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| 4:00 – 6:00pm |
Registration Desk Open |
| 6:00 – 7:00pm |
Supper |
| 7:00pm – |
Welcome Reception (Maple Room) |
Monday, September 22
Canadian Ecology Centre, Mattawa, Ontario |
| 8:00 – 9:00am |
Breakfast (Birch Building)
Registration Desk Open |
| 8:15 – 8:30am |
Welcome Address and Introductions (Oak Room)
Chair: Guy K.M. Smith, Natural Resources Canada |
| 8:30 -9:15am |
Keynote Speaker: Dr. John K. Naysmith, Lakehead University, Canada |
THEME 1: Sustaining Forest Resources to Satisfy Multiple Needs
Moderator: TBA |
9:15 – 9:45am |
Paul Oester, Oregon State University, USA
Tools and practices for a healthy forest |
9:45 – 10:15am |
Yukihiro Chiba, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Japan
Simulation approach to effective reformation of plantation forests |
| 10:15–10:45am BREAK (Maple Room) |
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| 10:45 – 11:15am |
Kathleen Wolf, University of Washington, USA
Science and community change: technology transfer, urban forestry, and local government policy |
11:15 – 11:45am |
Kati Vierikko, University of Helsinki, Finland
Challenges of Sustainable Forest Management – Can we maintain ecological, economic, and social sustainability of boreal forest ecosystems? |
11:45 – 12:15am |
Graciela Rembado, National Institute of Agricultural Technology, Argentina
Implementing a model of sustainable forestry development in Argentina and Uruguay |
| 12:15 – 1:00pm LUNCH (Birch Building) |
| 1:00 – 1:30pm |
Maminaina Rasamoelina, Oregon State University, USA
Prediction of adoption of forestry practices by non-industrial private forest landowners in Virginia |
| 1:30 – 2:00pm |
John Munsell, Virginia Polytech Institute and State University, USA
Heritage extension in Virginia: merging tourism with technical forest management in an outdoor setting |
THEME 2: Supporting Healthy Communities and Healthy Forest Ecosystems
Moderator: TBA |
| 2:00 – 2:45pm |
Keynote Speaker: Maureen McDonough, Michigan State University, USA |
| 2:45 – 3:15pm |
Mangala De Zoysa, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka
Forestry Extension for sustainable community forest management in Sri Lanka: prevailing opportunities, remaining challenges and possible resolutions |
| 3:15 – 3:45pm BREAK (Maple Room) |
| 3:45 – 4:15pm |
Ebenezer Djagbletey, Forestry Commission, Ghana
Loss of forest cover and its socio-economic implications: Case Study along the Offin River basin of the Ashanti Region |
| 4:15 – 4:45pm |
Janean Creighton, Washington State University, USA
Country-wide family forest habitat conservation plans: acknowledging forest ownership as a social relationship |
| 4:45 – 6:00pm |
Poster viewing and free time |
| 6:00 – 7:00pm DINNER (Birch Building) |
| 7:00 – 10:00pm |
Evening entertainment |
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 Tuesday, September 23,
Canadian Ecology Centre, Mattawa, Ontario
Moderator: TBA
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| 7:00 – 8:00am BREAKFAST (Birch Building) |
| 8:15 – 8:30am |
Welcoming remarks (Oak Room) |
| 8:30 – 9:00am |
Annapurna Pujar, University of Agricultural Sciences, India
Need for forestry extension services for proper utilization of forest priviledges in Western Ghats |
| 9:00 – 9:30am |
Fatima Tangan, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Philippines
Technology transfer and extension on ENR: reclaiming the skills of the indigenous people in the Cordillera Region, Philippines |
| 9:30 – 10:00am |
Shimako Takahashi, United Nations University, Japan
Scenario and reality of community-based forest management from an Indonesian case |
| 10:00 – 0:30am BREAK (Maple Room) |
| 10:30 – 11:00am |
Neil Stocker, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Canada
Kandahar afforestation project proposal – intercontinental forest extension? |
| 11:00 – 11:30am |
Maureen McDonough, Michigan State University, USA
Woodland Owner Networks: Peer-to-peer learning and best practices |
| 11:30 – 12:00 |
Shorna Broussard, Cornell University, USA
Woodland owner networks: Assessing outcomes from several models used in the USA: methodological consideration and preliminary findings |
| 12:00 – 1:00pm LUNCH (Birch Building) |
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THEME 3: Optimizing knowledge uptake for improved policy and practice
Moderator: TBA |
| 1:00 – 1:45pm |
Keynote speaker: Chris Hollstedt, FORREX (Forest Research Extension Partnership), Canada |
| 1:45 – 2:15pm |
Cynthia Miner, United States Forest Service, USA
Science Communications that helps adapt to a changing environment |
| 2:15 – 2:30pm |
Edilberto Nasayao, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Philippines
Technology development to technology transfer- a continuum in R&D on tree plantation development: the case of Eastern Visayas, Philippines |
| 2:30 – 3:00pm |
David DeYoe, Bio-Trend Systems Inc., Canada
Optimize knowledge uptake: employ a knowledge management system to drive principles to practice |
| 3:00 – 3:30pm BREAK |
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| 3:30 – 4:00pm |
