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Don’t Miss our Interactive
                                                                                           Roundtable Discussions on
                                                                                            the Top 5 North American
                                                                                       Investment Destinations (page 5)




     June 23 – 25, 2010
     The Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver, British Columbia


NAVIGATING THE LANDSCAPE FOR STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS
IN NORTH AMERICAN TIMBERLAND

Learn best practices from top Timberland experts and investors, including:
            Tim Schlitzer                              Clark Binkley                        Keith Balter
            Senior Investment Officer                  Managing Director                    Principal
            Massachusetts PRIM Board                   International Forestry               Forest Capital Partners
            Colin Carlton                              Investment Advisors
            VP, Investment Research                                                         Brendan K Lowney
                                                       Dennis Neilson
            Canada Pension Plan                                                             Principal, Macroeconomics
                                                       Director
            Investment Board                                                                Forest Economic Advisors LLC
                                                       DANA
            Gerald Brown
            Chairman                                   Steven Diebenow                      Steven Chercover
            Dallas Police &                            Principal                            Senior Research Analyst
            Fire Pension System                        Rock Creek Capital                   D. A. Davidson & Co


    “Very interesting presentations and discussions!” -            Jack Lutz, Director of Research, FourWinds Capital Management


New for 2010:
•   Highest ever participation from institutional investors, with speakers
                                                                                       New! Confirmed
    confirmed from TIAA-CREF, Mass-PRIM, APG, CPP Investment                           Keynote Speaker:
    Board and Dallas Police & Fire Retirement System
•   Dedicated workshops on risk mitigation, carbon credits and
    strategies for smaller investors                                                                  Pat Bell
•   In-depth keynotes on the prospects for the US housing market,                                     Minister of Forests
    the macroeconomic outlook for timberland and the future of                                        & Range
    timberland values                                                                                 British Columbia
•   Interactive roundtable discussions on the Top 5 North American
    Investment Opportunities

Sponsors:                                                    Media Partners:




              www.TimberlandInvestmentSummit.com
Our Speaker Faculty:
                                                                                                                              Tim Schlitzer
                                                                                                                              Senior Investment Officer, Real Estate and
                                                                                                                              Timberland
                                                                                                                              Massachusetts PRIM Board

                                                                                                                              Colin Carlton
                                                                                                                              VP, Investment Research
                                                                                                                              Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

    June 23 – 25, 2010                                                                                                        Gerald Brown
                                                                                                                              Chairman
    The Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver, British Columbia                                                                        Dallas Police & Fire Pension System

                                                                                                                              Sue Ryan Goodman
                                                                this
          “Lumber prices have climbed 32% on the futures market                                                               Portfolio Manager, Real Estate & Timber
          year, a sudden and unexpected surge that contrasts with a                                                           APG Asset Management

          decline in most other commodities, such as fossil fuels                                                             Sandy LaBaugh
                                                                                                                              Director, Alternative Investments
          and industrial metals.”                                                                                             TIAA-CREF
          The Wall Street Journal, February 16, 2010
                                                                                                                              Curtis Seltzer
                                                                                                              73% of          Editor, LandThink & Author, How to Be a Dirt-
                                                                                                           Speakers New       Smart Buyer of Country Property
          Dear Investor,
                                                                                                             for 2010!
                                                                                                                              Joel Shapiro
          Welcome to IQPC’s 7th Timberlan                                                                                     CEO
                                           d Investment Summit – the key                                                      Timbervest
          year for US & Canadian investmen                                   meeting of the
                                          t opportunities in the timberland asset
                                                                                  class.                                      Chung-Hong Fu
          Timberland has always been an attra                                                                                 Managing Director, Economic Research &
                                                    ctive investment: Since 1970 timb
          average of approximately 15% a year,                                           erland has returned an               Analysis
                                                       easily outperforming the stock mark
          averaged 11%. It also has low volat                                                 et, which has                   Forest Investment Resources
                                                  ility and returns are enhanced by
         continues regardless of wars, econ                                            biological growth – which
                                               omic crises and changes of administr                                           Scott Jones
                                                                                         ation.
                                                                                                                              CEO
         But lumber values are most certainly                                                                                 The Forest Landowners Association
                                                    linked to developments in the broa
         outlook is far from certain. What                                                der economy, where the
                                              are the prospects for the US hous
         driver of lumber demand? How migh                                          ing market, the single biggest            Jack Lutz
                                                    t the market in woody biomass affec                                       Director of Research
         values? What about global demand                                                   t overall timberland
                                                 for wood and paper products?                                                 FourWinds Capital Management
         One of the largest question marks                                                                                    Dennis Neilson
                                               relates to inflation. Over the last cent
        outperformed inflation by an avera                                               ury, timberland has                  Director
                                               ge of 3.3% a year, making it one
        inflation hedges available. But is infla                                      of the most effective                   DANA
                                                     tion really on the cards? Many
        talking up inflation since the beginnin                                          economists have been
                                                    g of fiscal stimulus back in January                                      Steven Diebenow
        precious little of it so far. One reaso                                            2009, but we’ve seen
                                                n for the lack of inflation has been                                          Principal
        to pass on the effects of fiscal stimu                                          the reluctance of banks
                                                lus in the form of increased lending                                          Rock Creek Capital
        see if this picture changes over 2010                                            – and we shall have to
                                                 .
                                                                                                                              Keith Balter
           Overall, then, the investment outlo                                                                                Principal
                                                ok for timberland is uncertain and
          American investors to know whether                                            it’s difficult for North              Forest Capital Partners
                                                   they’re faced with an outstanding
          imperative to sell. Gaining a deeper                                              buying opportunity or an
                                                 understanding of the factors that influ                                      Brendan K Lowney
          is therefore essential to investors who                                              ence timberland values         Principal, Macroeconomics
                                                    wish to make money with this asset
          Timberland Investment Summit addr                                                    class – and the 7th            Forest Economic Advisors LLC
                                                 esses this need head-on with a num
                                                                                            ber of can’t miss sessions:
         •
              Steve Chercover, Senior Research                                                                                Rocky Goodnow
                                                     Analyst at D. A. Davidson & Co                                           Director, Timber
              top paper & forest products analysts                                            and one of the world’s
                                                     will deliver an exclusive keynote addr                                   Forest Economic Advisors LLC
              macroeconomic outlook for timberlan                                               ess on the
                                                      d investments, with a particular emp
              will be affected by possible economic                                              hasis on how values          Steven Chercover
                                                      scenarios like inflation, deflation, and
             recession                                                                            a double-dip                Senior Research Analyst
        •
             Our largest ever investor roundtab                                                                               D. A. Davidson & Co
                                                  le session will feature speakers from
             TIAA-CREF, CPP Investment Boar                                                    Mass PRIM, APG,
                                                    d and Dallas Police & Fire Retirem                                        Lloyd Irland
       •
             Keith Balter, Principal of Forest                                                   ent System
                                                   Capital Partners, will uncover essen                                       Lecturer and Senior Scientist
             future prospects of the US housing                                                 tial insights about the       Yale School of Forestry
                                                    market, and examine the precise inter
             between lumber prices, housing start                                                 relationship
                                                      s, and timberland values
       •
            More C-Level participation from leadi                                                                             Dr Jeffrey P. Prestemon
                                                      ng TIMOs including Rock Creek Capi                                      Research Forester, Forestry Sciences Laboratory
            Capital Partners, Timberland Inve                                                       tal, Forest
                                                     stment Resources and Timberve                                            SRS USDA Forest Service
                                                                                               st, to name a few
       Please do take a few minutes to revie                                                                                  Clark Binkley
                                                  w the exciting agenda we’ve assem
      your place at the 7th Timberland                                                       bled and then book               Managing Director
                                              Investment Summit.
                                                                                                                              International Forestry Investment Advisors
      I look forward to meeting you in
      sunny Vancouver this June!                                                                                              Peter Barynin
                                                       Who Wi        ll You Meet?                                             Principal Timber Economist
                                                                                                                              RISI
      Sincerely,                                     ■ 22% TIMOs
                                                     ■ 16% Paper & Forest Products Companie                                   Aldo de Cresci Neto
                                                                                           s
                                                     ■ 15%Institutional Investors                                             Partner
                                                     ■ 12%Forest Management Companies                                         FMGCN
                                                     ■ 10%Hedge Funds & Other Investor
                                                                                                                              Tim Corriero
                                                          Types
                                                                                                                              Managing Director
              Toby Donovan                           ■ 8% Conservation Organizations
                                                                                                                              FIA Timber Partners
              Program Director                       ■ 8% Law Firms
              7th Timberland                         ■ 5% Banks                                                               Reid Carter
              Investment Summit                      ■ 4% Other                                                               Managing Partner
                                                                                                                              Brookfield Asset Management

