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G l o b a l softwood log & lumber

C o n f e r e n C e

May 8, 2013 sheraton wall centre hotel VancouVer, bc

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One-day international wood products, markets and industry conference

a cross-section of north american and international speakers

Discussions and analysis of the latest challenges, opportunities, threats, issues and price trends in 2013 and beyond

in conjunction with:

• PwC’s26thAnnualGlobalForest&PaperIndustryConference:May9,2013

• ThePulpandPaperProducersCouncilAnnualMeeting:May5–7,2013

• TheGlobalForestProductsLeadershipSummit2013:May5–9,2013

organized by

InternatIonal Wood Markets Group InC. Vancouver, BC

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Who Should Attend?all those involved in the north american and/or international

trade of log, lumber and wood products. Delegates will

obtain new perspectives and outlooks on markets, as well

as opportunities, issues and threats for the commodity log

and wood products trade.

the May 8, 2013 conference will address some of the following issues and topics:• Global timber supply/demand dynamics,includinglogexportandimporttrends.

•The impactofexpandingChinesedemandfor logs and lumber: What level ofChineseimportsisexpectedinthenextfewyears?

• CouldNorthAmericarunshortoftimberthisdecadeasCanada’sharvestdeclines?

• B.C.’smountainpinebeetle epidemic andevolvinglumbereconomicsandquality.

• The role of the TIMOS in the U.S. SouthandPacificNorthwestandChinaas lumberdemandpicksup.Wherearelogpricesheaded?

• Russia’s reduced log export tax andnewquota volumes: What is the expected nextimpact,andwillRussianlogexportsrebound?

• TheU.S.outlookforGDP,housinginventoriesandstarts,unemployment,etc.,andfutureredflagsandgreenlights.

• Global lumber market trends: Supply,demand,imports,exportsandprices.

• Thelumber “super-cycle”:Isitstillarealisticoutlook,andwhatarethedrivers,constraintsandtimingforthiseventtooccur?

• The status of easternCanadian lumberproduction as it scales up following clo-sures,ownershipchangesandmillrestarts.

• european market overview and anindicationofprice levels thatwill attractEuropeanlumberbacktotheU.S.market.

• WhereareU.S./Canadianlumber pricesheaded,andarenewrecord-highpricescon-ceivable?

•Offshore markets in theMiddle East, NorthAfrica,India…opportunitiesornot?

• WhereisJapan’swooddemandheadedwithhigherconsumptiontaxeslooming?

•Canthenorth american supply chainflexwithrisinghousingstartsoritistoofragile?

a ConferenCe on the Global loG and luMber

induStry and MarketS iS very tiMely. here’S why:

As a follow-up to our very successful 2011 and2012

GlobalConferencesinVancouver,wearehostingour3rd AnnualGlobalConferenceonMay8,2013.Asin2011and2012,thisyear’sconferencewillfeatureavarietyof

internationalspeakerswhowillfocusondevelopmentsin

thetradeofsoftwoodlogsandlumber.Globalspecialists

willprovideupdatesandoutlooksforkeymarketsandsup-

plyingregions.Mostimportant,delegateswillbeableto

makedirectcontactwithregionalandinternationalplayers

toobtainamorerobustconsensusthatincorporatesthe

manymovingpartsoftoday’scomplexworldofwood.The GlobalSoftwoodLog&LumberConferencewillagainofferattendeesaverytimelyandstrategicperspectiveto

better determine globalmarket strengths and identify

potentialgrowthopportunities.

SponsorOpportunitiesAreAvailable!:Companies/organizationswishingtoenhancetheircorporateprofiles

areinvitedtocontactusaboutsponsoringthisconference.

OptionalPre-ConferenceTwo-DayForestIndustryTour:

Mills Processing Mountain Pine Beetle-Killed Timber (May 5–7).ParticipantswillseethedevastationcausedbythemountainpinebeetleinforestsoftheB.C.Interior.We

willtoursomeofthemostmodernmillsinNorthAmerica

thatareprocessingbeetle-killed logs,andexamine the

differencesingreenversusdeadlogs,aswellasinlumber

quality.Spaceislimitedtothefirstfifteendelegates!Forfulldetails,visitourwebsiteorcallus.

