Sunday 25 February, 2007
3.00pm
Conference Registration

Monday 26 February, 2007
First Day
7.30am
Conference Registration
9.00am
Welcome
9:05 - 9:15am
Conference Opening:
Invited – Senator the Hon Eric Abetz, Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation
9:15 - 9:50am

Global Pulpwood Fibre Resources and Trade - an Overview:
Dennis Neilson, DANA Ltd

9:50 - 10:20am
Global Pulp Capacity/Production Outlook and Cost Benchmarking:
John Bingham, Hawkins-Wright London
   
10:20 - 10:50am Morning tea/Coffee Break
   
10:50 - 11:20am North America Fibre Resources and Trade Patterns/Trends, and Global Fibre Price Trends:
Hakan Ekstrom, WRI
11:20 - 12:00pm Argentina/Uruguay Fibre Resources, Patterns/Trends and Markets
Peter Pike, Pike & Co.
   
12.00 - 1:30pm Lunch
   
1:30 - 2:00pm Chile Fibre Resources and Trade Patterns/Trends:
Fernando Raga, CMPC
2.00 - 2.15pm Chile The woodchip markets from the point of view of a non-industrial landowner 
Pedro Jaramillo, Bosques Cautin
2:15 - 2:45pm Brazil Fibre Resources and Trade Patterns/Trends:
Robert Donnelly, RDA
2:45 - 3:15pm South Africa/Southern Africa Fibre Resources and Trade Patterns/Trends:
Patrick Kime, NCT Forestry Co-operative Ltd
3:15 - 3.45pm Afternoon Tea/Coffee Break
3:45 - 4:10pm Australia Hardwood Fibre Resources and Trade Patterns/Trends:
John Fredrick, Midway Plantations
4.10 - 4:35pm Australia Softwood Fibre Resources and Trade Patterns/Trends:
Stuart McLean, Green Triangle Forest Products
4:35 - 5.00pm Australia Pulplogs Trade Patterns/Trends:
Malcolm McComb, PENTARCH
5.00 - 5.25pm New Zealand Fibre Resources and Trade Patterns/Trends:
Fred Staples, Pan Pac Forest Products Ltd
5:25 - 5.50pm Discussion - Questions
5.50 - 6.30pm Free Time
6.30 - 8.30pm Conference Reception

Tuesday 27 February, 2007
Second Day
8.20 - 9.00am

[1] MIS Schemes: The Relationship between Funding Provider, Forest Manager & Fibre Purchaser:
Anthony Abraham, Macquarie Bank

[2] MIS Schemes: History, Overview, Future Directions:
Michael Hay, Pitcher Partners

9.00 - 9.30am Northern Europe Fibre Resources and Trade Patterns/Trends:
Pulpwood supply balance and impact of fuelwood demand in the Iberian Peninsula, Central and Northern Europe.

Juan Prados
9.30 - 10.00am Japan Fibre Resources and Trade Patterns/Trends:
Gemmei(Jimmy) Shimamura, Oji Paper Co. Ltd.
   
10.00 - 10.30am Morning tea/Coffee Break:
   
10.30 - 11.00am China Fibre Resources and Trade Patterns/Trends:
Bob Flynn, RISI Inc
11.00 - 11.30am Vietnam Fibre Resources and Trade Patterns/Trends:
Nguyen Phuc, Vietnam-Japan Chip Corp
11.30 - 12.00pm Other SEA Fibre Resources and Trade Patterns/Trends:
Doug Parsonson, Poyry Forest Industry
   
12:00 - 1:30pm Lunch
   
1:30 - 2:00pm Global Trends in Biomass and Wood Pellet Markets:
Grant Watkins, Fibreco Export Inc
2:00-2:30pm Kyoto, Carbon Trading and other Non-Wood Values:
David Brand, New Forests
2:30 - 3:00pm Pulplogs and Woodchip Transportation and Shipping
Ian Dalgleish
Pacific Basin Shipping Australia
   
3:00 - 3:30pm Afternoon Tea/Coffee Break
   
3:30 - 4:15pm

Panel Discussion - Customers: Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, India -- "new customers" - Including a presentation by Steve Walker of Midway "The Market Potential for Woodfibre Imports into India".

4:15 - 5:00pm Panel Discussion - Suppliers: Mozambique, Congo, new Uruguay, Hawaii, "new suppliers"
   
5.00pm Conference Closing

Optional Item
Third Day - Wednesday 28 February, 2007
Field Trip - Softwood and Hardwood Woodchip Export Operations, and Plantation Pulpwood Forests/Harvesting - Victoria

Optional Item
Fourth Day - Thursday 1 March, 2007
Field Trip - Hardwood Woodchip Export Operations, and Plantation Pulpwood Forests/Harvesting - Tasmania

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