                                                                                                                              Brian Stanton
2   www.TimberlandInvestmentSummit.com | 1-800-882-8684                                                                       PhD and Managing Director
                                                                                                                              Tree Improvement for GreenWood Resources
Pre-Conference Workshops
   Wednesday, June 23, 2010
            8:00 – 10:30             Registration at 7:30 (Coffee will be served)
  A         Timberland 101:
            Gaining Effective Exposure to the Asset Class
   Timberland is an attractive investment, but it is also strongly knowledge-based: the most        9:00-10:30 Part II: Emerging Opportunities in Timberland Investment
   successful investors are those who take the time to develop an in-depth understanding of
   the asset class. For those new to timberland investments, this breakfast workshop will           You want me to invest where? Emerging markets in timberland investment.
   provide you with essential, practical know-how about accessing the asset class, avoiding         Reid Carter, Managing Partner, Brookfield Asset Management, will provide an overview
   common pitfalls, and structuring your investment correctly to maximize returns.                  of global opportunities to invest in timberland, with an emphasis on the opportunities in
                                                                                                    emerging markets outside the normal purview of investors with commentary on the
   8:00-8:45 Part I: Timberland investment: Why, How, When and Where?                               advantages and disadvantages of each region.
   Clark S. Binkley, Managing Director of International Forestry Investment Advisors, LLC, and      Can trees really grow that fast? Leveraging forestry technologies to generate higher,
   internationally known timberland investment expert will review the traditional reasons for       more reliable returns.
   investing in timberland (good returns, low correlation with other assets/diversification, real
   asset/inflation hedge) with commentary on how these factors have changed, not always           Brian Stanton, PhD and Managing Director of Tree Improvement for GreenWood
   favorably, in the current market. He will also discuss alternative investment vehicles with    Resources, will introduce the non-specialist to how tree improvement works, how better
   the advantages and disadvantages of each. His remarks will include a discussion of where       genetics interact positively with better on-the-ground management, and how all of this
   we are in the investment cycle in the United States and elsewhere. There will be ample         translates into higher, more reliable returns for timberland investors. He will provide
   opportunity for Q&A.                                                                           examples for several key commercial species grown in the US, Latin America, Australasia
                                                                                                  and elsewhere.
             Clark S. Binkley                                                         Reid Carter                                       Brian Stanton
             Managing Director                                                        Managing Partner                                  PhD and Managing Director
             International Forestry Investment Advisors, LLC                          Brookfield Asset Management                       Tree Improvement for GreenWood Resources

            11:00 – 1:30             Registration at 10:30 (Lunch will be served)
  B         360º Risk Management for Timberland Investments:
            Fireproof Your Timberland Investment through Comprehensive Due Diligence and Risk Mitigation Strategies
   Successful timberland investing requires a comprehensive knowledge of the dangers                •
                                                                                                        Examine the most effective strategies for guarding against each risk – and determine
   involved – together with a detailed grasp of due diligence activities and risk mitigation            which risk mitigation strategies are ineffective, to avoid wasting time
   strategies. In this workshop, delegates will be taken through the full range of                  How you will benefit:
   timberland investment risks, include macro-economic risks, industry specific risks,              •
                                                                                                      Minimize the risks associated with your timberland investing
   currency risks and forest management risks.                                                      •
                                                                                                      Create strategies for dealing with investment pitfalls – before they occur
   What you will learn:                                                                             •
                                                                                                      Dramatically improve your investment confidence
   •
     Gain a detailed understanding of the full range of timberland investment risks, including:
                                                                                                             Jack Lutz
       •
          Macroeconomic risks (GDP changes, credit, real estate)
       •
          Industry-specific risks (valuation error, market timing error, etc)                                Director of Research
       •
          Regulatory risks (federal policing, tax changes)                                                   FourWinds Capital Management
       •
          Currency risks (eg. Unfavorable changes to US-Canadian dollar exchange)                   About your workshop leader:
       •
          Forest management risks (protection against Pine Beetle and fires)                        Your workshop leader is Dr Jack Lutz, Director of Global Research and Valuations for
                                                                                                    FourWinds Capital Management, who brings 25 years of timberland investing experience.

            2:00 – 4:30              Registration at 1:30
  C         Strategies for Smaller Investors:
            How the Little Guys can Beat the Big Guys at Timberland Investing
  It’s often been said that timberland investing is a game mainly for the institutional players – •
                                                                                                     Make the most of being a smaller investor
  those who can buy at significant scales, and diversify among multiple geographies and even • Avoid first-purchase surprises
  countries. But the fact remains that some of the most successful timberland investors of the
                                                                                                           Curtis Seltzer
  last 20 years or so have been much smaller players, and that smaller investors actually have a
  unique set of their own advantages which few have the expertise to capitalize on. In this                Editor, LandThink & Author
  afternoon workshop, learn how to make the most of being a smaller investor and discover                  How to Be a Dirt-Smart Buyer of Country Property
  some of the “dirt-smart” strategies for walking away with sizeable returns!                     About your workshop leader:
  What you will learn:                                                                            Your workshop leader is Curtis Seltzer, who has lived and worked in the country for the
  •
      Discover how to identify attractively discounted parcels of timberland                      better part of 35 years. He has helped clients find and buy timberland (both pine and
  •
      Walk away with reliable strategies for valuing smaller timberland tracts                    hardwoods), farms, development land and conservation property. He is also the widely-
  How you will benefit:                                                                           praised author of How to be a Dirt-Smart Buyer of Country Property (2007, Infinity
  •
      Remove – as far as possible – the emotion from your investment decision making process Publishing).

