Association, Portland, OR 3:00 p.m. Closing Remarks Jim Funck 3:00-6:00 p.m. Poster Session/Cash Bar (Juniper Room) CORRIM Dave Cown, Senior Scientist, Wood Quality Coordinator, IUFRO Division 5 (Forest Products) Scion (Trading name of Forest Research Institute Ltd.) Private Bag 3020 49 Sala St. Rotorua New Zealand Ph: +64 7343 5525 Mobile: 021 187 4022 Fx: +64 7343 5507 <http://www.scionresearch.com> www.scionresearch.com -------------------------------------------------- sent by Brigitte Burger, IUFRO Headquarters, on behalf of Dave Cown, IUFRO Division 5 Coordinator