2017 Southern Mensurationists Conference

Agenda

General Meeting Agenda (to be updated with more details later):

Sunday, October 22

Arrival
Opening reception – 6:00pm – midnight
Billiard Suite and Baby Grand Suite (Rooms 501 & 502)
Light snacks, beer, wine, water, soft drinks

Monday, October 23

7:00-8:00am Breakfast (provided)
8:00-8:15am Introductions and Welcome
8:15-9:45am Research presentations
9:45-10:15am Break – snacks and coffee/beverages (provided)
10:15-noon Research presentations
noon-1:15pm Lunch (provided)
1:15-2:45pm Research presentations
2:45-3:15pm Break – snacks and coffee/beverages (provided)
3:15-5:00pm Research presentations
6:00pm Dinner downtown (provided)

Tuesday, October 24

7:00-8:00am Breakfast (provided)
8:00-9:45am Research presentations
9:45-10:15am Break – snacks and coffee/beverages (provided)
10:15-noon Research presentations
noon-1:15pm Lunch (provided)
1:15-2:45pm Research presentations
2:45-3:15pm Break – snacks and coffee/beverages (provided)
3:15-4:30pm Research presentations
4:30-5:00pm Awards, Closing Remarks, Short Business Meeting

Wednesday, October 25

Field Trip
Depart 8:00am, Return to hotel by 4:00pm
Join us for a day in the field looking at current research plots in southern pine management.
Stops: Loblolly pine research trials.
Stops include visits to:

• Culture-Density research trial with planting densities ranging from 300 – 1800 trees per acre.
• Accelerated Pine Productivity research trial nearing rotation age with a 2×2 factorial with fertilization and competition control.
• Mid-Rotation Treatment study looking at the impacts of thinning intensity combined with a 2×2 factorial with fertilization and competition control, along with an non-thinned counterpart as a thinning control.
• Other stops as time permits.

Field Trip Cost: $30 per person, includes lunch

2017 Mike Strub Challenge is ON!

Stop doing what you know and jump into some troubled waters. There are biometrical challenges outside the forest, but still in forestry. Here is the 2017 SOMENS Mike Strub Challenge for our upcoming meeting.
2017 Strub Challenge Directions (pdf)
Strub Challenge Data (Excel file)

Call for Nominations

Submit your nomination for the SOMENS Achievement Award which honors scientists that have contributed significantly to quantitative southern forestry. The award aims at senior researchers that are associated with the Southern Mensurationists group and have shaped the forest research of/from the southern region of the USA. Use this link for your nomination: https://form.jotform.us/72176234998166