            5:00 – 7:30              Registration at 4:30 (Dinner will be served)
  D         Tradable Carbon Credits in the Timberland Market:
            Maximizing Returns from an Alternative Revenue Stream
   This workshop will cover how agreeing to conserve forest rather than converting forest           •
                                                                                                        Hearing the pros and cons of creating a global umbrella framework for REDD
   land to other uses may also serve to generate tradable carbon credits. Forest lands                  under the UNFCCC
   offer significant opportunities for sequestering carbon as well as limiting additional           •
                                                                                                        Identifying the key funding avenues and finance mechanisms
   emissions to the atmosphere from forest land conversion.
                                                                                                             Lloyd Irland
   What you will learn:                                                                                      Lecturer and Senior Scientist
   •
     Examining how to measure forest carbon
   •
     Exploring new and emerging domestic and international project opportunities                             Yale School of Forestry
   •
     Analyzing the impact of a globally integrated carbon trading system for forest                 About your workshop leader:
     owners and investors                                                                           Your workshop leader is Dr Lloyd Irland, Lecturer and Senior Scientist at the Yale
   How you will benefit:                                                                            School of Forestry. Dr Irland is widely acknowledged to be one of the world’s leading
   •
     Getting an essential update on the policy and regulation affecting the timberland sector       experts on forestry timberland investment issues, and has more than 30 years’
                                                                                                    experience in the sector.



Sponsors:
                                                                                                                                                                                                3
Main Conference Day One
    Thursday, June 24, 2010

      “It was a pleasure to participate in the conference. I enjoyed meeting with colleagues
      in the industry and learned a number of new things. I will look forward to IQPC’s future
      timberland events!” Chung-Hong Fu, Managing Director, Economic Research & Analysis, Forest
      Investment Resources

    7:30    Registration & Coffee                                                           has been complicated by a weakened supply chain which has created
                                                                                            the oddly anomalous spectacle of soaring lumber futures. How will
    8:30    Chairperson’s Opening Remarks                                                   these forces resolve themselves in the short, medium, and long term
                                                                                            – and what will be the implications for timberland investments? Keith
    8:45    OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS:                                                        Balter, Senior Economist of Forest Capital Partners and a longstanding
            After the “Pine Beetle:                                                         commentator on the US housing market, will provide meaningful
            Evaluating the Opportunities for Private                                        insights in the following key areas:
            Investment in British-Columbian Silviculture                                    •   A closer look at the performance of the US housing market
            IQPC is honored to welcome Pat Bell, the Canadian Minister for                      over previous decades
            Forest & Range, as the opening keynote speaker at the 7th                       •   Examining the correlation between housing starts, lumber
            Timberland Investment Summit. Pat will use his keynote session to                   prices, and timberland values
            expound on the topic of opportunities for private investment in                 •   Gauging the future prospects for the US housing market:
            silviculture in British Columbia following the mountain pine beetle                 demographics and economics
            infestation, also focusing on the new timber pricing policy just                •   Does US housing matter to the US timber market? Housing and
            announced.                                                                          market fundamentals
                    Pat Bell                                                                        Keith Balter
                    Minister for Forest & Range                                                     Principal
                    British Columbia                                                                Forest Capital Partners

    9:30    ANALYST KEYNOTE ADDRESS:                                                11:45   Taking the Temperature of the North American
            Inflation, Deflation, and the Threat of “Double-Dip”:                           Biomass Market
            Examining the Impact of Possible Economic                                       With a near national consensus on the desirability of renewable
            Scenarios on Timberland Values                                                  energy sources, the biomass market is increasing in size and
            Timberland’s effectiveness as an inflation hedge is well                        importance – and with major implications for timberland
            documented: over the course of the 20th century timberland                      investors. What are the near-term growth prospects? Longer-term,
            outperformed inflation by an average of 3.3% a year. But is                     what proportion of energy needs might theoretically be met by
            inflation really on the cards? Many economists have argued that                 woody biomass?
            deflation is a likelier scenario, and some have raised the
            (admittedly rather horrible) spectre of a double-dip recession. The
                                                                                            •   Taking a closer look at the pressures driving the growth of
            question is: how will timberland values be affected by each of                      biomass as a fuel source:
            these scenarios? To what extent should economic uncertainty
                                                                                                  •
                                                                                                     The demand for renewable energy sources
                                                                                                  • The need to reduce energy dependency
            influence investment strategies in the asset class? IQPC is honored
                                                                                                  • Federal and state assistance, including BCAP (Biomass Crop
            to welcome as its keynote speaker Steven Chercover, one of the
            world’s top forest & paper products analysts, who will focus on:                         Assistance Program)
                                                                                            •   Understanding how the biomass market varies on a state-by-
            •   Examining the inflationary pressures in the US economy: dollar                  state basis
                weakness and expanded monetary supply                                       •   How the growth in the biomass market affects the overall
            •   Examining the deflationary pressures: Widespread credit                         supply-demand equation for timberland
                contraction and unemployment increases
            •   Indicators as to whether inflationary or deflationary pressures                     Peter Barynin
                will triumph over the next few years                                                Principal Timber Economist
            •   Understanding how timberland values respond to inflationary,                        RISI
                deflationary, and recessionary pressures – and what each of the
                scenarios will mean for a given portfolio                           12:30   Networking Luncheon
                    Steven Chercover                                                1:45    Factors Affecting North American Supply:
                    Senior Research Analyst                                                 Mountain Pine Beetle, Harvesting Trends, and
                    D. A. Davidson & Co                                                     the Health of the Supply Chain
                                                                                            Several factors are complicating North American supply-side
    10:15   Morning Networking Break                                                        dynamics. On the one hand, due to harvest delays, stumpage
                                                                                            levels are at an all-time high, and some commentators have
    11:00   The US Housing Market:                                                          speculated on the possibility of a supply-side glut if demand
            Understanding the Future Prospects for the                                      returns and everyone harvests at the same time. On the other
            Major Driver of Future Timberland Demand                                        hand, the supply chain is weakened. How effectively and quickly
            For a timberland discussion to be meaningful, the US housing market             can harvesting actually take place, even if the will is there? And
            is the 8,000 pound gorilla in the room that needs to be addressed.              finally, the Mountain Pine Beetle continues to lay its disruptive
            Weakness in the US housing market has traditionally been a                      larvae in the middle of the supply side equation. Brendan Lowney
            depressive influence on the lumber market, but recently the situation           and Rocky Goodnow – two leading experts in North American


