Hon. Pat Bell
Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation
Government of BC

Responding to Global Economic Forces
Jock Finlayson
Executive VP Policy
Business Council of BC

Prospects for Canada in India's Wood and Wood products Sector
SV Divvaakar
Managing Partner joined by
Pankaj Agrawal
Director
Ace Global India

Mark Kruger
Head of Section
Economics & Finance
Canadian Embassy in China

Takayuki Namae
President & CEO Mitsui Home Co. Ltd & Chairman, Japan 2x4 Home Builders Association

Doug Konkin, Deputy Minister,
Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations

The Emerging Bioeconomy and the Forest Sector
Alan Potter
Executive VP
FPInnovations British Columbia

Bioenergy in Northern BC
Greg Stewart
President - Sinclar Group
Forest Products and Board Member,
Northern Bioenergy Partnership

Wood: The Green Building Material of Choice
Thomas Mueller
President
Canada Green Building Council

Wood – The Green Building Material of Choice
Mary Tracey
Executive Director
British Columbia WoodWORKS! Program
Canadian Wood Council

Michael Green
Partner
MGB Architecture

Doug Konkin, Deputy Minister,
Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
For the Hon. Steve Thomson, Minister of Forest Lands and Natural Resource Operations

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BC BIOENERGY NETWORK
Established in April 2008 with a $25 million grant from the BC government, the BC Bioenergy Network is an industryled association that acts as a catalyst for deploying near term bioenergy technologies and organizing mission-driven research for the development and demonstration of sustainable technologies to build a world class bioenergy capability in BC.
www.bcbioenergy.caP: 604.891.1257

BC FOREST SAFETY COUNCIL
The BC Forest Safety Council is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting the forest industry achieve health and safety improvements. The Council was founded and is supported by all forestry stakeholders in BC and works with forestry employers, workers, contractors and the provincial government and agencies to implement changes that eliminate fatalities and serious injuries in the sector.
www.bcforestsafe.org P: 250.741.1060

BID GROUP
With over 30 years of experience, the BID Group has established itself as a leader in a variety of value-added, turn-key solutions. Catering to Northern BC’s busy forestry and mining sectors, our services include lumber remanufacturing, wood treatment, engineering, energy systems manufacturing, industrial fabrication and construction.
www.bidgroup.caP: 250.567.9255

BRUNETTE INDUSTRIES
Specializing in wood processing machinery and material handling systems for the Forestry and Biomass industries: Grizzly Mill, BioSizer™, Chippers for Pulp-chips or Micro- Chips, Electric Log Sweeps, Log Decks, Log Singulators, Rotary Debarkers, Vibrating Conveyors. Custom engineered solutions to take control of your fiber supply and get more from your mill.
www.brunetteindustries.com P: 604.522.3977

CENTRAL INTERIOR LOGGING ASSOCIATION
The Central Interior Logging Association represents the forest harvesting and road building sectors on safety, government policy and regulations, and provides programs, services and benefits designed to reduce members’ cost of doing business. The Carbon Offset Aggregation Co-op helps members create carbon offsets by reducing diesel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions
www.cila.ca P: 250.562.3697

FORESTRY INNOVATION INVESTMENT
Forestry Innovation Investment (FII) is the Government of British Columbia’s market development agency for forest products. Our mission is to help keep the B.C. forest sector growing by bringing its products to the world.
www.bcfii.ca P: 604.685.7507

FP INNOVATIONS
FPInnovations is a world leader which specializes in the creation of scientific solutions in support of the Canadian forest sector’s global competitiveness, and responds to the priority needs of its industrial and government members and customers.
www.fpinnovations.ca P: 604.224.3221

GROUP HEALTH NORTH/MONEY CONCEPTS
Money Concepts is Canada’s largest financial planning company with offices throughout Canada. Our team of financial professionals has years of experience in many aspects of the financial industry and are qualified to fulfil individual as well as Group benefit objectives for our clients. Our Prince George office has been serving clients for over 16 years. We have access to a large selection of Canada’s best financial products. Group Health North is an affiliate of Group Health Global and offers comprehensive and affordable employee benefit and pension plans for companies of all sizes.
www.grouphealthnorth.ca P: 250.563.8877

