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Coming events.

September 10-13, 2007: North American Wholesale Lumber Association (NAWLA) Woods Basic Course, Corvallis, Oregon. Contact Stacey Woldt at 800-527-8258 or swoldt@nawla.org.

September 12-15, 2007: National Hardwood Lumber Assn. (NHLA) Annual Convention, Washington Hilton, Washington, D.C.

Contact Lisa Browne at 901-377-1818, ext. 118 or l.browne@nhla.com.

September 22-24, 2007: China International Wood Products Summit 2007, Shangri-La Hotel Qingdao, Qingdao, China. For more information, visit www.woodmarkets.com or call 604-801-5996.

September 24-26, 2007: International Scientific Conference on Hardwood Processing (ISCHP), Quebec City, Canada. For more information, visit www.ischp.ca.

September 24-28, 2007: Kiln Drying Certificate-Module 4-Advanced Power Plant & Operations, Centre for Advanced Wood Processing, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Contact Coral Voss, 866-822-2297 or Coral.Voss@ubs.ca.

September 29-October 2, 2007: Southern Forest Products Association (SFPA) 2007 Annual Meeting, Charleston, South Carolina. Contact 504-443-4464 or visit www.sfpa.org.

October 3-5, 2007: International Coatings Expo, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. For more information, visit www.coatingstech.org.

October 3-5, 2007: Building Component Manufacturers Conference, Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio. Contact 608-274-4849 or visit www.bcmcshow.com.

October 7-10, 2007: Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) 2007 Fall Convention & Expo, Kansas City, Missouri. Contact bob.willis@ascouncil.org.

October 9-12, 2007: Hardwood Dry Kiln Operator's Short Course, Haywood Community College, Clyde, North Carolina. Contact Joe Denig, North Carolina State University, 919-515-5582 or Joe_Denig@ncsu.edu.

October 10-12, 2007: 22nd Annual North American Forest Products Conference, Omni San Diego Hotel, San Diego, California. Preliminary conference program and registration details are available at http://www.risiinfo.com/na_conf. Contact Jennifer Rahall at 781-734-8949 or jrahall@risiinfo.com.

October 15-17, 2007: Transport Symposium 17, Co-sponsored by RISI and the International Forest Products Transport Assn., Arthur R. Outlaw Convention Center, Mobile Bay, Alabama. For more information, visit www.transportsymposium.com.

October 16-18, 2007: 89th Annual Railway Tie Association (RTA) Technical Conference & Symposium, Sanibel Harbour Resort & Spa, Fort Myers, Florida. Contact 770-460-5553.

October 23-25, 2007: Third International Symposium on Veneer Processing and Products, Shanghai, China. Contact Dr. Changtong Mei or Dr. Xiaoyan Zhou-phone: +86-25-8542-7079 or plywood@njfu.com.cn.

October 23-27, 2007: Society of American Foresters (SAF) National Convention, Portland, Oregon. Contact 301-897-8720 or visit www.safnet.org

Section/ Chamber Meetings

October 18-19, 2007: FPS Northeast Region Annual Fall Meeting-"The Forest Bioproducts Puzzle," Ramada Inn, Bangor, Maine. Contact Jeff Benjamin at 207-581-2727 or Jeff Benjamin@umenfa.maine.edu.

November 13-15, 2007: Mid-South Section Annual Meeting, held in conjunction with Durability of WoodFramed Housing ... Lessons Learned from Natural Disasters listed below. Contact Rubin Shmulsky at rshmulsky@cfr.msstate.edu.

International Conferences

November 13-15, 2007: Durability of Wood-Framed Housing ... Lessons Learned from Natural Disasters, Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, Biloxi, Mississippi. Contact Julie 608-231-1361, ext. 208; Fax 608-231-2152; conferences@forestprod.org.

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