4   www.TimberlandInvestmentSummit.com | 1-800-882-8684
supply-side dynamics – will look at this key issue from a number                          Chung-Hong Fu
            of directions, including:                                                                 Managing Director, Economic Research & Analysis
                                                                                                      Forest Investment Resources
            •   Examining the impact of Pine Beetle infestations on North
                American inventories                                                                  Jack Lutz
            •   Understanding the effect of the economic downturn on the                              Director of Research
                health of sawmills and logging companies                                              FourWinds Capital Management
            •   Quantifying the extent of harvest delays on overall stumpage
                levels: Will the net consequence of an uptick in demand be a                          Joel Shapiro
                glut of supply?                                                                       CEO
            •   Forecasting the impact of regulatory changes on supply dynamics                       Timbervest

                      Brendan K Lowney                                                                Jamie Greenough
                      Principal, Macroeconomics                                                       Broker & Analyst
                      Forest Economic Advisors LLC                                                    Global Securities Corp

                      Rocky Goodnow                                                   3:15    Afternoon Networking Break
                      Director, Timber
                      Forest Economic Advisors LLC                                    4:00    Interactive Roundtable Discussions:
                                                                                              The timberland landscape is fragmented and complicated, with a
  2:30      Timberland Values:                                                                variety of attractive investment destinations competing for the
            Time to Buy or Time to Sell?                                                      attention of the investor. In this exciting, interactive conference
            With so much economic uncertainty and so many conflicting                         session, we ask 5 leading TIMOs to nominate their top investment
            variables, the future of timberland values may well seem                          opportunity, and share the reasons for their selection with an
            impossible to predict. But for timberland investors the stakes (and               intimate group of delegates from the audience.
            the rewards) are high, and it’s essential that decisions are made
            with the full complement of available insight. For this extended                  Places on each roundtable will be awarded on a first-come, first-served
            panel session, we bring together four heavyweight timberland                      basis – so make sure you book early to be sure of your first choice!
            thinkers to roll up their sleeves and get deep into the topic. A
            must attend panel for any serious timberland investor.                            Investment Opportunities in Brazilian Timberland

            •   What determines the price of timberland? Getting to grips with                        Aldo de Cresci Neto
                the full range of contributing factors                                                Partner
            •   Examining the historical price record: Do timberland values                           FMGCN
                move in cycles?
            •   A closer look at the prospects for paper, pulp, packaging, wood               Unlocking Liquidity in Timberland Investments
                products – both internationally and at home                                   David Branch
            •   Incorporating supply issues into the value equation: How                      Managing Director
                capable is the North American productive base of responding to                John Hancock Financial Services
                demand? What are the implications for timberland prices?
            •   Making an informed decision about whether timberland values           5:00    End of Main Conference Day One
                are currently near a top, representing a selling opportunity, or
                near a bottom, representing a buying opportunity




  Main Conference Day Two
   Friday, June 25, 2010
     8:30 Pension & Endowment                    Fund Think Tank                       9:00     Registration & Coffee
     - 9:30 By Invitation Only
                                                                                       9:40     Chairperson’s Opening Remarks
                The Pension & Endowment Think Tank is an hour long discussion
                mini-track limited to 15 participants from pension and
                                                                                       9:50     KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
                endowment funds. There are two levels of participation: You can
                                                                                                The Changing Investment Landscape:
                be among a select group of leaders that will bring to the forefront
                                                                                                Does the TIMO or the REIT Own the Future?
                one topic of interest or challenge you are facing right now. Or
                                                                                                You asked us to bring back Joel Shapiro. We listened – and
                you can be an attendee and take advantage of an exclusive
                                                                                                awarded him his own keynote address on the future of the
                networking opportunity that is focused on your specific needs.
                                                                                                timberland investments space! This unmissable session will delve
                Attendance is strictly limited to pension and endowment funds,
                                                                                                deep into the factors currently affecting change in the timberland
                and all discussions are off-line and off the record. Key discussion
                                                                                                landscape, including considerations on the structures that will
                areas will include:
                                                                                                dominate the future and the ongoing dynamic between TIMOs
                •   Portfolio optimization strategies                     Back by               and REITs. Specific focus areas will include:
                •   Market timing and access strategies                    Popular              •   Evaluating the pros and cons of TIMOs and REITs
                •   Comparisons with other alternative asset classes      Demand!                     • Liquidity considerations
                •   Risk management for timberland investments                                        • Taxation considerations

