Programme
Tuesday March 16 2021
Wednesday March 17 2021
| Time | Topics | Speakers |
| 8.45am-8.50am | Introduction - Housekeeping | Dennis Neilson - Director, DANA (NZ) Ltd, Rotorua, New Zealand |
| 8.50am-9.00am | Conference Open and Welcome | Her Worship The Mayor of Napier - Kirsten Wise |
| 9.00am-9.30am | Overseas Zoom Presentation - Forest Fire Insurance trends | Phil Cottle - Head of Forestry, Forest Re, London, UK |
| 9.30am-10.00am | Overseas Zoom Presentation - Russian Forest Industry and Wood Products Export Trends | Svyatoslav Bychkov - Managing Director Communications, Ilim Timber, Russian Federation |
| 10.00am-10.30am | Overseas Zoom Presentation - A European perspective on NZ forest investments: Trading or for the long term? | Josef Nagel - Founding Partner of GlenSilva GmbH, Germany |
| 10.30am-11.00am | Morning Break | |
| 11.00am-11.30am | NZ Government Forest Policy: A 2021-23 Report Card | Henry Weston - Acting Deputy Director-General, Te Uru Rakau, New Zealand |
| 11.30am-12.00pm | The Pan Pac Strategy: Long Term Japanese investment in the New Zealand community | Tony Clifford - CEO, PanPac Forest Products, Napier, New Zealand |
| 12.00pm-12.30pm | Port of Napier: The Importance of wood exports to the Company, and Expansion Plans | Adam Harvey - General Manager, Marine & Cargo Operations, Port of Napier, New Zealand |
| 12.30pm-1.30pm | Lunch | |
| 1.30pm-2.00pm | Legal implications for the Forest Industry of some recent new legislation - policies - events: OIO, Climate Change and Resource Consents | David Raudkivi - Partner, Russell McVeagh & Daniel Minhinnick - Partner, Russell McVeagh, New Zealand |
| 2.00pm-2.30pm | The 2021 Climate Commission Report: Implications for the Forest Industry Sector | Phil Wiles - Principle Analyst, Climate Change Commission, New Zealand |
| 2.30pm-3.00pm | Overseas Zoom Presentation - China Demand Trends for Logs and Sawn timber in the next 2-3 years | Gavin Hao - Director, Gingko Consulting, Shanghai, China |
| 3.00pm-3.30pm | Afternoon Break | |
| 3.30pm-3.45pm | Fonterra's transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy: Implications for wood demand | Tony Oosten - Sustainable Energy Manager, Fonterra, New Zealand |
| 3.45pm-4.15pm | Overseas Zoom Presentation - A Major Vertically Integrated Forestry Business: A Trans Tasman Case Study | Matt Crapp - Director Operations Australasia, New Forests, Sydney, Australia |
| 4.15pm-4.45pm | Overseas Zoom Presentation - Australia: The nirvana for New Zealand sawn timber exports, or does New Zealand have serious competition? | John Halkett - CEO, Australia Timber Importers Federation, Sydney, Australia |
| 4.45pm-5.30pm | Free Time | |
| 5.30pm-7.30pm | AROTAHI Agribusiness Networking Reception | Reception Speaker: Crypto-currencies: Are they Ponzis? - or will they become the platform of global trade in the future? |
Wednesday March 17 2021
| Time | Topics | Speakers |
| 8.20am - 8.30am | Introduction - Housekeeping | Dennis Neilson - Director, DANA (NZ) Ltd, Rotorua, New Zealand |
| 8.30am - 9.00am | Overseas Zoom Presentation - Supply trends of European Spruce logs and sawn timber to export markets: 2021-2025 - Consequences for the world markets | Gerd Ebner - LeHolzkurier, Austria |
| 9.00am - 9.20am | Major Issues facing the NZ Forest Owners Association | Phil Taylor - President, NZ Forest Owners Association |
| 9.20am - 9.40am | Major Issues facing the NZ Farm Foresters Association | Hamish Levack - President, NZ Farm Foresters Association |
| 9.40am-10.00am | Major Issues facing the NZ Forest Industry Contractors Association | Prue Younger - CEO, NZ Forest Industry Contractors Association |
| 10.00am -10.30am | Morning Break | |
| 10.30am - 11.00am | Major Issues facing the NZ Wood Processing and Manufacturing Association | John McVicar - President, NZ Timber Industry Federation |
| 11.00am - 11.30am | NZ Wood Councils: Their current and future roles | Keith Dolman - Hawkes Bay Wood Council & Grant Dodson - Southern Wood Council |
| 11.30am -11.45am | The New Zealand Timber Museum: Plans for its resurgence | Dennis Neilson - Director, DANA (NZ) Ltd, & Trustee NZTM, Putaruru |
| 11.45am -12.00pm | Forestry is a man's World? | Truedy Taia - CNI Silviculture, Rotorua |
| 12.00pm - 12.15pm | The Future of NZ Forest Industry: The next generation of Managers | Dave Saathof - Saathof Forestry Services, Hastings |
| 12.15pm | Conference Ends | |
| 12.45pm | Field Trip Commences |