Virginia Forest Products
Association - Virginia Tech Forest Products Industry
Technology Conference
September 7 - 8, 2007
The Inn at Virginia Tech • Blacksburg, Virginia
A ONE DAY, ONE OVERNIGHT STAY, intense, in-depth presentation of several
topics designed to help keep your business competitive and profitable
In case you missed our conference, here's some exciting topics that were covered.....
Globalization of the **Forest** Product Industries*
Globalization Trends and Housing: Impacts on the Forest Products Industry.
Issues and Answers to the Impact of Transportation on the Competitiveness of the Appalachian Forest Products Industry.
The Ins and Outs of the Port of Norfolk - What Does it Tell Us?
Biofuels-Biomaterials: The Role of Renewable Energy in Our Future
Cellulosic Ethanol: Challenges and Opportunities
Bioenergy and Biofuels Research at Virginia Tech.
The Federally Sponsored Sun Grant Initiative & Biofuels Initiative at the University of Tennessee
VFPA Round Table Discussions
Workforce Development: Human Capital for Our Industry
Crafting a New Workforce Development Initiative in Wood Products Manufacturing at Danville Community College
Developing a Workforce: Lessons from the Apprentice School in Newport News.
The Wood Enterprise Institute at Virginia Tech: An Experimental "Concept-to-Market" Wood Products Business Start-Up by Virginia Tech Students.
Be watching for coming information regarding the 50th Annual Convention to be held in Early 2008.
Tentative Show Dates for Expo Richmond 2008 are
May 16-17, 2008
An announcement regarding official show dates will be made in September 2007.
The 29th East
Coast Sawmill and
Logging Equipment Exposition
EXPO Richmond is one of the
largest shows of its type in the country, and in 2006 attracted
326 exhibiting companies and over 13,000 visitors from 47 U.S. states and
territories and
20 foreign countries.