Schedule of Events
Saturday, March 12 |
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| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | NAWLA & WWPA Opening Ice Breaker (All Registrants Welcome) |
Sunday, March 13 |
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| 6:30 am - 11:30 am | Registration Open |
| 8:00 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Joint Session |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Committee Meetings |
| 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Wine, Dine + Nine |
| 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Palm Springs Bike Tour |
| 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Registration Open |
| 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | NAWLA & WWPA Joint Reception |
| All registrants welcome | |
Monday, March 14 |
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| 7:00 am - 3:00 pm | Registration Open |
| 7:00 am - 8:15 am | WWPA Forecast Session with Hot Breakfast |
| 7:30 am - 10:30 am |
Spouse & Companion Event: Breakfast at Tiffany's |
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8:30 am - 9:15 am |
West Fraser, Our History and Our Future |
| Presented by Ted Seraphim, President and CEO, West Fraser |
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| 9:15 am - 9:45 am | Beverages and Table-tops |
| 9:45 am - 10:30 am | CSX Overview, Lumber Transportation, and Macroeconomics Thoughts |
| Presented by Clarence W. Gooden, President, CSX | |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Beverages and Table-tops |
| 11:00 am - 11:45 am | Klausner's Southern Pine Adventure |
| 11:45 am - 12:45 pm | Networking Lunch (hosted by NAWLA) |
| 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm | Price Volatility and Multi-Family Update and Risk |
| Management Panel Moderator: Grant Phillips, Collins Panelists: Ashley Boeckholt, Director, Koch Pulp & Paper Trading, Geoff Berwick, Director Risk Management, Sherwood Lumber, Kevin Binam, President, WWPA and Dave Fortin, Senior Economist, RISI |
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| 1:45 pm - 2:15 pm | Break |
| 2:15 pm - 3:00 pm | Why Lumber Wholesalers Should Make More Money: |
| Managing Margins and Customer Profitability Presented by Brent Grover, Managing Partner, Evergreen Consulting |
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| 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Beverages and Table-tops |
| 3:15 pm - 4:00 pm | The Composite Panels Business in the Americas |
| Presented by Gonzalo Zegers, Senior Vice-President International and Business Development, Arauco | |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Beers with Peers |
| 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Chairman's Reception and Dinner |
| All registrants are welcome | |
Tuesday, March 15 |
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| 7:00 am - 11:00 am | Registration Open |
| 7:15 am - 8:45 am | 10 Group Meetings |
| 8:00 am - 9:00 am | Breakfast and Table-tops |
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | Looking Forward: Thoughts About the Future |
| (Where We Once Again Confuse Experience and Precision for Expertise and Accuracy in Our Forecasts) | |
| Presented by Tom Corrick, CEO, Boise Cascade | |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | Beverages and Table-tops |
| 10:00 am - 10:45 am | A Dealer's Perspective |
| Presented by Joe Lawrence, President, Dixieline Lumber | |
| 10:45 am - 11:00 am | Beverages and Table-tops |
| 11:00 am - 11:45 am | The Power of Goal Setting |
| Presented by Jean Franzblau, Corporate Training Advantage | |
| 12:30 pm | Meet in lobby for optional Aerial Tram & Lunch activity |
| 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm | NAWLA Board of Directors Meeting |