The Convention starts next week!

Are you ready?

 Program:

Tuesday, March 19th 

• 7:00 – 17:00 Industry visits, exclusively for overseas buyers
• 14:00 – 18:00 Registration, Mezzanine
• NAWLA Regional Meeting, room Agora-Centre-Ville15:00 – 15:30 Registration and Networking15:30 – 16:30 Presentations

  16:30 – 17:30 Networking 

   

• Wednesday, March 20th 
• 8:30 – 18:30  Registration, Mezzanine
• 9:00 – 12:00Industry Seminar on Economy and Markets, room Centre-Ville- Rising Risks for the U.S. Housing Outlook, Robert Dietz, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President for Economics and Housing Policy, National Association of Home Builders 
  
  – Softwood Lumber Board: Together to Grow the Share of Wood!, Hugues Simon, President, Barrette Wood, and Member of the Softwood Lumber Board
  
  – Transforming the Way Houses are Framed in North America, Gerard McCaughey, CEO and Chairman, EntekraModerator : Karina Lehaux, founder, and president of Eklosion – Animation professionnelle
  
  10:30 Break, room Agora and room Square Victoria

  12:00  Luncheon with Keynote Speaker, room Place du Canada-Avenue Laurier 

  Michael ‘Pinball’ Clemons, CFL’s most outstanding player in 1990

• 13:30 – 17:00  Trade Show, Convention Floor
• 14:00 – 15:00 International Market Opportunities for Canadian Wood Products in Japan and Mexico, room Centre-Ville
  Panel organized with the collaboration of Natural Resources Canada
  Japan: Sean McLean, Senior Trade Commissioner, Japan, Trade Commissioner Service, Global Affairs, Canada
  Mexico: Nora Gonzales, CEO, G&G Gestoria en Commercio Exterior
  Moderator: John Kozij, Director General, Trade, Economics and Industry Branch, Natural Resources Canada
• 15:00  Break, room Square Victoria17:30 – 19:00  Cocktail Reception, room Place du Canada-Avenue Laurier
  Thursday, March 21st
• 8:30 – 14:00  Registration, Mezzanine
• 10:00 – 14:00 Trade Show, Convention Floor
• 9:00 – 10:20Panel with Industry CEOs, room Centre-VilleKen Shields, ConifexMathew Missad, Universal Forest Products

  Stephen J. Sallah, LBM Advantage

  Yves Laflamme, Resolute Forest Products

  Moderator: Bruce St. John, President, Canada Wood Group

• 10:20 Break, room Agora and room Square Victoria
• 10:30- 12:00 Hardwood Seminar, room Centre-Ville- Move from Marketing to Consumers to Mattering to People: Welcome to the Age of Relevance, Tom De Ruyck, Managing Partner, InSites Consulting, Belgium- The Hardwoods in the Industry Construction, Delton Alderman, United States Forest Service
• 12:00 – 13:30  Buffet Lunch, room Place du Canada-Avenue Laurier14:00 – 16:00 NEW ! “The After-Convention”: a last chance to network while having fun!, room Square Victoria