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2025 WHA Annual Convention

Growing the Future

August 18-20, 2025

Heathman Lodge, Vancouver, WA
Book your room early!

Registration open April 1, 2025

$495 member
$595 non-member
$245 spouse
$150 golf (includes green fees & cart)
$300 salmon fishing (does not include fishing license)

Convention Registration

AGENDA

 

Monday, August 18th
10:00 AM Golf
Camas Meadows
5:30 PM

Reception
Heathman Lodge
7801 NE Greenwood Dr, Vancouver, WA 98662
Tuesday, August 19th
Heathman Lodge
7801 NE Greenwood Dr, Vancouver, WA 98662
7:30 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM Speaker Program
11:45 AM Lunch
12:30 PM Speaker Program
2:00 PM Break
5:00 PM Reception, Dinner
 

Raffle, Auction

Wednesday, August 20th
6:30 AM

Salmon Fishing - Columbia River
 

Dana Cole

Executive Director, Hardwood Federation The Latest from Washington, D.C.

Mike Snow

Executive Director, American Hardwood Export Council
Where Do We Go From Here? Tariffs, Trade Wars and a World In Disarray

Ben Deumling

Zena Forest Products, Owner
Update on Forest Policy Changes in Oregon

Dr Yunxiang Ma

Associate Professor,College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science,Michigan Technological University
MTU research on Northern Hardwoods CLT

John Holte

Manager, Roseburg Forest Products Company
Wood Chip & Residuals Markets & Quality - Factors to Maximize Residuals Value

Dana Spessert

Chief Inspector, National Hardwood Lumber Association
Real American Hardwood Coalition Promotion

William Smith

Daring Creative, Owner
Scrappy, Fast, and Creative: What You Can Make with AI Right Now