2022 Schedule at a Glance

Interested in the events being offered at the 2022 SAF National Convention? Check out the Schedule-at-a-glance below. Click on the events with hyperlinks for more details on those specific events. The schedule was last updated on August 29, 2022 and is subject to change.
Monday, September 19, 2022 
 8:00am-4:00pm  House Society of Delegates (HSD)
 7:00-9:00pm  NAUFRP & SAF Leadership Reception (invite only)
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
8:00am-4:30pm  Technical Field Tours 
 Workshops
3:00-4:30pm   Diversity Scholars Meet & Greet
 5:00-6:30pm  Opening Reception
 Silent Auction and Expo Hall opens
 7:00-10:00pm  Quiz Bowl
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
8:00-9:30am

Opening Ceremonies & Plenary 1
9:30-10:30am    Expo Hall Opens
 Break & Exhibits
 People, Policy & Popcorn: A Conversation with Forest Service Leadership
10:30am-12:00pm   Concurrent Sessions and Professional Development Seminars
 Innovation Zones 
12:00-1:30pm   Lunch Break & Exhibits 
1:30-3:00pm   Concurrent Sessions and Professional Development Seminars 
 Student Meetup (1:00-3:00pm ET)
 Innovation Zones 
3:00-4:00pm   Break and Exhibits 
 Poster Symposium 
 PLENARY 2 
 4:00-5:45pm

Awards Parade and Plenary 2 
6:00-7:00pm  Donor Gratitude Reception (invite only)
6:00-8:00pm   Student Social and Game Night
Thursday, September 22, 2022
 7:00-8:00am  Fellows Breakfast (invite only)
8:00-9:30am

Thursday Think Tanks

  • The Changing Impact of Forests on Investments
  • Moderator: Melissa Kreye, Pennsylvania State University 
  • Panelists: Fred Cubbage, North Carolina State University; Robert (Bob) Hagler, New Forests; Pete Madden, US Endowment For Forestry and Communities; Daowei Zhang, Auburn University 
  • Diversity of Career Paths
  • Moderator: Ashley Garrison, Colorado State Forest Service
  • Panelists: Lauren Pile Knapp, Northern Research Station, University of Missouri; Andrew Robertson, Wisconsin Board of Commissioners of Public Lands; Amy Shaunette, University of Minnesota graduate student; Jim Schriever, Woodland Solution Groups
  • Maintaining and Managing Healthy Urban to Suburban Forest Ecosystems
  • Moderator: Leslie Brandt, USDA Forest Service
  • Panelists: Auste Eigirdas, University of Minnesota; Richard Hallett, USDA Forest Service; Igor Lacan, University of California Cooperative Extension; Maris Repka, Cambium Carbon
9:30-10:30am   Expo Hall Opens
 Break and Exhibits
 National Awards Meet and Greet
10:30am-12:00pm   Concurrent Sessions and Professional Development Seminars 
 Innovation Zones 
12:00-1:30pm   Lunch Break & Exhibits 
 Career Fair (12:00-4:00pm)
1:30-3:00pm   Concurrent Sessions and Professional Development Seminars 
 Innovation Zones 
 Town Hall (1:30-2:30pm)
3:00-4:00pm  Break & Exhibits 
 People, Policy, & Popcorn: Regenerating America's Forests
4:00-5:30pm   Concurrent Sessions and Professional Development Seminars 
 Young Professional Meet Up 
5:30-6:30pm  Past Presidents Reception (invite only) (offsite)
6:30-7:30pm  Alumni Receptions (onsite and offsite)
Friday, September 23, 2022
7:30-8:30am  Working Group Morning Social
9:00-10:30am  Concurrent Sessions and Professional Development Seminars 
 Special Policy Engagement Session: Let's Talk Old-growth and Mature Tree Management
10:30-11:00am  Break
11:00am-12:30pm  Concurrent Sessions and Professional Development Seminars 
12:30-1:30pm  Lunch & Break 
 People, Policy, & Popcorn: Managing for Carbon in America's Forests -- A Systems   Approach 
1:30-3:00pm  Concurrent Sessions and Professional Development Seminars 
3:00-3:30pm  Break 
3:30-5:00pm
  Plenary 3 & Passing the Torch to 2023 
5:30-6:30pm  SAF Policy Social 
6:30-8:30pm  SAFter Party
Saturday, September 24, 2022
8:00am-5:15pm   Technical Field Tours