
| Symposia Presentations |
| Forest Sector Competitiveness: Finding a Pathway to Renewal - June 20, 2007 | |||
| · Playing to Win in a Tough Global Neighbourhood: Canada's Forest Industry and a Path to Renewal | |||
| Avrim Lazar, Forest Products Association of Canada | (.pdf 7254KB) | ||
| · Toward Revitalization: The BC Pulp & Paper Task Force | |||
| David M. Gandossi, Mercer International | (.pdf 2405KB) | ||
| · The Chilean Forest Products Sector: A Strategic Vision Shaped by Forest Policy | |||
| Thomas Maness, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Canada | (.pdf 3493KB) | ||
| · Resurgence of the US Pacific NW Sawmilling: The "Other" Washington's Experience | |||
| Ivan Eastin, Cintrafor, UW | (.pdf 592KB) | ||
| · BC Coast Wood Products: Industry Competitiveness & Future Opportunities | |||
| Russell Taylor, International Wood Markets Group | (.pdf 374KB) | ||
| · Realistic opportunities for wood energy | |||
| Warren Mabee, Forest Products Biotechnology, University of British Columbia, Canada | (.pdf 5882KB) | ||
| · Technological Innovation: New Market Opportunities in the Bio-Economy | |||
| Don O’Connor, (S&T)2 Consultants Inc. | (.pdf 489KB) | ||
| · Greenhouse gas and carbon footprint of the global forest products industry | |||
| John Perez-Garcia, Cintrafor, UW | (.pdf 1293KB) | ||
| Forestry Tenure and Land Management in British Columbia Symposium - November 01, 2006 | |||
| · Ecosystem Tenures: Institutional Arrangements to Promote Stewardship and Sustainability | |||
| Hamish Kimmins, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Canada | (.pdf 1,840KB) | ||
| · Assessing the Impacts of Tenure Changes in British Columbia | |||
| Ilan Vertinsky, Forest Economics and Policy Analysis Unit, University of British Columbia, Canada | (.pdf 85KB) | ||
| · Privatization of State Owned Forests: Historical background, lessons learned and questions for the future in Sweden | |||
| Roger Asserstahl, Former Dep. CEO of AssiDomän AB, Sweden | (.pdf 1,200KB) | ||
| · BC’s Tenure System in a World Context | |||
| David Haley, Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia, Canada | (.pdf 82KB) | ||
| · Contributions of Aboriginal Governance Ideas | |||
| Ron Trosper, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Canada | (.pdf 60KB) | ||
| · A Business Case for Separating Forest Land Management & Tenure from Manufacturing | |||
| Thomas Maness, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Canada | (.pdf 120KB) | ||
| · Valuing Timber Tenures - Creating New Opportunities | |||
| Hamish Kerr, VP, Strategic Planning and Forest Policy, TimberWest, Canada | (.pdf 48KB) | ||
| Value Focused Forestry in British Columbia Symposium - March 01, 2006 | |||
| · Toward a More Value Focused Forest Sector | |||
| Avrim Lazar, Forest Products Association of Canada | (.pdf 300KB) | ||
| · Value Focused Forestry / Forest Products | |||
| John Wilkinson | (.pdf 100KB) | ||
| · The Value Added Sector - What is it and its Importance to BC Competiveness | |||
| Ray Schultz, BC Ministry of Forests and Range | (.pdf 700KB) | ||
| · Sawmills Operations Planning Software Solution | |||
| Alain Rousseau, Université Laval | (.pdf 950KB) | ||
| · Economic Zoning in BC for Diverse Forest Values | |||
| Steve Nicol, Lions Gate Consulting | (.pdf 170KB) | ||
| · Design/Innovation - Potential for BC’s Wood Products Industry | |||
| Barbara Bell, Informativ Design | (large file - .pdf 5MB) | ||
| · Key success factors for the value-added sector in BC | |||
| David Cohen, University of British Columbia | (.pdf 670KB) | ||
| Global Competitiveness of the BC Forest Sector Symposium - January 27, 2005 | |||
| · Changes in the Global Forest Products Industry: Defining the Environment for British Columbia | |||
| Don Roberts, CIBC World Markets | (.pdf 959KB) | ||
| · Global Markets - Today & Tomorrow: Defining the Environment for BC | |||
| Dave Cohen, University of British Columbia | (.pdf 1.7MB) | ||
| · Realizing the Potential: Canada’s Forest Products Industry | |||
| Avrim Lazar, Forest Products Association of Canada | (large file - .pdf 6.7MB) | ||
| Lecture Series and Research Seminars |
| · 2008, March 28 - Lecture Series The Softwood Lumber War: A U.S. - Canadian Trade Dispute |
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| Daowei Zhang, Professor, Auburn University | (.pdf 890KB) | ||
| · 2007, December 7 – Lecture Series Economic Performance of a Government Controlled Stumpage System |
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| Shashi Kant, Professor, University of Toronto | (.pdf 334KB) | ||
| · 2007, November 8 - Lecture Series Innovation – the key to survival in the forest sector? |
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| Eric Hansen, Professor, Oregon State University | (.pdf 3427KB) | ||