Global SoftwoodLOG&LUMBeRCONFeReNCe•MAy8,2013

Super-Cycle…real or not?

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Global Softwoodlog & lumber ConferenCe • may 8, 2013

aGenda & SpeakerS

WEB http://www.woodmarkets.com/conf_conferences.html FortheeventsatPwCandPPPC:http://www.forestproductssummit.com

Email info@woodmarkets.com

tEl (1)604-801-5996 fax (1)604-801-5997

VENUE SheRATONwALLCeNTRehOTeL,1088BurrardStreet,Vancouver,BCV6Z2R9 Special conference hotel rates are available until April 17, 2013. Visit: http://www.sheratonvancouver.com/

PresentationsbyU.S.,Canadianandinternationalindustry/marketspeakers.Note:Pleasecheckourwebsite for agenda and program updates, as topics maybesubjecttochangeasnewdevelopmentsoccur!

Super-Cycle…real or not?

Session 1: Global/europe/Russia Moderator: r. taylor Speaker Title Company Country

8:00 Introductions

8:10 1 Global Overview/Super-Cycle Russ Taylor President WOOD MARKETS Canada

8:35 2 Europe & Western Russia Sampsa Auvinen CEO Norvik Timber Ind. Latvia

9:00 3 EasternRussia Gerry Van Leeuwen VP WOOD MARKETS Canada

9:30 Q&a QuestionPeriod•Sessions1–3

10:00 Coffee/Networking

Session 2: Asia Moderator: alice Palmer Speaker Title Company Country

10:30 4 China Economy & Market Wenran Jiang PolSci Professor Univ. of Alberta Canada

10:55 5 China Lumber (& Logs) Chuck Chen Managing Dir. United FP China

11:20 6 Japan/Korea Bruce St. John VP, Lumber S&M Western FP Canada

11:45 Q&a QuestionPeriod•Sessions4–6

12:10 lUNch — Speaker tBa

Session 3: Special topics Moderator: P. Butzelaar Speaker Title Company Country

1:30 7 BC Industry Issues/Outlook Murray Hall President M. Hall Consulting Canada

1:55 8 Sawmilling Technology Eric Michaud Director, Consulting Comact Group Canada

2:20 9 Information Technology Chris Moffett Director, Sales Sierra Systems Canada

2:45 Q&a QuestionPeriod•Sessions7–9

3:00 Coffee/Networking

Session 4: north America Moderator: russ taylor Speaker Title Company Country

3:30 10 U.S. Log Supply John Enlow Director Rayonier USA

3:55 11 North American Lumber Mike Phillips President Hampton Lumber Sales USA

4:20 Q&a QuestionPeriod•Sessions10–11

4:40 12 Panel Session: north American Supply Chain

TBA Pro Dealer USA

TBA Distributor USA

TBA Lumber Producer Canada/USA

TBA Timberlands Canada/USA

5:20 Wrap-Up

5:30 WOOD maRKEtS REcEptiON

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Global SoftwoodLOG& LUMBeR CONFeReNCe •ORDeR FORM

Super-Cycle…real or not?

early bird* reGular (beforeMarch15/13) (afterMarch15/13)

wood MarketS’ Global Conference1 US$600 US$750SpeCial offer to current subscribers of wood MarketS2013,wood MarketS Monthly or China bulletin1 US$550 US$675

optional two-day b.C. interior Mill tour (May 5–7): all-inclusive (limited to 15 participants)1 US$2,250 US$2,500

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here are some of the delegate ratings from our 2011 and 2012 conferences:

• did we meet your expectations? 8.4 out of 10

• did you obtain value from the conference? 8.5 out of 10

• average speaker rating: 8.0 out of 10 (range of 7.4 to 8.8).

• are you interested in attending our 2013 conference? 8.2 out of 10

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