Peter Johnson, Director, Sustainable Business Solutions, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP moderated the panel on Managing Global Certified Supply Chains


Richard Donovan, Director of the Rainforest Alliance and Chief of Forestry of its SmartWood program


Guillaume Gignac, Senior Manager, Quality Management Institute (QMI)


Kathy Abusow, Principal, Abusow International Ltd.


Kathy Abusow, Guillaume Gignac and Richard Donovan


Panel on Strategies for Addressing Climate Change and Energy in Forestry


Roger Sedjo, PhD, Director, Resources for the Future


David B. Layzell, PhD, CEO and Research Director, BIOCAP Canada Foundation


Bob Prolman, Director, International Environmental Affairs, Weyerhaeuser Company


Rachel Plotkin, Director, Forests and Biodiversity Program, Sierra Club of Canada, presented a breakout session on best forest management practices in Canada


Ken Petersen, CMC, Petersen Consulting, Project Manager, Moose Cree Northern Boreal Initiative, made a breakout presentation on First Nations perspectives on Boreal forest conservation


David DeYoe, PhD, Senior Advisor, Bio Products/Bio Technology, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, made a presentation along with Peter Fransham (see below) on Opportunities with Forestry Biomass and Bio-Energy in Ontario


Peter Fransham, PhD, Chief Executive, Advanced Biorefinery Inc.


Valerie Chort, Partner and National Leader, Environment, Health & Safety Services, Deloitte,  presented  Deloitte's 2005 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Management Survey


John M. Hagan, PhD, Director, Forest Conservation Program at the Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, presented on the Impacts of Land Ownership changes on Sustainability and Biodiversity in the forests of the Northeast US