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| Announcing! 2009 NELMA Convention Speaker Line-up! | 2009-03-04 |
Thursday, April 2:What can an Architect tell us about sustainable home designs and how they impact the use of wood products in construction? Architect Jill Neubauer of Jill Neubauer Architects, Falmouth, Massachusetts has been invited to join us at Thursday afternoon’s NELMA Marketing Committee meeting to share her vision on trends in home designs that visually incorporate wood products as part of the sustainable construction movement. Ms. Neubauer’s own home on Cape Cod, known as “Lucky Pines”, was prominently featured in the Second edition of NELMA’s White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs.Friday, April 3:What can an Economist tell us about the future and what it means for the lumber industry? NELMA’s favorite economist, Paul Jannke of Resource Information Systems Inc. (RISI) will join us on Friday morning after the Grading Committee meeting. Paul will provide an update of their traditional economic forecast and help us sort through the current economic chaos to find positive indicators that the industry may be able to look forward to in the near future.What can an Editor tell us about the survival tactics of the lumber retailer? Craig Webb, Editor of ProSales magazine, will join us on Friday afternoon prior to the NELMA Board of Directors Meeting to give us insight into today’s lumber retailer and their roadmap to survival and even success. Readers may recall Craig’s special report that appeared in the September issue, titled “The Future of Wood”, a broad view of industry issues and what consumers could potentially expect wood products to look like in the year 2025.Please make a note of the hotel reservation deadline (March 10) and the Convention registration deadline (March 16). For complete registration details, please see our Convention brochure. | |
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