Tuesday 13 June 2017
| 08:00 | Registration |
| 08:55 | Welcome Remarks |
| 09:00 | Welcome address * Afriyie Owusu – Chief Executive Forestry Commission Ghana |
| 09:15 | A New Type of Forest Finance: The Ghana Public Private Partnership * Rik Sools – Deputy Director Form International * Paul Hol – Executive Director Form International * Richard Fusi – Senior Investment Officer Private Sector Department African Development Bank |
| 10:00 | Discussion & questions |
| 10:30 | Networking Break |
| 11:00 | Plantation Forestry in Africa: An Operational Perspective * Pieter van Zyl – CEO York Timbers * Erik Knive – CEO Green Resources * Finn T. Jacobsen – CEO African Plantations for Sustainable Development (APSD) * Robert Nabanyumyah – Consultancy Uganda * George Asamoah Amankwah – Private Afforestation Developers Organisation (PADO) |
| 12:40 | Discussion & questions |
| 13:10 | Lunch break |
| 14.10 | Forest Products Markets in Africa: Demand & Supply * Paul Ankrah – Principal Winniwood Consulting * Juho Penttilä – Consultant Indufor |
| 14:50 | Discussion & questions |
| 15:10 | Networking Break |
| 15:40 | Forestry Regulations & Industrial Strategy: A Governance Perspective * Vincent Awotwe-Pratt – Consultant Biodiversity Heritage Associates * Prof. Dan Ofori – Chairman of Forest Plantation Investment Forum * Dr. Daniel Ofori – Director CSIR Forestry Research Institute of Ghana |
| 16:40 | Discussion & questions |
| 17:00 | End of day 1 |
| 17:30 | Reception |
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Wednesday 14 June 2017
| 08:55 | Welcome Remarks |
| 09:00 | Mobilising Capital: A Finance Perspective * Mads Asprem – Director NewAfrica * Alhassan Andani – CEO Stanbic Bank * Jim Heyes – Managing Director Criterion Africa Partners * Paul Jacovelli – Forestry Investment Advisor UNIQUE GmbH * Gareth Phillips – Chief Climate Change & Green Growth Office AFDB |
| 10:40 | Discussion & questions |
| 11:10 | Networking Break |
| 11:40 | Plenary Discussion: Tackling the Key Finance, Regulatory, Market and Operational Barriers to Forest Sector Development in Africa |
| 13:00 | Close of the Conference followed by lunch |
