Archived Conferences


Forest Bioenergy Conference

February 26, 2009

Forsyth, Georgia, USA

Jointly hosted by:

  • The Center for Forest Business
  • The Georgia Forestry Association

The following was reported on the Georgia Forestry Association website:

GFA and Warnell Host Successful Biofuel Conference

International Forest Investment: An Executive Education Conference - London, UK

November 10 - 11, 2008

The Berkeley

London, United Kingdom

This was our second conference overseas and kept the same executive education format as the event in Munich.  We did expand the conference to one and one-half days to provide more content at a less hectic pace.

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Swedish Forest Biomass Operations Tour

May 25 - 30, 2008

Stockholm, Sweden – Jönköping, Sweden – Copenhagen, Denmark

Jointly hosted by:

  • The Center for Forest Business
  • Forest Resources Association

This event provided a practical, operational overview of the latest technical systems in biomass harvesting and use.  Our tour participants represented industry, academia, and the private sector.  Their varied backgrounds provided a rich environment for the sharing of ideas. 

Council on Forest Engineering Annual Meeting - 2008

Charleston, South Carolina, USA

 Jointly hosted by:

  • The Center for Forest Business
  • Clemson University

 

Southern Forest Economics Workers Annual Meeting - 2008

March 9 - 11, 2008

Hilton Savannah DeSoto

Savannah, Georgia, USA

Sponsored by:

International Forest Investment: An Executive Education Conference - Munich, Germany

February 22, 2008

The Bayerischer Hof Hotel

Munich, Germany

This was our first European conference.  It's objective was to provide a Forestland Investment Overview to investment professionals who were new to the asset class.  What do you need to know to begin creating wealth in forestland invesment?

Topics included:

The Timberland Asset: Reliable and Renewable

The Ritz-Carlton Lodge, Reynolds Plantation

Lake Oconee, Georgia, USA

March 28 - 30, 2007

The Timberland Asset: Reliable and Renewable was attended by nearly 300 people from all walks of the forestland investment and management community.

Topics included:

Timberland Investment: A Growing Asset Class

October 20 - 22, 2004

Held at Château Élan resort just 40 minutes north of Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

The conference agenda included panel discussions, academic papers, and focused question and answer sessions to provide conference participants the opportunity to interact with a wide array of timberland investment professionals.

Major topics included: