Conference
Global Forest Investment Conference
Wednesday 26 March 2025
Thursday 27 March 2025
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
| 700 | Registration Desk Open | |
| 0850-0900 | Conference Opens - Welcome & House Keeping | |
| 0900-0915 | Conference opening | |
| 0915-0930 | Luxembourg Agribusiness Association: An introduction | |
| 0930-1000 | Keynote: The role of multilateral and investment banks in Natural Capital investments, including forestry | |
| 1000-1030 | Keynote: The role of the EU in setting European forestry legislation - including the new "EU Nature Restoration Law" | |
| 1030-1100 | Morning Coffee Break | |
| Theme | The Global Forest Investment Space | |
| 1100-1130 | International Forest Investment - An overview: 1. Where are institutional investors buying forests, 2. Return expectations, 3. Multi-country "Country Forest Investment Attractiveness Ratings and Rankings" | |
| 1130-1200 | The different ways investors can become involved in forestry investments: Directly or Indirectly, Regionally or internationally, focussed on wood production or Natural Capital/Tree Carbon. How is the Emergence of Natural Capital Investments Reshaping the Forest Investment Asset Space | Portfolio for the Future | |
| 1200-1230 | Forestry Funds: The Emerging Star of Alternative Investments | |
| 1230-1400 | Lunch | |
| 1400-1430 | Sponsors Presentations | |
| 1430-1500 | A Sovereign Wealth Fund Perspective of Investments in "Natural Capital" (Forestry and Agriculture) | |
| 1500-1530 | The interest of a major International Bank in forestry investment | |
| 1530-1615 | Afternoon Coffee Break | |
| 1615-1645 | The development of a forestry portfolio by a major European/International industrial company: Why does Europe feature so heavily? | |
| 1645-1715 | The interest of a major European Pension Fund in investing in forestry | |
| 1715-1745 | What do Family Offices look to when making investment decisions? Does "sustainability" play a role? | |
| 1745 | Day 1 ends | |
| 1745-1915 | Networking Reception | |
Thursday 27 March 2025
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
| 700 | Registration Desk Open | |
| 0850-0900 | Conference Opens - Welcome & House Keeping | |
| Theme | Agriculture and Forestry | |
| 0900-0930 | The Role of Forests and Agriculture in an Investment Portfolio | |
| Theme | Global Forest Investment - by Regions | |
| 0930-1000 | North America | |
| Europe | ||
| 1000-1010 | - United Kingdom | |
| 1010-1020 | - Nordic/Scandinavia-Baltics | |
| 1020-1030 | - France | |
| 1030-1040 | - South Eastern-Central Europe | |
| 1040-1050 | - Iberian Peninsula | |
| 1050-1100 | - Europe Q&A | |
| 1100-1130 | Coffee Break | |
| 1130-1200 | Forest investing in Latin America | |
| 1200-1230 | Forest investing in Oceania | |
| 1230-1300 | Forest investing in Africa: Is a Different Approach Required? | |
| 1300-1400 | Lunch | |
| Theme | Secondary Markets | |
| 1400-1415 | The opportunity to invest in (Global) forest fund markets through "Secondary Offerings" | |
| Theme | Forests and Sustainability/Carbon Offsets/Credits | |
| 1415-1445 | A Legal/Investor Perspective of the new EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), and other EU legislation that forest investors and wood importers should be aware of | |
| 1445-1515 | Opportunities to invest in forestry for voluntary carbon credits - Regulation | |
| 1515-1545 | The opportunities to invest in forestry for carbon credits - A major investors perspective | |
| 1545-1615 | New Products-Funds-Projects Panel | |
| 1615 | End of Conference | |
| 1615-1700 | Delegates tour of the nearby Palace of the Duke of Luxembourg | |
| 1700-1830 | Optional: Financial Networking Reception - Delegates and invited guests from the Luxembourg financial community | |