Official Welcome

The Honourable Rich Coleman, Minister of Forests and Range and Minister Responsible for Housing, Government of British Columbia; Consul General Tian Chunyan, Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Vancouver, BC, Canada; and Ian de la Roche, President and Chief Executive Officer, Forintek Canada Corporation, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Current Situation and Future Perspective of Forest Products Development in China

Mme. Zehui Jiang, Professor of Wood Science and President of the Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, P.R. China; and James (Jim) A. Shepherd, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canfor Corporation, Vancouver, BC, Canada

SESSION I: Understanding China and Chinese Business Conditions

Moderator: Ian de la Roche, President and Chief Executive Officer, Forintek Canada Corporation, Vancouver, BC, Canada

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China: Global Threat/Opportunity in Wood Products

Lars-Göran Sandberg, President and Chief Executive Officer, TIMWOOD AB, Stockholm, Sweden

Doing Business in China

Ambassador Howard Balloch, Founder and President, The Balloch Group, Beijing, P.R. China

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China’s Needs and Goals: Political and Economic Issues

Pitman B. Potter, Professor of Law and Director, Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

SESSION II: China’s Wood Products Consumption - Current and Future

Moderator: Bernard E. Fuller, Vice President, Wood Products, Resource Information Systems, Inc. (RISI, a Paperloop Company), Bedford, MA, USA

Opportunities and Constraints for Wood Building Materials: The Challenge of China

Rose Braden, Research Analyst, Center for International Trade in Forest Products (CINTRAFOR), and Program Manager, U.S.-China Build Program, Seattle, WA, USA

Furniture Use of Wood Products in China: Current Patterns and Expected Changes

Meiqi Xu, Professor and Chief Editor, Furniture Magazine, and Vice Director, Shanghai Furniture Research Institute, Shanghai, P.R. China; and Xiaozhi (Jeff) Cao, Graduate Research Assistant and Ph.D. Student, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

China’s Role in the Changing Global Particleboard and Medium Density Fiberboard Market

Christopher J. Fennell, President, Fennell & Associates, LLC, Arlington, VA, USA

China’s Wood Products Markets: Trends in Imports and Exports

Daowei Zhang, Professor, Forest Policy & Economics, School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA

China’s Domestic Consumption and Exports of Wood Products: An Overview

Bernard E. Fuller, Vice President, Wood Products, Resource Information Systems, Inc. (RISI, a Paperloop Company), Bedford, MA, USA

SESSION III: Meeting China’s Fiber Demand: Who Will Supply the World’s Largest Wood Products Consumer?

Moderator: W. Ramsay Smith, Global Research Manager, Arch Wood Protection, Inc., Conley, GA, USA

Overview of China’s Fiber Supply: The Recent Past; Current and Future Trends

Gary Bull, Professor, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

China’s Plantation Program: Will It Be Able to Supply the Growing Needs of Both Wood Products and Pulp & Paper Producers?

S.Y. Tony Zhang, Senior Scientist and Group Leader, Forintek Canada Corporation, Sainte-Foy, QC, Canada; and Benhua Fei, Research Professor and Director, and Mme. Zehui Jiang, Professor of Wood Science and President, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, P.R. China

Log Imports: A Long-Term Solution to Meeting China’s Fiber Needs?

Sten Nilsson, Deputy Director, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria

China's Potential for Agri-Based Composites

Gary D. Gall, President, World BioFibre Technology, Inc., Unionville, ON, Canada

Meeting China’s Fiber Demand: Questions on the Supply of Legally-Sourced Wood Products and the International Response

Kerstin S. Canby, Program Manager, Finance & Trade, Forest-Trends, Washington, DC, USA

Global Trends in The Forest Products Sector

Don G. Roberts, Managing Director, CIBC World Markets, Ottawa, ON, Canada

SESSION IV: China’s Competitive Structure

Moderator: Catalino Blanche, National Program Leader, Natural Resources & Environment, USDA Cooperative State, Research, Education, and Extension Service, Washington, DC, USA

Impacts of China on the Global Supply Chain for Manufactured Wood Products

David H. Cohen, Professor, Department of Wood Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

China’s Paper Industry: What Low-Cost Labor Advantage?

Robert G. Flynn, Director, Consulting Services, Wood Resources International Ltd., University Place, WA, USA

Why Has China Become the Major Furniture Producing Nation?

Arthur G. Raymond, Jr., President, A.G.. Raymond & Company Inc., Raleigh, NC, USA

China’s Government Policy: Support and Subsidies

Paul Boardman, Director, China Office, American Forest & Paper Association, Beijing, P.R. China

China’s Wood Products Industry: Competitiveness Rating in Export Markets

Russell E. Taylor, President, International WOOD Markets Group Inc. (R.E. Taylor & Associates Ltd. and International Wood Markets Research Inc.), Vancouver, BC, Canada

SESSION V: Opportunities or Threats? Trade and Investment in China’s Forest Products Markets

Moderator: Don G. Roberts, Managing Director, CIBC World Markets, Ottawa, ON, Canada

A Major Growth Opportunity? China’s Markets for Imported Wood Products

Marcel Vroege, Associate Principal, Jaakko Pöyry Consulting, Auckland City, New Zealand

Opportunity to Capture “China Boom” New Logistics Opportunities

Jean-Jacques Ruest, Vice President, Marketing, Canadian National (CN), Montréal, QC, Canada

Will China’s Forest Products Exports to Global Markets Continue to Grow?

Michael Jahraus, Vice President and Partner, International WOOD Markets Group Inc. (R.E. Taylor & Associates Ltd. and International Wood Markets Research Inc.), Vancouver, BC, Canada

How Much Risk? Investment Strategies for China

Allen T.Y. Chan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sino-Forest Corporation, Hong Kong, P.R. China

Partnering in China: Case Studies

Fang Xu, Technical Director, American Forest & Paper Association, Shanghai, P.R. China