TEXAS FORESTRY AND BIOENERGY—PROSPECTS GOING FORWARD

May 17-18, 2007

FredoniaHotelConvention Center

Nacogdoches, Texas

Thursday – May 17, 2007

1:00 – 1:30pm Registration

1:30 – 1:40pmWelcome/Opening CommentsScott Beasley, Dean, ArthurTempleCollege of Forestry and Agriculture

Moderator: Ron Hufford, Exec .Director , TFA

1:45 – 2:30pmBioenergy: What are the “Driving” Forces?

Carlton Owen, Exec. Director. -US Endowment for Forestry and Communities

2:30 – 3:30pmBioenergy: Where Do We Stand With Technologies

Dr. Alan Lucier, Senior VP - National Council for Air and Stream Improvement (NCASI)

3:20 – 3:40Break

3:40 – 4:00pmBioenergy Outreach ProgramDr.Darwin Foster, Extension Program Leader—Forestry, TAMU

4:00 – 5:00pmEast Texas’ Land/Resource Capabilities for Bioenergy

ResourcesBurl Carraway, TexasForest Service

SustainabilityDr. Matt Lowe, Temple-Inland Inc.

Geospatial TechniquesDr. James Kroll, Dir. Columbia Geospatial Cen.

Friday – May 18, 2007

8:00 – 8:30amRegistration

8:30 – 8:45amWelcome/Opening CommentsCarlton Owen/Moderator

8:45 – 9:15am“25 X 25” National ProgramDr. Harry Haney, Professor Emeritus, VPI

9:15 – 10:00amEthanol from Corn: Solution or Problem?Dr. David Anderson, Assoc. Prof. and Extension Economist, TAMU

10:00 – 10:30amBreak

10:30 – 11:20am Forest Products Industry: Issues and Opportunities

Jim Brody- Temple-Inland, Inc.

11:20 – NoonREIT’s: Land Management Issues and Opportunities

Hugh McMannus, Timber-Star (Invited)

Noon – 1:00pmLuncheon Speaker:Ag Commissioner, Todd Staples (Invited)

1:30 – 2:00pmEcosystem ServicesJim Hull, Director, TexasForestService

2:00 – 2:20pm American Loggers Council IssuesDanny Dructor, Dir. American Loggers Council

2:20– 3:00pmAudience Discussion

3:00 – 3:45pmFinal Comments/Wrap-upCarlton Owens

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