Hybrid Forestry: Brokering the Business and Science of the Profession
January 23 – 25, 2019
Holiday Inn Express
Nashville, Tennessee
MEETING REGISTRATION
Professional Members:
Early Registration: $140
Late (after January 10, 2019): $150
Non SAF Members:
Flat Registration: $150
Students: $110
Guest for Banquet: $50
Registration includes full meeting access, Thursday lunch and banquet dinner, and break snacks and drinks.
REGISTER TODAY:
ONLINE: Pay by credit card at www.squareup.com/store/kentucky-tennessee-saf
OFFLINE: Download the meeting brochure and follow directions pay be check.
HOTEL RESERVATIONS
Holiday Inn Express
920 Broadway
Nashville, TN 37203
877-443-7829
Newly renovated
Complimentary breakfast for hotel guests.
Manager’s Reception every night 4-7pm
Make reservations by January 2, 2019 to get discounted rate on room
- Professional rate: $179.00 + (estimated) $29.00 tax
- Student rate: $139.00 + (estimated) $29.00 tax (with proof of valid student ID)
- Or call: 877- HIE-STAY (877-443-7829)
Parking (in hotel garage)
- Overnight: $20.00 per night
- Daily: $15.00 per day
- Map of other parking areas
AGENDA
Wednesday, January 23
- 6:00 - 8:00pm
- Registration opens
- Silent Auction Set-Up | Entertainment District
- 6:00 - 7:00 pm
- New Officer/Committee Chair Orientation Session | Music District
- 7:00 - 9:00 pm
- Executive Committee Meeting | Music District
Thursday, January 24
- 7:00 am
- Registration
- Breakfast
- Silent Auction Assembling | Entertainment District
- 8:00 am | Theater District Room
- Welcome Introduction & Information (Andy Norris)
- 8:15 am
- Tennessee Division of Forestry - This is Where We Are Going (David Arnold)
- 8:30 - 9:30am
- Negotiating for Natural Resources Professionals (Michael Shearer)
- 9:30 - 10:00am
- Logistics and Principles of Supply Chain Mgmt. (Phil Glass)
- 10:00 - 10:30 am
- BREAK
- 10:30 - 11:30
- “Me Too” Movement in Forestry…Our Responsibility (Kisha Hicks)
- 11:30 – 12:30pm
- Lunch | Entertainment District
- 12:30 – 1:00pm
- Professional Recruiting (Andy Norris)
- 1:00-2:00pm
- Successfully Restoring and Managing Bottomland Hardwoods in West Tennessee (Damon Hollis)
- 2:00-2:30pm
- Stand Dynamics Associated with Mixed species Stands in Promoting High-grade Oaks Boles (Martin Schubert)
- 2:30-3:00pm
- BREAK
- 3:00-4:00pm
- Blending Military, Forestry, and Wildlife Objectives on Fort Campbell (John Paul Hart & Brad Wheat)
- 4:00-5:00pm
- Promoting and Facilitating Forest Management on Private Lands in Tennessee and Kentucky (Steve Beam)
- 6:00 – 7:00pm
- Happy hour & Quiz Bowl | Entertainment District
- 7:00pm
- Silent Auction Closes | Entertainment District
- 7:00 – 9:00pm | Entertainment District
- Banquet & Awards (Chris Will)
- Banquet Speaker – U of South football team (Steve Bivens)
Friday, January 25
- 8:30 - 9:30am | Theater District
- Getting to Know Your Legislator: Understanding How Laws Affect Forestry (Brian Bivens)
- 9:30-10:00am
- SAF Priorities & plans (SAF President John McNulty)
- 10:00-10:30am
- BREAK
- 10:30-11:00am
- K-T SAF Business and Society Affairs Update (Chris Will)
- 11:00-11:15am
- 2019 SAF National Convention Update (Rance Frye)
- 11:15 – 11:45am
- Opportunities for Horse Logging in Forest Management in TN and KY through Biological Woodsmanship (John Hite III)
- 11:45am
- Closing Statements (Jordan Nanney)
- Noon
- Adjourn
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