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Pacific Northwest Research Station
333 SW First Avenue
Portland, OR 97204

(503) 808-2592

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Draft Agenda (March 9, 2005)
May 10 7:00 to 9:00 Welcome reception
May 11 9:00 to 9:15 Welcome -- Gail Achterman
  9:15 to 10:15 Issues, concerns, and challenges of knowledge and technology transfer: A panel discussion
* Fornitek speaker, Cynthia West, Gary Hartshorn, Jim Dangerfield
  10:15 to 10:45 Break
  10:45 to 11:45 Case Studies
  10:45 - 11:05 *Kathleen Wolf - POLICY DECISION-MAKING IN URBAN FORESTRY: A CASE STUDY OF PORTABLE SCIENCE
  11:05 - 11:25 *C.T. Smith - KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTS TO INFORM RURAL COMMUNITIES ABOUT SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY FOR BIOENERGY AND BIOBASED PRODUCTS
  11:25 - 11:45 *Anneke Wieman - COMMUNICATION AROUND THE WORLD
  11:45 to 1:00 Lunch
  1:00 to 3:00 Case Studies
  1:00 - 1:20 *Dennis Dykstra - PROMOTING REDUCED-IMPACT LOGGING IN TROPICAL DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A SUCCESS STORY OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
  1:20 - 1:40 *Yuri Baranchikov - DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFER OF A FOREST INSECT PEST MONITORING SYSTEM - A CASE STUDY OF SCIENTIFIC INNOVATIONS IN FOREST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE OF SIBERIA AND THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST
  1:40 - 2:00 *Susan Stout - SILVAH-OAK: ENSURING ADOPTION BY ENGAGING USERS
  2:00 - 2:20 *Laercio Couto - TRANSFER OF FOREST SCIENCE KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE BIOMASS FOR ENERGY AREA IN BRAZIL: THE CASE OF RENABIO
  2:20 - 2:40 *Nancy Desjardins - FOREST INNOCATION PARTNERSHIP: A NEW SYNERGY IN FOREST EXTENSION FOR QUEBEC
  2:40 - 3:00 *Michael Rausher - USING WEB-BASED TECHNOLOGY TO DELIVER SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE: THE SOUTHERN FOREST ENCYCLOPEDIA NETWORK
  3:00 to 3:30 Break
  3:30 to 5:30 Case Studies
  3:30 - 3:50 * Donald Hanley - RURAL TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE, WWW.RURALTECH.ORG
  3:50 - 4:10 * Andrew Perleberg - LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USAGE IN THE COACHED PLANNING CURRICULUM FOR NIPF LANDOWNERS IN WASHINGTON STATE
  4:10 - 4:30 * Sue Ferguson - MULTIFACETED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION OF THE BLUESKYRAINS SYSTEM
  4:30 - 4:50 * Tim Robards - ROLE OF DEMONSTRATION STATE FORESTS IN FOREST SCIENCE RESEARCH AND OUTREACH
  4:50 - 5:10 * Dr. Robert Smith - EVALUATING TECH TRANSFER IN THE LOGGING INDUSTRY: A CASE STUDY WITH PORTABLE TIMBER BRIDGE
  5:10 - 5:30 * Valerie Rapp - GOT SCIENCE? GETTING SCIENCE TO PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT FORESTS
  6:00 to 7:00 Dinner
  7:00 to 9:00 Poster and tool session and reception (dessert)
May 12 8:00 to 8:10 Day 2 welcome
  8:10 to 10:15 Theory presentations
  8:10 - 8:30 * Charisse Sydoriak - IN SEARCH OF THE SCIENCE INTEGRATION KEYSTONE
  8:50 - 9:10 * Ralph Johnson - GETTING TECHNOLOGY INTO PRACTICE: USING PRE AND POST TRAINING ACTIVITIES
  9:10 - 9:30 *Delton Alderman - FROM A SOCIAL MARKETING PERSPECTIVE: A PROPOSED CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER MODEL
  9:30 - 9:50 * Rene Germain - MEASURING THE DIFFUSION OF BMPS AMONG CATSKILL/DELAWARE WATERSHED NIPF OWNERS USING THE INNOVATION-DECISION PROCESS MODEL
  9:50 - 10:10 * Vita Wright - BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE SCIENCE DELIVERY AND APPLICATION
  10:15 to 10:45 Break
  10:45 to 12:00 Theory panel
*James Dearing, Scott Reed, (Viviane Simon-Brown), Darlene Russ-Eft
  12:00 to 1:30 Lunch
  1:30 to 2:30 Methods Breakout Sessions
SESSION A
  1:30 - 1:50 *James Johnson - NORTH AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE ON SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES IN EXTENSION AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
  1:50 - 2:10 *William Hubbard - FACTORS AFFECTING THE ADOPTION OF PRACTICE BY PARTICIPANTS OF A SOUTHWIDE DISTANCE EDUCATION FORESTRY SHORTCOURSE
  2:10 - 2:30 * Charles Frihart - WHY GOOD IDEAS AND GOOD SCIENCE DO NOT ALWAYS MAKE IT INTO THE MARKETPLACE?
    SESSION B
  1:30 - 1:50 *James McCarter - THE LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (LMS): EMERGING TECHNOLOGY FOR INTEGRATED FORESTRY APPLICATIONS
  1:50 - 2:10 *Robert Bardon - VIDEO-TELCONFERENCING AS AN EFFECTIVE AND ECONOMICAL TOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
  2:10 - 2:30 *Luke Rogers - STREAMING VIDEO
  2:30 - 3:00 Break
  3:00 - 4:00 Methods Breakout Sessions
    SESSION A
  3:00 - 3:20 *Peter Friederici - CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN FOREST RESTORATION OUTREACH
  3:20 - 3:40 *James Doyle - RETAINING JOB ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE IN THE NATURAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES
  3:40 - 4:00 *Reinhard Lassig - SCIENCE WRITING: A PROMISING WAY TO INTENSIFY KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER IN FOREST SCIENCES
    SESSION B
  3:00 - 3:20 *Michael Furniss - KNOWLEDGE TECHNOLOGIES: LEVERAGING NEW COMMUNICATIONS TOOLS FOR SHARING SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
  3:20 - 3:40 *Reinhard Lassig - WALDWISSEN.NET: A JOINT INTERNET-BASED INFORMATION PLATFORM TO TRANSFER FOREST KNOWLEDGE IN THE ALPINE REGION
  3:40 - 4:00 *Chris Schnepf - TREE JUDGING: A QUANTIFIABLE, HANDS-ON TOOL TO TEACH FOREST GENETICS AND APPLIED SILVICULTURE
  4:00 - 4:15 Break
  4:15 - 4:45 What have we learned?--Dave Cleaves
  6:30 to 8:30 Dinner and speaker -- Gail Wells
May 13 Field Trip Mt. St Helens
  7:30 Leave hotel
  9:30 Silver Lake
  11:00 Johnson Ridge (if open)
  Noon Lunch
  1:00 Coldwater
  2:00 Weyerhaueser facility


 

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