2007 Southern
Mensurationists Meeting
November 12-15, 2007
Hilton
Garden Inn Beachfront, Orange Beach, Alabama USA
Deadline for early
registration discount: September 15, 2007
Deadline for withdrawal: October 19, 2007
Deadline for titles and abstracts: October 19, 2007
(manuscripts are optional: See “Submitting Material” below)
Early registration regular fee: $150. After September 15, 2007: $180.00
Early registration student fee: $80. After September 15, 2007: $100.00
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For Papers: Authors are invited to present papers on their recent and older
unpublished works on all aspects of Forest Measurements and Quantitative
Methods and Management.
Selected papers will be submitted for publication in a special issue of the
Southern Journal of Applied Forestry.
Topic
Examples (Included but are not limited to):
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Quantitative
Management: Sustainability Analysis; Financial & Risk Analysis;
Growth & Yield; Operations Research; Optimization; etc.
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Plantation
Management: Spacing; Vegetation Control and Fertilization;
Irrigation; Genetic Engineering, etc.
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Computational
Forestry: Simulations; Programming and Software Development;
Internet Applications; etc.
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Inventory
Issues: Inventory, FIA/SAFIS Related Matters, Updates; Surveys;
Sampling; Site Determination; etc.
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Modeling:
of Growth &Yield, Processes and Landscape; Models & Validation;
Parameter Estimation; N-lin. Mixed Effects; etc.
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Data:
Relational & Distributed Databases: Design, Programming, Management,
Maintenance and Use; Data banks; etc.
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Other:
Methodologies; Algorithms; Mathematical Methods; Harvest Scheduling and
Optimization; Multi-Criteria Decision Modeling; Remote Sensing and GIS; Land
Use Changes; Supply Analysis; Econometrics; Expert Systems; Decision
Analysis; Decision Trees and Management Diagrams; etc.
Specific
sessions and their organizers (incomplete):
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Perspectives
on collaboration between the Southeastern US and Chile: Guillermo
Trincado, Universidad Austral de Chile; Chris Cieszewski, UGA
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Self-referencing
Functions and Fitting Techniques: Chris Cieszewski, UGA; Mike Strub, Weyerhaeuser;
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Inventory
Quality and Sampling Techniques: Chris Cieszewski,
UGA, Bruce Borders, UGA
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Methods
and models for predicting growth and yield: Quang Cao, LSU
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Tour
to the Weyerhaeuser Company research plots: Mike Strub, Weyerhaeuser
(last day of the Conference from 8AM to 5PM)
Submitting
Materials: Submit the title and abstract of no more than 200 words. Abstract should be submitted when registering
for conference, or by editing your previous registration, no
later then October 19, 2007. The deadline for the full paper submission
for publication in the proceedings or submission to journal publication is January
15, 2008.
Housing Information: The conference will
be held at Hilton
Garden Inn Beachfront, Orange Beach, Alabama. The hotel has set aside a
block of rooms at reduced rates of $69.95 for King and $84.95 for Double per
night (pool view) for conference participants registering by the deadline of
October 19, 2007. For rooms, please make reservations directly with the hotel at
(251) 974-1600.
Meals: Breaks and the banquet are included in the
registration fees.
Conference Organizing Committee:
Quang Cao (Louisiana State University);
Chris Cieszewski (University of Georgia);
Michael Kane (University of Georgia);
Christina Staudhammer (University of Florida);
Mike Strub (Weyerhaeuser, AR);
Guillermo Trincado (Universidad Austral de Chile)