Join us for a full day of engaging speakers on informative topics relating to Oregon’s natural resource industries, the tools that support production, and successes and challenges as we look ahead.

We will hear about the future of pesticides and biotechnology from our national partners, and dive into local issues and political updates as well. You will leave with new information and a glimpse of the future.

The Fields and Forests Gala begins as the conference concludes with a reception, silent auction, and dinner.

You can join us for just the Conference, or just the evening, but we hope you’ll seize the opportunity and join us for the full day and evening too! Don’t miss this chance to engage with colleagues and make new connections with professionals who share common goals.

This meeting is pending approval for 6.5 Cat 1 CFE credits.

To register, visit https://ofsonline.ejoinme.org/2022. 

Tickets and sponsorships are available until October 21st. There is a block of rooms available at The Grand Hotel for $179 plus tax until October 3rd. Please call the hotel for reservations at (877) 540-7800 and mention OFS.

                                                     Working Agenda

8:00am – Coffee and networking

8:30am – Opinion vs science: Recent biotechnology success and what it means for
agriculture Gene Harrington, Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)

9:10am – Myth busting: forestry pesticide use and impacts in Oregon
Meghan Tuttle, Weyerhaeuser Company

9:45am – BREAK

10:15am – Pesticide innovations and technologies for the future
Panel presentation with pesticide registrants and university partners

11:00am – The role of pesticides in climate change and sustainability
Julie Savoie, CropLife America

12pm – LUNCH

1:00pm – Successful non-regulatory approaches to pollinator protection
Andony Melathopoulos, Oregon State University
(requesting 1 recertification credit)

2:00pm – Pesticide incidents in Oregon: a five-year review
Isaak Stapleton, Oregon Department of Agriculture
(requesting 1 recertification credit)

2:50pm – BREAK

3:15pm – Engaging on difficult policy topics from a natural resource perspective
Anthony LaFauce, Clyde Group

4:00pm – Policy and Politics: Looking ahead to 2023
Rocky Dallum, Tonkon Torp., Mary Anne Cooper, Oregon Farm Bureau,
and invited candidates

5:00pm – Reception and Silent Auction

6:00pm – Fields and Forests Gala and Dinner