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Thursday
April 4, 2024
Breakfast Buffet
6:30 a.m. — 8:30 a.m.
On your own.
Location: MAX Restaurant and Lounge, Mirabeau Park Hotel
Past Presidents Breakfast
7:00 a.m. — 8:00 a.m.
Location: Dahlia Room, Mirabeau Park Hotel
Conference Registration
7:00 a.m. — 4:00 p.m.
Location: East Lobby
Trade Show
7:00 a.m. — 4:00 p.m.
Location: East Lobby, North Lobby, Ponderosa Room, Parking Lot, Demo Lot
First Ladies & Board Spouse Brunch
9:00 a.m. — 10:00 a.m.
Location: Lilac Room
Business Updates and Opportunities in Forestry
8:30 a.m. — 10:00 a.m.
Location: Tamarack & Spruce Rooms
Steve Hayes - Bureau of Business and Economic Research - University of Montana
Bryan Graham - Associated Insurance Services - Boise, ID
Heidi Kruger - Edward Jones - St. Maries, ID
Moderator: Tyler Roady - PotlatchDeltic Corporation, St. Maries, ID
Insights on the Future of the Timber Industry
10:30 a.m. — 12:00 p.m.
Vicki Swanton - Forisk Consulting LLC, Kennewick, WA
Julie Kies - US Forest Service, Missoula, MT
TBD
Moderator: Zack Miller — Weyerhaeuser, Kalispell, MT
Lunch
12:00 p.m. — 12:30 p.m.
Location: Tamarack & Spruce Rooms
Cost: $20 if not Registered Attendee
Scholarship Presentation - Rob Keefe, University of Idaho - Potlatch, ID
- Brian Hobday - Green Mountain Resource Co.
Lunch Speaker: Blake Manley
12:45 p.m. — 1:45 p.m.
Location: Tamarack & Spruce Rooms
Speaker: Blake Manley - Using Technology and Diversity to Advance our Future Forestry Workforce
Coordinator: Bryan Lorengo, KLM Contracting, Anaconda, MT
Inside Vendors Cleared Start Tearing Down at 2:00
Hands-On Technical Training with Equipment Dealers
2:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m.
Location: Outside Exhibitor Lot
Moderators: Carl Duer - Pape’ Machinery, Spokane Valley, WA
Chad Nelson - Nelson Brothers Timber Management LLC - St. Maries, ID
Trade Show, Vendors & Outdoor Equipment Show
4:00 p.m. — 5:00 p.m.
Location: Parking Lot & Demo Lot
Dinner, Live & Silent Auction, ILC Awards, Good of the Order
6:00 p.m. — 8:00 p.m.
Location: Tamarack, Spruce, & Juniper Rooms
Cost: $25 per person
Live & Silent Auctions - J.Stout
Good of the Order -
SOCIAL
8:00 p.m. — 11:00 p.m.
Daily Credits: ID-IPL(6); MT-ALP(6); OR-OLP(6); WA-MLP(6); CFE(6)