Climate-Smart Commodities: Forestry Workshop

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Title	Climate-Smart Commodities: Forestry Workshop
Description	Join us for a collaborative event highlighting innovation in climate-smart forestry verification and validation. The mutual learning and feedback from this workshop will enable the launch of the Spring 2025 pilot program in which select participants in the Adirondack forestry industry will be offered military- grade, secure access to these new tools for first trial use—potentially offering financial opportunities for participants in the domestic climate-smart commodity marketplace.
Start Date	November 1, 2024
End Date	November 1, 2024
Location	The Hampton Inn 801 Mirror Lake Drive, Lake Placid, N
Website	Website
Virtual Access	Yes

Agenda

11:00 On-Site Registration & Refreshments

11:30 Allison Haynes, DSL: Welcome & Goals

11:35 Dr. Colin Beier, ESF: Carbon Accounting, CAFRI & MMRV

12:00 Dr. Jay Golden, DSL: Carbon Markets—why they are needed, expected growth

12:20 Dr. Artem Treyger, AMRO Forestry: VCMs in the private market

12:40 John Bartow, ESFPA: Impacts of VCMs on NY Commercial Forestry Industry

1:00 Dr. Lee McKnight & DSL Researchers: Blockchain in Climate-Smart Commodities and VCM research; DSL Blockchain Technical Bulletin Release

2:00 Syracuse University DSL Researchers: Demo for verifying Climate-Smart Forest Timber Batch Transactions: SIMBA Chain- TAK Plug-in PET

2:30 Ben Schneller, Syracuse University College of Law, moderator: Open Discussion on next steps for Provable Evidence Tracing (PET)

3:00 Cully Patch, ORION: Discussion of secure test & evaluation

3:15 Richard Newkirk, Certus Innovations: Additional Track and Trace Technology