F2M CEO Pete Stewart to Speak at Global Forest Industry Conference

January 23, 2008; Charlotte, NC

Forest2Market President and CEO Pete Stewart will deliver a speech about wood-based energy and the demand for pulpwood at the 2008 Pulp and Paper Strategies Conference in Miami.

The conference, Feb. 13 and Feb. 14 at the Doral Golf Resort, will focus on emerging strategic issues facing pulp and paper companies and other forest-based industries. Stewart is an expert in the forest products industry with numerous prior speaking engagements at various national and global summits focusing on forestry.

Stewart will speak Feb. 14 about the North American fiber supply and the impacts of emerging trends such as wood fuels. He will also be a panelist in a discussion about challenges and opportunities facing forest-based industries.

“Pulp and paper companies will face increased competition for raw materials as more and more power companies develop facilities that produce energy from forest products such as wood chips,” Stewart said. “Demand from these power companies, both in the United States and Europe, will drive prices of wood products higher.”

The conference is a global forum featuring international policy makers, academics, industry leaders, environmentalists and scientists who will address topics such as bio-energy, conservation, emissions trading and forest investment. For more information, visit www.paper-strategies.com. 

Based in Charlotte, N.C., Forest2Market has developed sophisticated analytical tools to accurately forecast timber prices. The company’s delivered price benchmark product has become the standard used by industry professionals to set timber prices for contracts, supply agreements and bids. The price information is based on transaction-level data – not surveys. As an industry expert, Stewart continues to develop new products, statistical bidding and predictive market behavior models for the forest products industry.