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IUFRO 5.10.00 & the UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Products Markets and Marketing: Joint Pre-Conference to the IUFRO World Congress in Seoul

Presentation Schedule
August 18

9:00-10:20 – Session 1 – Environment and the Green Economy – Moderated by Natalie Noël

1) The influence of environmentalism on the export performance of export ventures exporting hardwood woodchips from Australia to Japan
Presenting Author: Paul Dargusch (15 minutes)(Cancelled)

2) Incorporated Model to Improve Profits of Forest Communities and Non-Governmental Organizations with Application of Forest Certification: Case Study of KOSTAJASA, Central Java, Indonesia
Presenting Author: Mihyun Seol (15 minutes)

3) Does Going Green Improve Business and Environmental Performance of Chinese Forest Products Companies?
Presenting Author: Jeff Cao (15 minutes)

4) How Bioenergy can Drive Sustainable Forest Management and Regional Green Economy – A Synergetic Assessment Approach Based on Field Studies in Japan and Austria
Presenting Author: Florian Kraxner (15 minutes)

Q&A

10:30-11:50 – Session 2 – Building Construction – Moderated by Minli Wan

5) Designers Views of Green Structural Materials: Implications for Wood Science Research
Presenting Author: Chris Knowles (15 minutes)

6) Material Selection for Green Building Design: Measuring Architect Preferences
Presenting Author: Natalie Noël (15 minutes)

7) Industrial Construction Technologies, a New Era for Wood Construction: Lessons from Scandinavia
Presenting Author: Anders Nyrud (15 minutes)

Q&A

12:40-14:00 – Session 3 – Markets, Present and Future – Moderated by Xiaozhi “Jeff” Cao

8) UNECE/FAO Forest Products Annual Market Reviews
Presenting Author: Ed Pepke (15 minutes)

9) Outlook for the tropical timber market to 2020
Presenting Author: James Turner (15 minutes)

10) Econometric Market Modeling of Demand, Supply and Exports of China’s Plywood
Presenting Author: Minli Wan (15 minutes)

11) Timber production, prices and end-use in a forest business in central Hokkaido, Japan
Presenting Author: Toshiaki Owari (15 minutes)

Q&A

14:10-15:30 – Session 4 – CSR, Business Practices, and Innovation – Moderated by Mihyun Seol

12) Deconstruction of Innovation in the US Furniture Industry
Presenting Author: Rich Vlosky (15 minutes)

13) Corporate responsibility and financial performance in the forest industry: explorative analysis based on the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) frame
Presenting Author: Anne Toppinen (15 minutes)

14) Innovativeness and its impact on social responsibility: comparing U.S. firms with global competitors in the forest sector
Presenting Author: Xiaoou Jane Han (15 minutes)

15) Business Alternatives in Africa’s Congo Basin: The Case of Cameroon’s Forest Sector
Presenting Author: Robert Kozak, University of British Columbia (15 minutes)

Q&A