A NNUAL C HRISTMAS FOREST SEMINAR Wood; The Ultimate Green Building Material? ~ Challenges & Initiatives ~ The Value of Ontario’s Forest Sector
Moderator: Joseph Anawati Canadian Forest Service
WHEN: Wednesday December 12, 2012
WHERE: Purvis Hall
08:15 Registration and Coffee
9:00 Traditional Welcome by: Henry Lickers - Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Welcomes by: Chris Lee - Chair CIF/OVS Jim McCready, R.P.F. - President, EOMF
Kemptville Campus
Presentations
(U of Guelph) See maps on next page.
REGISTRATION: Please pre-register with Mary @:
*$12 billion (Statistics Canada 2009) · $7.2 billion - pulp and paper products; · $3.0 billion - sawmill, engineered wood and other wood product manufacturing; $1.8 billion - value-added furniture/kitchen cabinet manufacturing; · $4.1 billion - forest products exports in 2010 – 94% bound for the U.S. (From OMNR website)
Experiences from Renfrew County - The local wood initiative and the Killaloe Library. Jeff Muzzi - Manager of Forestry Services, County of Renfrew The Architect’s Perspective - What can be done with wood and barrier's to doing more. Christopher Simmonds - Principal, Christopher Simmonds Architect Inc. Ontario Wood WORKS! - Market Trends and Opportunities for Wood. Michelle Maybee - Technical Advisor, Ontario Wood WORKS! (Canadian Wood Council)
613-258-8241 modelforest@eomf.on.ca
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COST: $30.OO (includes hot turkey
10:45-10:55 Health Break Promoting Ontario Wood in Domestic Markets - The Ontario Wood initiative. Ian Manson - Ontario Wood, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Current initiatives, and building code changes needed, to support greater use of wood. Noureddine Bénichou - National Research Council Research Officer Industry Perspective - Experiences involving the national Construction Pathways project. Paul Lansbergen - VP, Regulations &Partnerships, Forest Products Association of Canada
buffet lunch, morning coffee & baked goodies) Links: www.eomf.on.ca www.cif-ifc.org
12:15 to 12:45 Open Audience Discussion, Announcements, & Closing 12:45 onwards Social with hot buffet luncheon Both EOMF and CIF thank you for joining us, and wish you a joyous holiday season and Happy New Year!