Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Dubai WoodShow is the host partner of ATIBT Forum. This year ATIBT is conducting the forum in Middle East. The ATIBT Forum – which consists of two days of debates and speeches bringing together experts from the tropical timber industry – is an opportunity for the association’s members as well as tropical timber industry players to gather together to exchange relevant information among themselves. Each new edition features a different theme related to sector developments and issues.
The first ATIBT Forum was held in Rome in 1982, and in various cities around the world in the following years: Manaus, Marrakech, Washington, Hong Kong, Lisbon, Valencia, Libreville, Istanbul, Rome, Brussels, Athens, Shanghai, Belém, Bologna, Ho Chi Min City, Brazzaville, Amsterdam, Milan, etc.
This year, they decided to organise it in the heart of the Middle East, in Dubai, on Sunday March 5 and Monday March 6, 2017. The forum consist on these two days of debates and speeches bringing together experts from the tropical timber industry.
The ATIBT badge will provide one the access to the Dubai WoodShow where the ATIBT have a stand.
The general theme of the forum is: “Tropical forest: timber, and so much more”. This general message that they wish to highlight in line with their marketing programme and it also encompasses the various topics that they will be discussing:
• The Future of the tropical forest and its inhabitants
• Training for the timber professions
• Legality, certification and global warming
• Logistics in Dubai: challenges and opportunities
• The African timber market throughout the world (particularly in Middle East)
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