[CANUFNET] OPFA conference - Ontario

[Danijela Puric-Mladenovic]

The Ontario Professional Foresters Association (OPFA)   conference,  that has more southern Ontario / urban/peri-urban focus this year, needs some more help in promoting the conference within the southern Ontario/ Onatrio : urban and peri-urban forestry community. We are getting great response outside but less so from the GTA . Anything you can do to get the word out through the CUNUFNET would be very much appreciated. As you can see from the enclosed program, the Thursday and Friday morning sessions are particularly relevant for urban forest issues.
We have an impressive group of sponsors/exhibitors including  the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, TD Bank, Hydro One, the City of Toronto, the Ontario Urban Forest Council, the Green Infrastructure Ontario Coalition and the Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto.  If any of your contacts has questions about attending the conference, please have them call Anne Koven  at 416-921-9265 or they can visit www.opfa.ca<https://webmail.ontario.ca/owa/redir.aspx?C=Uung4KtAPU2fvu4elAZZVb60vpQyPdIIzAIJ8_A_BSo2Wcp5LLjF0wTgjVJ8LZ77uVWUYAAORuY.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.opfa.ca>.

Thank you

Danijela Puric-Mladenovic


OPFA 2015 Annual Conference and AGM.
Conference Theme: Modern Forestry-the new diversity.
April 8th to 10th 2015.

Day I- Wednesday April 8th Field Tour,
Registration opens at 8.00 a.m. at the Airport Sheraton Hotel at 801 Dixon Road.
8.30 a.m. start. Bus leaves from the Hotel at 801 Dixon Road.
Forest Management in Guild Park and Gardens [8:30 a.m-11.30 a.m.]
Located on the Scarborough Bluffs.
Travel from Scarborough to the Faculty of Forestry for lunch. [12.00-1.00]
Tour continues.1:00-4.00 p.m.
Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks St.

*        Tour of the research labs with Professor Sandy Smith.

*        Presentation by Dr. Mohini Sain, Dean of the Faculty of Forestry on nano biotechnology and forest biomaterials science.

*        Bus returns to Sheraton by 5.00 p.m.
Evening event.
Icebreaker at Hotel with cash bar from 7.00 until 9.00 p.m.

Day II- Thursday April 19th, 2015- Airport Sheraton Hotel at 801 Dixon Road.
CIF Breakfast 7:30 - 8.45 a.m.
Registration and exhibits open at 8.00 a.m.
Master of Ceremonies for Thursday and Friday--Astrid Nielsen.
Morning 9:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
9:15 - 10:30 am, Session I.
Opening Prayer. [Gary Sault, Ojibway elder from Mississauga's New Credit Nation] [9.15-9.30]. OPFA conference co-chair opening remarks [Anne Koven] [9:30-9:40].
Greetings from the City of Toronto. [9.40-9.50].
Remarks by Minister Mauro, MNR & F. /alternatively Ministers Murray or Gravelle. [9:50-10.10].
               Modern Forestry- the new diversity, Fred Pinto, Executive Director, OPFA. [10.10-10.30]
10:30-10.45. Coffee break.
10.45 - 12:00 pm. Session II- Urban Forestry

-        Brian DePratto, TD Bank, Environmental Economist on the valuing of urban forests [10:45- 11:15].

-        Philip Van Wassenaer: How does the OPFA support urban forestry? [11:15-12:00]
Lunch 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Afternoon 1.00-4.00 p.m.

1:00- 2:45 p.m. Session III.
Nick Moss Gillespie, Responsible Forestry Solutions/SGS, Sustainable Biomass Partnership Standards and Audits. [1.00-2.00].
Ontario Forest Products Company presentation [2.00-2.30]

2:30 - 2.45 p.m. Coffee Break

2.45 - 4:15 p.m. Session IV.
Gavin Mackenzie of Davis Law on the topic of professional conduct, discipline and the legal framework for self-regulating professions [2.45-3:45]
Update from MNR & F on current and impending trade issues. [3:45-4:15]

OPFA AGM. 4.15-6:00 p.m.
Cash bar opens at 6.15 followed by Banquet and Awards Ceremony at 6.30. Graeme Davis, Master of Ceremonies. Award announcements by David Milton, Chair of the Awards and Recognition Committee.

Day III- Friday April 10th 2015. Airport Sheraton Hotel at 801 Dixon Road.
Forestry Futures Breakfast [7:30-8.45 a.m].
Registration and exhibits open at 8.00 a.m.

Bill Thornton, Deputy Minister, MNR & F remarks [9.00-9.20].
Gord Cumming, Chief Forester, Algonquin Forestry Authority on managing multi-uses in Algonquin Provincial Park. [9:20-9:50]
Jessica Kaknevicius, Forests Ontario on communicating about forestry and the importance of community engagement and outreach [9:50-10:15]

10:15- 10.30 a.m. Coffee break.

Ala Boyd, MNR & F on Ontario's proposed new Invasive Species Act. [10.30 -10.45]
Urban Forestry Panel. Representatives from Toronto, York, Oakville, Tree Canada and London.
Panel moderator, Dilhari Fernando, Executive Director, Invasive Species Centre. [10.45 -11:45].

Meeting closing remarks and thanks. Martin Neumann, President. [11.45-12.00 p.m.]
Student/RPF lunch funded by the CIF. [12:00-1:30 p.m.].

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