The 2011 PFI Annual Conference was held from July 24-26 at the Sawgrass Marriott Resort in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. Conference Program Conference Presentations Monday, July 25, 2011 Welcome and Opening Remarks, Scott Jacobs, PFI President Clyde Stearns, Zilkha Biomass Energy/Buhler, Inc. Cole Martin, Dieffenbacher Increasing Pellet Plant Safety Gordon Murray, Wood Pellet Association of Canada Stephen Chaplin, BC Forest Safety Council Status Report: PFI Standards Program, Chris Wiberg, PFI Standards Committee Co-Chair Tuesday, July 26, 2011 Fire Prevention at Mills Derek Duval, National Fire Protection Association Andy Scholes, Firefly Clyde Stearns, Zilkha Biomass Energy/Buhler, Inc. Pellet Exporting Trends Harold Arnold, Fram Renewable Fuels Joanne Littlefair, US Department of Commerce Seth Walker, RISI Standards Program Symposium Developing a Written Quality Management Program, Chris Wiberg, PFI Standards Committee Co-Chair Developing an Internal Laboratory, Bob Sourek, PFI Standards Committee Co-Chair External Laboratory Testing, Michael Albright, University of New Brunswick Auditing, Chris Barber, Timber Products Inspection Accreditation Body, John McDaniel, American Lumber Standard Committee Platinum Sponsors: Gold sponsors: Silver Sponsors: Thomas Enterprises, Inc. |