The monthly Lecture Series presents cutting edge perspectives on the current economic and policy issues that are impacting BC's forest sector.  The BC Forum brings leading experts from business, government, academia, First Nations, NGOs and other important stakeholder groups to present and discuss their ideas.
· Lectures 2008     · Lectures 2007     · Lectures 2006     · Lectures 2005
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  Lectures 2008
  · March 28, 2008
  The Softwood Lumber War: A U.S. - Canadian Trade Dispute
  Daowei Zhang, Professor, Auburn University
 
  Lectures 2007
  · December 7, 2007
  Economic Performance of a Government Controlled Stumpage System
  Shashi Kant, Professor, University of Toronto
  · November 8, 2007
  Innovation – the key to survival in the forest sector
  Eric Hansen, Professor, Oregon State University
  · June 5, 2007
  Convergence of the Fuel, Food and Fiber Markets: A Forest Sector Perspective
  Don Roberts, Managing Director, CIBC World Markets
  · May 11, 2007
  Issues in Corporatization: with special interest on an auction system
  David Pollard, CEO of VicForest, Victoria, Australia
  · May 01, 2007
  Forests, Carbon and Climate Change
  Werner Kurz & Tony Lemprière, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada
  · March 23, 2007
  Value chain modeling and pulp and paper industry competitiveness
  Glenn Weigel, Researcher, Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada
  · March 05, 2007
  Russia’s Planned Export Tax On Logs: Global Implications
  Don Roberts, Managing Director, CIBC World Markets
  · February 26, 2007
  Working Together: A Reciprocal Wood Flow Arrangement to Mitigate the Economic Impacts of the Mountain Pine Beetle
  Van Lantz, Associate Professor, Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Management & Department of Economics,
  University of New Brunswick
  · January 17th, 2007
  Social sustainability, stewardship and survival
  Tom Beckley, Professor, University of New Brunswick - Faculty of Forestry
 
  Lectures 2006
  · April 13, 2006
  The political economy of protected area performance: a framework for evaluation
  Robert T. Deacon, Professor, University of California - Dept. of Economics
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  · March 13, 2006
  Forest Policy Changes Needed to Create a New Relationship with First Nations in BC
  Chief David Walkem, Vice-Chair, Nicola Similkameen Innovative Forestry Society
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  · January 12, 2006
  Engaging the Public in Land Use Planning
  Dr. Bruce Shindler, Professor, Oregon State University
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  Lectures 2005
  · December 08, 2005
  How timberland ownership and licensing policies impact company valuation and competitiveness: important lessons for BC
  Steven Chercover, Vice President and Senior Research Analyst, DA Davidson and Co., and
  Hamish Kerr, Vice President, Strategic Planning & Forest Policy, TimberWest
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  · October 17, 2005
  Building Structural Forest Sector Models for Projection and Policy Analysis in British Columbia: Lessons from the U.S. Experience
  Dr. Darius Adams, Professor, Department of Forest Resources Oregon State University
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