1999 Western Mensurationists' Meeting |
Monday Morning (June 21) Moderator: Kim Iles 8:30 Intro etc. 0:10 Welcome, house keeping, format, etc. (Jim Thrower, Kim Iles) 8:40 Chris Brack 0:20 Measuring forest biomass - the potential for a real bio-mess 9:00 Steve Smith 0:20 Dancing with numbers - financial risk management 9:20 Chris Cieszewski 0:20 Parameter estimation for site-dependent growth and yield models 9:40 Discussion 0:20 Wrap-up session, general discussion, or early coffee! 10:00 Coffee 0:30 10:30 John Barker 0:20 How long is enough – an exercise in time travel! 10:50 Bill Warren 0:35 "Mis" adventures in statistics 11:25 Guillaume Thérien 0:20 Favorite Papers of Favorite People 11:45 Discussion 0:15 Wrap-up session, general discussion, or early lunch! 12:00 pm Lunch 1:30 Monday Afternoon (June 21) Moderator: Wayne Johnstone 1:30 pm Bob Curtis 0:20 True Fir Pre-Commercial Thinning trials 1:50 Jim Goudie 0:20 On the edge - simulated G&Y effects of variable retention silviculture 2:10 Bob Monserud 0:20 Branch and crown biomass 2:30 Discussion 0:10 Wrap-up session, general discussion, etc 2:40 Christie Kovacs 0:20 Grad Student Projects (or early coffee) 3:00 Coffee 0:30 3:30 Samantha Gill 0:20 Modeling tree crowns using auto-regressive models 3:50 Ann Camp 0:20 Projected growth of thinned, small diameter stands 4:10 Discussion 0:20 Wrap-up session, general discussion, or early social time! 6:00 Banquet 2:00 9:00 Party + Tuesday Morning (June 22) Moderator: Chris Cieszewski 8:30 am Intro etc. 0:10 8:40 Terry Droessler 0:20 Modeling for structure-based management 9:00 Peter Hurd 0:20 Growth and yield of intensely cultured red alder 9:20 Alec Orr-Ewing & Jim McPhalen 0:20
Commercial management in a non-commercial environment 9:40 Discussion 0:20 Wrap-up session, general discussion, or early coffee! 10:00 Coffee 0:30 10:30 Andrew Robinson 0:20 The Hidden Sequential Nature of Much Operational Sampling 10:50 Guillaume Thérien 0:20 To Be Announced (a surprise!) 11:10 Business Meeting 0:20 Set location for next year 11:30 Check Out 0:30 Time to clear out of our rooms! 12:00 pm Lunch
