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2006 AWPA Annual
Meeting
April 9-11 at the Hyatt Regency Austin on Town Lake
Meeting Registration
Pre-registration for the 102nd Annual Meeting has closed.
If you have not yet registered and you plan to attend, please
register on-site at the AWPA desk.
Hotel Reservations
The Hyatt Regency Austin is among the finest downtown hotels.
Located on the shores of Town Lake, surrounded by the scenic Hill Country of
central Texas, it is within easy walking distance of the legendary Sixth
Street entertainment district. The window for hotel reservations
closed on March 15. All rooms are now sold out for this event.
For more information on the Hyatt Regency Austin, please click the Hyatt
logo to visit the hotel's website.
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Things to See and Do in Austin
While in Austin,
you'll want to explore all that the city has to offer. Austin is known
as the "Live Music Capital of the World", so be sure to visit some of the
many venues featuring music of all sorts. The Austin Convention and
Visitor's Bureau website is a wealth of information on all there is to see
and do in Austin. Click on the logo below to visit their website:
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Saturday, April 8
1:00 pm to 5:00 pm: Registration
Desk Open
9:00 am to 10:00 am: Committee
on Committees Meeting
10:00 am to 5:00 pm: Executive
Committee Meeting
Sunday, April 9
8:00 am: Pickler’s Prance 5K Fun
Run/Walk
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9:00 am to 5:00 pm: Registration
Desk Open
12:30 pm to 5:00 pm: Task Group Meetings
TRACK 1
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12:30 pm to 1:30 pm: Barrier Wrap Task Group
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1:30 pm to 2:30 pm: Pole Inspection and
Maintenance (Standard M13) Task Group
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2:30 pm to 4:00 pm: Utility Users Task Group
TRACK 2
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12:30 pm to 1:30 pm: E17 Task Group
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1:30 pm to 2:30 pm: Appendix A Task Group
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2:30 pm to 3:30 pm: ACC Reaffirmation Task
Group
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3:30 pm to 5:00 pm: Waterborne Copper
Naphthenate Task Group
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm: Meetings of Other Organizations
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm: President’s
Reception with music by
Adam Ahrens (Members, Guests, and Spouses – badge required)
Monday, April 10
7:00 am to 8:00 am: Association
Coordination Meeting
8:00 am to 5:00 pm: Registration Desk
Open
8:00 am to 11:00 am: Opening
Session
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Keynote Address - America, Carved from Wood,
Perfumed by Wood: How We Built a Nation in the Forests (Dr.
John Lienhard, University of Houston)
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Award of Merit Presentation to Dr. Jerrold Winandy of
the USDA Forest Products Laboratory
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EPA Update on the Registration Status of the
Heavy-Duty Wood Preservatives (Frank Sanders, U.S. EPA)
9:30 am to 4:00 pm: Spouse Tour and Luncheon
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11:00 am to 11:30 am: Business
Session
11:30 am to 1:00 pm: Lunch break
(on your own)
11:30 am to 1:00 pm: AWPA/ALSC
Coordination
1:00 pm to 6:00 pm: Suppliers'
Showcase Open
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1:00 pm to 4:30 pm: Technical
Session I - The Colley-Hartford Memorial Lecture and Research
Symposium. Coordinator: Kevin Archer
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The Colley-Hartford Lecture, entitled "Spurs, Belt
Buckles, Chaps, and Ten-Gallon Hats: An Allegory for Wood
Protection" will be presented by Dr. H. Michael Barnes of
Mississippi State University
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Silver - It Keeps Wood Healthy (Jeffrey R. Ellis,
Consultant)
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Effect of Source, Drying Method and Treatment
Schedule on Treatability of Red Pine (Stan Lebow, USDA Forest
Products Laboratory)
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The "Puzzle" of Anti-Sapstain Chemical Testing - A
Review of Field Trial Methods (Radu Craciun, Arch Wood Protection)
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Effect of Termite Collection Method and Geographic
Location on the Variability of Control Samples Used in the AWPA
E1-97 Jar Test (Todd Shupe, Louisiana State University)
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Exploratory Research on Silver Chemicals as Wood
Preservatives (Krish Jayachandran, Florida International University)
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Evaluation of Silver Based Formulations as Potential
Wood Preservatives (Darrel Nicholas, Mississippi State University)
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Treatability of Steam-Pressed Scrim Lumber - SPSL
(H.M. Barnes, Mississippi State University)
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Can You Hear Me Now? - Attracting Subterranean
Termites Using Electric Wavelengths (Kevin Ragon, Mississippi State
University)
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Mold Control Treatments for Wood Based Building
Materials (Alan Ross, Kop-Coat)
4:30 pm to 6:00 pm: Poster
Session. Coordinator: Stan Lebow
Tuesday, April 11
8:00 am to 11:00 am: Spouse
Hospitality & Breakfast with music and stories by
Albert & Gage
8:00 am to 5:00 pm: Registration Desk
Open
8:00 am to 12:00 noon: Suppliers'
Showcase Open
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8:00 am to 11:30 am: Technical
Session IIa - Treated Wood Marketing. Coordinator: Huck
DeVenzio
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Global Markets, Trade Flows, and the 21st Century
Business Environment: Implications for U.S. Wood Treaters (Eric Hansen,
Oregon State University)
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An Overview of Green Building Issues and the Forest
Products Industry (Dennis Pitts, American Forest and Paper
Association)
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Effective Website Design and Search Engine Marketing
for Today's Forest Products Professionals (Alan Wickstrom,
BuildingOnline, Inc.)