                                                                                                      • Appropriateness of each structure for differing investment
                Pension funds confirmed (as of 02/19/10) include: Mass-
                PRIM, Dallas Police & Fire Retirement System, APG, TIAA-                                horizons
                CREF & CPP Investment Board                                                     •   Examining the factors that will determine whether the TIMO or
                                                                                                    REIT structure stands to benefit in the future
                                                                                                        Joel Shapiro
                                                                                                        CEO
Sponsors:
                                                                                                        Timbervest                                                      5
10:35   International Trends in Timberland Investments                          1:15   Networking Luncheon
            The 7th Timberland Investment Summit is focused on North
            American investment opportunities. Nevertheless, the audience is        2:15   Maximizing Returns from “Higher Better Use”
            international in outlook, and there is strong interest in the global           Land
            picture for timberland investments. Dennis Neilson of DANA – who               Despite (at the time of writing) soaring lumber futures, the long-
            has made a name for himself in recent years by publishing the                  term prospects for timber prices remain uncertain – and many
            industry’s pre-eminent report on timberland markets globally – will            investors continue to look seriously at alternative strategies for
            present the findings of his latest study, with a particular focus on:          extracting value from their timberland assets. HBU – Highest Best
                                                                                           Use – a broad term which encompasses numerous alternative
            •   The size of institutional investment – North America versus
                                                                                           revenue streams, is well understood – but what’s less well
                international
                                                                                           understood is precisely how landowners should go about setting
            •   Historical trends of international investment – scale and players
                                                                                           up alternative revenue streams, which streams they should
            •   New international investment trends – the sizzle countries and
                                                                                           prioritize, and how they should be maximized. Steven Diebenow
                outlook
                                                                                           is one of the world’s top experts in this niche field, and in this
            •   Changing investment return targets
                                                                                           session he will deliver strategies for:
            •   International country risk analysis
                                                                                           •   Examining the benefits of designating and identifying HBU land
                    Dennis Neilson                                                         •   Understanding the most effective valuation techniques for HBU
                    Director
                                                                                               land
                    DANA                                                                   •   Prioritizing HBU land: A rural real estate analysis to determine
                                                                                               which variety of HBU will be most valuable
    11:20   Morning Networking Break                                                       •   Incorporating HBU land into your portfolio strategy
    12:05   Reassessing the Role of Timberland within                                              Steven Diebenow
            Institutional Portfolios:                                                              Principal
            A Comparison with Alternative Asset Classes                                            Rock Creek Capital
            IQPC is honored to unveil its largest and most significant investor
            roundtable ever – with senior decision-makers confirmed from            3:00   Exploring the Economics of Harvest Timing:
            Mass-PRIM, APG, TIAA-CREF, CPP Investment Board, and Dallas                    Is Conventional Wisdom Accurate in the Current
            Police & Fire Retirement System. This extended panel discussion                Environment?
            will cover all aspects of the asset class from the viewpoint of                The conventional wisdom of industrial timberland management is
            institutional investors, including its suitability as an inflation             that when timber prices are weak, managers maximize value by
            hedge, its role within an alternatives portfolio, and the most                 harvesting the minimum amount of trees possible, deferring
            effective diversification strategies within the asset class itself:            further harvest until timber prices recover. The presumption is that
                                                                                           future value – driven by continued biological growth plus higher
            •   A closer look at the attractiveness of timberland from an
                                                                                           future timber prices – will more than make up for the weak
                institutional perspective:
                  • Biological growth
                                                                                           current cash yields resulting from minimal harvest operations
                  • Inflation hedging
                                                                                           today. This strategy appears to be widely followed by timberland
                  • Low volatility
                                                                                           managers during the current period of weak timber prices.
                  • Reduced stock market correlation                                       In this continuing extraordinary timber price environment,
            •   Considerations on the size of timberland allocation within an              however, it is appropriate to ask: under what set of circumstances
                institutional portfolio                                                    might the conventional wisdom to defer harvests fail to maximize
            •   Diversification strategies within the timberland allocation:               value? Might the unusual distress of the recession and its profound
                determining the optimal mix of geographies, species-types, and             impact on timber prices suggest a different approach to harvest
                management styles                                                          timing? Is there a contrarian opportunity to accelerate harvesting,
            •   Institutional risk management strategies for timberland                    maximizing current cash flow in exchange for reduced future
                investments                                                                potential value? Does the duration of low timber prices suggest
                                                                                           that cutting now might be better than waiting it out?
                    Tim Schlitzer
                    Senior Investment Officer, Real Estate and Timberland                          Tim Corriero
                    Massachusetts PRIM Board                                                       Managing Director
                                                                                                   FIA Timber Partners
                    Colin Carlton
                    VP, Investment Research                                         3:45   When Models Disagree:
                    Canada Pension Plan Investment Board                                   Examining the Extent and Implications of
                    Gerald Brown                                                           Conflicting Forecasting Models
                    Chairman
                                                                                           •
                                                                                               Dissecting forecasting models: how they work, the assumptions
                    Dallas Police & Fire Pension System                                        they make, how accurate are their predictions
                                                                                           •   Understanding the extent to which timberland forecasting
                    Sue Ryan Goodman                                                           models disagree: Quantifying the financial implications of
                    Portfolio Manager, Real Estate & Timber                                    conflicting models
                    APG Asset Management                                                   •   Comparing current forecasts for major North American
                                                                                               timberland regions: SE, NE, West Coast & Canada, etc.
                    Sandy LaBaugh                                                          •   Examining strategies for reconciling differences between
                    Director, Alternative Investments
                                                                                               forecasts
                    TIAA-CREF                                                              •   Where do the forecasts agree that timberland investing looks
                                                                                               promising, unpromising and unknowable going forward?
                                                                                                   Dr Jeffrey P. Prestemon
                                                                                                   Research Forester, Forestry Sciences Laboratory
                                                                                                   SRS USDA Forest Service

