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09.30 | Coffee and registration
10:00 | Welcome and introduction | David
Venables (AHEC), David Hopkins ( TDUK), Mike Jeffree (Symposium
Chair)
10:15 | Global trade in US hardwoods | Mike Snow,
Executive Director, AHEC
Session 1
11:00 | American hardwood supply | Dan Meyer, Editor,
Hardwood Review
11:30 | Panel discussion: U.S. hardwood exporters; Nick Thompson, Thompson Appalachian hardwoods, Adam Hyer, Macdonald & Owen Lumber, Dennis Mann, Baillie Lumber12:
12:00 | How risk based certification will change market access
for US Hardwoods - George
White, Sustainable Hardwood Coalition
12:30 | Lunch and networking
Session 2
13:30 | European demand for US hardwood | Rupert Oliver,
Forest Industries Intelligence
14:00 | Panel discussion: European importers; John Dowd, International Timber, Stuart McBride, NHG Timber Ltd., Genevieve Standaart, Vandecasteele, Scott Beddow, Archwood Group.
14:45 | Coffee
15:15 | EUDR and implications for US hardwoods; Silvia Melegari, CEI Bois, Chaired by Rupert Oliver
16:00 | Closing remarks
16:15 | Ends
Networking Dinner
18:30 | Reception and Gala Dinner, Carpenters Hall, City of London
22:00 | Carriages
Please note: this event is open to legitimate importers and traders only and places are reserved for those trade personnel only. We reserve the right to refuse entry for ancillary services, consultants and others as places are strictly limited.