2005 AWPA Annual Meeting
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Final Meeting Schedule
Saturday, May 14
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, May 15
8:00 am: Pickler’s Prance 5K Fun
Run/Walk – Meet in the Hotel lobby
9:00 am to 5:00 pm: Registration
Desk Open
1:30 pm to 5:00 pm: Task Group
Meetings
TRACK 1
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1:30 pm: P-4 Waterborne Copper
Naphthenate Task Group
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2:00 pm: P-5 PPZ/TEB HPLC method
Task Group
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3:00 pm: P-4 Impralit KDS Task
Group
TRACK 2
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2:00 pm: Joint T-2/T-4 Task Group
on Barrier Wraps
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3:00 pm: T-8 Task Group on Zinc Borate Treated
OSB and Siding
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4:00 pm: Utility Users Task Group
1:00 pm to 5:00 pm: Meetings of
Related Organizations
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1:00 pm: Timber Piling Council
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2:00 pm: Southern Pressure Treaters
Association Meeting
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4:00 pm:
North American
Wood Pole Council Meeting (for NAWPC Members)
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm: President’s
Reception (Members, Guests, and Spouses – badge required)
Monday, May 16
7:00 am to 8:30 am: Association
Coordination Meeting
8:00 am to 5:00 pm: Registration Desk
Open
8:30 am to 10:30 am: Opening
Session
·
Welcome/President's
Address—Scott Conklin
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Keynote Speaker—Dr. Patrick
Moore
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N, P, and T General
Committee Reports—Lehong Jin, Peter Laks, and Andrew Zahora
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2005 AWPA Award of Merit—Dr.
Alan Preston
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First Vice President's
Remarks—Bill Grimes
10:15 am: Spouse Tour and Luncheon—click
here for an overview of the program.
10:45 am to 12:30 pm:
Technical
Session I
·
Implications for the Future of Treated Wood from the Perspective of
Four U.S. Demand Sectors—Richard
Vlosky and Todd S. Shupe, Louisiana Forest Products Development
Center, School of Renewable Natural Resources, LSU Agricultural
Center
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Science and Technology
in Wood Preservation: Are we providing for the future?—Dr.
Alan Preston
· Treating
Plant Safety and Copper-based Preservatives—Hal Basdekis (abstract)
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An update on American Lumber Standard
Committee Activities—John
McDaniel
12:30 pm to 2:00 pm: Lunch break
(on your own)
12:30 pm to 2:00 pm: AWPA/ALSC
Coordination
1:00 pm to 6:00 pm: Suppliers'
Showcase Open
2:00 pm to 2:15 pm: Business
Session
2:15 pm to 5:00 pm: Technical
Session II, The Colley Research Symposium
(Click
here to view all abstracts for this session)
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Evaluation of a
proposed standard for assessing anti-sapstain chemicals on freshly
sawn lumber—Jianju
Luo and J.J. Morrell.
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Novel approaches
to preventing infestations of the Formosan subterranean termite
(two presentations)—Shane
Kitchens, Kevin Ragon and Terry Amburgey
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Analysis of
Formosan subterranean termite testing techniques—W.
Ramsay Smith and Jay Curole
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Further
Development in Analysis of Quaternary Ammonium Compounds for ACQ
Treating Solution and Treated Wood—Tore
Fossum and Paul Walcheski
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Bending
Properties Of Southern Pine Treated With Waterborne Copper
Naphthenate—H.
M. Barnes, M. S. Maulpin, and G. B. Lindsey
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Copper tolerance
of brown-rot fungi: Will it affect efficacy of copper-based
organic wood preservatives?—Carol
A. Clausen and Frederick Green III.
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Leaching Tests
of “Controlled” Borate Systems—Phil
L. Robinson, Jane E. Blasser, Michael A. Lake and Craig R.
McIntyre
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Issues
Surrounding the Durability of Wood Plastic Composites—Mark
Manning
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Wood
Preservative Barrier Wraps—Freeman
M, C. McIntyre and Makuvek
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Cost Analysis of
a New CCA Recovery System for Spent CCA-Treated Wood—Chung
Y. Hse, Todd F. Shupe and Doug R. Arnold
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm: Poster Session
(Coordinated by Dr. Kevin Archer and Dr. Jerrold Winandy) – Cash Bar
Tuesday, May 17
7:30 am to 11:00 am: Spouse
Hospitality & Breakfast
8:00 am to 11:00 am: Registration Desk
Open
8:00 am to 2:00 pm: Suppliers'
Showcase Open
8:30 am to 11:30 am: Technical
Session IIIa, Formosan Termites
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Brief Overview
of Formosan Subterranean Termite Issues in Southern U.S.—W.
Ramsay Smith, Louisiana State University
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French Quarter
Problems with Formosan Subterranean Termites—Ed
Bordes, New Orleans Mosquito Control Board
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CSIRO Field Test
Methods for Evaluating the Resistance of Preservative-Treated Wood
and Wood Products to Attack by Subterranean Termites—J.W.
Creffield, D.K. Scown, and J.D. McCarthy, CSIRO-Ensis, Australia (abstract)
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Integrated pest
management of the Formosan subterranean termite in the French
Quarter—D.
R. Ring, Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University
Agricultural Center (abstract)
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Field testing
with the Formosan Subterranean Termite—Peter
Laks, Institute of Wood Research, Michigan Technological
University
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Formosan termite
research at Mississippi State University—Terry
L. Amburgey and Michael G. Sanders, Mississippi State University
Forest Products Laboratory
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Overview of FST
testing program at Louisiana State University—W.
Ramsay Smith, Louisiana Forest Products Development Center, School
of Renewable Natural Resources, LSU Agricultural Center (abstract)
8:30 am to 11:30 am: Technical
Session IIIb, Utility Issues
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ANSI O5 and NESC Activity—Nelson
Bingel III, Osmose, Inc.
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Laminated Poles—Bob
Reisdorff, Laminated Wood Systems, Inc.
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An Update to FPL-01: A Comparison
of Wood Preservatives in Posts in Southern Mississippi—Mike
H. Freeman, Independent Wood Scientist; Douglas Crawford, Forest
Products Technologist; Patricia Lebow, USDA Forest Products
Laboratory; and James Brient, Merichem Company (abstract)
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Performance of Wood Crossarms: A
long-term success story—J.J.
Morrell and C.S. Love
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A Discussion of the Design
Considerations of Wood Versus Alternate Material Poles—Martin Rollins
(abstract)
11:45 am to 5:00 pm: Formosan
Termite Field Trips—Call ahead
to reserve a seat for one of the two trips before registering, as space is limited.
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Louisiana State University Test Site,
Port Sulphur, LA
(lunch provided)
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Mississippi State University Test Site,
McNeill, MS (lunch provided)
12:00 noon to 1:30 pm: Past
Presidents’ Wives’ Luncheon
12:00 noon to 1:30 pm: Past
Presidents’ Luncheon
6:30 pm to 7:00 pm: Reception –
Cash Bar
7:00 pm to 9:30 pm: Banquet and
Entertainment
(The mode of dress for this year's banquet is black tie optional)
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Banquet
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Installation of Officers
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Sponsor Recognition
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Awards
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Entertainment
Wednesday, May 18
8:00 am to 4:00 pm: Technical Committee Meetings
(agendas posted to subcommittee web pages)
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8:00 am: Subcommittee T-8 Meeting
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9:00 am: Subcommittee P-5 Meeting
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10:15 am: Subcommittee P-1
Meeting
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11:00 am: Subcommittee P-3
Meeting
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1:30 pm: Subcommittee T-2 Meeting
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2:30 pm: Subcommittee T-3 Meeting
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