China Wood Flooring Exp. & Imp. Conference 2007
Oct.28, Sunday AM
8:30-9:00 SECTION1 Opening Ceremony  
  SECTION2 Industry and Market - Global / China wood flooring industry
Speaker
Company
9:00-9:30 1 Global wood flooring industry and market - current situation and development trend Stuart Hirschhorn CATALINA Research,Inc
9:30-10:00 2 Unscramble the policy of China Forestry industry Yao Changtian China Forestry Industry Association
10:00-10:30 3 The impact of economic development in China upon wood flooring industry Liao Yingmin Institute of Market Economy, Development Research Center of the State Council
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
  SECTION3 Product, Trade and Cost - the Competitiveness of China's Wood Flooring    
10:30-11:00 1 The trend of export duty under macro-economy Zhang Senlin China National Forest Product Industry Association
11:00-11:30 2 Investment on China wood flooring & international trade Guan Jianhua Homag China Golden Field Woodworking Machinery Ltd
11:30-12:00 3 The export of wood flooring in China Li Hongfan China Wood International, Inc.
12:00-12:30 Q&A
12:30-13:30 Lunchone
Oct.28, Sunday PM
13:30-18:00   Product Exhibition    
18:30-20:30   Dinner party    
Oct.29, Monday AM
  SECTION4 Wood flooring's Trade Situation, Distribution Channel and Trend in Global Major Areas    
9:00-9:30 1 North American flooring market Joe Audino & importer/delegate of big company in North America NWFA, importer/big company in North America
9:30-10:00 2 European flooring market Rafael Michavila Garcia & importer/big company in Europe EFPI, importer/big company in Europe
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-11:00 3 New flooring markets in Middle East, Australia, New Zealand and etc Mr. Sebahattin Sensoy Marka Group
11:00-11:30 4 Green flooring purchasing solution - viewpoint from global construction material chain store   Global construction material chain store
11:30-11:50 Q&A
12:00-13:30 Lunchone
Oct.29, Monday PM
  SECTION5 Raw Material of Flooring - Global Supply, Legal Timber Trade    
13:30-14:00 1 Raw material in Russia (supply trend, substitute species, transfer of supply chain, trade opportunity of legal timber trade) Denis Smirnov WWF Russia
14:00-14:30 2 Raw material in North America (fashion trend of species & panel and cost/price) Mr. John Chan
Mr. Joe Audino
AHEC
NWFA
14:30-15:00 Coffee Break
15:00-15:30 3 Tropical hardwood in Africa and Southeast Asia - spotlight of environmentalism, wood supply trend in Southeast Asia, Afrian timber, species recommendation
Mr. Gene Birikorang
Hamilton
15:30-16:00 4 Selection of species of Southeast Asia & timber import policy and trend Liu bing Greenpeace China
16:00-16:30 5 Forest management certification    
16:30-17:00 Q&A
Product exhibition open at the same time
Oct.30, Tuesday AM
  SECTION1 Overview of Green Market  
9:00-9:10 1 Opening Remark Li Lin Head of Conservation Strategy, WWF China
9:10-9:30 2 Sustainable International Wood Raw Material Supply Li Hongfan Director of Beijing Xiangfei Market Investigation Co.
9:30-9:50 3 Challenges and Opportunities in Russia(FE) Denis Smirnov Head of Forest Program, Far Eastern Branch, WWF Russia
9:50-10:10 4 Challenges and Opportunities for CFTN in Europe/UK Joyce Lam Project Manager of ProForest
10:10-10:30 5 B&Q Purchasing Policy (to be confirmed) B&Q China
10:30-10:45 Coffee Break
  SECTION2 Training on KIL  
10:45-11:15 1 Illegal Logging Issues in the world today Liu Bin Director of Forest Programme, Green Peace
11:15-11:45 2 Illegal Logging Issues in Russia Joshua Newell International Consultant
11:45-12:15 3 Keep It Legal Feng Guoqiang Professor of Forestry Economics and Development Research Centerof State Forestry Administration
12:15-12:30 4 Question Time
12:30-13:30 Lunch Play GFTN DVD during lunch
Oct.30, Tuesday PM
  SECTION3 Training on FSC/COC
13:30-13:45 1

FSC/COC Certification

Xu Bin Project Director of Rainforest Alliance China Project Office, Chinese Academy of Forestry
13:45-14:05 2

SmartWood, Controlled Wood and HCVF

Loy Jones Asia Pacific Regional Manager, SmartWood Program, Rainforest Alliance
  SECTION4 Review of China FTN in 2007
14:05-14:25 1 Audit on China FTN in 2007 Yu Ninglou Director of Beijing Fore Source Forestry Engineering Consultation Co.Ltd
14:25-14:45 2 Case study on China FTN Joyce Lam Project Manager of ProForest
14:45-15:05 3 Annual Report of China FTN in 2007 Jin Zhonghao China FTN Manager, WWF Chjna
15:05-15:25 4 Announce New CFTN Participants Li Lin Head of Conservation Strategy, WWF China
15:25-15:40 5 Speech VIP guests  
15:40-15:55 Coffee Break
  SECTION5 Group discussion on the Annual Report of China FTN in 2007 and what should be focused in 2008
15:55-16:35 1 Group discussion Topics: Comments on CFTNs past efforts; Suggestions for CFTNs future work; Difficulties and challenges of enterprises; Comments on CFTN annual meeting and the training workshop; free questions from each group
16:35-16:50 2 Report back from each group
16:50-17:00 3 Closing Speech Han Zheng Director of Forest Programme, WWF China
Oct.30 Visit Hangzhou area
Oct.31 Visit Hangzhou nearby