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RELEASE: January 30, 2008
CONTACT: Neil Ward (301/838-9385) Rockville, MD – The Forest Resources Association is ready to take your registration to attend FRA’s 74th Annual Meeting, followed by a two-day “Bio-Energy Wood Supply Chain Conference,” at the Marriott Hotel at Grande Dunes, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. FRA’s Annual Meeting will run April 12 and 13 (Saturday and Sunday), and the Bio-Energy Conference will run April 13 and 14, beginning with a reception the evening of the 13th. Attendees may attend both meetings at a package rate or select one or the other. The April 13-14 conference on the Bio-Energy Wood Supply Chain will bring bio-energy entrepreneurs and wood supply chain managers together to explore New Opportunities and New Issues, addressing the information gap that must be bridged for today’s wood supply chain to serve rapidly emerging biofuel and bio-energy markets. Panelists will address the Drivers, the Technology, the Wood Supply Chain itself, and the Economics influencing the supply chain. Participants will learn about:
Confirmed speakers include Ernie Shea of the 25x’25 Alliance; Dale Greene and K.C. Das of the University of Georgia, Ben Thorp of the Flambeau River Biorefinery, Tom Johnson of The Southern Company, Lisa Lippai of Global Choice Energy, Bryce Stokes of the U.S. Forest Service, Jarmo Ylinen of Porini Log Oy, Dick Carmical of the Price Companies, Eric Kingsley of Innovative Natural Resource Solutions, John McKissick of the Center for Agribusiness & Economic Development, and Pete Stewart of Forest2Market. FRA has also invited Governor Brian Schweitzer, of Montana, and Bill Schafer Senior Vice President, Business Development for Range Fuels, to address special sessions. The Bio-Energy Conference will serve in lieu of FRA Annual Meetings’ traditional General Sessions, but the two-day Annual Meeting’s Committee sessions will provide strong topical content. Highlights include:
The Exhibitors Hall will be open Sunday and Monday, with a silent auction to benefit the National Timber Harvesting and Transportation Safety Foundation. FRA will recognize the nation’s best in Logging, Pro-Forestry Activism, and Technical Writing at its Annual Awards Luncheon, Sunday afternoon. For best rates, be sure to register by February 28, 2008! For the latest available program information, including a downloadable Registration Form, please visit FRA’s home page at www.forestresources.org, or contact Sylviene Mason at smason@forestresources.org, 301/838-9385. The Forest Resources Association Inc. is a nonprofit trade association concerned with the safe, efficient, and sustainable harvest of forest products and their transport from woods to mill. FRA represents wood consumers, independent logging contractors, and wood dealers, as well as businesses providing products and services to the forest resource-based industries. Forest Resources Association
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