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Interpretation of the Latest Survey of the U.S. Wood
Treating Industry (Richard Kleiner, Southern Forest Products
Association)
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Compliments, Comments, and Peeves from Deck Builders
(Michael Beaudry, North American Deck and Railing Association)
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Wood Preservers Deserve a Standing Ovation - So Why
Aren't We Getting It? (Huck DeVenzio, Arch Wood Protection)
8:00 am to 11:30 am: Technical
Session IIb - New Preservative Chemicals and Technologies.
Coordinator: Alan Preston
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New Penetrating Barrier Treatments for Wood and Wood
Composites (Alan Ross, Kop-Coat)
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New Product Developments (Dave Glassel, Cedarcide)
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The Effect of Groundline Protective Wraps on Product
Performance (John Makuvek, Postsaver)
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Formulation Technology on Preservative Performance
(Dave Helmer, Janssen Pharmaceutica)
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New Developments in Wood Preservatives (Ramsay Smith,
Arch Wood Protection)
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The Impact of Process and Product Developments
(Andrew Zahora and Futong Cui, Chemical Specialties, Inc.)
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Life Cycle Analysis for Wood Products (J.J.
Morrell, Oregon State University)
11:30 am to 1:00 pm: Past
Presidents’ Wives’ Luncheon
11:30 am to 1:00 pm: Past
Presidents’ Luncheon
1:00 pm to 4:30 pm: Technical
Session IIIa - Industrial Products. Coordinator: Allen
Kenderes
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Towards Standards for Through Boring of Douglas-fir
Poles (J.J. Morrell, Oregon State Unversity)
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All Natural Tropical Hardwoods for Poles and
Crossarms (J.R. Gonzalez)
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Hurricane Katrina - A Southern Company Perspective
(Robert Patterson, Alabama Power Company)
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A Task of Immense Proportions - Hurricanes Katrina
and Rita (Tom Horan, CLECO Power, LLC)
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Decay in Wood Ties - Problem Solved! (Jim Gauntt,
Railway Tie Association)
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Update on ANSI O5 and the 2007 NESC (Nelson Bingel,
Osmose Inc.)
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Southern Yellow Pine Poles for Bangladesh (Jim
Taylor, Consultant)
1:00 pm to 4:30 pm: Technical
Session IIIb - Treating Plant Operations: Growing with Demand,
Is your plant up to speed? Coordinator: Jim Basler
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What Represents a State of the Art Wood Treating
Plant? (Mitch Joiner, Osmose Inc.)
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The Ins and Outs of Contracting (Alan Nippert,
Nippert Independent Contracting)
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Permitting and Environmental Compliance - Are You on
Solid Ground? (Neil Alongi, MFS)
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High Efficiency Incising and Materials Handling (Roy
Hultberg, RJH Enterprises, Inc.)
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Stormwater Runoff from Creosote Wood Preserving
Facilities (Martin Rollins, H.M. Rollins Co.)
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Wake up to QC! What's in your Lab? (Chris
Barber, Timber Products Inspection)
6:30 pm to 7:00 pm: Reception –
Cash Bar
7:00 pm to 10:00 pm: Banquet with
Entertainment by the
Austin
Lounge Lizards. To purchase tables at the banquet, please
contact AWPA for more
information.
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Banquet
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Installation of Officers
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Awards
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Entertainment
Wednesday, April 12
8:00 am to 3:00 pm: Technical Committee Meetings
(agendas and proposals are posted to subcommittee web pages as received)
8:00 am to 9:30 am: Subcommittee P-6
9:30 am to 11:00 am: Subcommittee P-5
11:00 am to 12:30 pm: Subcommittee P-4
2:00 pm to 2:30 pm: Subcommittee T-3
2:30 pm to 3:00 pm: Subcommittee T-10
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