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7th Timberland Agenda

  • 1. Don’t Miss our Interactive Roundtable Discussions on the Top 5 North American Investment Destinations (page 5) June 23 – 25, 2010 The Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver, British Columbia NAVIGATING THE LANDSCAPE FOR STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS IN NORTH AMERICAN TIMBERLAND Learn best practices from top Timberland experts and investors, including: Tim Schlitzer Clark Binkley Keith Balter Senior Investment Officer Managing Director Principal Massachusetts PRIM Board International Forestry Forest Capital Partners Colin Carlton Investment Advisors VP, Investment Research Brendan K Lowney Dennis Neilson Canada Pension Plan Principal, Macroeconomics Director Investment Board Forest Economic Advisors LLC DANA Gerald Brown Chairman Steven Diebenow Steven Chercover Dallas Police & Principal Senior Research Analyst Fire Pension System Rock Creek Capital D. A. Davidson & Co “Very interesting presentations and discussions!” - Jack Lutz, Director of Research, FourWinds Capital Management New for 2010: • Highest ever participation from institutional investors, with speakers New! Confirmed confirmed from TIAA-CREF, Mass-PRIM, APG, CPP Investment Keynote Speaker: Board and Dallas Police & Fire Retirement System • Dedicated workshops on risk mitigation, carbon credits and strategies for smaller investors Pat Bell • In-depth keynotes on the prospects for the US housing market, Minister of Forests the macroeconomic outlook for timberland and the future of & Range timberland values British Columbia • Interactive roundtable discussions on the Top 5 North American Investment Opportunities Sponsors: Media Partners: www.TimberlandInvestmentSummit.com
  • 2. Our Speaker Faculty: Tim Schlitzer Senior Investment Officer, Real Estate and Timberland Massachusetts PRIM Board Colin Carlton VP, Investment Research Canada Pension Plan Investment Board June 23 – 25, 2010 Gerald Brown Chairman The Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver, British Columbia Dallas Police & Fire Pension System Sue Ryan Goodman this “Lumber prices have climbed 32% on the futures market Portfolio Manager, Real Estate & Timber year, a sudden and unexpected surge that contrasts with a APG Asset Management decline in most other commodities, such as fossil fuels Sandy LaBaugh Director, Alternative Investments and industrial metals.” TIAA-CREF The Wall Street Journal, February 16, 2010 Curtis Seltzer 73% of Editor, LandThink & Author, How to Be a Dirt- Speakers New Smart Buyer of Country Property Dear Investor, for 2010! Joel Shapiro Welcome to IQPC’s 7th Timberlan CEO d Investment Summit – the key Timbervest year for US & Canadian investmen meeting of the t opportunities in the timberland asset class. Chung-Hong Fu Timberland has always been an attra Managing Director, Economic Research & ctive investment: Since 1970 timb average of approximately 15% a year, erland has returned an Analysis easily outperforming the stock mark averaged 11%. It also has low volat et, which has Forest Investment Resources ility and returns are enhanced by continues regardless of wars, econ biological growth – which omic crises and changes of administr Scott Jones ation. CEO But lumber values are most certainly The Forest Landowners Association linked to developments in the broa outlook is far from certain. What der economy, where the are the prospects for the US hous driver of lumber demand? How migh ing market, the single biggest Jack Lutz t the market in woody biomass affec Director of Research values? What about global demand t overall timberland for wood and paper products? FourWinds Capital Management One of the largest question marks Dennis Neilson relates to inflation. Over the last cent outperformed inflation by an avera ury, timberland has Director ge of 3.3% a year, making it one inflation hedges available. But is infla of the most effective DANA tion really on the cards? Many talking up inflation since the beginnin economists have been g of fiscal stimulus back in January Steven Diebenow precious little of it so far. One reaso 2009, but we’ve seen n for the lack of inflation has been Principal to pass on the effects of fiscal stimu the reluctance of banks lus in the form of increased lending Rock Creek Capital see if this picture changes over 2010 – and we shall have to . Keith Balter Overall, then, the investment outlo Principal ok for timberland is uncertain and American investors to know whether it’s difficult for North Forest Capital Partners they’re faced with an outstanding imperative to sell. Gaining a deeper buying opportunity or an understanding of the factors that influ Brendan K Lowney is therefore essential to investors who ence timberland values Principal, Macroeconomics wish to make money with this asset Timberland Investment Summit addr class – and the 7th Forest Economic Advisors LLC esses this need head-on with a num ber of can’t miss sessions: • Steve Chercover, Senior Research Rocky Goodnow Analyst at D. A. Davidson & Co Director, Timber top paper & forest products analysts and one of the world’s will deliver an exclusive keynote addr Forest Economic Advisors LLC macroeconomic outlook for timberlan ess on the d investments, with a particular emp will be affected by possible economic hasis on how values Steven Chercover scenarios like inflation, deflation, and recession a double-dip Senior Research Analyst • Our largest ever investor roundtab D. A. Davidson & Co le session will feature speakers from TIAA-CREF, CPP Investment Boar Mass PRIM, APG, d and Dallas Police & Fire Retirem Lloyd Irland • Keith Balter, Principal of Forest ent System Capital Partners, will uncover essen Lecturer and Senior Scientist future prospects of the US housing tial insights about the Yale School of Forestry market, and examine the precise inter between lumber prices, housing start relationship s, and timberland values • More C-Level participation from leadi Dr Jeffrey P. Prestemon ng TIMOs including Rock Creek Capi Research Forester, Forestry Sciences Laboratory Capital Partners, Timberland Inve tal, Forest stment Resources and Timberve SRS USDA Forest Service st, to name a few Please do take a few minutes to revie Clark Binkley w the exciting agenda we’ve assem your place at the 7th Timberland bled and then book Managing Director Investment Summit. International Forestry Investment Advisors I look forward to meeting you in sunny Vancouver this June! Peter Barynin Who Wi ll You Meet? Principal Timber Economist RISI Sincerely, ■ 22% TIMOs ■ 16% Paper & Forest Products Companie Aldo de Cresci Neto s ■ 15%Institutional Investors Partner ■ 12%Forest Management Companies FMGCN ■ 10%Hedge Funds & Other Investor Tim Corriero Types Managing Director Toby Donovan ■ 8% Conservation Organizations FIA Timber Partners Program Director ■ 8% Law Firms 7th Timberland ■ 5% Banks Reid Carter Investment Summit ■ 4% Other Managing Partner Brookfield Asset Management Brian Stanton 2 www.TimberlandInvestmentSummit.com | 1-800-882-8684 PhD and Managing Director Tree Improvement for GreenWood Resources
  • 3. Pre-Conference Workshops Wednesday, June 23, 2010 8:00 – 10:30 Registration at 7:30 (Coffee will be served) A Timberland 101: Gaining Effective Exposure to the Asset Class Timberland is an attractive investment, but it is also strongly knowledge-based: the most 9:00-10:30 Part II: Emerging Opportunities in Timberland Investment successful investors are those who take the time to develop an in-depth understanding of the asset class. For those new to timberland investments, this breakfast workshop will You want me to invest where? Emerging markets in timberland investment. provide you with essential, practical know-how about accessing the asset class, avoiding Reid Carter, Managing Partner, Brookfield Asset Management, will provide an overview common pitfalls, and structuring your investment correctly to maximize returns. of global opportunities to invest in timberland, with an emphasis on the opportunities in emerging markets outside the normal purview of investors with commentary on the 8:00-8:45 Part I: Timberland investment: Why, How, When and Where? advantages and disadvantages of each region. Clark S. Binkley, Managing Director of International Forestry Investment Advisors, LLC, and Can trees really grow that fast? Leveraging forestry technologies to generate higher, internationally known timberland investment expert will review the traditional reasons for more reliable returns. investing in timberland (good returns, low correlation with other assets/diversification, real asset/inflation hedge) with commentary on how these factors have changed, not always Brian Stanton, PhD and Managing Director of Tree Improvement for GreenWood favorably, in the current market. He will also discuss alternative investment vehicles with Resources, will introduce the non-specialist to how tree improvement works, how better the advantages and disadvantages of each. His remarks will include a discussion of where genetics interact positively with better on-the-ground management, and how all of this we are in the investment cycle in the United States and elsewhere. There will be ample translates into higher, more reliable returns for timberland investors. He will provide opportunity for Q&A. examples for several key commercial species grown in the US, Latin America, Australasia and elsewhere. Clark S. Binkley Reid Carter Brian Stanton Managing Director Managing Partner PhD and Managing Director International Forestry Investment Advisors, LLC Brookfield