UNECE Timber Committee Market Discussions, 27-28 September 2005 Theme: Forest certification policies’ influence on forest products markets in the UNECE region Time Topic title Presenter Tuesday, 27 September 2005 10.00- Opening Timber Committee session 13.00 15.00 Opening of the annual Market Discussions Dr. Ed Pepke, UNECE/FAO Timber Branch

Policy implications of forest products market Dr. Ewald Rametsteiner, Institute of developments Forest Sector Policy and Economics, Austria Kyoto Protocol's influence on FP markets and policy Mr. Pierre-Marie Desclos, Forest Products Consultant, Italy Certification's role in corporate responsibility in the Dr. Mike Packer, Timbmet, United forest products sector Kingdom 18.00 Close of day's discussions 18.00 Chairman's reception Wednesday, 28 September 2005 10.00 Forest certification and certified forest products Dr. Eric Hansen, Oregon State Univ markets Economic background for market developments Mr. Dieter Hesse, UNECE, Switzerland

Economic and market effects of the January 2005 Stefan Karlsson, National Board of windstorms in Europe Forestry, Sweden Wood raw material forecasts Ed Pepke Wood energy and other wood raw materials Dr. Håkan Ekström, Wood Resources International, USA Sawn softwood markets forecasts Mr. Sylvain Labbé, QWEB, Canada Russian sawn softwood markets Mr. Denis Sokolov, Confederation of Associations, Enterprises and Organizations of Forestry Complex of Northwest Russia Sawn hardwood markets forecasts Mr. Yves Costrel, FNB Sawn hardwood markets Mr. Steffan Rathke, German Sawmill Industry Association Tropical hardwood markets from a Malaysian Mr. S.K. Tham, MTC, London perspective Lunch Break Panel markets forecasts Mr. Jeff Serveau, CanadaWood Panel Markets Mr. L. Döry, President, European Panel Federation, Belgium

Pulp and paper markets forecasts Prof. Eduard Akim, St. Petersburg State Technical University Pulp and paper markets in Europe Mr. Paul-Antoine Lacour, AFOCEL, France Value added wood products markets Mr. Tapani Pahkasalo, Savcor-Indufor, Finland Conclusion of market discussions Dr. Eric Hansen, Oregon State Univ 18.00 Close of day's discussions Speaker contact information OX2 9PP United Kingdom Tel. +44 1865 86 0638 (mobile, not for Mr. Ed Pepke, Forest Products Marketing program 44 7736 555 694) Specialist Fax + 44 1865 860 369 UNECE/FAO Timber Branch Website: www.timbmet.com 448 Palais des Nations CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland Stefan Karlsson Tel. +41 22 917 2872 Fax +41 22 917 Ministry of Industry, Employment and 0041 Communications [email protected] SE-103 33 Stockholm www.unece.org/trade/timber Tel +46 8 405 29 87 (not for program Mobile 070 22 89 740) Dr. Ewald Rametsteiner Fax +46 8 405 22 80 Institute of Forest, Environmental and email [email protected] Natural Resources Policy University of Agricultural Sciences Håkan Ekström, President and Editor-in- Feistmantelstr. 4, A-1180 Vienna, Austria Chief telephone: +431 476 544 418 Wood Resources International fax: +431476 544 417 P.O. Box 1891 e-mail: [email protected] Bothell, Washington 98041, US. Telephone +1 425 402 8809, Fax +1 425 Mr. Pierre-Marie Desclos, Consultant 402 0187 Via Cassia 1004, website: www.wri-ltd.com I - 00189 Rome, Italy email: [email protected]. Tel. + 3906 30 31 1046, Fax + 3906 30 31 1293 Mr. Sylvain Labbé, Chief Executive Officer E-mail [email protected] Quebec Wood Export Bureau (Q-WEB) 979 rue Bourgogne, Bureau 540 Dr. Eric Hansen, Associate Professor G1W 2L4 Sainte-Foy Forest Products Marketing Tel: +1 418 650 6385 Oregon State University Fax: +1 418 650 9011 Corvallis, OR, USA Email: [email protected] Tél: +1 541 737 4240 Fax +1 541 737 3385 Mr. Denis Sokolov, Chief Executive Officer [email protected] Confederation of Associations, Enterprises and Organizations of Forestry Complex of Mr. Dieter Hesse, Economist Northwest Russia UNECE Economic Analysis Division 2 Petrovskaya Emb. RU-197046 St. Petersburg 464 Palais des Nations Tel: +781 2 3 039292 CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland Fax ? Tel. +41 22 917 2479 Fax +41 22 917 0036 Email: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] www.unece.org/ead/ead_h.htm Mr. David Venables European Director Dr. Mike Packer American Hardwood Export Council Director, Responsible Business 3 St. Michael's Alley Timbmet Silverman EC3V 9DS London PO Box 39 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Cumnor Hill, Oxford Northern Ireland (the) Tel. No.: +44 207-626 4111 tel: +43 2622 77 301 Fax. No.: +442 076-264222 fax: +43 2622 77 301 36 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]

Mr. Steffen Rathke, President Prof. Eduard L. Akim, PhD Holzwerk Keck, B. Keck GmbH Saint Petersburg State Technological Aidlinger Str. 37 University D-71139 Ehningen All-Russian Research Institute of Pulp and Telefon: +49 7034 65170 Fax: +49 7034 Paper Industry 651717 4 Ivana Chernykh Street e-mail: [email protected] Saint Petersburg, Russia 198095 internet: www.keck-holz.de Tel. +7812 247 3558, fax +7812 534 8138 e-mail: [email protected] Mr. SK Tham, Director London Office Paul-Antoine LACOUR Malaysian Timber Council AFOCEL - Laboratoire Economie et London Compétitivité (LEC) [email protected] Domaine de l'Etançon 77370 Nangis FRANCE Mr. Jeff Serveau, Manager tél : +33 (0)1.60.67.00.35 Canada Wood fax :+33 (0)1.60.67.00.36 Natural Resources Canada [email protected] Canadian Forest Service 580 Booth Street, 7th floor Mr. Tapani Pahkasalo K1A 0E4 Ottawa Forest Products Analyst Tel: +1 613 947 9042 Business Intelligence and Market Research Fax: +1 613 947 7399 Savcor Indufor Oy Email: [email protected] Töölönkatu 11 A FIN-00100 Helsinki Mr Ladislaus Döry telephone +358 40 900 1695 President, European Panel Federation fax +358 9 135 2552 Österreichische Homogenholz GmbH e-mail: [email protected] Bickfordstrasse 6 Website: 7201 Neudörfl/Leitha, Austria www.savcor.com/forest/indufor_main.php