Wednesday
April 2, 2025
Breakfast Buffet
6:30 a.m. — 8:00 a.m.
On your own.
Location: MAX Restaurant and Lounge, Mirabeau Park Hotel
Conference Registration
7:00 a.m. — 4:00 p.m.
Location: Diamond/Spirit Room
Trade Show
7:00 a.m. — 5:30 p.m.
Trade show, Vendors, Outdoor Equipment Show
Location: East Lobby, North Lobby, Ponderosa Room, Parking Lot, Demo Lot
Welcome and Opening Ceremony
8:00 a.m. — 8:30 a.m.
Location: Tamarack & Spruce Rooms
ILC Welcome & Opening Ceremonies
Post Falls Chamber of Commerce
Presented by: Christina Petit, President & CEO
2025 ILC President
Doug Nelson, Nelson Timber Management & Consulting LLC, Kamiah, ID
Equipment Panel
Industry Updates
8:30 am - 10:30 am
Western States - Mike Dickenson - CAT Forestry
Pape’ Machinery - Rob Hansen - John Deere Forestry
WhipAround - Michael Flournoy
Moderator:
Steve Henderson - Pine Creek Logging, Deary, Idaho
Technology Panel
Artificial Intelligence in the woods and mills
10:45 am - 11:45am
Manufacturing AI Utilization - Bucky Shoemaker, PotlatchDeltic Corp., St. Maries, ID
Autonomous Skidder - Kadoma Systems
Cable Felling Carriage Enhancements - DC Equipment, Tom Filmer / Dale Ewers
Moderator:
Tyler Roady - PotlatchDeltic Corporation, St. Maries, ID
Lunch
12:00 p.m. — 12:30 p.m.
Location: Tamarack & Spruce Rooms
Cost: $20 if NOT registered attendee
Keynote Speaker
12:45 p.m. — 1:45 p.m.
Location: Tamarack & Spruce Rooms
Keynote Speaker — Travis Joseph, AFRC
Coordinator: Bryan Lorengo, KLM Contracting, Anaconda, MT
Federal Policy Panel -
Good Neighbor Authority Panel
2:00 p.m. — 3:00 p.m.
Idaho Department of Lands - John Songster
Montana Department of Natural Resources & Conservation - Wyatt Frampton
Washington Department of Natural Resources - Trevor McConchie
Moderator: Tim McEntire - Montana Logging Association, Whitefish, MT
Zack Miller - Weyerhauser, Kalispel, MT
Hands-On Technical Session
with Equipment Dealers
3:15 p.m. — 4:45 p.m.
Location: Outside Demo Lot
Moderator: Carl Duer - Pape’ Machinery, Spokane Valley, WA
Chad Nelson - NBTM, St. Maries, ID
Trade Show
5:00 p.m. — 6:00 p.m.
Location: Outside Demo Lot / Parking Lot Vendors
Simulators with University of IDAHO
Simulators with Pape’
Demo Competition - Sponsored by Modern Machinery
Prizes Sponsored by BudcoBeverage Trailer
Equipment dealer's tailgate appreciation Meet & Greet
6:00 p.m. — 10:00 p.m.
Location: Tamarack & Spruce Rooms
Sponsored Spirits & Appetizers.
Daily Credits: ID-IPL( 8 ); MT-ALP( 6.5 ); OR-OLP( 6.5 ); WA-MLP( 7 ); CFE( 6.5 )