Asset Management Tree Improvement for GreenWood Resources 11:00 – 1:30 Registration at 10:30 (Lunch will be served) B 360º Risk Management for Timberland Investments: Fireproof Your Timberland Investment through Comprehensive Due Diligence and Risk Mitigation Strategies Successful timberland investing requires a comprehensive knowledge of the dangers • Examine the most effective strategies for guarding against each risk – and determine involved – together with a detailed grasp of due diligence activities and risk mitigation which risk mitigation strategies are ineffective, to avoid wasting time strategies. In this workshop, delegates will be taken through the full range of How you will benefit: timberland investment risks, include macro-economic risks, industry specific risks, • Minimize the risks associated with your timberland investing currency risks and forest management risks. • Create strategies for dealing with investment pitfalls – before they occur What you will learn: • Dramatically improve your investment confidence • Gain a detailed understanding of the full range of timberland investment risks, including: Jack Lutz • Macroeconomic risks (GDP changes, credit, real estate) • Industry-specific risks (valuation error, market timing error, etc) Director of Research • Regulatory risks (federal policing, tax changes) FourWinds Capital Management • Currency risks (eg. Unfavorable changes to US-Canadian dollar exchange) About your workshop leader: • Forest management risks (protection against Pine Beetle and fires) Your workshop leader is Dr Jack Lutz, Director of Global Research and Valuations for FourWinds Capital Management, who brings 25 years of timberland investing experience. 2:00 – 4:30 Registration at 1:30 C Strategies for Smaller Investors: How the Little Guys can Beat the Big Guys at Timberland Investing It’s often been said that timberland investing is a game mainly for the institutional players – • Make the most of being a smaller investor those who can buy at significant scales, and diversify among multiple geographies and even • Avoid first-purchase surprises countries. But the fact remains that some of the most successful timberland investors of the Curtis Seltzer last 20 years or so have been much smaller players, and that smaller investors actually have a unique set of their own advantages which few have the expertise to capitalize on. In this Editor, LandThink & Author afternoon workshop, learn how to make the most of being a smaller investor and discover How to Be a Dirt-Smart Buyer of Country Property some of the “dirt-smart” strategies for walking away with sizeable returns! About your workshop leader: What you will learn: Your workshop leader is Curtis Seltzer, who has lived and worked in the country for the • Discover how to identify attractively discounted parcels of timberland better part of 35 years. He has helped clients find and buy timberland (both pine and • Walk away with reliable strategies for valuing smaller timberland tracts hardwoods), farms, development land and conservation property. He is also the widely- How you will benefit: praised author of How to be a Dirt-Smart Buyer of Country Property (2007, Infinity • Remove – as far as possible – the emotion from your investment decision making process Publishing). 5:00 – 7:30 Registration at 4:30 (Dinner will be served) D Tradable Carbon Credits in the Timberland Market: Maximizing Returns from an Alternative Revenue Stream This workshop will cover how agreeing to conserve forest rather than converting forest • Hearing the pros and cons of creating a global umbrella framework for REDD land to other uses may also serve to generate tradable carbon credits. Forest lands under the UNFCCC offer significant opportunities for sequestering carbon as well as limiting additional • Identifying the key funding avenues and finance mechanisms emissions to the atmosphere from forest land conversion. Lloyd Irland What you will learn: Lecturer and Senior Scientist • Examining how to measure forest carbon • Exploring new and emerging domestic and international project opportunities Yale School of Forestry • Analyzing the impact of a globally integrated carbon trading system for forest About your workshop leader: owners and investors Your workshop leader is Dr Lloyd Irland, Lecturer and Senior Scientist at the Yale How you will benefit: School of Forestry. Dr Irland is widely acknowledged to be one of the world’s leading • Getting an essential update on the policy and regulation affecting the timberland sector experts on forestry timberland investment issues, and has more than 30 years’ experience in the sector. Sponsors: 3
  • 4. Main Conference Day One Thursday, June 24, 2010 “It was a pleasure to participate in the conference. I enjoyed meeting with colleagues in the industry and learned a number of new things. I will look forward to IQPC’s future timberland events!” Chung-Hong Fu, Managing Director, Economic Research & Analysis, Forest Investment Resources 7:30 Registration & Coffee has been complicated by a weakened supply chain which has created the oddly anomalous spectacle of soaring lumber futures. How will 8:30 Chairperson’s Opening Remarks these forces resolve themselves in the short, medium, and long term – and what will be the implications for timberland investments? Keith 8:45 OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Balter, Senior Economist of Forest Capital Partners and a longstanding After the “Pine Beetle: commentator on the US housing market, will provide meaningful Evaluating the Opportunities for Private insights in the following key areas: Investment in British-Columbian Silviculture • A closer look at the performance of the US housing market IQPC is honored to welcome Pat Bell, the Canadian Minister for over previous decades Forest & Range, as the opening keynote speaker at the 7th • Examining the correlation between housing starts, lumber Timberland Investment Summit. Pat will use his keynote session to prices, and timberland values expound on the topic of opportunities for private investment in • Gauging the future prospects for the US housing market: silviculture in British Columbia following the mountain pine beetle demographics and economics infestation, also focusing on the new timber pricing policy just • Does US housing matter to the US timber market? Housing and announced. market fundamentals Pat Bell Keith Balter Minister for Forest & Range Principal British Columbia Forest Capital Partners 9:30 ANALYST KEYNOTE ADDRESS: 11:45 Taking the Temperature of the North American Inflation, Deflation, and the Threat of “Double-Dip”: Biomass Market Examining the Impact of Possible Economic With a near national consensus on the desirability of renewable Scenarios on Timberland Values energy sources, the biomass market is increasing in size and Timberland’s effectiveness as an inflation hedge is well importance – and with major implications for timberland documented: over the course of the 20th century timberland investors. What are the near-term growth prospects? Longer-term, outperformed inflation by an average of 3.3% a year. But is what proportion of energy needs might theoretically be met by inflation really on the cards? Many economists have argued that woody biomass? deflation is a likelier scenario, and some have raised the (admittedly rather horrible) spectre of a double-dip recession. The • Taking a closer look at the pressures driving the growth of question is: how will timberland values be affected by each of biomass as a fuel source: these scenarios? To what extent should economic uncertainty • The demand for renewable energy sources • The need to reduce energy dependency influence investment strategies in the asset class? IQPC is honored • Federal and state assistance, including BCAP (Biomass Crop to welcome as its keynote speaker Steven Chercover, one of the world’s top forest & paper products analysts, who will focus on: Assistance Program) • Understanding how the biomass market varies on a state-by- • Examining the inflationary pressures in the US economy: dollar state basis weakness and expanded monetary supply • How the growth in the biomass market affects the overall • Examining the deflationary pressures: Widespread credit supply-demand equation for timberland contraction and unemployment increases • Indicators as to whether inflationary or deflationary pressures Peter Barynin will triumph over the next few years Principal Timber Economist • Understanding how timberland values respond to inflationary, RISI deflationary, and recessionary pressures – and what each of the scenarios will mean for a given portfolio 12:30 Networking Luncheon Steven Chercover 1:45 Factors Affecting North American Supply: Senior Research Analyst Mountain Pine Beetle, Harvesting Trends, and D. A. Davidson & Co the Health of the Supply Chain Several factors are complicating North American supply-side 10:15 Morning Networking Break dynamics. On the one hand, due to harvest delays, stumpage levels are at an all-time high, and some commentators have 11:00 The US Housing Market: speculated on the possibility of a supply-side glut if demand Understanding the Future Prospects for the returns and everyone harvests at the same time. On the other Major Driver of Future Timberland Demand hand, the supply chain is weakened. How effectively and quickly For a timberland discussion to be meaningful, the US housing market can harvesting actually take place, even if the will is there? And is the 8,000 pound gorilla in the room that needs to be addressed. finally, the Mountain Pine Beetle continues to lay its disruptive Weakness in the US housing market has traditionally been a larvae in the middle of the supply side equation. Brendan Lowney depressive influence on the lumber market, but recently the situation and Rocky Goodnow – two leading experts in North American 4 www.TimberlandInvestmentSummit.com | 1-800-882-8684
