The Canadian Wood preservation association is proud to invite you to celebrate it's 30th Anniversaryin the city where it all began 30 yrs. ago...Montreal .
The Keynote Speaker is Dr. Darrel Nicholas, Professor in the Department of Forest Products at Mississippi State University. Darrel’s experience in teaching, and research in the development of new wood preservatives and evaluation methods, positions him as an ideal person to kick off our 30th conference which focuses on “Wood preservation – 30 years on: current issues and trends”
The venue will be The Delta Hotel, Centreville on Tues. /Wed. October 6/7th, 2009.
We will have simultaneous translation from English to French and French to English available for the 2 days of the meeting.
We have negotiated conference room rates of $199 for Delta guest rooms and $229 for Club Signature rooms per night. To get the preferred rate, make your reservation directly with the hotel before September 21, 2009 at 1-888-890-3222 or click here.
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Wood Preservation – 30 Years On |
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| 7:00 |
Registration |
8:00 |
President’s Address and Welcome
Craig Wilson |
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Scientific Program |
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Keynote: |
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08:30 |
Darrel Nicholas |
Wood preservation in the 2010’s |
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Current issues in wood protection |
09:15 |
Paul Morris |
Organisms responsible for deterioration of structures |
10:00 |
COFFEE |
10:30 |
Henry Walthert |
Environmental issues update |
11:00 |
Avtar Sidhu |
Issues and advances in mould and sapstain control |
11:30 |
Paul Cooper |
Current issues and research on wood preservation in Canada |
12:00 |
LUNCH |
1:00 |
Leon Joseph |
Factors affecting the service life of poles in BC |
1:30 |
Mike Richards |
Update on Micro-Pro: performance with Canadian species |
2:00 |
Ramsay Smith |
Dispersed Copper Azole for refractory species |
2:30 |
Kevin Archer |
Update on research with non-metallic and copper preservative systems |
3:00 |
COFFEE |
3:30 |
Futong Cui |
Polymeric Betaine as a wood preservative |
4:00 |
Mark Manning |
Borate preservation issues |
4:30 |
CWPA Annual General Meeting |
6:00 |
PRESIDENT’S RECEPTION |
Research and new developments in wood preservation |
08:15 |
Scott Conklin |
Research needs in wood preservation: thoughts on in-plant quality control |
09:00 |
Dave Helmer |
Carbon based preservatives: applications and new opportunities… |
09:30 |
John
Ruddick |
Current research in wood protection at University of British Columbia |
10:00 |
COFFEE |
10:30 |
Paul Cooper |
Current research on wood preservation at University of Toronto |
11:00 |
Phil Evans |
Current surface protection research at University of British Columbia |
11:30 |
Rod Stirling |
Current research in wood protection at FP Innovation |
12:00 |
LUNCH |
1:00 |
Bernard
Riedl |
Applications des nanotechnologies pour l’amélioration des propriétés du bois |
1:30 |
Cornelia Chilian |
Direct Measurement of Wood Preservative Retention and Penetration Using NAA |
2:00 |
Patrick
Drogui |
Décontamination électrolytique d’effluents créosotés… |
2:30 |
Sedrik
Pankras |
Investigating the distribution of copper ethanolamine complexes… |
3:00 |
COFFEE |
3:30 |
Ahmed Koubaa |
Performance of wood based composites treated for fire resistance |
4:00 |
Paul Morris |
Update on field testing: termites and borate treated products |
4:30 |
Ahmed Koubaa |
Impact of biothermal treatment of wood on durability |
5:00 |
Craig Wilson |
CLOSING REMARKS |
Conference fees are as follows:
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One day |
Two days |
| Members: |
CAD$ 125 |
CAD$ 200 |
| Non-members: |
CAD$ 300 |
CAD$ 400 |
| Students: |
CAD$ 50 |
CAD$ 50 |
