Wednesday, September 22, 2010
• 10:00 AM - Opening Speaker: Mary Sexton, Director Montana DNRC

Technical Seminar - 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Fiber Quality / Production Committee Presentations
• Rick Franke, Johnson Brothers
• David Girard, Peterson Pacific
• BC Southern Interior Fiber

Transportation Committee Presentations
• Jim Lewis, Montana Rail Link
• Arron Stephen, Truck Dispatch Model, Optware Solutions

Forestry / Environmental / Biomass Committee Presentations
• Regulations Affecting Green Energy
     Craig Gannett/Davis Wright (Termaine LLP)
• Biomass Energy Feasibility Study
     Craig Rawlings (MCDC)
• Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences in Massachusetts
     Dr. Jay O'Laughlin

Thursday, September 23, 2010

General Session - 8:30 AM - 12:00 Noon

• Montana Updates from the offices of
     • US Senator Baucus
     • US Senator Tester
     • Congressman Rehberg
FRA National Update
     Richard Lewis, FRA President
• The Timber Industry Now and Into the Future
     • Charles E. Keegan III, University of Montana
• Fiber Pricing Analysis
     • Gordon Culbertson, Forest2Market
• Changing North American Fiber Markets - A WRI Perspective
     • Tim Gammell, WRI