THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 2016 THURSDAY COFFEE BREAKS Sponsored by: Sappi NETWORKING BREAKFAST (HOT BUFFET — SOUTHERN STYLE) 7:30 am to 8:30 am WATER’S EDGE BALLROOM Sponsored by: WestRock AMERICAN FOREST FOUNDATION UPDATE 8:30 am to 9:00 am GRAND BALLROOM SPEAKER Tom Martin - President and CEO, American Forest Foundation, will speak about AFF’s Southern Initiative for Wood and Wildlife. He will give an overview of a forthcoming report that includes analyses of fiber supplies and wildlife habitat on family woodlands. Tom will also provide updates on other regional projects, including their Florida landscape management plan pilot project and their coordination with SFI to increase small-land certification. SUSTAINABILITY IN THE GLOBAL PELLET MARKET 9:00 am to 9:30 am GRAND BALLROOM SPEAKER Dorothy Thompson - CEO, Drax Group LLC, will offer her perspective as head of a global energy company and Chair of the Sustainable Biomass Partnership, regarding the challenges and opportunities facing the global pellet market and the contributions of forest certification in assuring the sustainability of forest fiber. DID YOU KNOW: This residence at the University of British Columbia will be 18-stories tall and LEED certified. It will sequester enough carbon to: • Take 511 cars off the road (BC gov’t 2016) • Power a home for 222 years (BC gov’t 2016) NORTH AMERICA’S FORESTS GROW ENOUGH WOOD TO BUILD A BUILDING THIS BIG EVERY 6 MINUTES!! (BC gov’t 2016) 18 | 2016 SFI Annual Conference Linking Forests to Communities
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