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| CONFERENCE SPEAKERS | V |
| INTRODUCTIONS, David Thorud | 1 |
| CHANGING GLOBAL ECONOMICS DRIVING WOOD MARKETS (Moderator, Bruce Lippke) | |
| GENERAL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE PACIFIC RIM, Lynn Michaelis | 2 |
| CHANGING EXPORT TRENDS FROM NORTH AMERICA, Ivan Eastin | 15 |
| QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS | 34 |
| NEW ZEALAND MARKET RESTRUCTURING CONSEQUENT TO WEAK MARKETS, Colin McKenzie | 38 |
| QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS | 53 |
| PANEL: MARKET OPPORTUNITIES AND CURRENT SITUATION IN KOREA | |
| Rose Braden | 55 |
| Leo Tak | 66 |
| QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS | 72 |
| PRODUCT MARKET OUTLOOKS I (Moderator, Bob Flynn) | |
| LOG MARKETS, Andy Paterson | 73 |
| CHIP MARKETS, Bob Fukano | 87 |
| LUMBER MARKETS: ALASKAN TIMBER TRADE, Ross Stevens | 96 |
| QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS | 111 |
| CHANGING IMPORTANCE OF CERTIFICATION AND STANDARDS (Moderator, Ivan Eastin) | |
| CHANGING CERTIFICATION STANDARDS BY BUYERS, David Ford | 114 |
| QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS | 118 |
| COUNTRY RESTRUCTURING AFFECTING INDONESIA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA, Jim Douglas | 121 |
| QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS | 123 |
| PRODUCT MARKET OUTLOOKS PART II (Moderator, Bruce Lippke) | |
| LUMBER MARKET OUTLOOK, Larry Promnitz | 125 |
| PANEL & ENGINEERED WOOD MARKETS. Craig Adair | 151 |
| QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS | 178 |
| PANEL: MARKET OPPORTUNITIES AND CURRENT SITUATION IN RUSSIA AND CHINA | |
| Elisa Miller | 180 |
| Norm Brocard | 184 |
| Tom Waggener | 185 |
| QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS | 201 |
| FOREST INVESTMENTS FROM THE INVESTOR POINT OF VIEW (Moderator, Jay Gruenfeld) | |
| INVESTORS' PERSPECTIVE OF TIMBER AS AN INVESTMENT, Doug Charles | 202 |
| QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS | 208 |
| MANAGING FOR INVESTORS, David Nunes | 210 |
| QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS | 213 |
| POLITICAL/SOCIAL CLIMATE CHANGES (Moderator, Chad Oliver) | |
| IMPACT OF CURRENT & PROPOSED REGULATIONS, Bruce Lippke | 214 |
| THE OUTLOOK FOR MILLS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, Paul Ehinger | 229 |
| QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS | 251 |
| POLITICAL PERSPECTIVES (Moderator, Chad Oliver) | |
| Mike Beard | 253 |
| Dan Goldy | 257 |
| QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS | 266 |
| THE CHANGING OUTLOOK: A CONFERENCE SUMMARY, John Perez-Garcia | 269 |