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TENTATIVE CONFERENCE SCHEDULE - Subject to change

Conference Description
Pre-Conference Activities
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Tuesday – Thursday, April 8-10  Pre-Conference Workshops (separate registration required)           

    

Friday            April 11th                   

0730-0900   Breakfast                    

0830-1030   Conference begins; simultaneous breakout sessions:  Jay Van Arsdale: Japanese saws; Witold Karwowski: Annihilated Heritage; Ongoing all day: Japanese Carpentry demonstration                

1000-1030   Coffee; Book Store Opens; Trade Fair Opens           

1030-1200   Jay Van Arsdale: Japanese Joinery; John Mumaw: Timber Frame Design Strategies; Matt Connorton and Harrelson Stanley: Sharpening           

1200-1300   Lunch            

1300-1430   Les Jozsa: Wood Morphology; Anders Frostrup: The Art and Craft of Drawing; Jerry Rouleau: Marketing Timber Frames

1430-1500   Coffee           

1500-1630   Anders Frostrup: The Art and Craft of Drawing (continued);  Chris Hall: Japanese Traditional Timberframe Roof Systems;    

1630-1800   Trade Show Reception               

1800-1900   Dinner           

1930-2300   Slide Show       

                             

Saturday    April 12th                   

0730-0900   Breakfast        

0830-1030   Anders Frostrup: Stave Churches; Chris Hall: Sori-Yane – Curvature in the Japanese Roof; Ongoing all day: Japanese Carpentry demonstration

1000-1030   Coffee           

1030-1200   Brenda Baker:  Learning From Our Mistakes; Yoshihiro Takishita: Japanese Country Style

1200-1300   Lunch      

1300-1430   Richard Wiborg: Chinese Wooden Temples and Palaces; Rudy Christian: Square Rule Layout; Mike Koness: Running a Small Timber Framing Business     

1430-1500   Coffee     

1500-1630   Richard Wiborg: Asian Roofs and Bracketing Systems; Rudy Christian: Square Rule Layout (continued); Les Jozsa: Wood Carving

1630-1800   Guild Membership Meeting; Matt Connorton and Mike Lane: Kanna: The Making and Maintenance of Japanese Planes; last chance to visit the Book Store and Trade Fair.      

1800-1900   Dinner                 

1930-2300   Auction          

 

Sunday      April 13th                   

0730-0900   Breakfast        

0830-1030   Les Jozsa: Wood Morphology (repeat); Ted Haendel: Knots and Ropework; Ryosei Kaneko: Asian Log Layout Methods; Park Staff: Asilomar Architectural Tour    

1000-1030   Coffee           

1030-1200            Anders Frostrup: Using Small Wood; Ryosei Kaneko: Asian Log Layout Methods (continued); Park Staff: Asilomar Architectural Tour

1200-1300   Lunch -  Conference Officially Ends                        

 



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