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8:00 - 9:00 AM
9:10-9:50 AM
Colin McKenzie, Global Forest Partners
The forestry world has changed dramatically over the last decade. This
session will provide a general overview of the major globalization
trends impacting the forest industry, including consolidation, shifting
forest ownership, reduction in the costs of communication and transportation,
new technologies and improved information, regulatory changes and sustainability.
9:50-10:30 AM
Mikkel Nielsen, International Woodland Company
The arrival of China and Eastern Europe on the forest sector scene
has been brief but significant. In only a few years China has become
the world’s largest wood importer and Eastern European countries
are becoming a major player in softwood lumber mar-kets in Europe.
How are these new players impacting the wood market in terms of de-mand
and softwood log prices? And what will the future hold for log markets?
10:30-10:45 AM
10:45-11:25 AM
Jussi Silventoinen, The Beck Group
The global lumber industry exceeds 400 million m3 of output a year.
Increased competition from new producers and consolidation in the sector
is forcing the industry to find efficiencies and build on opportunities.
This session will provide an overview of the main producing countries,
and their comparative advantages. Which world regions are the low-cost
lumber producers today and how is that changing? How does the US compare?
What competitive advantages do certain regions have over others?
11:25-12:05 PM
Rainer Hummel, Northwest Hardwoods
Over the last few years the North American furniture industry has undergone
a dramatic shift from domestic manufacturing to importing of furniture.
The presentation will highlight some of the changes and shed light
on the challenges and opportunities these changes represent for suppliers
of the industry with a special focus on hardwood lumber manufacturers.
12:05-1:30 PM
1:30-2:10 PM
Russ Taylor, R.E. Taylor and Associates Ltd.
Many Scandinavian companies are investing heavily in Russia, Eastern
Europe and the Baltics, as these regions increase their growing share
of global lumber, panels and furniture exports. In particular, Russia,
with its vast wood fiber resources, remains a long term question mark.
What factors are driving companies to look east for fiber and manufacturing?
What advantages does investment in this region offer?
2:10-2:50 PM
GuangYu Wang, University of British Columbia
The world’s most populous country has posted
astonishing growth in both wood imports and production. China also
has ambitious plans
for establishing new industrial plantations to supply woodchips and
logs to its growing industry. This session will provide a look at this
developing market and growing wood producer.
2:50-3:30 PM
Claudio Ortolan, Klabin
Global studies estimate that by 2010, one third
of the world’s
timber supply needs will be met by plantation grown timber. In South
America, plantations were established under government incentive programs.
With many of these start-up programs now over, forestry companies and
management organizations face a new set of challenges for future plantation
investment. This session will explore challenges and opportunities
in plantation investments in South America.
3:30-3:45 PM
3:45-4:25 PM
Dennis Murphy, Potlatch Corporation
Environmental issues are increasingly reflected in business decisions.
No business that strives to remain competitive, open to new markets
and new opportunities can afford to ignore the global demands for environmental
quality. This session will examine the main environmental issues facing
companies in the forest industry, and what corporate policies, innovative
products and partnerships they are forming to meet these challenges.
4:25-5:05 PM
Tony Scherl, Forests New South Wales
Many public land agencies around the world are privatizing state-owned
forests, selling the assets to investment organizations or to integrated
forestry companies. The rationale has largely been economic and short-term.
The transfer of these assets raises longer-term questions about the
public good, defined as a balance between economic, social and environmental
benefits.
5:05-7:00 PM
Enjoy hors d'oeuvres, wine, and beer while
viewing posters and the all-new exhibits at the World
Forestry Center's recently renovated Forest
Discovery Museum.
8:00-8:40 AM
Michael Taylor, Midway
Australian woodchip export operations face
many challenges in remaining competitive in the commodity wood fiber
market. Maintaining
long term
access to quality resource, managing supply chain and processing costs,
meeting increasing environmental and regulatory demands and establishing
emerging markets such as China are key challenges for wood fiber suppliers.
Key drivers of competitiveness and economic viability are also explored
drawing on an Australian exporter’s experience.
8:40-9:20
AM
Jim McNutt, Center for Paper Business and Industry Studies
Major corporations are withdrawing from forestry
investment in developed markets as a result of strategic refocusing,
shifting the timber supply
to separate management entities. What is driving this trend and
what does this mean for the forest industry’s fiber supply
and core businesses? Where do these companies see their future
timber supplies
coming from?
9:20-9:35 AM
9:35-10:15
AM
Jon Bingen Sande, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
In recent years there have been significant structural changes in the
forest industry, where companies have divested forests to independent
forest owners such as TIMOs. Still, some companies have not divested
their forests. This session will examine why we see these differences.
10:15-11:05 AM
Moderator—Hal Salwasser, Oregon State University
College of Forestry
Wade Boyd, Longview Fibre
Michael Mosman, Port Blakely Tree Farms
John Shelk, Ochoco Lumber Company
John Wilkinson, Jeld-Wen
A panel discussion featuring Pacific Northwest speakers—this
session is envisioned to be a dynamic discourse between panelists,
and between the panelists and the audience. Having listened to international
speakers on globalization’s impact on the forest sector and
on their organization, this session will focus on the effects on
the Pacific
Northwest, and how companies in this region are responding to similar
challenges.
11:05 AM
11:30-1:00 PM
World Forest Institute
4033 SW Canyon Road
Portland, OR 97221
(503) 488-2130
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