IVA-Seminar: Global Outlook for the Wood Products Industry in the 2020s

The global mega trends with focus on sustainability is a strong driver for wood products. Substitution of fossil-based products to wood based products makes climate- and environmental goals possible to reach.

What are the arguments against a continued role of forests as suppliers of materials for sustainable products? Global supply is constrained; effects of climate change, beetle attacks in Canada and Central Europe, storms and forest fires are all restricting the supply. In this situation, with sharply rising prices for wood, there is a risk that biomaterials will be replaced by fossil-based products, which would have a negative impact on both climate goals and the environment.

At this seminar, we will have the opportunity to examine and discuss the impact of these trends on the global wood products industry together with industrial leaders.

Speakers:
Lars-Göran Sandberg, President & CEO, Timwood Strategic Advisers AB
Don Kayne, President & CEO, Canfor Corporation
Lars Völkel, Executive Vice President, Wood Products Division, Stora Enso
Stefan Lindbäck, CEO Lindbäcks Group
Ulf Larsson, President & CEO, SCA AB
Lotta Lyrå, President & CEO, Södra
Peter Holmgren, FutureVistas AB. Ex-Director-General at Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and Director of Climate Change Division at Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)

Moderator: Peter Berg , IVA's division Forest Technology