[ITTC61] Market Discussion
The Timber Industry Reimagined: Lessons from Market Struggles and Sustainability Efforts

Join ITTO for a Market Discussion led by the Trade Advisory Group (TAG).

Date: 28 October 2025
Time: 14:00 – 17:00 
Location: Hotel El Panama - Panama City, Panama

Opening Remarks: Ivan Tomaselli (President, STCP Brazil)

Keynote Speaker: Emily Fripp (Director, Efeca United Kingdom)
Promoting Sustainable Tropical Timber Products Trade and Changing Consumer Perception: A New Phase

Trade Statement: Ashley Amidon (International Wood Products Association [IWPA], United States)

Developments in Latin America and the Caribbean: João Baldasso (President Emeritus, Centro das Indústrias Produtoras e Exportadoras de Madeira do Estado de Mato Grosso [CIPEM], Brazil)
Forest Plantations in Latin America: Contributions to Ensure the Sustainable and Competitive Global Supply of Tropical Timber

Jaime Sotela Montero (President, Cámara Forestal Madera e Industria de Costa Rica)
The Future of the Tropical Timber Industry in the Central America Region

Developments in Asia: Ngo Sy Hoai (Vice President & Secretary General, Viet Nam Timber & Forest Product Association [VIFOREST])
Learning from Viet Nam: How to Develop the Value-Added Tropical Timber Industry

Developments in Africa: Tulia Baldassarri (Communication and Marketing, Interholco Switzerland)
The Tropical Forest Industry in Africa: Efforts to Promote Integrated Social, Environmental and Economic Development

The full discussion will be shared via ITTO's YouTube channel following the event. 

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