JET LABEL AND TAPE
Serving the forestry industry with labels, printing and automation. Jet has become one of the largest label companies in Western Canada, with a large portion of our business in the Forestry Sector, if you are not doing business with us, come see us at the show to discuss how we can help your business.
www.jet-label.com P: 780.440.5135

LOGGING & SAWMILLING JOURNAL
Logging & Sawmilling Journal is the leading forest industry trade publication for Canada. We report on new technology in milling and logging operations, forest management, silviculture, labour/management issues, government initiatives, regulatory issues, international market trends, offshore industry profiles, and investment opportunities for Canadian firms.
www.forestnet.com P: 604.990.9970

NICHOLSON MANUFACTURING
Nicholson Manufacturing is a Ring Debarker specialist and it’s been that way for over 60 years. Around the globe, if there is a forest products industry you will find Nicholson equipment in operation – reliably and efficiently doing the job it was designed to do while adding value to the bottom line.
www.debarking.com P: 250.655.7510

NORTHERN BIOENERGY PARTNERSHIP
The Northern Bioenergy Partnership (NBP) is an industryled coalition of businesses, academic institutions and government and First Nations organizations involved in the bioenergy industry in Northern British Columbia. The NBP’s vision is for Northern British Columbia to be the national leader in a technologically advanced, forest-based bioenergy industry.
www.bioenergypartnership.ca P: 250.649.3204

OPTIMIL MACHINERY INC.
Optimil Machinery Inc. is a high quality designer and manufacturer of state-of-the-art sawmill machinery. We have developed a specialized expertise in refitting older, less efficient sawmills with up-to-date high speed, high recovery upgrades. It also provides a parts service for its clients. Our products include chipping canters, canter feed systems, circular gang saws, vertical arbour edgers, edge chippers, linear positioners, log turners, log scanning systems, edger optimizers, cant optimizers, robotics, edgers, circular resaws, bandmills, control systems, board scanning systems and cant scanning systems as well as vibrating conveyors. www.optimil.com P: 604.946.6911

PORTER ENGINEERING
Porter continues to provide the sawmilling industry with innovative solutions. Our family of RT3 Optimization Solutions provide the very best in primary breakdown Optimization and Process Control Systems. Together these solutions provide our customers with the very best tools to get maximum value and productivity out of their sawmills.
www.portereng.com P: 604.273.1868

RAPTOR INTEGRATION INC.
Raptor Integration Inc, a Salmon Arm company, supplies fully integrated lumber handling solutions. Mechanical, controls and scanning products are tailored to the clients individual needs. Raptor Integration Inc. is the western agent for Piché Inc. lumber handling equipment. Piché sorter lines have become the most popular in Northeast Canada and USA. Piché takes pride in providing excellent equipment and service. They believe that the customer should have input into the design and respect their knowledge regarding wood processing.
www.raptorint.ca P: 1.888.734.2659

USNR
With the most extensive line of wood processing equipment of any supplier, USNR provides fully integrated systems to manufacture dimensional lumber, plywood, panels, finger-jointed components and engineered wood products. Committed to superior customer service, USNR offers 24/7 support and training across all time zones around the globe.
www.usnr.com P: 360.225.8267

VK NORTH AMERICA INC.
VK North America, Inc. is the authorized distributor for all Valon Kone products in North America. Headquartered in Spokane, Washington, VK North America has satellite offices in Prince George, British Columbia and Atlanta, Georgia for spare parts, service and capital sales.
www.vkna.com P: 877.313.1225

WELLONS CANADA
Wellons Canada, a member of the Wellons Group, is located in Surrey, B.C. Specializing in the design, manufacture and turnkey installation of biomass and gas fired thermal energy systems, and lumber dry kilns, Wellons has the unique inhouse ability to offer its clients a total project solution from concept to completion.
www.wellons.ca P: 604.888.0122

WORKSAFE BC
WorkSafe BC is an independent statutory agency governed by a Board of Directors appointed by the provincial government. It serves 2.3 million workers and more than 200,000 employers throughout BC, and is funded through insurance premiums paid by registered employers and through investment return. In administering the Workers Compensation Act, WorkSafeBC remains separate and distinct from government; however, WorkSafeBC is accountable to the public through the provincial government.
www.worksafebc.com P: 604.214.6983