ON BEHALF OF THE BOAD OF DIRECTORS, TFA WELCOMES ALL MEMBERS AND AFFILIATES TO 2025
ANNUAL CONVENTION!
SPEAKERS BIOS
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Pre-Conference
Wednesday, September 2nd at 10:00 a.m.
Pre-conference Speakers | Hermitage F
Rebecca Tiffany Trout Fryxell, Ph.D.
The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture
Professor | Entomology and Plant Pathology
“Ticks: Ongoing Research, Identification, How to Avoid Ticks”
Read moreDavid Neumann
TN Department of Agriculture
Forestry Business Consultant
“Update on EUDR & Compliance”
Read moreDr. Adam Taylor
UTIA School of Natural Resources
Professor and Wood Products Extension Specialist
“Thoughts on New Wood Products from TN’s Bountiful Forest Resources”
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Thursday, September 3rd at 8:00 a.m.
General Session Speakers | McGavock’s Foyer
Teal Edelen
U.S. Endowment for Forestry Communities
Director of Forests for the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities.
“Developing Markets for Forest Industry & Landowners”
Read moreMichael Snow
American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC)
Executive Director
"Meeting Export Challenges Now and In the Future"
Read moreNathan “Nate” E. Irby, Ph.D.
Railway Tie Association
Executive Director
"Update on the Railroad Tie Market…Looking at the Future"
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Chris Miller, ALC
American Forest Management
Professor and Langdale Endowed Chair of Forest Business
"Same Dirt, New Deeds: Tennessee Timberland Ownership’s Evolution"
Read morePerceval Assogba, Ph.D.
UTIA School of Natural Resources
Assistant Forester
"TN County Forestry Economic Data Study Roll-Out"
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