Programme
Day 1 - Tuesday 26 May 2020
Day 2 - Wednesday 27 May
Theme | Time | |
Intro | 8.50am-9.00am | Introduction - Housekeeping |
Intro | 9.00am-9.30am | The Russian Forest Industry Sector: A Government perspective "Strategy 2030" |
Intro | 9.30am-10.00am | Global pulp supply and demand trends, new projects and countries with major pulpmill expansion - and where Russia fits into global pulp production and trade |
Intro | 10.00am-10.30am | Keynote -- The future of Russian forest-based industries – key challenges and opportunities |
10.30am-11.00am | Morning Break | |
Investing | 11.00am-11.15am | Existing International Investors |
Investing | 11.15am-11.45am | International Forest and Wood Processing Investment in Russia: Laws, Accounting, Tax etc |
Investing | 11.45am-12.15pm | International Investment: Case Studies |
12.15pm-1.30pm | Lunch | |
Resource | 1.30pm-2.00pm | Overview - Northwest - Siberia and Far East forest resources overview |
Resource/ Harvesting | 2.00pm-2.15pm | Harvesting history and currently forest harvest situation in Russian regions |
Log Exports | 2.15pm-2.45pm | Log export history and Log Export Tax history and future |
2.45pm-3.00pm | The challenges and solutions of major wood purchaser in Russian wood market | |
3.00pm-3.30pm | Afternoon break | |
Log Exports | 3.30pm-4.00pm | Impact of Russian Log Export trends in China; and of the new European Spruce salvage log harvest and supply to China |
Log & Lumber Exports | 4.00pm-4.30pm | Russian Wood Exports: Logistics Developments |
Short Panelist Session | 4.30pm-5.15pm | Projects - Investments - Suppliers Panel |
5.30pm-7.30pm | Networking Reception |
Day 2 - Wednesday 27 May
Theme | Time | |
Intro | 8.40am-8.45am | Housekeeping |
Sawmilling | 8.45am-9.00am | Production/Export Overview - Major players |
Sawmilling | 9.00am-9.30am | Sawmill Company Case studies -- one in Northwest, one in Siberia, one in Far East |
Sawmilling | 9.30am-10.00am | Impact of Russian Lumber in Europe |
10.00am-10.30am | Morning Break | |
Sawmilling | 10.30am-10.50am | Impact of Russian Lumber in China |
Sawmilling | 10.50am-11.15am | New Russian Lumber Market Opportunities: South East Asia and beyond |
Sawmilling | 11.15am-11.30am | New Russian Lumber Market Opportunities: Australia |
Sawmilling | 11.30am-11.45am | Timber markets in Middle East - North Africa (MENA) - impact of Russian supplies |
Sawmilling | 11.45am-12.00pm | Timber Markets Q&A |
Sawmilling Equipment Panel | 12.00pm-12.30pm | Sawmilling Equipment Panel |
12.30pm-1.30pm | Lunch | |
Plywood/ LVL/CLT | 1.30pm-1.45pm | Production/Export Overview - Major players |
Plywood/LVL/CLT | 1.45pm-2.15pm | Solidwood Panel Company Case Studies |
Reconstituted Wood Panels | 2.15pm-2.30pm | Production/Export Overview - Major players |
Reconstituted Wood Panels | 2.30pm-3.00pm | PB, MDF and OSB Company Case Studies/Supplier Panel |
3.00pm-3.30pm | Afternoon Break | |
Pulp & Paper | 3.30pm-4.00pm | The Russian Pulp & Paper Sector: Status and outlook |
Pulp & Paper | 4.00pm-4.30pm | Pulp Company Case Studies |
Wood Pellets | 4.30pm-4.45pm | Russian wood pellets market 2020: production, sales, trends, existing facilities, and announced projects |
BioEnergy: The Future | 4.45pm-5.15pm | Keynote: Wood Based Energy Solutions: For a Greener World in Europe and Russia |
5.15pm | Conference Wrap-up |