The ORF Kick-off meeting took place on Tuesday, 13th October at the Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto. It was attended by Dr. Mohini Sain, Dr. Cathy Chin, Dr. Sanjeev Chandra of University of Toronto Dr. Amar Mohanty and Dr. Manju Misra of University of Guelph, Mr. Ed Bernard of Crest Mold Technology, Dr. Takashi Kuboki from Western university, Dr. William Altenhof from University of Windsor, Dr. Michael Thompson from McMaster University.