Day 1 Wednesday APRIL 22, 2015 Maple Leaf Room, Lister Conference Centre, UofA Time
Presentation
Presenter
7:45 – 8:30
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:30 – 8:45
Welcome, Forum Objectives and the Day Ahead
Dr. Keith McClain, Program Lead, fRI - MPBEP
8:45 – 9:30
Forests of today – taking a step back to look forward.
Dr. Bruce Larson, Professor and FRBC Chair of Silviculture, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
9:30 – 10:00
Impacts of MPB at the community level
Mr. Richard Harpe, Councillor, Division 8, County of Grande Prairie No. 1, Alberta
10:00 – 10:30
HEALTH BREAK
10:30 – 11:50
MPB Status Report: British Columbia
Dr. Art Stock, RPF, Regional Entomologist, BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations Nelson, BC
MPB Status Report: Alberta
Erica Samis, Senior Manager, Forest Health and Adaptation Section, Environment and Sustainable Resource Development
MPB Status Report: Saskatchewan
The Risk of Mountain Pine Beetle Spread to Eastern Pine Forests: What Can We Predict?
Dr. Rory McIntosh, Provincial Forest Entomologist and Pathologist, Forest Service Branch, Ministry of Environment, Government of Saskatchewan Dr. Barry Cooke, Research Scientist, Spatial Dynamics of Insect Populations, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre, Edmonton, Alberta and Dr. Allan Carroll, Associate Professor and Director, Forest Sciences Program, Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC