2026 Spring Meeting Speaker Presentations

Below are the presentations from the 2026 Spring Meeting that have been made available to participants with the permission of the respective speakers.

A.L.P.A. Forest NB 2026 Industry Forum

Belmont Health and Wealth

TJ Armstrong, Senior Benefits Consultant, Belmont Health & Wealth

Can We Suppress Spruce Budworm Outbreaks

Rob Johns, Canadian Forest Service, Forest Insect Ecologist

Canadian Forestry Today Reality Resilience and the Road Ahead

Anthony Robinson, Forestnet Media, CEO

Competing from Atlantic Canada

Jason Limongelli, Vice President,
J.D. Irving, Limited, Woodlands

Digital Forestry Skills Partnerships & A Future Ready Forest Sector

Michelle Gray, Dean, UNB Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Management

Enterprise Sovereign AI for Canada’s Forestry Sector

Tony Daye, Chair, RaccoonGPT Inc.

FORSEC Updates and Look Ahead

Managing Heat Risk and R&M Spend in the Forestry Industry

John MacDonald, NS Radiator & Heat Exchange Ltd., Owner and President

Overview of Atlantic Wildfire Discussions

Lucas Brehaut, Research Scientist, Natural Resources Canada

Realizing the Value of Private Forest Lands

Susannah Banks, Executive Director, NB Federation of Woodlot Owners

NSCC Centre of Forestry Innovation – Report to Sector March 26

Leif Helmer, Director, Nova Scotia Community College

The Role of Federal Research Forests in Forest Innovation

Adam Dick , Director, Collaborative Research, Natural Resources Canada – Canadian Forest Service

2025 Spring Meeting Speaker Presentations

Below are the presentations from the 2025 Spring Meeting that have been made available to participants with the permission of the respective speakers.

Opportunities and Challenges in a Rapidly Changing Sector

Kevin Merriam, Executive Director
Maritime Lumber Bureau

Progress Update: Regulating Professional Forestry in New Brunswick

Blake Brunsdon, RPF, Retired Forester

Hemlock Wooly Adelgid: An Invasive Threat to Atlantic Canada’s Hemlock

Lucas Roscoe, Research Scientist, Canadian Forest Service (NRCan/RNCan)

NL Provincial Checkup

Sean Greene, RPF, PEng
NL Forest Service, Dept. of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture

Canadian Woodlands Forum Retirement Savings Plan

Rob Shea, Senior Group Benefits Advisor, Belmont Health & Wealth

New Brunswick’s Private Woodlot Sector & Its Contributions to the Provincial Economy

Chris Spencer, Manager, Southern New Brunswick Forest Products Marketing Board

Precicion Forestry Redifined
NHRI’s AI-Enabled Inventory Services

Dr. Rakesh Mishra, NHRI Head of Research – Remote Sensing & AI

Stewardship in Action
Developing the Forestry Workforce for the Future

Dennis Bedford, Owner/Operator D. Bedford Forestry Services Inc.