Nevin Dawson, University of Maryland, USA
Counting down to change: identifying early adopters and effective extension multipliers of cashew agroforestry in Senegal |
| 4:00 – 4:30pm |
Steve D’eon, Canadian Wood Fibre Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Canada
Profiling private landowners to design a targeted forest extension program: a case study of Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada |
| 5:00 – 6:00pm |
Paddle Voyageur Canoes to L’Auberge des Pionniers! |
| 6:00 – 7:00pm Shore Dinner ~ Traditional Canadian fare! |
| 7:00 – 10:00pm |
Return to Canadian Ecology Centre for Voyageur festivities around the campfire |
Wednesday, September 24
Field Tour from Mattawa to Ottawa [View program details]. |
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| 6:30 – 7:30am BREAKFAST (Birch Building) |
| 7:30 – 8:00am |
Prepare luggage and check out of the CEC |
| 8:00am |
Depart for an autumn colour ride through the Ottawa River Valley, the path of Canada’s earliest explorers, from Mattawa to Ottawa! This scenic and informative bus tour with field stop will feature natural heritage, forest research and management, industry, and social dimensions of forests and forestry. |
| 10:00 – 11:30am |
Petawawa Research Forest demonstration trail tour ~ Celebrating 90 years of vital Canadian forestry research! |
| 11:30 – 12:15pm |
Drive by Shaw’s finishing mill and kilns, Petawawa, Ontario |
| 12:15 – 1:00pm LUNCH (provided) at Pembroke’s historic waterfront |
| 1:30 – 2:30pm |
Visit Shaw Woods, one of the few pre-settlement hardwood forests left in the area. Learn about the role of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources in forest management and conservation. |
| 2:45 – 3:15pm |
Visit an active logging site? |
| 4:00 – 5:00pm |
Tour Leo and Bill Hall’s mill, Renfrew, Ontario |
| 6:30 – 9:00pm |
Supper in Ottawa, Ottawa heritage |
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Thursday, September 25
Lord Elgin Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario |
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| 7:00 – 8:00am BREAKFAST ~ Lord Elgin Hotel |
| 8:15 – 8:30am |
Welcoming remarks |
| 8:30 – 9:00am |
Gregory Guisti, University of California, USA
An interactive approach to science-based planning in California’s oak woodlands |
| 9:00 – 9:30am |
Jane Stewart, Sustainable Forest Management Network, Canada
Research partnerships for better questions and useful answers |
| 9:30 – 10:00am |
S.S. Negi, Forest Research Institute, India
Forest extension and technology transfer: approaches for joing forest management and agroforestry in India |
| 10:00 – 10:30am BREAK |
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THEME 4: Programs and Policies to Support Adaptation and Change
Moderator: TBA |
| 10:30 – 11:15am |
Keynote speaker: Michael Mortimer, Society of American Foresters, USA |
| 11:15 – 11:45am |
Juri Begus, Slovenia Forest Service, Slovenia
Mobilizing wood resources for energy use – the example of Slovenia |
| 11:45 – 12:15pm |
David Kittridge, University of Massachusetts, USA
Cross-boundary coordination: enough research, time for practice |
| 12:15 – 1:00pm LUNCH |
| 1:00 – 1:30pm |
Brad Withrow-Robinson, Oregon State University, USA
Succession planning: a new educational curriculum for family forest owners |
| 1:30 – 2:00pm |
John Pineau, Canadian Institute of Forestry, Canada
Modernizing knowledge transfer to promote understanding and effectively influence national and international forest policy – the Canadian Institute of Forestry |
| 2:00 – 2:30pm |
Scott Davis, Eastern Ontario Model Forest, Canada
FSC Certification as a framework to engage private woodlot owners and community forests towards responsible environmental, economic, social and cultural management |
| 2:30 – 3:00pm BREAK |
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| 3:00 – 3:30pm |
Jamie Barbour, United States Forest Service, USA
Science delivery and the United States Interagency Joint Fire Science Program |
| 3:30 – 4:00pm |
Steve Dominy, Canadian Forest Service, Canada
Supporting forest-dependent communities in economic transition – a Canadian approach |
| 4:00 – 4:30pm |
Annie Hermansen-Baez , US Forest Service, Southern Research Station - USA
Interface South: Providing Resources for a Changing Landscape |
| 4:30 – 5:00pm |
Gregory Giusti, University of California, USA
The Redwood Forest Foundation – a case study: a new model engaging local communities in sustainable forest management |
| 6:00 – ? |
Free time for Dinner and touring Ottawa
Evening tour options |
| 8:00 – 9:00pm |
Working Party business meetings (optional) |
Friday, September 26
Eastern Ontario Model Forest Field Trip [View program details]. |
| 9:00 – 5:00pm |
Bus tour with field stops into one of Canada’s original Model Forests to learn about private land forestry, biodiversity conservation, and community participation in forest land management policy and planning. Concludes in Ottawa. |
| 5:00pm |
Symposium concludes.
Bus provides transportation back to North Bay (arrives @10:00pm). |
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