Its a pleasure to welcome following keynote speakers:

• Joseph Buongiorno, Class of 1933 Bascom Emeritus Professor, John N. McGovern WARF Emeritus Professor, Russell Labs, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
• Timothy G. Gregoire, J. P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr., Professor of Forest Management, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, New Haven, USA
• Sven Wunder, Principal Scientist (Economist), Conservation and development trade-offs, Center for International Forestry Research, CIFOR, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
• Ben Phalan, Zukerman Junior Research Fellow, King’s College, Zoology, School of the Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge, England
• Mark Adams, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, University of Sydney, Austalia