Fifty-sixth Meeting
of the
Western Forest Insect Work Conference
March 28 - April 1, 2005
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Theme: "Back to the Future"
Final Program
last updated: March 2, 2005
View or print the final program in .pdf format (258K)
Monday, March 28
Arrival of attendees in Victoria
5:00-9:00 pm -- Executive Committee Meeting -- Boardroom A
5:00-9:00 pm -- Registration -- Marble Lobby
7:00-9:00 pm -- Welcome Reception & No-host Bar -- Terrace Room
Tuesday, March 29
8:30-9:30 am -- 56th WFIWC Business Meeting & Welcome -- Salons ABCD
WFIWC Chair Darrell Ross
9:30-10:00 am -- Welcome -- Salons ABCD
Lorraine Maclauchlan, Peter Hall
10:00-10:30 am -- Coffee
10:30-12:00 pm -- Plenary Session -- Salons ABCD
Keynote Address -- Jim Snetsinger, B.C. Ministry of Forests, Chief Forester
WFIWC Memorial Scholarship Presentation -- Katherine Bleiker, University of Montana
12:00-1:30 pm -- Lunch (on your own)
1:30-3:00 pm-- Concurrent Workshops|
Seed and Cone Insects --
Robb Bennett, moderator (Salon C) Impact of treatments on non-targets -- Ken White, moderator (Salon D) Beetle outbreaks -- how did we get here? -- Alan Carroll, moderator (Salons AB) Forest health monitoring -- Tim McConnell, moderator (Breakout ABC) |
3:00-3:30 pm -- Coffee (Marble Lobby)
3:30-5:00 pm -- Concurrent Workshops
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Gypsy moth status and eradication --
Dave Bridgwater, moderator (Salons AB) New Management Directions: Market versus Non-market -- Mike Wagner, moderator (Salon C) Preventing the next "big" outbreak -- Ken Gibson, moderator (Salon D) Detection / Aerial Survey - methods & standards -- Tim Ebata, moderator (Breakout ABC) |
7:00-9:00 pm -- Poster Session & Reception -- Terrace Room & Marble Lobby
Silent Auction
Wednesday, March 30
8:00-10:00 am -- Graduate Student Presentations -- Kimberly Wallin, moderator (Salons ABCD)
10:00-10:30 am -- Coffee
10:30-12:00 pm -- -- Concurrent Workshops
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Are insect outbreaks increasing? What is the evidence? --
Vince Nealis, moderator (Breakout ABC) Environmental impact studies -- Connie Mehmel, moderator (Salon C) Verbenone/MCH/mass trapping/non-host -- Leo Rankin, moderator (Salons AB) Urban forest pest issues -- Jerry Carlson, moderator (Salon D) |
12:00-1:30 pm -- Lunch -- Marble Lobby & Terrace Room
Travel to Pacific Forestry Centre
buses will be outside main lobby at 12:45 & will leave at 1:00 pm sharp!
1:30-3:00 pm-- Plenary Session -- Pacific Forestry Centre
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Panel: Going ... Going ... Gone |
3:00-3:30 pm -- Coffee
3:30-5:00 pm -- Options:
1. Tour of the Pacific Forestry Center and Individual consultations at PFC
2. Gypsy moth / Garry Oak Ecosystem field tour
3. Tour of Victoria
7:00-9:00 pm -- Banquet and Founders Award -- Salons ABCD
Thursday, March 31
8:30-10:00 am-- Plenary Session or Special Workshop
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Panel: Damaged Wood |
Climate Change - Special Workshop --
David Gray, moderator (Breakout ABC)
10:00-10:30 pm -- Coffee
10:30-12:00 pm-- Concurrent Workshops
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Emerging technologies in forest entomology --
Dezene Huber, moderator (Salons AB) The Future Role of Silviculture in Insect Pest Management -- Peter DeGroot, moderator (Salon C) Decision support systems - Development -- Terry Shore, moderator (Salon D) Climate Change - Special Workshop -- David Gray, moderator (Breakout ABC) |
12:00-1:30 pm -- Lunch (on your own)
1:30-3:00 pm-- Concurrent Workshops
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Regional Trends --
Don Grosman, moderator (Salon C) Decision support systems - Applications -- Marvin Eng, moderator (Salon D) Exotic introductions and exotic insects -- Shane Sela, moderator (Salons AB) Climate Change - Special Workshop -- David Gray, moderator (Breakout ABC) |
3:00-3:30 pm -- Coffee
3:30-5:00 pm -- Concurrent Workshops
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Defoliator impacts, management and control --
Karen Ripley, moderator (Salons AB) Impacts and assessments of management -- Art Stock, moderator (Salon C) High elevation forests / Extreme Environments -- Lorraine Maclauchlan, moderator (Salon D) Climate Change - Special Workshop -- David Gray, moderator (Breakout ABC) |
5:30 pm - Fun Run -- meet outside the hotel lobby
Friday, April 1
8:30-10:00 am -- Plenary Session -- Salons ABCD
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Panel: What's in the Future? |
10:00-10:30 -- Coffee
10:30-12:00 pm -- Final Business Meeting -- Salons ABCD
WFIWC Chair Darrell Ross
noon -- Adjourn & have a safe trip home!
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