2010 EWPAA Conference Photos
The future for forest plantations .. Linda Sewell, chief executive, HVP Plantations, confers with Dr Harry Greaves, HG Consulting, Melbourne, Rene de Vries, NZ-based EWPAA president, and Simon Dorries, general manger, EWPAA, Brisbane, during the EWPAA annual conference on the Gold Coast.
Gary Byrom, commercial manger Australasia, Hexion Specialty Chemicals (NZ) Ltd, Mount Maunganui, NZ, Rene de Vries, EWPAA president, David Headberry, Headberry Partners Pty Ltd, Melbourne, and Dr Todd Miller, R&D technical manager, forest products division, Hexion USA, Oregon.
Andy McNaught, EWPAA technical manger, Jim Bindon, managing director, Big River Group, Grafton, NSW, and Brendan Smith, Juken New Zealand Ltd.
Peter Robinson, Boral Plywood (second from right) with Hexion representatives Atul Kalra, Melbourne, Alex Bruce, New Zealand and JP Aucoin, managing director Hexion Australasia, Melbourne.
Gary Scherer, PNG Forest Products, Bulolo, Papua New Guinea, Ross Maddock, Big River Timbers, Grafton, NSW, and Simon Dorries, general manger, EWPAA.
Ahsan Qureshi, quality assurance manger, Wesbeam, Perth (centre) catches up with Chris van Kooten and Philip Marsh of Dynea New Zealand.


Nick Youngman, sales and marketing manager, Boral Plywood, Ipswich, chats with structural plywood manufacturer Mark Mitchell of F.A. Mitchell and Co, Sydney.
Part of the Hexion team at the EWPAA conference .. Klaus Haselhofer, Brisbane, Alex Bruce, New Zealand, and Mark Nowicki, Melbourne.

Representing timber protection group Zelam New Zealand are technical/research manger Andre Siraa and Kristina Day.

Philip Townsend, senior economist, ABARE-BRS, Canberra, and Nick Livanes, national business development manger, Osmose Australia.

Conference speaker Robert Finch, chief executive, STIC Sustainable Buildings, Christchurch, NZ, and Brendan Smith, Juken New Zealand Ltd.