Tuesday, September 20
5:00 – 8:00 pm Opening Reception and Check-in in Museum
Enjoy appetizers, drinks, and exhibits while networking inside our Discovery Museum
Wednesday, September 21
7:30 am Women in Timber Breakfast Social in Cheatham Hall
A complimentary networking event co-sponsored by: Eversheds Sutherland, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, and World Forestry Center
Register for Women in Timber here
7:30 am Breakfast, Conference Check-in, and Conference Sessions in Miller Hall
8:15 am Session Opening
- Joe Furia, Executive Director, World Forestry Center
8:30 am Session 1: Keynote
Dates and times below are subject to change as we confirm additional speakers and topics.
8:30 am CEO and Executive Leaders Roundtable
- Moderator: Jeff Nuss, Founder and Former President & CEO, GreenWood Resources
- David Brand, CEO, New Forests
- Angie Davis, President, Campbell Global
- Tim Hartigan, Managing Director, Portfolio Management and Marketing, Timberland Investment Resources
- Jim Hourdequin, Managing Director and CEO, The Lyme Timber Company
- Tom Sarno, Global Head of Timberland Investments, Manulife Investment Management
9:40 am Break
Session 2: Housing, Lumber, and Wood Trade
10:10 am US Housing and Lumber Outlook
- Paul Jannke, Principal, Lumber, Forest Economic Advisors
10:40 am Russian Sanctions and Log Export Ban – Impact on Wood Trade
- Håkan Ekström, Director, International Forest Products Sector, ResourceWise
Session 3: Where Should Investors Be Buying Timberlands in the US?
11: 10 am Strategic Issues Affecting the Location of Wood-Using Mills and Implications for Timberland Investors
- Moderator: Bret Vicary, Director, Sewall Forestry & Natural Resource Consulting / A Huber Company
- Amanda Lang, COO and Vice President of Client Services, Forisk Consulting
- Todd Payne, President, Lumber, Sierra Pacific Industries
- Cade Warner, Chief Sustainability Officer, The Westervelt Company
12:10 pm Lunch served in Plaza
Session 4: Forests as Climate Action Investment
1:20 pm The Business of Decarbonization: Forest Offsets and Corporate Climate Strategy
- Moderator: Mark Wishnie, Chief Sustainability Officer and Head, Landscape Capital, BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group (TIG)
- Van Butsic, Senior Scientist, Carbon Direct
- Tracy Johns, Carbon Removal Specialist, Meta
2:10 pm What Constitutes a High Quality Carbon Offset? Perspectives from Across the Value Chain
- Moderator: Bettina von Hagen, Co-Founder and CEO, EFM
- Steve Baczko, Head of Business Development, Finite Carbon
- Eric Cooperström, Managing Director, Impact Investing and Natural Climate Solutions, Manulife Investment Management
- Alejandro Segura, General Manager, Offsets, Chevron New Energies
3:00 pm Break
3:30 pm Formalizing ESG in Investment Mandates
- Moderator: Eric Hallstein, Managing Director, Agriculture and Natural Assets, Macquarie Asset Management
- Renee Cheung, Managing Partner, Bonterra Partners
- Elizabeth Crouse, Partner, Power Practice Group Coordinator, K&L Gates
- Charlotte Kaiser, Head of Impact Finance, BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group (TIG)
- Tom Tuchmann, President, US Forest Capital
Session 5: Supply-Chain Challenges
4:20 pm Supply-Chain Challenges in the Forest Sector
- Moderator: Tim O’Hara, Vice President, Government Affairs, Forest Resources Association
- Dale Lemmons, Owner and President, Interstate Wood Products and Signature Transport
- Pete Stewart, President, CEO & Founder, ResourceWise
5:10 – 8:00 pm Outdoor Reception in Miller Garden
Thursday, September 22
7:30 am Conference Check-in and Breakfast in Miller Hall
8:30 am Session Opening in Miller Hall
- Joe Furia, Executive Director, World Forestry Center
8:40 am Session 6: Emerging Wood Markets in the Shift to Low Carbon
Dates and times below are subject to change as we confirm additional speakers and topics.
8:40 am Mass Timber Market Update: U.S. Market Outlook and Softwood Supply
- Janelle Leafblad, Senior Director, Western Division, WoodWorks
9:10 am Are Wood-Based Biofuels Ready for Take-Off?
- Moderator: Claire Huxtable, Paper & Forest Products Analyst, ERA Forest Products Research
- Nick Andrews, CEO & Co-Founder, USA BioEnergy
- Matt Elhardt, Vice President, Global Sales, ResourceWise
10:00 am Break
Session 7: Inflation and Timberland Underwriting
10:30 am Impacts of Inflation Upon Timberland Underwriting and Management Decisions
- Jim Gasperoni, Managing Partner, Ellis Square Capital
- Chris Larson, Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Alder Point Capital Management
11:20 am Sessions Close
11:30 am Lunch served in Plaza
1:30 pm End
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