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
  • 2019 Kentucky- Tennessee Society of American Foresters
• Student rate:  $139.00 + (estimated) $29.00 tax (with proof of valid student ID)
  • Student 2019 Kentucky- Tennessee Society of American Foresters
• 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