The 3rd International Softwood Conference Presentations Available Online
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The 3rd International Softwood Conference took place on October 16 and 17 in Helsinki, Finland. The conference brought together the sawn softwood producers and users from Europe and other parts of the world. It was organized by the European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry and the European Softwood Association. This year's conference was hosted by the Finnish Forest Industries Federation.
The following softwood-specific global topics were addressed at the meeting. Click here to view and/or download a pdf of each presentation, listed alphabetically by speaker.
Statistical overview & analysis
Ed Pepke, ECE Timber Committee
Market developments:
Europe, North Africa and Middle East
Peter Kickinger, Stora Enso Timber
European Importers
Marc Brinkmeyer, Riley Creek/Idaho Forest Group Canada
Philippe Boisclair, Quebec Wood Export Bureau Japan
Andreas Von Moller, Jacob Jergensen UniWood GmbH
M. Takeshita, Sojitz Building Materials Corp.
The Development of the Russian Forest Sector
Kalevi Kyyrönen, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
China Building with Wood
Jan Söderlind, European Wood Initiative
New EU Legislation to Combat Illegal Logging
Filip De Jaeger, EOS
EN standards and CE-marking
Franci Ceklin, Consultant to CEN for building and civil engineering
Beyond Quality – Impact of Increasing Requirements on Supply Chains
Nick Boulton, Timber Trade Federation
Using Climate Change to Sell Wood
Barnaby Dickens, The Good Agency Ltd
Global wood availability outlook - who has the timber?
Petteri Pihlajamäki, Pöyry Forest Industry Consulting
