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104th
Annual Meeting
May
18-20, 2008 at the
Portland Marriott Downtown in
Portland, Oregon, USA
Meeting Registration
Pre-Registration has closed. If you are attending
the meeting in Portland, please bring a completed registration
form to the AWPA desk in Portland to register.
Hotel Reservations
The Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront Hotel is best known
for its stunning views of Mt. Hood and the Willamette River,
conveniently located in the heart of Portland. The AWPA
Group rate for the 103rd Annual Meeting is $129 single/double.
Other room types and plans may be available at slightly higher
rates. Click the hotel logo below for more information and
to reserve a room online. The cut-off date for
reservations has passed and the room block is sold out.
Rooms at the hotel's prevailing rate are subject to availability.
Things to See and Do in Portland
The Travel Portland (formerly the Portland Oregon Visitors
Association) website contains a wealth of information on Portland
and all it has to offer. Click on the logo to visit them.
Schedule of Events
(Please note that all times are subject to change.)
General Chair:
Jerry Winandy
Program Chair:
Bessie Woodward
Saturday, May
17
9:00 am to 10:00 am: Committee on
Committees Meeting
10:00 am to 5:00 pm: Executive
Committee Meeting
1:00 pm to 5:00 pm: Registration
Desk Open
Sunday, May
18
8:00 am: Pickler’s Prance 5K Fun Run/Walk
- Meet at registration desk in Oregon Ballroom Foyer
8:00 am to 3:00 pm: AWPA Golf Event (Meet
in Lobby) Transportation provided- Bus leaves at 8:00
8:00 am to 5:00 pm: Registration Desk Open
1:00 pm to 9:00 pm: Supplier's Showcase Setup
1:30 pm to 5:00 pm:
Task Group Meetings -Group A (to be listed when scheduled)
Set A:
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1:30 pm to 2:30 pm: P-3 Cyproconazole
task group
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2:30 pm to 4:00 pm: P-6 task group on
Standard E10
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4:00 pm to 5:00 pm: P-1, P-6, and T-2
joint task group on naturally durable species
Set B
2:30 pm to 5:00 pm: Meetings of Other
Organizations (to be announced when scheduled)
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2:30 pm to 4:00 pm: SPTA Meeting
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4:00 pm to 5:00 pm: Association
Coordination Meeting (Association Executives only, please)
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm: President’s Reception
(badge required)
Monday, May
19
7:00 am to 8:30 am: Suppliers' Showcase Setup
8:00 am to 5:00 pm: Registration Desk Open
8:30 am to 10:00 am: Opening Session
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Award of Merit: Dr. Alan Ross
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Recognition of AWPA Sponsors
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General Committee Reports
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President’s and Vice President’s Addresses
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Address from Mark Hartman, Chief, Regulatory
Management Branch II, Antimicrobials Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
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President's and Vice-President's Address
10:00 am to 10:15 am: Business Session
10:00 am to 5:30 pm: Spouse Tour and
Luncheon
10:15 am to 10:30 am: Coffee
Break/Suppliers' Showcase
10:30 am to 12:00 noon: Technical Session
1: Methods for Mitigating Environmental Risk in
Preservatives: The Best Management Practices (Chaired by Ted
LaDoux, WWPI)
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The Historical Emergence of BMPs (Dennis
Hayward, Consultant)
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The Key Elements of BMPs (Jerry Parks, WWPI)
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Plant Application and the Future Role of
BMPs (Morgan Wright, Wood Treaters, Inc.)
12:00 noon to 1:30 pm: Lunch Break (on
your own)
12:00 noon to 1:30 pm: AWPA/ALSC
Coordination
1:30 pm to 4:30 pm: Technical Session 2 -
The Colley-Hartford Research Symposium. (Chaired by D.
Pascal Kamdem, Michigan State University and W. Ramsay Smith, Arch
Wood Protection)
1:30 pm to 2:30 pm: Colley-Hartford Lecture
(Brian Greber, Weyerhaeuser, Inc.)
