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Virginia Forestry Summit

May 7-9, 2025
Hotel Roanoke, Roanoke

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SCHEDULE

As of 3/10/2025- Subject to Change

Wednesday, May 7

Wednesday

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration Open

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

VFA Board of Directors Meeting

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

SAF Executive Committee Meeting

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Networking Break with Exhibitors

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Opening General Session:
The Future in Focus: Navigating the Coming
Demographic Shift in the Nation and the Commonwealth

1:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Silent Auction Open

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Networking Break with Exhibitors

3:30 PM - 4:45 PM

Breakout Sessions

Sustainable by Nature:
The Bright Future of Wood
and Fiber in Global Packaging

Lessons from the Urban Forest: Advocacy, Fundraising,
and Strategies for Forestry Success

Talking Trees:
Sharpening Your Forestry Message for the Public

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Welcome Happy Hour

7:00 PM

Dinner On Your Own

Thursday

Thursday, May 8 

7:00 AM - 7:45 AM

Fun Run 

7:30 AM - 2:30 PM

Registration Open

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Networking Breakfast

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

SAF VA Division Meeting

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Membership Meeting & Keynote Session:
Fires, Fibers, and Futures: How Artificial Intelligence is Reorganizing the Forester’s Toolbox

8:00 AM - 9:00 PM

Silent Auction

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

PLT Workshop

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Networking Break with Exhibitors 

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Breakout Sessions

Thought Leader Landowners Panel:
Insights from the
Front Lines of Forestry

Time, space, structure, and function: Recent advances in forest remote sensing

A Vision for Sustainable
Forest Supply Chains
for the Next 100 Years

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Luncheon & Advocacy Update 

2:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Tours 

7:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Reception

7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Evening Banquet with Awards

Friday

Friday, May 9 

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Fellowship of Christian Foresters

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Networking Breakfast

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Registration Open

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

ACF VA Chapter Meeting

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

General Session:
Timber During Turmoil: Setting Realistic Market Expectations in Uncertain Times

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Networking Break with Exhibitors

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Closing General Session: 
Virginia’s Political Outlook for 2026 - Impacts and Insights

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

VFEF Board of Directors Meeting

12:00 PM - 4:30 PM

VFLEP Workshop

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