Program

Sunday 7 April, 2013 – Pre Registration

Delegates attending the Pre Conference Field trip on Monday are asked to register on the Sunday afternoon between 4.00pm – 6.00pm

Monday 8 April, 2013 - Pre conference field trip: 8.00am – 5.00pm

A full day visit to the world's largest single site MDF production complex (500,000 sq. metres, producing 3,500 m³ of MDF per day) owned by Yildiz Entegre A.S., plus a visit to its woodchip import port.

Yildiz imports pulplogs from several European countries and imports woodchips from the USA, Brazil, Venezuela and Canada, and exports wood panels to several markets.

Pre-Registration/Networking Drinks: 5.00pm - 7.30pm

To avoid the Tuesday morning rush, we are inviting delegates to enjoy a welcome drink while catching up with colleagues and visiting the exhibition. Also take this opportunity to collect your Conference pack. Delegates can then make their own arrangements for dinner.

Tuesday 9 & Wednesday 10 April, 2013 - Conference

Tuesday 9 April 2013
Time	Topic	Presenter	Company
8:30-8:40	Welcome
8:40-9:20	Outlook for the international pulp markets	Oliver Lansdell	Director - Pulp and Paper, Hawkins Wright, UK
9:20-9:50	Transportation impact on international woodchip and biomass trade	Bjørn Bodding	Senior analyst and Partner, RS Platou Economic Research, Norway
9:50-10:20	Morning Break
10:20-10:50	International wood fibre price trends and outlook	Hakan Ekstrom	President, Wood Resources International LLC, USA
10:50-11:20	Japan woodchip market and outlook	Kiyoshi Kamikawa	Managing Director, Japan Paper Association, Japan
11:20-11:50	China woodchip market and outlook, & biomass import potential	Gavin Hao	Forest Specialist, RISI, Shanghai, China
11:50-12:00	Q & A to above presenters
12:00-1:30	Lunch
1:30-2:00	Australia, Fiji & New Zealand woodchip supply and outlook	Greg McCormack	Chairman, Midway Limited, Australia
2:00-2:30	African woodchip supply and outlook	Patrick Kime	General Manager, NCT Forestry Cooperative Limited, South Africa
2:30-3:00	Latin America woodchip supply and outlook	Miguel Zunino	Commercial Managing Director, Comaco Forestal, Chile
3:00-3:30	Afternoon break
3:30-3:45	Assessing the true costs of different pulpwood species: A comparison of Eucalyptus globulus and E. nitens	Raúl González	Research & Development Manager, CMPCelulosa SA, Chile
3:45-4:30	Southeast Asia woodchip supply and outlook: How sustainable?	Dennis Neilson	Director, DANA Ltd, New Zealand
4:30-5:15	North America woodchip & wood pellet supply and outlook	Bob Flynn	Director, International Timber, RISI Inc, USA
6:30 - 11:00	Evening Welcome reception and dinner

Wednesday 10 April 2013
Time	Topic	Presenter	Company
8:50-9:00	Welcome and housekeeping announcements
9:00-9:30	Outlook for international wood panel markets	Mr Lazslo Döry	President, European Panel Federation, Brussels
9:30-10:00	Turkish woodchip market and outlook	Hakki Yildiz	Managing Director, Yildiz Entegre A.S., Turkey
10:00-10:10	KEAS company overview	Selcuk Inan	Foreign Purchasing Expert, Kastamonu Entegre A.S, (KEAS), Turkey
10:10-10:40	Morning Break
10:40-11:10	The development of European wood pellet markets - status and outlook	Christian Rakos	President, European Pellets Council, Austria
11:10-12:10	Dedicated pulpwood and biomass plantation developments & investment analysis: Global developments. Presentations on Europe, Latin America, USA, Africa, Asia	Jeff Nuss	CEO, Greenwood, USA
		Michael Weitz	Managing Director, Lignovis GmbH, Germany
		Joao Cordeiro	Principal, Pöyry Management Consulting, Finland
12:10-1:30	Lunch
1:30-2:00	Sustainability/Certification and legal wood requirements: Impact of 2013 European decisions and other recent laws	Ulrich Leberle	Raw Materials Manager, CEPI, Brussels
2:00-2:30	Iberian pulp log, woodchip and biomass supply, demand and outlook	Pedro Lencart	Independent Forestry Professional, Portugal
2:30-3:00	Central-Northern Europe pulp log and woodchip supply, demand and outlook	Thomas Agrell	Sydved, Sweden
3:00-3:30	Afternoon Break
3:30-4:00	An Investor's Perspective on Global Investments in Pulpwood and Biomass Plantations	Jon Caulfield	Director of Research & Analysis, Regions Timberland Group, USA
4:00-5:15	Invited panel discussion on woodchip and biomass supply: Introduction of new projects

Thursday 11 and Friday 12 April, 2013 - Post Conference field trip

Bookings for this field trip are now by request only and cannot be guaranteed.

A 1 ½ day field trip to Western Hungary (via a short flight from Istanbul to Vienna, Austria). Visit short rotation hybrid poplar plantations managed by Regions Timberland Group, a US-based Timber Investment Management Organisation, and will include planting and harvesting, as well as a possible visit to a biomass heat plant using this woodfibre for energy.