The WSCA 2005 Conference Program. Watch this site for updates and additions.
Western Silvicultural Contractors’ Association
Draft Program WSCA Annual Conference, AGM and Trade Show
Inn of the North, Prince George, B.C. January 19-21, 2005
January 19, 2005 Wednesday Afternoon Plenary Session
12:00 am: Registration
1:00 pm: Introduction to the BC Safe Silviculture Program by Chris Akehurst WSCA President Introduction to the BC Forest Safety Council by Tanner Elton BCFSC Executive Director
2:00 pm: Draft Workplan BC Safe Silviculture Program by John Betts WSCA Executive Director
3:00 pm: Coffee break
3:30 pm: Presentation of Memorandum of Agreement: Silviculture Employment Standards by Pat Cullinane Director Employment Standards Branch
4:00 pm: Discussion Session facilitated by John Betts 5:00 pm: Adjournment
6:00 pm Working dinner and informal strategy session at Coast Inn of the North (Costs not part of registration)
January 20, 2005 Thursday Plenary Sessions and Workshops
7:30 am: Registration and Trade Show
8:30 am: Welcome and Opening Remarks, Chris Akehurst WSCA President
Morning Plenary Session: Corporate Concentration and the Market for Silviculture Services
9:00 am: Competition Law in Canada by Competition Bureau Canada
10:00 am: Coffee and Trade Show
10:30 am: Economic Laws of Competition and the Silviculture Sector by UNBC Economics Department
11:30 am: AGM: President’s Report and Directors Nominations etc.
12:00 am: Buffet Lunch and Trade Show
Afternoon Plenary: BC Timber Sales Contract Tendering and Management Practices
1:30 pm: Organizing BC Timber Sales by Larry Pedersen ADM in charge BCTS
2:30 pm: Coffee and trade show
Afternoon workshops (concurrent):
3:30 pm: Results of field study of treeplanter attitudes and behaviour towards safety by Jordan Tesluk
Analysis of distribution of silviculture work and injury trends over last five years; by Jo Graber
BCTS Contract Tendering and Management with BCTS Contract Advisory Committee, Brian Wesleyson
Fire Service Contract Policy Changes; MoF Protection Branch
The National Forest Strategy and the silviculture sector; by Dirk Brinkman
4:30 pm: AGM Continues
5:30 pm: Hosted Bar
Evening Banquet
7:00 pm: Prize Draws, Banquet
8:00 pm: Banquet Speaker to be announced. We have invited a major provincial political personage to speak and will confirm their attendance soon.
January 21, 2005 Friday Morning Plenary Session
8:30 am: Opening Remarks
9:00 am: Forest Funding 2005 by Ken Baker Ministry of Forests
10:00 am: Coffee Break
10:30 am: Government’s Response to Filmon Review by MoF Protection Branch
11:30 am: AGM conclusion, Introduction of 2005 board, summary of WSCA strategic priorities, conference ends.
For updates on the WSCA 2005 Conference and Trade Show visit the WSCA website at www.wfca.ca