Location: The Campbell House Lexington, Curio Collection by Hilton

1375 South Broadway

Lexington, KY  40504

Room Rate: $118/night RESERVE YOUR ROOM TODAY

Registration Link: https://kentucky-tennessee-saf.square.site/

$250 Members (Before December 27)

$300 Members (On / After December 27)

$300 Non-Members

$125 Students

$90 Guests

CFEs: Thursday: 6.0 (Category 1) and Friday 1.0 (Category 1)

Theme: Forest Technology

Agenda:

Wednesday – January 21, 2026

6 pm – 8 pm        Executive Committee Meeting (The Carriage Room) 

6 pm – 8 pm        Registration Open (Pre-Function The Bluegrass Ballroom Lower Area)

Thursday – January 22, 2026

7 am – 10 am                  Registration (Pre-Function The Bluegrass Ballroom Lower Area) 

7 am – 9 pm             Staging Area and Preparation Area opens for speakers

8 am                           Silent Auction Opens (The Carriage Room)

8:30 am – 10 am           Session One (The Bluegrass Ballroom A and B)

8:30 am – 9:15 am                    Acres and Airways: SUAS/UAVs in TN Forestry and Beyond

Daniel Nielsen, Data Program Specialist, TN Division of Forestry

9:15 am – 10 am                        Kentucky Division of Forestry Drone Uses

Hank Duncan, Rural Fire Suppression Technical Advisor, KY Division of Forestry

10 am – 10:30 am         Break

10:30 am – 12 pm         Session Two (The Bluegrass Ballroom A and B)

10:30 am – 11:15 am               Utilizing LiDAR, Forest Inventory Data, and Landscape Ecology to Unveil Kentucky's Forest Dynamics

Dr. Jian Yang, Associate Professor of Forest Landscape Ecology, University of KY

11:15 am – 12 pm                     Predicting Aboveground Biomass Using Remote Sensing Imagery Across Reclaimed Mined Sites in Eastern Kentucky

Nirmal Thapa, Data Program Specialist, TN Division of Forestry

12 pm – 1 pm                 Lunch (Pre-Function The Bluegrass Ballroom)

1 pm – 1:30 pm             Business Meeting

1:30 pm – 3 pm             Session Three (The Bluegrass Ballroom A and B)

1:30 pm – 2:15 pm                    TreeTracker: Making Forest Management Technology Mainstream

George Banzhaf, CEO, TreeTracker LLC

2:15 pm – 3 pm                         SilvAssist: Streamline Your Forest Inventory

Mark Milligan, CEO, F4 Tech

3 pm – 3:30 pm             Break

3:30 pm – 5 pm             Session Four (The Bluegrass Ballroom A and B)

3:30 pm – 4:15 pm                   Enhancing forest inventory and management with AI and digital technology

Dr. Songlin Fei, Professor & Dean's Chair of Remote Sensing, Purdue University

4:15 pm – 5 pm                          Value Added Through Hardwood Cross-laminated Timber (HCLT) Buildings

Chad Niman, Primary Forest Products Specialist, University of KY

6 pm – 9 pm              Cash Bar Opens (The Rockbridge Reserve)

6 pm – 7 pm              Quiz Bowl (The Rockbridge Reserve)

7pm                            Silent Auction Closes (The Carriage Room)

7 pm – 9 pm              Banquet Dinner (The Bluegrass Ballroom A and B)

KTSAF Awards Ceremony

Friday – January 23, 2026

8 am – 9 am                    Breakfast (The Bluegrass Ballroom A and B)

9 am – 10 am                 Sessions Five (The Bluegrass Ballroom A and B)

Panel (Daniel Nielsen, George Banzhaf, Dr. Jian Yang, Dr. Songlin Fei, and Mark Miligan)

10 am                         Meeting Adjourns