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 |
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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
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |