2008 SESAF Annual Meeting Announcement
September 21-23, 2008
Mountain Creek Inn
Pine Mountain, Georgia
FOREST RISK: The New Dimension (Earth, Wind and Fire)
2008 Annual Meeting Brochure (pdf file)
Exhibitor/Sponsor Registration Form (pdf file)
Online registration
Callaway Gardens will be the site for the 2008 SESAF Annual Meeting on September 21-23! This is one of the premier natural sites in the country offering a number of activities for spouses and families. Our program with be the theme of "Forest Risk - The New Dimension (Earth, Wind, and Fire)". We will be selecting topics and speakers that address how we deal with the risk of managing a forest ecosystem. This meeting will have something to learn for every professional forester, and we plan to make the meeting a fun event as well.
Mark you calendar now for these dates and make you plans to join us Put it on your calendar and tell someone else about it as well.
Draft Schedule/Topics
| Sunday, September 21 | |
| Noon-4:30pm | Exhibitor and Poster Set-up |
| 1:00 pm | SESAF Executive Committee Meeting |
| 4:00 pm | Quiz Bowl |
| 5:00 pm | Student and Mentor Meeting |
| 6:00 pm | Reception |
| Monday, September 22 | |
| Session I: Defining Risk in Forestry | |
| 6:30 am | Registration and Alumni Breakfasts |
| 8:00 am | Welcome |
| 8:30 am | SAF Insights Tommy Thompson, President Society of American Foresters 2008 Bernie Hubbard, Vice President SAF - 2008 |
| 9:15 am | Urbanization and Taxes - Threats to Forestry Mike Clutter, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources |
| 10:00 am | Break |
| Session II: Fire | |
| 10:30 am | Lessons from the GA/FL fires of 2007 Alan Dozier, Georgia Forestry Commission |
| 11:15 am | Wildland/Urban Interface Issues in the South John Gries, USFS |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch |
| Session III: Water and Wind | |
| 1:30 pm | Perspectives on Water Issues in Forestry Lindsey Boring, J.W. Jones Ecological Research Center |
| 2:00 pm | Climatic Predictions David Stooksbury, Georgia State Climatologist |
| 2:30 pm | Hurricane Recovery Rick Williams, University of Florida |
| 3:00 pm | Break |
| 3:40 pm | USFS Wind Storm Risk Modeling Scot Goodrick, USFS |
| 4:10 pm | Forest Pests - Insects, Diseases, Invasives Ed Barnard, Florida Division of Forestry |
| 5:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Reception |
| 7:00 pm | Awards Banquet |
| Tuesday, September 23 | |
| Session IV: Risk and Opportunity | |
| 6:30 am | Registration and State Division Breakfasts and Meetings |
| 8:30 am | Mitigating Risk with Longleaf Pine Dean Gjerstad, Auburn University |
| 9:00 am | Market Response to Risk Michael Kelly, Forest Investment Associates |
| 9:30 am | Alternative/Future Fuels David Bransby, Auburn University |
| 10:00 am | Break |
| 10:30 am | Strategic Plan for SESAF Mark Thomas, SESAF Chair - 2009 (PowerPoint presentation) |
| 11:15 am | Adjourn |