7:00 am - 8:00 am | Exhibitor Booth set up
8:00 am – 9:00 am | Registration and Exhibitor Showcase
9:00 am to 12:00 pm
PLENARY SESSION 1
BALLROOM BC
Managed forests are key to the implementation of Ecological Forestry in Nova Scotia. This session will explore the relationship between Ecological Forestry and intensively managed forests
Importance of Managed Forests & Why We Need to Plant Trees! (mitigate climate change, address environmental degradation, reforest large areas devastated by natural disturbances and to accelerate development of the bioeconomy).
Bevan Locke - Port Hawkesbury Paper.
Implementing Ecological Forestry in Nova Scotia; setting up for success.
What does this look like with respect to Provincial Targets & Outcomes i.e. silviculture investments, the role of HPF i.e. plantations, density regime/management.
Brad Butt, NS Department of Natural Resources.
Incentivizing Landowner Engagement & Accountability.
John Pineau, Ontario Woodlot Association
10:30 am to 12:00 pm
PLENARY SESSION 2
BALLROOM BC
An overview of tactical planning considerations in managed forests, building on the principles of intensive forest management from initial site selection to treatment approaches and timing.
“Getting the Whole Cycle Figured Out” - Need for collaboration, treatment timing, logistics, matching species and stock type to site, key considerations.
Francois van Deventer, AtlanTIC
Impacts of Climate Change. Soil productivity, drought, species adaptability and migration. Loic D’Orangeville, Université Laval
Dealing with Hylobius. - Association for Sustainable Forestry
HPF Site Identification. Makele McLellan, Westfor
Infield Validation. Scott Maston, Association for Sustainable Forestry
Supplier Presentations
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
1:30 pm to 3:00 pm
PLENARY SESSION 3
BALLROOM BC
Canadian Woodlands Forum Member Health Plan
Presented by Rob Shea, Senior Group Benefits Advisor Belmont Health and Wealth
Regulating the Practice of Professional Forestry in NB
Presented by Blake Brunsdon, ARPFNB
Stewardship in Action: Developing the Forestry Workforce for the Future
Presented by Dennis Bedford, Owner/Operator , D. Bedford Forestry Services Inc.
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Refreshment Break and Exhibitor Showcase
3:30 pm to 5:00 pm
CONCURRENT SESSION 1
SHEDIAC C
Improving Transportation Efficiency for Canadian Forest Industry: Research Activity Updates
Presented by Pape Masseck Thiam, Senior Research Engineer /Project Lead, FPInnovations
Spotlight on Innovation: Equipment and Technology
Equipment Suppliers:
A.L.P.A. Equipment, presented by (TBC)
Log Max, presented by Carl Tingley
Brandt, presented by (TBC)
3:30 pm to 5:00 pm
CONCURRENT SESSION 2
SHEDIAC AB
Supporting Sustainable Growth in Nova Scotia’s Forestry Sector
Presented by Harvey Gray, Executive Director, Forestry Economic Task Force
Using Harvester Head Data to Predict the Yields of the Next Cut Block
Presented by Jean-Martin Lussier, Research Scientist, Natural Resources Canada-Canadian Forest Service
Modernizing Forest Inventories with AI and Remote Sensing
Presented by Rakesh Mishra, Head of Research-Remote Sensing & AI, Northern Hardwoods Research Institute Inc.
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Buffet Breakfast and Exhibitor Showcase
8:30 am to 10:00 am
PLENARY SESSION 4
BALLROOM BC
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid: A New and Important Threat to Atlantic Canada's Hemlock
Presented by Lucas Roscoe, Research Assistant, Natural Resources Canada
Increased Wildfire Activity Could Trigger Strong Changes in Eastern Canada's Forests and its Forest Sector
Presented by Yan Boulanger, Research scientist in forest ecology – Natural Resources Canada
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Refreshment Break and Exhibitor Showcase
10:30 am to 12:00 Pm
PLENARY SESSION 5
BALLROOM BC
Data as the Oxygen to Business Intelligence
Presented by Sébastien Maranda, General Manager, GSF
Seeing the Trees for the Forest: Advances in Remote Sensing
Presented by Maurice LeBlanc, Production Solution Specialist, Forsite Consultants
12:00 pm | Spring Meeting Closing
12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
COMMITTEE MEETING
SHEDIAC A
Sustainable Forest Initiative Committee Meeting