Programme
Monday October 20, 2025
Tuesday October 21, 2025
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
| 730 | Registration Desk Open | |
| 0800-0855 | Morning Coffee | |
| 0850-0900 | Introduction - Housekeeping | |
| 0900-0930 | The Global and Asian Macro Economic Outlook | |
| Pulp - Woodchip End-user Session | ||
| 0930-0950 | The Chinese Pulp and Paper Industry | Tom Wright, Managing Director, Hawkins Wright, UK |
| 0950-1010 | The Japanese Pulp Industry: An overview How has the industry and woodchip import market changed over the last 20 years | |
| 1010-1020 | Q&A and Audience contribution | |
| 1020-1100 | Morning Break | |
| 1100-1115 | The Chinese Woodchip Market. How they have changed over the last 20 years - and outlook | Gavin Hao, Director, Gingko Consulting, China |
| 1115-1135 | The Three 'S' and how they dominate the global pulp industry | Joao Cordeiro, Director Pulp and Biorefining, AFRY Management Consulting, Finland |
| 1135-1155 | The European Pulp and Paper Industry: Wood supply and woodchip import demand trends | Pedro Rodrigues, The Navigator Company, Portugal |
| 1155-1210 | Q&A and Audience contribution | |
| 1210-1330 | Lunch | |
| Theme | Markets | |
| 1330-1400 | The Indian Pulp Industry: Domestic resources and changing woodchip import requirements | Suneel Pandey, Vice President-Procurement and Supply Chain (Raw Material), ITC, India |
| 1400-1430 | Indonesia: Morphing from a net woodchip exporter to a net importer? | Tony Wood, Director, PT Ata Marie, Indonesia |
| 1430-1440 | Other South East Asian Woodchip Market Trends: Taiwan and Korea | Dennis Neilson, Director, DANA (NZ) Ltd, New Zealand |
| 1440-1520 | Afternoon Break | |
| 1520-1550 | TBA | |
| 1650-1620 | A technical talk changes in equipment to improve chip quality and pulp yields. | |
| 1620-1700 | New Projects - New Products Panel | |
| 1700-1800 | Networking Reception | |
Tuesday October 21, 2025
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
| 815 | Registration Desk Open | |
| 0820-0855 | Morning Coffee | |
| 0855-0900 | Introduction - Housekeeping | |
| Theme | Biomass and Other New Uses for Woodfibre | |
| 0900-0920 | Asian Biomass Markets | Ryuu Lee, Director Asia-Pacific Region, CM Biomass, Singapore |
| 0920-0940 | European Biomass Markets | Jaime Reis, General Manager, BSL, Portugal |
| 0940-1000 | Unlocking potential: Wood Fibre Demand for White Pellets, Carbonised Pellets Bioenergy and biochemicals: EU Regulation Trends | Daniel Madrid, Trading Manager, Generandi, Spain |
| 1000-1020 | How Biomass is/may transform major industries | |
| 1020-1030 | Q&A and audience contribution | |
| 1030-1115 | Morning Break | |
| Theme | Seaborne Wood Fibre Transportation | |
| 1115-1145 | Woodchip and Biomass Transportation | |
| Theme | Supply Side Trends | |
| 1145-1205 | Supply Vietnam | |
| 1205-1225 | Supply Oceania | David Evans, Director Marketing, New Forests Timber Products PTY Ltd, Australia |
| 1225-1245 | Q&A and delegates involvement | |
| 1245-1400 | Lunch | |
| Theme | Supply Side Trends (continued) | |
| 1400-1415 | Supply North America | John Holte, Wood Fiber Manager, Roseburg Forest Products, USA |
| 1415-1430 | Supply Chile | |
| 1430-1445 | Supply Brazil | Fernanda Hackbart, CEO, Connexion Export, Brazil |
| 1445-1500 | Supply Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay | Pedro Aramendia, Managing Shareholder at Forestal Atlántico Sur, Uruguay |
| 1500-1520 | Q&A and delegates involvement | |
| 1520-1605 | Afternoon Break | |
| 1505-1620 | Supply Africa | Ferdie Brauckman, Executive Executive General Manager - Timber, TWK Agri, Swaziland |
| 1620-1640 | Supply Thailand | Suktani Sitti, Trading Manager, The Siam Forestry Company SCGP, Thailand |
| 1640-1700 | Equipment Suppliers Panel | |
| 1700-1715 | Woodchip Price Trends | |
| 1715 | Conference ends | |