Mr. Zhu Guangqian has over 40 years of experiences in timber industry. He once served  as Section Chief and Department Chief in important state administrative departments in charge of means of production,and has authored many publications on timber industry and timber market. Currently, he serves as the Honorary President of China Timber and Wood Products Distribution Association and expert for Modern Timber work Technology Project of Ministry of Housing and Urban ¨CRural Development.

Presentation Topic: Overview of China Timber Market

¡ñ Overview of Chinese timber imports in 2013
¡ñ Statistics and analysis of Chinese imported logs and lumber
¡ñ Analysis and solutions to existing problems in wood industry
¡ñ Economic outlook

Mr.He Qi,deputy secretary general of China Real Estate Industry Associations; secretary general of Distribution Subcommittee of China Real Estate Industry Associations. Since the 80's, He Qi has been working at Ministry of Construction of the people's republic of China since the 1980¡¯s and has held positions of deputy section chief, section chief,party deputy secretary of Jian City Committee in Jiangxi province and deputy secretary-general of China Real Estate Industry Associations.

Presentation Topic: China Construction, Real Estate and Housing Market

¡ñ Opportunities of China Real Estate Market under 

China¡¯s newtype urbanization

Feng Guoqiang, is among the first to  join the China Expert Group on Forest Certification.From 1998 to present,he has been working at Center for Studies in Economic Development of State For estry Administration. He is currently heading the Industrial Research Division and leading the research projects on forest industry development, industrial policy, timber market and development of forest enterprises and economic policies. Feng also has rich experience in long term collaboration on forestry projects with WWF and IUCN.

Presentation Topic: China¡¯s Forests & Domestic timber supply-CURRENT SITUATION AND FUTURE OUTLOOK

♦ China¡¯s timber demand and supply- current situation and future outlook
♦ Current volume timber harvesting policy
♦ Timber importation and exportation
♦ Timber consumption

Russell Taylor conducts wood products marketing analysis and business assessment/investment projects for numerous global industry clients and across North America. Mr. Taylor has published over 200 articles,reports and presentations and leads International WOOD MARKETS Group in its various strategic market intelligence multi - client reports, newsletters and forecasts for the wood products industry. Mr. Taylor has a forestry degree (BScF) and an MBA, both from the University of B.C.,and is also a B.C. registered professional forester (RPF).

Presentation Topic: Market Update: Major Softwood Log & Lumber Exporting Regions

Mr. Magnus Niklasson has a Master of Science in Forestry.  He has since his graduation in year 2000 worked in different positions analyzing the markets of forest industry products. Since 2008 he is in charge of wood products analyses at the Swedish Forest Industries Federation.

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Presentation Topic: Market Updates from Swedish

Kai Merivuori has a solid background within the Finnish sawmill industry. As a member of the management group of a global consulting company, his career also includes participation and management of several international consulting projects related to strategic planning, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, forest inventory analysis, wood procurement, performance improvement, investment planning, supply chain, softwood market studies, supply chain and renewable energy as well as other sustainability related issues within the global softwood product industry.

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Presentation Topic: Market update featuring Finland

Mr. Isaac Yves NYENGUE BAHANAK, Cameroon national, graduated from National School of Agro-Industrial Sciences (ENSAI), which is training industrial engineers. In 2008 he cofounded Youth Network for Central African Forest that aims at achieving the protection of natural resources of the Congo Basin. He is currently working as Forest Advisor at GIZ Cameroon, in particular supporting the dialogue between COMIFAC and Chinese actors (government, private sector, research, NGO) concerning the sustainable management of central African forest by Chinese companies. ¡¾More Information¡¿

Presentation Topic: The state of production and export of timber in the Congo Basin: opportunities and challenges

Mr.Datuk Yeo Heng Hau possesses a Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA. Prior joining Malaysian Timber Council, Datuk Yeo has held many positions in the Ministry of Primary Industries, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Housing and Local Government. Throughout his career, Datuk Yeo has engaged actively with the timber industry at different levels. In his final role at the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, the National Housing Policy and the National Landscape Policy were launched.¡¾More Information¡¿

Presentation Topic: Malaysian Timber Industry - A Sustainable Global Partner

Mr. Luis Fernando Rojas  (Luosinan in Chinese) has continuously lived in Beijing for 21 years. He is now working at the Embassy of Ecuador in Beijing as Commercial Counselor, position that he already held once during his first term as Commercial Counselor between 1999 and 2009.

He has ample experience assisting Ecuadorian and South American clients to establish business ties in China as well as promoting Ecuadorian products in China.

