8th CHINA GLOBAL WOOD TRADE (GWT) CONFERENCE & TOUR

SEPTEMBER 16-17, 2018 CHONGQING, CHINA Chongqing Jianghong International Hotel

CONFERENCE AGENDA CTWPDA

Sept 16. Topic Speaker Title Company Country

8:30 Registration
9:00 Introductions & Welcome Speech Hosts
Deputy Director of
China's Economy, Housing & China National Information
9:20 Wang Yuanhong Economic Forcast China
Government Policies Center
Department
Global Wood Supply & Demand
9:40 Russ Taylor Managing Director FEA Canada/WOOD MARKETS Canada
Trends
10:10 China’s Import Trends/Outlook Zhu Guangqian Chief Specialist CTWPDA China
10:35 Q&A
10:50-11:20 Coffee Break
Center for International Forest
11:20 China: Domestic Timber Supply Chen Yong Deputy Director China
Products Trade, NFGA
Case Study: Wood
New Eurasian Land Bridge
11:40 Transportation via The Belt & Lin Beizhan Coordinator China
Coordination Mechanism
Road Initiative
12:00 Focus on Western China Local Specialist TBA China
12:20 Q&A
12:30 LUNCH & NETWORKING

Topic Speaker Company Country

Session A: The Changing Global Wood Markets - Part 1
13:30 Introduction Hosts
MD, Marketing &
13:35 Russian Lumber Slava Bychkov Ilim Timber Russia
Communications
13:50 USA - South Paul Jannke Principal Forest Economic Advisors (FEA) USA
14:05 Lithuania TBA Enterprises Lithuania Lithuania
14:20 China Importer/Buyer Xu Wei General Manager Starforest China
14:35 Q&A
14:50 Coffee Break

Session B: The Changing Global Wood Markets - Part 2

Topic Speaker Company Country
15:30 Introduction Hosts
15:35 Finland Jarno Seppälä Indufor Finland
NZ Ministry of Agriculture &
15:50 New Zealand Minister of Forestry New Zealand
Forestry
Roman Vice President,
16:05 Russia (Far East) Russian Forest Products Russia
Romanovsky Development
Victoria De Analyst, Investment
16:20 Uruguay Uruguay XXI Uruguay
Santiago Promotion
Outlook of Tropical Hardwood Market & Analysis of
16:35 Li Qiang ITTO Japan
Trade Trade & Industry
16:45 Q&A
9:00-18:30 Business Matching/Table Tops
18:30-21:00 Welcome Dinner
Sept 17.
9:00-17:00: Industry Tour: Markets, Logistics Parks, Sawmills and Processing Plants.

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