12th Semi-annual Membership Meeting

Agenda | January 27-28, 2015

World Resources Institute | Washington, DC
January 27
12:00-1:00
1:00-1:15

Lunch
Welcome
Alicia Grimes, USAID
Craig Hanson, WRI
1:15-2:00
Forest Legality Alliance Updates
FLA staff will provide an overview of our recent work and plans for the second phase of the FLA, including results
from the membership survey (October 2014); the FLA strategy moving forward; updates to the online risk tool;
and updates to the Sustainable Procurement Guide. We will also be introducing new FLA staff members Tina
Schneider and Jonathan Mason who joined the team in 2014.
2:00-2:45

Partner Updates

Updates from FLA Partners:

Nadine Block, Sustainable Forestry Initiative

Cindy Squires, International Wood Products Association
Ke Oester, TNC-RAFT
Mauricio Voivodic, Imaflora (Brazil)
Taryn Snchez, Reforestamos Mexico)

2:45-3:15

Coffee break

3:15-4:15

Conversion Timber and Timber Legality

This session will begin with a presentation on the emerging problem of conversion timber from illegal clearing of
forest lands for other uses, such as commodity agriculture, mining, hydropower, and other infrastructure projects.
The presentation will be followed by responses from a panel of private sector representatives and a discussion
about challenges in exercising due care for conversion timber. Jessica McGlyn (Catalynics) will serve as moderator.

Kerstin Canby, Forest Trends

Industry respondents:
Sophie Beckham, International Paper
Mark Buckley, Staples
Nadine Block, Sustainable Forestry Initiative

4:15-5:15

Breakout Sessions

Participants will have the opportunity to choose one of three different topics for an open discussion in breakout
groups.

Building capacity for due diligence systems in the private sector (Moderator: Jessica McGlyn)
Conversion timber (Moderator: Bruce Cabarle)
Moving the FLA forward: form, function, and membership (Moderator: Chip Barber)

5:15-7:00

Reception at WRI

12th Semi-annual Membership Meeting

Agenda | January 27-28, 2015
World Resources Institute | Washington, DC

January 28
8:00-9:00

Breakfast

9:00-9:10

Summary of Discussions from Breakout Groups

9:10-10:30

China: Challenges and Progress in Timber Legality Verification

This panel will feature four speakers who will present on different aspects of sourcing wood from China, followed
by an open discussion. Dr. Xiaoqian Chen, the EFI FLEGT Advisor for China, will serve as moderator.

Ke Oester, TNC-RAFT
Dr. Xu Bin, Chinese Academy of Forestry
Wenbin Huang, WWF-GFTN China
Anders Hildeman, IKEA

10:30-11:00

Coffee break

11:00-12:00

Technology Updates

This panel will provide updates on several technologies for identification of species and origin of timber and
managing supply chains, followed by an open discussion.

Dr. Sandra Florsheim, Instituto Florestal, Brazil

(Real-time online wood identification)
Dr. Alex Wiedenhoeft, USDA Forest Products Laboratory
(Hand-held machine vision wood identification)
Dr. Tereza Pastore, Brazilian Forest Service
(Near-infrared spectroscopy)
Caitlin Clarke, Double Helix Tracking Technologies
(DNA testing of white oak)

12:00-1:00

Lunch