2:30 pm to 4:30 pm: Research
Symposium—Topics include the following:
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Observations on Minimum Duration of Stake
Tests (Lebow, Woodward, Lebow, Crawford, and DeGroot, USDA
Forest Products Lab)
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Mechanical Properties of Southern Pine
Treated with Copper Betaine (Barnes, Lindsay, and Hill,
Mississippi State University)
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Long-term Outdoor Efficacy Results of Wood
Co-Treated with Various Organic Biocides with Co-Added
Antioxidants and/or Metal Chelators (Schultz and Nicholas,
Mississippi State University)
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Effect of Preservative Treatment and
Heartwood Durability on Initial Colonization of Teak, Redwood,
and Western Redcedar (Cabrera, Freitag and Morrell, Oregon
State University; Preston, Viance, LLC)
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Update on Closed Loop Preservative Treated
Wood Recycling Program (Shupe, Piao, and Pan, Louisiana State
University)
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Identification of the Corrosion Products
from Metal Connectors in Contact with Preservative Treated
Wood (Greg Greenlee, USP Structural Connectors)
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Biotransformation of Triazole Based Wood
Preservatives by Microorganisms (Diana Obanda and Todd Shupe,
Louisiana State University)
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Concentration Effect of Alkaline Copper
Solutions on Copper Fixation (Lehong Jin, Kevin Archer, and
Alan Preston, Viance, LLC)
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Other Subjects to be Announced
4:30 pm to 6:00 pm: Poster Session
(Chaired by Tor Schultz, Mississippi State University, and Kevin
Archer, Viance LLC) Topics Include:
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Effect of an Additive on Copper Migration
from Alkaline-based Wood Preservatives (June Mitsuhashi and
Jeff Morrell, Oregon State University)
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Alternative Preservative Systems for
Crossties (Mike Sanders, Terry Amburgey, and Brian Lindsey,
Mississippi State University)
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Changes in Microbial Communities in Southern
Yellow Pine Field Stakes Treated With Wood Preservatives
(Grant Kirker, Tor Schultz, Susan Diehl, and Lynn Prewitt,
Mississippi State University)
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A New Green and Non-Biocidal Method to
Control Subterranean Termites (Tor Schultz, Kevin Ragon, and
Darrel Nicholas, Mississippi State University)
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"Treating" Treated Wood (Kevin Ragon and
Terry Amburgey, Mississippi State University)
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Southern Hardwood Logging Logical
Constraints: How to Retain Quality Raw Materials (Nathan
Irby and Terry Amburgey, Mississippi State University)
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Closed Loop Preservative Treated Wood
Recycling Program (Todd Shupe, Cheng Piao, and Hui Pan,
Louisiana State University)
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Fumigant Toxicity of Plant Essential Oils
(Carol Clausen and Vina Yang, USDA Forest Products Laboratory)
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Comparison of Methods for Evaluation of
Ground Contact Preservative Depletion (Stan Lebow and Steve
Halverson, USDA Forest Products Laboratory)
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A New Accelerated Ground-Proximity Testing
Method (Donnie Buckner and Darrel Nicholas, Mississippi State
University)
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Alternative Chemistry for External Paste
Preservative (Bob Butera, Osmose, Inc.)
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Performance of Coatings Systems on Mountain
Pine Beetle Affected Wood and Blue Stained Wood (Mohammed
Jahangir Chowdhury and Phillip Evans, University of British
Columbia)
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Evaluation of AWPA-Approved Boron Indicators
for Storage Requirements, Shelf Life, and Field Use
Suitability (Kim Merritt and Gary Kellum, Southern Pine
Inspection Bureau)
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The Wood Preservative Fungicide
Cyproconazole - An Update and Critical Review (Mike Freeman,
Consultant, and Thomas Woods, Syngenta)
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Mechanical Properties of Southern Pine
Treated with New Generation Wood Preservative Systems (H.M.
Barnes, J.M. Hill, G.B. Lindsey, and J.M. Linton, Mississippi
State University)
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Research/Demonstration House at Mississippi
State University (Terry Amburgey and Mike Sanders, Mississippi
State University)
Tuesday, May
20
7:00 am to 3:00 pm: Spouse Breakfast
and Tour
8:00 am to 5:00 pm: Registration
Desk Open
8:00 am to 3:00 pm: Suppliers' Showcase
Open
8:00 am to 10:00 am: Technical
Session 3A - Durable Composites (Chaired by D. Pascal Kamdem,
Michigan State University and Jerrold Winandy, USDA Forest
Products Laboratory)
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Issues and Concepts for Making Durable
Composites (Kamke and Winandy)
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Mold Issues for Wood and Wood-Plastic
Composites (Matuana and Kamdem)
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Survey of Decay and Termite Resistance of
Commercial WPC Decking (Laks, Richter, and Larkin)
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Field Stake Performance of Parallam PSL
Treated with Waterborne Copper Naphthenate (Merrick, Brient,
and Freeman)
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Copper Compounds for Durable Composites:
Effects on Material Properties (Vidrine, Preston, and Morrell)
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Finish Performance of Exterior Strandboard
Composites: Effects of Material Morphology, Resin
Concentration, and Process Variables (Williams and Winandy)
8:30 am to 10:00 am: Technical Session 3B:
Treating Plant Operations (Chaired by Jim Basler, Osmose, Inc.)
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Managing Treating Plants with Rapidly
Changing Needs (Jim Basler, Osmose, Inc.)
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Copper Naphthenate, A Preservative for Many
Uses (Jeff Parrett, Wheeler Lumber Company)
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Can One Plant Do It All? (Ted Greb,
Allweather Wood)
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Plant Quality Control with Today's
Preservatives (Todd Greer, Timber Products Inspection)
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Computer Control and Integration of Treating
Plants (Scott Beardsell, Osmose, Inc.)
