2018 Meeting Speakers

2018 Annual Conference - Park Hyatt Beaver Creek

"Wood. It's Real" Program Update - July 2018
Katie Juhl 
Program Manager of "Wood. It's Real" 
www.wooditsreal.com

Legislative Update - July 2018
Rep. Scott Tipton (R-CO) 
U.S. House of Representatives 
www.tipton.house.gov

Trucking Litigation Trends 
Rob Moseley
Partner at Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP

Updates in Employment Issues - July 2018
Jim Wimberly, Jr. 
Wimberly, Lawson, Steckel, Schneider & Stine PC
www.wimlaw.com

Tom Koulopoulos
Founder of Delphi Group
www.delphigroup.com


2018 SLMA & SFPA Spring Meeting - Omni CNN Center Atlanta

Southern Pine Council International Program Update - March 2018
Jerry Hingle 
International Program Consultant 
www.southernpineglobal.com

IB MAX-CORE CLT - International Beams
Steve Lieberman, PE
Senior Product Engineer at IB X-Lam USA
www.internationalbeams.com/en/

CLT and Mass Timber: Opportunities for Southern Pine
Pat Layton 
Director of the Wood Utilization + Design Institute at Clemson University 
www.clemson.edu/wud

Updates in Environmental Law - March 2018
Gary Sheehan
Counsel at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
www.kilpatricktownsend.com

Insights from the USDA's Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS)
Mark Slupek
Office of Trade Programs (OTP) Deputy Administor - USDA FAS
www.fas.usda.gov

Plywood and Composite Wood Products Residual Risk & Technology Review for Lumber Producers
John Bradfield
Environmental Engineer for U.S. EPA
www.epa.gov

WoodWorks - Wood Products Council Update March 2018
Jennifer Cover, PE
President & CEO of WoodWorks - Wood Products Council 
www.woodworks.org

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Key Provisions to Business Owners
Walter Gomel & David Watson
Gomel, Davis & Watson, LLP
www.gomeldavis.com