Speaker Presentations

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Day 1 - Wednesday, April 28, 2004

Moderator: Mike Cloughesy, Director of Forestry, Oregon Forest Resources Institute

8:30 Welcome/Purpose of Symposium – Leslie Lehmann, Executive Director, Oregon Forest Resources Institute

8:45 Global Forest Trends and Criteria for Sustainable Forests – Hal Salwasser, Dean, College of Forestry, Oregon State University

9:30 Emerging Global Forest Sustainability Perspective – Mike Gaudern, formerly Information Officer with World Wildlife Fund's Global Forest and Trade Network, currently Executive Director, Oregon Small Woodlands Association

10:15 BREAK

10:45 Consumption and the Sustainability Equation – Jim Bowyer, Chair, Tropical Forest Foundation and former Chair, Department of Wood & Paper Science, University of Minnesota

11:30 Social Acceptability of Forest Management at a Global, National Scale and Regional – George Stankey, Research Social Scientist, USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station

12:15 LUNCH - Speaker: Bill Bradbury, Oregon Secretary of State and Chair of the Oregon Sustainability Board

1:45 Global Supply & Demand for Forest Products – Roger Sedjo, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future

2:30 The Importance of Oregon’s Forests in US and International Markets: Meeting the Needs of Future Consumers of Forest Products and Environmental Services - John Perez-Garcia, Associate Professor, University of Washington - Center for International Trade in Forest Products

3:15 BREAK

3:45 2003 National Report on Sustainable Forests for the United States – William Lange, Economist, Washington Office, USDA Forest Service

4:30 Response Panel – Chair: Leslie Lehmann, Executive Director, Oregon Forest Resources Institute; Marvin Brown, State Forester, Oregon Department of Forestry; Elaine Brong, Director, Bureau of Land Management; Allyn Ford, President, Roseburg Forest Products; Sara Vickerman, Director, West Coast Office, Defenders of Wildlife

5:30 Adjourn to Reception at Forest Discovery Center (hosted by World Forestry Center)

Day 2 - Thursday, April 29

Moderator: Leslie Lehmann, Executive Director, Oregon Forest Resources Institute

8:30 Mini Panel: Oregon Timber Supply & Markets

• Timber Harvest Potential from Private Lands in Oregon: Biological, Investment and Policy Issues – Darius Adams, Professor, Forest Resources Department, Oregon State University
  
• Will Markets Provide Sufficient Incentive for Sustainable Forest Management? – Richard Haynes, Program Manager, Human and Natural Resources Interactions, USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station

9:30 Mini Panel: Forestry Program for Oregon

• Oregon’s First Approximation Report – Ted Lorensen, Assistant State Forester, Oregon Department of Forestry
• 2003 Forestry Program for Oregon (FPFO) – Marvin Brown, State Forester, Oregon Department of Forestry
  
• Forest Protection Mapping Project – Mike Cloughesy, Director of Forestry, Oregon Forest Resources Institute

10:30 BREAK

11:00 Oregon Business Plan – Forestry Initiative: 2003 Update – Howard Sohn, Chairman, Lone Rock Timber Company and Board Member of Oregon Business Council

11:45 LUNCH – Importance of Forests to Oregon’s Economy – Jim Brown, Governor's Natural Resources Advisor, State of Oregon

1:15 Study of Oregon’s Forest Sector Contributions and Potential – Eric Hovee, Principal, E.D. Hovee & Associates & Eric Hansen, Associate Professor, Wood Science and Engineering Department, Oregon State University

2:15 Oregon’s Forests and Global Sustainability Report – Gail Wells, Communications and Hal Salwasser, Dean, College of Forestry, Oregon State University

3:00 Response Panel – Chair: Hal Salwasser, Dean, College of Forestry, Oregon State University; Bettina Von Hagen, Vice Presiden of Forestry, Ecotrust; John Poppino, President, Oregon Small Woodlands Association; Ed Ray, President, Oregon State University; and Kevin Godbout, Director External and Regulatory Affairs, Weyerhaeuser Company

4:00 Adjourn