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CINTRAFOR's 19th Annual
International Forest Prodcuts Markets ConferenceAgenda with presentations and speaker bios
The Mountaineers
Seattle, WA
Thursday, September 26, 2002
8:00am - Noon
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:20am
Welcome: Paul Boardman, Director, CINTRAFOR, UW, Seattle, WA
Introduction: Bruce Bare, Dean, UW College of Forest Resources, Seattle, WA
Opening Remarks: Paul Isaki, Governor’s Special Assistant for Business, Governor's Office, Olympia, WA
9:20 - 10:00am
Keynote: “Economic & Housing Market Outlook,” Orawin Velz, Senior Economist, Fannie Mae, Washington D.C.
10:00-10:30am
Coffee Break – Sponsored by Global Trade Information Services, Inc.
10:30-12:20am
Overview of Product Markets
Moderator: Mike O'Halloran, President, WWPA, Portland, OR
10:30-10:50am
Log Markets: Don Haid, Manager Raw Materials Industry Analysis, Weyerhaeuser, Federal Way, WA
10:50-11:10am
Lumber Markets: Butch Bernhardt, Director of Information Services, Western Wood Products Association, ,Portland, OR
11:10-11:20am
Question and Answer Period
11:20-11:40am
Chip Markets: Bob Flynn, Director, Wood Resources International, Tacoma, WA
11:40 – 12:00pm
Panels and Engineered Wood: Matt Bumgardner, US Forest Service, Princeton, W.V.
12:10-12:20pm
Question and Answer Period
12:20 - 1:30pm
Lunch: “Nirvana is in the Rearview Mirror for at Least a While,” John Mitchell, Western Region Economist, US Bancorp, Portland, OR
1:30 - 2:45pm
Trends in the Forest Products Sector
Moderator: Dr. Catalino Blanche, CSREES, USDA, Washington, D.C.
1:30 - 2:00pm
Timber Values: Jack Lutz, Resource Economist, James Sewall Co, Old Town, ME.
2:00-2:30pm
Forest Product Industry Outlook: Ron Parker, President & CEO, Hampton Affiliates, Portland, OR
2:30-2:45pm
Question and Answer Period
2:45-3:00
Refreshment Break
3:00 - 5:15
Regulatory Session
Moderator: Paul Boardman, Director, CINTRAFOR, UW, Seattle, WA
3:00 – 3:30pm
Softwood Lumber Disagreements: US and Canada: Les Reed, Professor Emeritus, University of BC, Vancouver, B.C.
3:30 - 4:00pm
World Summit on Sustainable Development and its Relevance to Forestry: Elizabeth Ward, Executive Director, Wood Products International, AF&PA, Washington, D.C.
4:00 - 4:30pm
China, WTO and Housing Policy: Matthew Brady, General Manager, AF&PA China and Xu Fang, Technical Director, AF&PA China, Shanghai
4:30 - 4:40pm
Question and Answer Period
5:00-7:30pm
Conference Reception
Friday, September 27, 2002
8:00 – 8:10 am
Welcome
8:10 – 8:45 am
Topic: Global Overview: “US Dollar, Exchange Rates, and Regional Cost Competitiveness,” John Perez-Garcia, CINTRAFOR, UW, Seattle, WA
8:45 – 9:00 am
Question and Answer Period
9:00 – 11:00 am
Regional Market Assessments
9:00 - 9:30 am
Japan: Are there Niche Markets? Ivan Eastin, Assistant Director, CINTRAFOR, UW, Seattle, WA and Post and Beam Joseph Roos, Market Researcher, US Forest Service, Sitka, AK
9:30 – 10:00 am
China’s New Influence. Are there Opportunities Now? Rose Braden, CINTRAFOR, UW, Seattle, WA
10:00 – 10:20 am
Question and Answer Period
10:20 - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 - 12:30 pm
Wood: Marketplace Positioning
Moderator: Tom Montzka, Manager, Timberland Planning & Development, Boise Cascade, Boise, ID
10:40 - 11:35 pm
Life Cycle Analysis of Wood Products: Bruce Lippke, Director, RTI, UW, Seattle, WA
11:35 – 11:55 pm
Forest Certification: One Company’s Actions: Brad Holt, Forest Stewardship Coordinator, Boise Cascade, Boise, ID
11:55 -12:20 pm
"Forest Products e-Commerce: An oxymoron or the wave of the future?" Tom Westbrook, President & CEO, World Wide Wood Network, Ltd., Yelm, WA
12:20 - 12:30pm
Question and Answer Period
12:30 - 1:30pm
Lunch: Japan and its Housing Market: On the Upswing or Down for the Count? Kevin Latner, Senior Attaché, FAS, US Embassy, Tokyo