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Announcing an International Conference on Transfer of Forest Science Knowledge and Technology, May 10-13, 2005


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Wednesday, May 11, 2005

9:00 – 9:15 a.m.
Welcome
Cynthia Miner, USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station
Gail Achterman, Institute for Natural Resources, Oregon State University
Moderator: Jamie Barbour, USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station
     
 9:15 – 10:15 a.m.
Issues, Concerns, and Challenges of Knowledge and Technology Transfer
(15 minutes/panelist presentation, 10 minutes panel discussion, 5 minutes Q&A)
Jim Dangerfield, Forintek Canada Corp.
Cynthia West, USDA, Forest Service, PNW Research Station
Gary Hartshorn, World Forestry Center
     
10:15 – 10:45 a.m.
Break
     
10:45 – 11:45 a.m. - Case Studies
10:45 – 11:05 a.m.
Policy Decision-Making in Urban Forestry: A Case Study of Portable Science
Kathleen Wolf, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington
     
11:05 – 11:25 a.m.
Knowledge Products to Inform Rural Communities About Sustainable Forestry for Bioenergy and Biobased Products
C. T. Smith, Department of Forest Science, Texas A&M University
     
11:25 – 11:45 a.m.
Communication Around the World
Anneke Wieman, Tropenbos International (TBI), Ghana
     
11:45a.m – 1 p.m.
Lunch (Main Lodge, Second Floor)
     
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Case Studies
Moderator: Cynthia Miner, USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station
1:00 – 1:20 p.m.
Promoting Reduced-Impact Logging in Tropical Developing Countries: A Success Story of Technology Transfer
Dennis Dykstra, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
     
1:20 – 1:40 p.m.
Development and Transfer of a Forest Insect Pest Monitoring System - A Case Study of Scientific Innovations in Forest Management Practice of Siberia and the Russian Far East
Yuri Baranchikov, Department of Forest Zoology, Sukachev Institute of Forest, Siberian Branch, Russia 
     
1:40 – 2:00 p.m.
SILVAH-OAK: Ensuring Adoption by Engaging Users
Susan Stout, USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station
     
2:00 – 2:20 p.m.
WALDWISSEN.NET: A Joint Internet-Based Information Platform to Transfer Forest Knowledge in the Alpine Region
Reinhard Laessig, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Switzerland
     
2:20 – 2:40 p.m.
Forest Innovation Partnership: A New Synergy in Forest Extension for Quebec
Terry Knee, Partenariat Innovation Foret, Canada
     
 2:40 – 3:00 p.m.
Using Web-Based Technology to Deliver Scientific Knowledge: The Southern Forest Encyclopedia Network
John M. Pye, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station
     
3:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Break
     
3:30 – 5:30 p.m. - Case Studies
3:30 – 3:50 p.m.

Rural Technology Initiative, www.ruraltech.org
Bruce Lippke, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington

     
3:50 – 4:10 p.m. The Landscape Management System (LMS): Emerging Technology for Integrated Forestry Applications
James McCarter, University of Washington, College of Forest Resources
     
4:10 – 4:30 p.m. Multifaceted Science and Technology Integration of the BlueSkyRAINS System
Sue Ferguson, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
     
4:30 – 4:50 p.m. Role of Demonstration State Forests in Forest Science Research and Outreach
Tim Robards, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
     
4:50 – 5:10 p.m. Evaluating Tech Transfer in the Logging Industry: A Case Study with Portable Timber Bridges
Robert Smith, Virginia Tech
     
5:10 – 5:30 p.m. Got Science? Getting Science to People Who Care About Forests
Valerie Rapp, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
     
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Dinner (Main Lodge, Second Floor)
     
7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Poster and Tool Session, Reception and Dessert (Blackberry Hall)
     

Thursday, May 12, 2005

8:00 – 8:10 a.m. Day 2 Welcome (Blackberry Hall)
     
8:10 – 10:15 a.m. - Theory Presentations
Moderator: Larry Mason, University of Washington
8:10 – 8:30 a.m. In Search of the Science Integration Keystone
Charisse Sydoriak, Bureau of Land Management
     
8:30 – 8:50 a.m. Organizing Information for Natural Resource Management
Gordon Warrington, (retired) USDA Forest Service
     
