Conference Program
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 8.20am-8.30am | Housekeeping and Introduction | Dennis Neilson DANA and Ric Sinclair FWPA |
| 8.30am-9.00am | Results of FEA 2016 Study of Global and Regional Wood panels - EWP Supply and Demand and Predictions: And implications for Australia? | Paul Jannke, Director Forest Economic Advisors (FEA), Boston USA |
| 9.00am-9.30am | Forest valuation/appraisal trends for global, Oceania and Australian plantations including recent bid and transaction assumptions | John Keating, CFK, New Zealand |
| 9.30am-10.00am | From an unloved mill bought for only 75 cents in 2003, to the largest vertically integrated sawmill in the Southern Hemisphere in 2016: A Red Stag Case Study |
Marty Verry, CEO and Chairman, Red Stag Group, New Zealand |
| 10.00am-10.30am | Morning Break | |
| 10.30am-11.00am | China Plantation Industry Investment from an international company perspective: Contrast with Australia | Ian Blanden, CEO Stora Enso Forests , Guangxi China |
| 11.00am-11.30pm | The China pulp industry: Its future and therefore the future of Australian woodchip exports to China, and other North Asian countries | Gavin Hao, Forestry Specialist, RISI, Shanghai China |
| 11.30pm-12.00pm | China log and lumber import industry: Its future and therefore the future of Australian SW and HW plantation solid wood exports | Andrew Crisp, Principal, Poyry Management Consulting, Beijing, China |
| 12.00pm-12.30pm | Russia: The biggest exporter of log and lumber roundwood equivalent into Asia Pacific. But will that last? - and: Ilim Timber lumber shipments to Australia: Present and future | Sviatoslav Bychkov, Managing Director Communications, Ilim Timber, Russia |
| 12.30pm-1.15pm | Lunch | |
| 1.15pm-1.30pm | Forest policy settings: Forestry Industry Advisory Council and beyond | Rob de Fegley, Chair, FIAC, Australia |
| 1.30pm-2.00pm | Forestry Mega Trends Study | Andrew Metcalfe, Partner E&Y, Government and Public Sector Team, Canberra |
| 2.00pm-2.30pm | Projected demand changes for timber products: 2015 to 2050 | Kevin Burns, Economist, ABARES |
| 2.30pm-3.00pm | Australian housing demand Projections: Implications for wood use | Harley Dale, Chief Economist, Housing Industry of Australia |
| 3.00pm-3.30pm | Afternoon Break | |
| 3.30pm-4.00pm | Challenges in expanding the plantation base and improving the productivity of the existing estate | David Brand, CEO New Forests |
| 4.00pm-4.30pm | What are the options for getting more trees on private land? | Tony Price, CEO, Midway Melbourne |
| 4.30pm-5.00pm | How data drives decison making: Data dashboard | Paul Jannke, Principal Forest Economic Advisors (FEA), Boston USA |
| 5.00pm-6.00pm | Drinks and Networking Reception | |
| 5.30pm- 5.45pm |
Book Launch - Jungle Jive: Sustaining the Forest of Southeast Asia - with author |
John Halkett, Director, Forestlands Consulting |
| 6.00om |
Conference day concludes |