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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
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7:00 a.m. Registration Booth Opens | Mezzanine
7:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast | Exhibit Area
General Session | Plaza AB
8:00 a.m. Welcome & Anti-Trust Statement-Neal Carson, TFA President
8:05 a.m. Traci Middleton, CFO Middleton Lumber TFF Foundation Chair: “Foundation Highlights”
8:15 a.m. Dr. Andrew Muhammad, Professor & Blasingame Chair of Excellence in Agriculture,
UTIA Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics: “Outlook for TN Forestry Trade: Current and Emerging issues”
8:45 a.m. Jessica Scarlett, Regional Director, Woodworks Council: “State of Market for Mass Timber”
9:15 a.m. Colin Royster, Hilb Group Managing Director, Announcements: TFA/HILB Insurance Partner Update, TFASWCG Report
9:45 a.m. Present: TFA Tree Farmer and Inspector of the Year Awards
BREAK IN EXHIBIT AREA
10:00 a.m. Dr. Chad Bolding, Professor and Langdale Endowed Chair in Forest Business, UGA Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources/Harley Langdale Jr. Center: “Advances in Logging Technology”
10:30 a.m. Kevin Bridges, USFS Cherokee National Park: “New Strategies for Forest Health & Sustainability on the Cherokee”
11:00 a.m. Greg Pate, Four W Forestry Group, TFA Consultant: “Accredited Forester Training Program”
9:45 a.m. Present: TFA Extension Agent of the Year Award
11:15 a.m. Closing Comments & Announcements: President Neal Carson/Adjourn
AFTERNOON EVENTS (REGISTER IN ADVANCE)
Activities at the Hotel -
Noon EUDR Lunch & Panel Discussion
East/West Room
Moderated by: David Neumann, TDA Forest Business Consultant
Panel:
Claire Getty, Thompson Appalachian Hardwoods
Henry Ines, Chainparency
Tripp Pryor, American Hardwood Export Council
Lindsey Mauldin, SCS Global Services
OFF-PREMISES ACTIVITIES
Times Announced at Meeting or See Registration Desk
Golf Tournament /Lunch @
Historic Brainerd Golf Course in Chattanooga
Sporting Shoot Event/Lunch @
Benton Sporting Clays in Charleston, TN
Raccoon Mountain Adventure / Picnic Lunch @
Raccoon Mountain Pumped Storage Plant
(the largest hydroelectric facility in the TVA system)
11:30 a.m. Meet in Front of Hotel Convention Center area to load Nooga’s Shuttle
Craft Cocktail & Candle Making Class @ Nightcap Cocktails & Sweets (Located next to Old Gilham Grill in West Village of Downtown Chattanooga)
11:30 a.m. Meet in Front of Hotel in valet area to load Chatt Taste Food Tours.
2:00 p.m. Accredited Forester Training |
Directors Room
Greg Pate, Four W Forestry Group, TFA Consultant
2:00 p.m. Volunteers Report to TFF Silent Auction Area for Set-up
5:30-7 p.m. Tennessee Forestry Foundation Silent Auction & Reception Opens in Exhibit Area
7-8:30 p.m. Awards Dinner | Plaza AB
Speaker: Dr. Keith Carver, Senior Vice Chancellor & Senior Vice President, UT Institute of Agriculture
”The Sun is Shining on Tennessee Forests”
-Legislator of the Year Award
-TFA Forest Resource Award
-TFA Award of Merit
-Master Logger of the Year Award
8:30 p.m. Conclude Dinner
Pick up TFF Silent Auction Items in Exhibit Area
9:00 p.m. HOSPITALITY SUITE OPENS | 1603