4th International Adam Smith Conference Russian Wood & Timber 2013 will be held on March 19-21, 2013, in Baltschug Kempinski Hotel in Moscow.

The list of speakers from global and Russian leading companies of the industry who confirmed their attendance at the event includes:

Kenneth Munson, Forest Director, EMEA, International Paper
Igor Sapunkov, Director, Forest Strategy, Ilim Group
Andrey Schick, General Director, MM-Holz Efimovskij
Ivan Savinsky, Country Manager – Russia, UPM Timber
Semen Goglev, Commercial Director, Laminates and House-Building, Investlesprom
Ardasher Kurbansho, General Director, Kronospan
Vladimir Kotenev, General Director, Pfleiderer
Klaus Peller, General Director, Mondi Syktyvkar

This year the programme of the forum underwent considerable changes. The first day will be a Wood & Timber Market Intelligence Focus-Day that will be dedicated to domestic and global outlook for wood products. On March 20, the conference itself will start in entirely interactive format with debates on forestry management in regions, important trends, WTO and driving up profits, while the third day will be entirely dedicated to case studies, including greenfield, brownfield and innovative forestry projects.

Other features and hot topics of the forum in 2013:

-Global and domestic timber sales – what sells, where and what will sell in the future;
-Forestry policy in Russia: latest developments and key issues for forest companies;
-Question time with regional governments: your opportunity for interactive discussion with government decision-makers;
-Head-to-head debate: WTO – friend or foe? How to live in the WTO?
-Analysis of end-user sectors: construction industry, wooden housing and furniture production
-Interactive task-force: How to drive up profits in the Russian forestry sector today?
-Interactive live polling: see the most realistic map of risks and business opportunities in the Russian forestry sector.