| · 2007, June 5 - Lecture Series Convergence of the Fuel, Food and Fiber Markets: A Forest Sector Perspective |
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| Don Roberts, Managing Director, CIBC World Markets | (.pdf 1895KB) | ||
| · 2007, May 11 - Lecture Series Issues in Corporatization: with special interest on an auction system |
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| David Pollard, CEO of VicForest, Victoria, Australia | (.pdf 291KB) | ||
| · 2007, May 01 - Research Seminar Forests, Carbon and Climate Change |
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| Werner Kurz & Tony Lemprière, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada | (.pdf 3770KB) | ||
| · 2007, March 23 - Research Seminar Value chain modeling and pulp and paper industry competitiveness |
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| Glenn Weigel, Researcher, Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada | (.pdf 4385KB) | ||
| · 2007, March 05 – Seminar Russia’s Planned Export Tax On Logs: Global Implications |
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| Don Roberts, Managing Director, CIBC World Markets | (.pdf 673KB) | |||||
| Also, please click here for a copy of a CIBC World Markets report on this subject | (.pdf 573KB) | |||||
| · 2007, February 26 - Research Seminar Working Together: A Reciprocal Wood Flow Arrangement to Mitigate the Economic Impacts of the Mountain Pine Beetle |
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| Van Lantz, Associate Professor, Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management and Department of Economics, | |||
| University of New Brunswick | (.pdf 113KB) | ||
| · 2007, January 17th - Lecture Series Social sustainability, stewardship and survival |
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| Tom Beckley, Professor, University of New Brunswick - Faculty of Forestry | (.pdf 1.2MB) | ||
| · 2006, April 13th - Lecture Series The Political Economy of Protected Area Performance: a Framework for Evaluation |
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| Robert T. Deacon, Professor, University of California - Dept. of Economics | (.pdf 995KB) | ||
| · 2006, March 13th - Lecture Series Forest Policy Changes Needed to Create a New Relationship with First Nations in BC |
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| Chief David Walkem, Nicola Similkameen Innovative Forestry Society | (.pdf 160KB) | ||
| · 2006, Feb. 22-24 - ExpoFor - ABCFP Forestry Conference and Annual General Meeting Responding to Global Challenges with New Approaches and Institutions - Challenges and Proactive Strategies |
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| Thomas Maness, Director, BC Forum | (.pdf 238KB) | ||
| Do we need new institutions and new policies for BC? | |||
| Harry Nelson, Associate, BC Forum | (.pdf 132KB) | ||
| · 2006, January 12th - Lecture Series Engaging the Public in Land Use Planning |
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| Bruce Shindler, Oregon State University | (large file - .pdf 12MB) | ||
| · 2005, December 8th - Lecture Series U.S. Timber Ownership Trends - Tax Efficiency Drives Transition |
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| Steven Chercover, DA Davidson & Co | (.pdf 0.2 MB) | |||
| Timberland - How does Canada Participate? | |||
| Hamish Kerr, TimberWest | (.pdf 0.2 MB) | ||
| · 2005, October 17th - Lecture Series Building Structural Forest Sector Models for Projection & Policy Analysis in British Columbia: Lessons from the U.S. Experience |
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| Darius Adams, Oregon State University | (.pdf 1,066KB) | ||
| Workshops |
| 2008, March 11 - BC Forum Workshop on Climate Change | |||
| · Climate Action in British Columbia | |||
| Warren Bell, Executive Director, Climate Change Policy | (.pdf 2281KB) | ||
| · Jump-Starting the Shift to the Bio-Economy: Pests, pellets, perceptions, planning, & policy | |||
| Stephen Sheppard, Department of Forest Resources Management and Landscape Architecture Program, UBC | (.pdf 5149KB) | ||
| · Time Travel with Trees: How will populations respond to climate change? | |||
| Sally Aitken, Department of Forest Sciences, UBC | (.pdf 2925KB) | ||
| · Preparing for Climate Change: How are we going to adapt? | |||
| Jim Snetsinger, Chief Forester, Ministry of Forests and Range | (.pdf 3212KB) | ||
| 2007, November 8 - BC Forum Workshop on Innovation | |||
| · Globalization, Sustainability and Innovation | |||
| Dave Cohen, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia | (.pdf 771KB) | ||
| · Creating Forest Sector Solutions | |||
| Jim Dangerfield, FP Innovations | (.pdf 1,135KB) | ||
| · Lessons for the BC Coast from the Chilean Forest Products Sector | |||
| Thomas Maness, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Canada | (.pdf 2395KB) | ||