Who Will Own the Forest?

Who Will Own the Forest?

Who Will Own the Forest? began in 2001, in response to the shift in forest ownership that occurred as many vertically integrated forestry companies divested their forest assets to institutional owners. The conference examines the drivers and trends of this forest ownership shift and its impact on how private forests are managed.

Who Will Own the Forest? is a two and a half-day event, beginning with an evening reception on September 26, conference sessions and evening reception on September 27, and conference sessions on September 28. The conference will bring landowners, asset managers, investors, forest industry executives, and the carbon and ESG sectors to Portland, Oregon.

Who Will Own the Forest? offers ample networking and learning opportunities, including continuing education credits for appraisers, attorneys, foresters, and CPAs.

The Forest Products Forum, which runs just prior to Who Will Own the Forest? on September 26, features expert presentations from Forest Economic Advisors and guest speakers on wood markets.

See who’s attending “Who Will Own the Forest?” and “Forest Products Forum” 2023

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Everything You Need To Know

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Title Sponsors

Esri

Farm Credit System

Timberland Investment Resources

President’s Club Corporate Members

Collins

Freres Engineered Wood

Classic Sponsors

Classic Sponsors

AcreTrader
Adams and Reese
American Forest Management
Arotahi Agribusiness
Campbell Global
Chestnut Carbon
Domain Timber Advisors
Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment
EFM Investments & Advisory
Eversheds Sutherland
F&W Forestry Services
Finite Carbon
Forest Economic Advisors
Forest Investment Associates
Gaia AI
Global Forest Partners
Green Diamond Resource Company
Industry Intelligence
INFLOR
International Woodland Company
Jeffrey M. Siegrist & Company
KPMG
LandVest
Larson & McGowin
Lone Rock Resources
The Lyme Timber Company
Manulife Investment Management
Mason, Bruce & Girard
Meristem Insights
Molpus Woodlands Group
MossAdams
New Forests
PotlatchDeltic
Resource Management Service
ResourceWise
RSM US
Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt
Smith, Gambrell & Russell
Stoel Rives
Superior Pine Products Company
BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group
TimberMart-South
Treeswift
University of Georgia Harley Langdale, Jr. Center for Forest Business
Weyerhaeuser

Canopy Club Corporate Members

Starker Forests

Stoel Rives

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Lodging & Directions

Find your way to the World Forestry Center and reserve your hotel for your visit to Portland.

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Continuing Education 2023

World Forestry Center’s Who Will Own the Forest? 2023 offers a variety of professional continuing education credits for successfully attending the conference.

• Society of American Foresters: 8.0 Category 1 CFE credits
• Oregon Certified Public Accountants: 9.5 CPE general review credits
• Oregon State Bar: 8.0 MCLE general credits
• Oregon Appraiser Certification and Licensure Board: 9.5 general credits

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For further questions, please contact Vivian at vbui@worldforestry.org.

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Who Will Own the Forest?

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Thank you to our 2023 Organizing Committee:

• MaryKate Bullen, Forest Investment Associates
• Carter Coe, Chinook Forest Partners
• Sam Cook, North Carolina State University, College of Natural Resources
• Karim Khalifa, Designbox
• Bob Saul, Shearwell
• Joe Taggart, LandVest
• Marshall Thomas, F&W Forestry
• Mark Wishnie, BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group (TIG)

​Questions? Email World Forestry Center’s Director of Professional Programs, Sara Wu, at swu@worldforestry.org.