10:00 am to 10:30 am: Coffee Break
10:30 am to 12:00 noon: Technical Session 4A:
Marketing of Treated Wood Products for Residential Applications
(Chaired by Eric Hansen, Oregon State University) Topics
include the following:
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Implications of the Soft Housing Market on
Suppliers of Building Products (Ed Hudson, National
Association of Home Builders)
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China’s Treated Wood Market (David
Stallcop, Vanport International)
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Trends in WPC Markets (Karl Englund,
Washington State University)
10:30 am to 12:00 noon: Technical Session 4B:
Industrial Rounds and Timbers (Chaired by Mike Barnes,
Mississippi State University, and Glynn Pittman,
McFarland-Cascade) Topics include the following:
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The Long-Term Availability of Industrial
Timber: What the Projections Tell Us (John Mills, U.S. Forest
Service)
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Cornucopia of Pole Drying Technology (Rubin
Shmulsky, Mississippi State University)
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The Potential of Wood-Based Composite Poles
(Cheng Piao and Todd Shupe, Louisiana State University)
12:00 noon to 1:30 pm: Lunch Break (on
your own)
12:15 pm to 1:15 pm: Box Lunch Seminar
(advance reservations required): "Back to the Future:
Funding Future Remediation Using Historical Insurance Policies"
(John Malanchuk and Laurence Eisenstein, Eisenstein Malanchuck
LLP; and Richard Siegel, R&B Consulting Services) This
presentation is primarily for owners/operators of environmentally
impaired properties. If you are interested in attending,
please contact us.
Attendance is limited to those who reserve a seat in advance.
1:30 pm to 5:00 pm: Technical Session 5A:
Sapstain Control Symposium (Chaired by J. Schilling and A.S.
Ross)
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Overview and Introduction to the Problem of
Sapstain (Alan Ross, Kop-Coat)
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A Survey of Sapstain Chemical Usage in the
Pacific Northwest (C. Schauwecker and J. Morrell, Oregon State
University)
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Producing Quality Lumber Free of Mold and
Stain (Terry Amburgey, Mississippi State University)
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Evaluation of Moldicides for Protection of
Kiln Dried Lumber Re-Wetted During Transport and Storage (D.
Minchin, A. Uzunovic, and P.I. Morris, FPInnovations)
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Treatment Issues from the Perspective of the
Chemical Supplier (Geoff Webb, Kop-Coat)
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Biocide Surface Retention Analysis for
Nonpressure Wood Treatment (Phil Schneider, J. Wilson, and P.
Mitchell, Arch Wood Protection)
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Tribromophenol (Bromol) and its Sodium
Salts: An Antisapstain Chemical Critical Review (Mike
Freeman)
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Open Discussion of Research Needs (Alan S.
Ross, Kop-Coat)
1:30 pm to 5:00 pm: Technical Session 5B:
Pole Disposal and Recycling (Chaired by Norm Sedillo, PNM; Allen
Kenderes, NYSEG; and James Roewer, USWAG)
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Effects of CCA Retention on Bonding of
Decommissioned Treated Wood (Cheng Piao and Todd Shupe,
Louisiana State University)
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Disposal and the Pole Life Cycle: What
do we do with them now? (James Roewer, USWAG)
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Remediation and Recycling of WBP Treated
Lumber for Use in Flakeboard (Ronald Sabo, Carol Clausen, and
Jerry Winandy, USDA Forest Products Laboratory)
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Rules and Regulations Regarding Pole
Disposal (Ted LaDoux, WWPI)
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Pole Disposal Options: A Survey of
Attitudes Among Western U.S. Utilities (J.J. Morrell, Oregon
State University)
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Remanufacturing Out-of-Service Western
Redcedar and Douglas-fir Poles into Viable Products (Mary
McLearn, EPRI; Rob Ochs and Guy Helsing, Bonneville Power
Administration; Jon Thomas and Bill Mitchell, The Beck Group)
6:30 pm to 7:00 pm: Reception - Cash Bar
7:00 pm to 9:30 pm: Banquet and
Entertainment
Wednesday, May
21
8:00 am to 4:30 pm: Technical Committee
Meetings - Note that meetings will not begin before their posted
times. (Agendas are posted to subcommittee web pages as
they are received)
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8:00 am to 8:40 am: Subcommittee P-3
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8:45 am to 9:55 am: Subcommittee P-4
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10:00 am to 10:55 am: Subcommittee P-5
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11:00 am to 11:30 am: Subcommittee T-3
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1:00 pm to 1:55 pm: Subcommittee T-1
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2:00 pm to 3:25 pm: Subcommittee T-2
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3:30 pm to 4:30 pm: Subcommittee T-8
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