Program Schedule

All events are in Eastern Daylight Time.

*Please Note: Breakfast will be at the Marriott Knoxville Downtown. Learning sessions will be at the Knoxville Convention Center.

Wednesday, June 11
8 am	Third Annual HMA NatCon Golf Tournament
8:30 am	SCMA Annual Meeting
11 am	NextGen Leaders Council Meeting
12–7 pm	Conference Registration
12:30 pm	HMA Board of Directors Lunch
1:30–5 pm	Exhibitor Set up
2 pm	HMA Board of Directors Meeting
6–7 pm	Opening Reception & Expo
Thursday, June 12
7:30–8:30 am	Breakfast
8 am–5 pm	Conference Registration
8:30 am	Welcome & HMA Business Meeting
9–9:45 am	Turning Around an Industry Farrah Newberry VP of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs, The Dairy Alliance
9:45–10:45 am	Hardwood Market Updates: Railway Ties & Pallets
10:45–11:15 am	ForestryWorks at Work Larry Pitts, Workforce Development Coordinator Caley Peyton, Education & Outreach Coordinator Tennessee Forestry Association
11:15 am–12 pm	Automating & Optimizing Production
12 pm–1 pm	Vendor-Expo Café Lunch
1–1:45 pm	US Forest Service Wood Innovations Grants Markus Taylor Wood Innovations Coordinator, Southern Region
1:45–2:30 pm	Let's Talk Insurance Corey Bounds Risk Assessment and Claims Director of Engineering, Continental Underwriters Lindsey DiGangi Vice President of Field Operations, Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company Robin Little Director of McGriff Insurance Services – National Forest Product Practice now a Marsh & McLennan LLC agency)
2:30–3 pm	The Latest from Our Nation's Capital Dana Lee Cole Executive Director, The Hardwood Federation
6–7 pm	Reception & Expo
8 pm	Exhibitor Teardown (no teardowns before 8 pm)
Friday, June 13
7:30–8:30 am	Breakfast
8:30–9:30 am	An Evolving Economy Shawn DuBravac New York Times Best-Selling Author and Top Futurist
9:45 am–2 pm	Tennessee Tours
10 am	Exhibitor Teardown Closes