Save the Date! KTSAF Winter Meeting - January 21-23, 2026

Location: The Campbell House Lexington, Curio Collection by Hilton

1375 South Broadway

Lexington, KY  40504

Room Rate: $118/night RESERVE YOUR ROOM TODAY

Registration: TBD

CFEs: TBD

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                    Daniel Nielsen

Acres and Airways: SUAS/UAVs in TN Forestry and Beyond

9:15 am – 10 am                        Hank Duncan

Kentucky Division of Forestry Drone Uses

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               Dr. Jian Yang

Utilizing LiDAR, Forest Inventory Data, and Landscape Ecology to Unveil Kentucky's Forest Dynamics

11:15 am – 12 pm                     Nirmal Thapa

Predicting Aboveground Biomass Using Remote Sensing Imagery Across Reclaimed Mined Sites in Eastern Kentucky

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                    George Banzhaf

TreeTracker: Making Forest Management Technology Mainstream

2:15 pm – 3 pm                          Mark Milligan

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                    Dr. Songlin Fei

Enhancing forest inventory and management with AI and digital technology

4:15 pm – 5 pm                          Chad Niman

Mass Timber

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)

10 am                         Meeting Adjourns