Join us September 1-3 for our 2026 Annual Meeting & Trade Show at the Omni Amelia Island Resort! Hot topics, expert speakers, fun networking opportunities… you’ll find it all in Amelia!

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Tuesday, September 1

10:00 AM-6:00 PM   Trade Show Set-Up & Silent Auction Open

1:00 PM-6:00 PM    Registration Desk Open

1:00 PM-3:00 PM    Forestry Council Meeting

3:00 PM-5:00 PM    Prescribed Burn Working Group

5:30 PM-7:00 PM    Registrant Reception/Exhibitor Meet & Greet

 

Wednesday, September 2

6:30 AM-6:00 PM    Registration Desk Open

6:30 AM-8:00 AM    Early Bird Coffee

6:30 AM-10:00 AM   Trade Show Set-Up

6:45 AM-7:45 AM    Tee-Time Coffee & Golf Registration

8:00 AM-1:00 PM    Timber Toppers Golf Tournament Shotgun Start

10:00 AM-7:00 PM   Trade Show & Silent Auction Open

9:30 AM-11:00 AM   Women of Forestry Networking Brunch

Donna Wright, Landowner

11:00 AM-12:00 PM Breakout Session

Mark Mauldin: Identifying & Managing Invasive Plants

12:00 PM-2:00 PM   Lunch on your own

2:00 PM-4:00 PM    General Session

                                       Rick Dolan and Jim Karels: Wildfires and Impacts to Forestry

                                       Connor Brantley: Trade Policy & Lumber Exports

4:10 PM-5:10 PM    Board Meeting

5:30 PM-7:00 PM    Welcome Reception/Exhibitor Meet & Greet

 

Thursday, September 3

6:45 AM-12:00 PM   Registration Desk Open

6:45 AM-8:00 AM    Early Bird Coffee

8:00 AM-10:00 AM   Awards Breakfast

10:00 AM-4:00 PM   Trade Show & Silent Auction Open

10:00 AM-11:20 AM General Session

Lightning Round – New or Emerging Markets

                                      Dammon Frecker: Engineered Biocarbon

     Matias Kirst: Recovery of Rare Earth Elements

                                       Ernie Spiller: Optimizing Timberland Through the

                                        Soil Microbiome

                                    Abdurrahman Bejjaj: Sustainable Packaging Solutions

11:30 AM–1:00 PM  Breakout Session: NRCS Funding Programs

12:00 PM–1:30 PM  Lunch on your own

12:00 PM–1:15 PM  Master Logger Lunch – Florida Highway Patrol: Regulations

1:30 PM-2:30 PM    General Session – Nick DiLuzio: Forest Markets

2:45 PM-3:45 PM    Trade Show Social & Silent Auction Final Bidding

5:00 PM-6:00 PM    Dinner Reception

6:00 PM-7:00 PM    President’s  Dinner

7:00 PM-7:30 PM    Live Auction

 

 

SAF CFE credits: 6.5 hours (Category 1)

ML: 6 credits

*Schedule subject to change

*THE MASTER LOGGER LUNCH IS OPEN TO EVERYONE. HOWEVER, ONLY MASTER LOGGERS REGISTERED FOR THE FULL MEETING MAY ATTEND AT NO CHARGE.  OTHERS WISHING TO ATTEND MUST PURCHASE A TICKET BY AUGUST 14, 2026.