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Presentation Topic: Market Updates from South America

Mr. Alistair Monument established the FSC Asia Pacific Regional Office inHong Kong in 2011 and leads the strategic development of FSC across the region. Alistair has worked with FSC since 2001, and was founding Director of ASI-Accreditation Services International, FSC¡¯s accreditation agency. From 2006, Alistair worked as Technical Director for FSC in China, and as a consultant with corporates and the Chinese authorities on responsible business initiatives.

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Presentation Topic: Global market trend for certified forest products  

 Mr. Mikhail Tarasov, IKEA China Forestry Manager, is an expert in sustainable forest & supply chain management with over ten years experience in forest products, pulp & paper and home furnishing industries in Europe, Russia, Asia and South America. 

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Presentation Topic: IKEA solid wood business and forestry requirements in China

Mr. Li Zhifeng, General Manager of Shanghai MaiLin International Trade Co., LTD. Shanghai MaiLin International Trade Co., Ltd. was established in December 2010 with the registered capital of 100 million RMB. The company focused on the timber industry. The company has worked in wood industry for the main business since 1995, including logs, veneer, plywood, flooring, sheet, outdoor furniture. Major procuring channels: as Evergreen, Sanli, and other worldrenowned companies. In the end of August, 2011 Mailin (together with Jiang Su Wanlin Group) issuing import amount of over 500 million dollars.¡¾More Information¡¿

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Mr. Wang Liwei specializes in international business negotiation and oversea's market research. He gratuated from Northeast Forestry University with the major of international trade. He worked in China National Forest Products Trading Corporation(CNFP) from July, 2003 to April, 2010; From May, 2007 to June, 2012, he worked in Beijing Construction Engineering Group Tanzania Branch as Deputy General Manager. From July, 2012 to February, 2014, he was the Manager of Enterprise Administration Department in CNFP. Now, he is the general Manager of Shanghai Shengwosheng Forests Co., Ltd ¡¾More Information¡¿

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Mr. Theodore Cheng is the forestry lead for the British Columbia Trade and Investment Office for North China. He is responsible for facilitating trade and investment deals relating to Canadian forestry tenures and wood products with Chinese proponents including State-Owned Enterprises (SOE), Chinese companies, and private investors alike. The BC Trade & Investment Office also hosts government and / or business delegations to British Columbia for high-level meetings on forestry-related trade and investment initiatives.

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Andrew Crisp has a BSc (Forestry) and BEcon from Australian National University. He has worked for Pöyry in their Melbourne, Shanghai and Singapore offices from 2004 to 2008 and 2010-14. He has 13 years experience in the forest industry and has previously worked for State Forests New South Wales as a resources forester and merchandising forester. He has also worked for the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment in 2009 to develop a new sustainable forest management decision support system for natural forests.

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Alexey specializes in real estate and land law, providing legal support for construction and investment projects.

He advises on every method for renting various elements within buildings, including those owned jointly, agreements for the rental of land plots and other issues connected with land law and construction.

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Zhao Jun, a senior engineer with a doctorate degree from Beijing Forestry University, has twenty-year working experience in timberindustry both at home and abroad and has conducted post-doctoral studies in Tsinghua

University and China Building Materials Academy. 

Currently, he serves as the market director of Beijing New Material (Group) Co. Ltd., board member of Timber Importers and Exporters Subcommittee of China Timber and Wood Products Distribution Association, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Chinese Red Wood Committee of China Timber and Wood Products Distribution Association, Executive Director of China Structural Wood Material Committee, and member of expert committee of National Development and Reform Commission. ¡¾More Information¡¿ 

Join as the moderator of China¡¯s Wood-Processed and Innovative Products ¨C Constraints or Opportunities Location Panel Discussion

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Mr. Li Li, is currently an Executive Director and the Chief Executive Officer of China Wood Optimization (Holding) Limited (¡°China Wood¡±),  and one of the founders of the Group. He is responsible for the strategic planning and operations of the Group. Hebei AMS Wood Processing Co., Ltd. (¡°Hebei AMS¡±) is a wholly owned subsidiary of China Wood which was listed on the Stock Exchange ofHong Kong (stock code: 08099) on 6 January 2014.

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Jan Söderlind is the Chairman of European Wood and the International Director of Swedish Wood. (Swedish Wood is supported by the Swedish sawmill sector, and it is a department within the trade and employer organization Swedish Forest Industries Federation.) Jan Söderlind studied at the University of Uppsala in Sweden, where he graduated with a MBA in International Economy 1991.From 1991 until 2002, he worked at Graningeverken AB as Marketing Director.He was managing director of the Nordic Timber Council over the years 2002-2006.¡¾More Information¡¿ 

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