8:50 – 9:10 a.m. Getting Technology Into Practice: Using Pre- and Post-Training Activities
Ralph Johnson, The University of Montana
     
9:10 – 9:30 a.m. From a Social Marketing Perspective: A Proposed Customer Relationship Management Technology Transfer Model
Delton Alderman, USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station
     
9:30 – 9:50 a.m. Measuring the Diffusion of BMPs Among Catskill/Delaware Watershed NIPF Owners Using the Innovation-Decision Process Model
René Germain, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
     
9:50 – 10:10 a.m. Barriers to Effective Science Delivery and Application
Vita Wright, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute
     
10:15 – 10:45 a.m. Break
     
10:45 – 11:45 a.m.- Theory Panel (15 minutes/panelist presentation, 10 minutes panel discussion, 5 minutes Q&A)
Moderator: Cynthia Miner, USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station
    James Dearing, Ohio University, School of Communication Studies
Viviane Simon-Brown, Oregon State University Forestry Extension
Darlene Russ-Eft, Oregon State University, School of Education
     
12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch (Main Lodge, Second Floor)
     

1:30 – 2:30 p.m. - Methods Breakout Sessions

SESSION A
Moderator: Ruth Jacobs, U.S. Geological Survey

1:30 – 1:50 p.m. North American Perspective on Successful Strategies in Extension and Technology Transfer
James Johnson, Virginia Tech, College of Natural Resources
     
1:50 – 2:10 p.m. Factors Affecting the Adoption of Practice by Participants of a Southwide Distance Education Forestry Shortcourse
William Hubbard, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Georgia
     
2:10 – 2:30 p.m. Why Good Ideas and Good Science Do Not Always Make It Into the Marketplace
Charles Frihart, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory
     
SESSION B
Moderator: Becky Bittner, USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station
1:30 – 1:50 p.m. Knowledge Technologies: Leveraging New Communications Tools for Sharing Scientific Knowledge
Michael Furniss, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
     
1:50 – 2:10 p.m. Video-Telconferencing as an Effective and Economical Tool for Technology Transfer
Robert Bardon, North Carolina State University, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources
     
2:10 – 2:30 p.m. Cost-Effective Interactive Streaming Video Enhances RTI Technology Transfer
Matt McLaughlin, University of Washington, College of Forest Resources
     
2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Break
     
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. - Methods Breakout Sessions

SESSION A
Moderator: Ruth Jacobs, U.S. Geological Survey
3:00 – 3:20 p.m. Challenges and Opportunities in Forest Restoration Outreach
Peter Friederici, Northern Arizona University
     
3:20-3:40 p.m. Retaining Job-Acquired Knowledge in the Natural Science Disciplines James Doyle, USDA Forest Service, Region 6
     
3:40 – 4:00 p.m. Science Writing: A Promising Way to Intensify Knowledge Transfer in Forest Sciences
Reinhard Laessig, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Switzerland
     
4:00 – 4:15 p.m. Break
     
SESSION B
Moderator: Becky Bittner, USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station
3:00 – 3:20 p.m. Landscape Management System Usage in the Coached Planning Curriculum for NIPF Landowners in Washington State
Andrew Perleberg, Washington State University
     
3:20 – 3:40 p.m. Tree Judging: A Quantifiable, Hands-on Tool to Teach Forest Genetics and Applied Silviculture
Chris Schnepf, University of Idaho
     
3:40 – 4:15 p.m. Break
     
CONFERENCE CLOSING
4:15 – 4:45 p.m. What Have We Learned?
Dave Cleaves, USDA Forest Service, Research and Development
     
4:45 – 4:50 p.m. Wrap Up
Cynthia Miner, USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station
     
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Dinner and Speaker (Main Lodge, Second Floor)
Lewis and Clark Meet Oregon’s Forests: Lessons from Dynamic Nature
Gail Wells, Gail Wells Communications
     

Friday, May 13, 2005

Field Trip to Mount St. Helens – A Living Laboratory for Science and Communication
     
7:00 a.m. Gather for departure from McMenamins Edgefield in Troutdale
7:15 a.m. Departure for Mount St. Helens
5:00 p.m. Depart for Portland
6:30 p.m. Done

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