  • 5. supply-side dynamics – will look at this key issue from a number Chung-Hong Fu of directions, including: Managing Director, Economic Research & Analysis Forest Investment Resources • Examining the impact of Pine Beetle infestations on North American inventories Jack Lutz • Understanding the effect of the economic downturn on the Director of Research health of sawmills and logging companies FourWinds Capital Management • Quantifying the extent of harvest delays on overall stumpage levels: Will the net consequence of an uptick in demand be a Joel Shapiro glut of supply? CEO • Forecasting the impact of regulatory changes on supply dynamics Timbervest Brendan K Lowney Jamie Greenough Principal, Macroeconomics Broker & Analyst Forest Economic Advisors LLC Global Securities Corp Rocky Goodnow 3:15 Afternoon Networking Break Director, Timber Forest Economic Advisors LLC 4:00 Interactive Roundtable Discussions: The timberland landscape is fragmented and complicated, with a 2:30 Timberland Values: variety of attractive investment destinations competing for the Time to Buy or Time to Sell? attention of the investor. In this exciting, interactive conference With so much economic uncertainty and so many conflicting session, we ask 5 leading TIMOs to nominate their top investment variables, the future of timberland values may well seem opportunity, and share the reasons for their selection with an impossible to predict. But for timberland investors the stakes (and intimate group of delegates from the audience. the rewards) are high, and it’s essential that decisions are made with the full complement of available insight. For this extended Places on each roundtable will be awarded on a first-come, first-served panel session, we bring together four heavyweight timberland basis – so make sure you book early to be sure of your first choice! thinkers to roll up their sleeves and get deep into the topic. A must attend panel for any serious timberland investor. Investment Opportunities in Brazilian Timberland • What determines the price of timberland? Getting to grips with Aldo de Cresci Neto the full range of contributing factors Partner • Examining the historical price record: Do timberland values FMGCN move in cycles? • A closer look at the prospects for paper, pulp, packaging, wood Unlocking Liquidity in Timberland Investments products – both internationally and at home David Branch • Incorporating supply issues into the value equation: How Managing Director capable is the North American productive base of responding to John Hancock Financial Services demand? What are the implications for timberland prices? • Making an informed decision about whether timberland values 5:00 End of Main Conference Day One are currently near a top, representing a selling opportunity, or near a bottom, representing a buying opportunity Main Conference Day Two Friday, June 25, 2010 8:30 Pension & Endowment Fund Think Tank 9:00 Registration & Coffee - 9:30 By Invitation Only 9:40 Chairperson’s Opening Remarks The Pension & Endowment Think Tank is an hour long discussion mini-track limited to 15 participants from pension and 9:50 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: endowment funds. There are two levels of participation: You can The Changing Investment Landscape: be among a select group of leaders that will bring to the forefront Does the TIMO or the REIT Own the Future? one topic of interest or challenge you are facing right now. Or You asked us to bring back Joel Shapiro. We listened – and you can be an attendee and take advantage of an exclusive awarded him his own keynote address on the future of the networking opportunity that is focused on your specific needs. timberland investments space! This unmissable session will delve Attendance is strictly limited to pension and endowment funds, deep into the factors currently affecting change in the timberland and all discussions are off-line and off the record. Key discussion landscape, including considerations on the structures that will areas will include: dominate the future and the ongoing dynamic between TIMOs • Portfolio optimization strategies Back by and REITs. Specific focus areas will include: • Market timing and access strategies Popular • Evaluating the pros and cons of TIMOs and REITs • Comparisons with other alternative asset classes Demand! • Liquidity considerations • Risk management for timberland investments • Taxation considerations • Appropriateness of each structure for differing investment Pension funds confirmed (as of 02/19/10) include: Mass- PRIM, Dallas Police & Fire Retirement System, APG, TIAA- horizons CREF & CPP Investment Board • Examining the factors that will determine whether the TIMO or REIT structure stands to benefit in the future Joel Shapiro CEO Sponsors: Timbervest 5
  • 6. 10:35 International Trends in Timberland Investments 1:15 Networking Luncheon The 7th Timberland Investment Summit is focused on North American investment opportunities. Nevertheless, the audience is 2:15 Maximizing Returns from “Higher Better Use” international in outlook, and there is strong interest in the global Land picture for timberland investments. Dennis Neilson of DANA – who Despite (at the time of writing) soaring lumber futures, the long- has made a name for himself in recent years by publishing the term prospects for timber prices remain uncertain – and many industry’s pre-eminent report on timberland markets globally – will investors continue to look seriously at alternative strategies for present the findings of his latest study, with a particular focus on: extracting value from their timberland assets. HBU – Highest Best Use – a broad term which encompasses numerous alternative • The size of institutional investment – North America versus revenue streams, is well understood – but what’s less well international understood is precisely how landowners should go about setting • Historical trends of international investment – scale and players up alternative revenue streams, which streams they should • New international investment trends – the sizzle countries and prioritize, and how they should be maximized. Steven Diebenow outlook is one of the world’s top experts in this niche field, and in this • Changing investment return targets session he will deliver strategies for: • International country risk analysis • Examining the benefits of designating and identifying HBU land Dennis Neilson • Understanding the most effective valuation techniques for HBU Director land DANA • Prioritizing HBU land: A rural real estate analysis to determine which variety of HBU will be most valuable 11:20 Morning Networking Break • Incorporating HBU land into your portfolio strategy 12:05 Reassessing the Role of Timberland within Steven Diebenow Institutional Portfolios: Principal A Comparison with Alternative Asset Classes Rock Creek Capital IQPC is honored to unveil its largest and most significant investor roundtable ever – with senior decision-makers confirmed from 3:00 Exploring the Economics of Harvest Timing: Mass-PRIM, APG, TIAA-CREF, CPP Investment Board, and Dallas Is Conventional Wisdom Accurate in the Current Police & Fire Retirement System. This extended panel discussion Environment? will cover all aspects of the asset class from the viewpoint of The conventional wisdom of industrial timberland management is institutional investors, including its suitability as an inflation that when timber prices are weak, managers maximize value by hedge, its role within an alternatives portfolio, and the most harvesting the minimum amount of trees possible, deferring effective diversification strategies within the asset class itself: further harvest until timber prices recover. The presumption is that future value – driven by continued biological growth plus higher • A closer look at the attractiveness of timberland from an future timber prices – will more than make up for the weak institutional perspective: • Biological growth current cash yields resulting from minimal harvest operations • Inflation hedging today. This strategy appears to be widely followed by timberland • Low volatility managers during the current period of weak timber prices. • Reduced stock market correlation In this continuing extraordinary timber price environment, • Considerations on the size of timberland allocation within an however, it is appropriate to ask: under what set of circumstances institutional portfolio might the conventional wisdom to defer harvests fail to maximize • Diversification strategies within the timberland allocation: value? Might the unusual distress of the recession and its profound determining the optimal mix of geographies, species-types, and impact on timber prices suggest a different approach to harvest management styles timing? Is there a contrarian opportunity to accelerate harvesting, • Institutional risk management strategies for timberland maximizing current cash flow in exchange for reduced future investments potential value? Does the duration of low timber prices suggest that cutting now might be better than waiting it out? Tim Schlitzer Senior Investment Officer, Real Estate and Timberland Tim Corriero Massachusetts PRIM Board Managing Director FIA Timber Partners Colin Carlton VP, Investment Research 3:45 When Models Disagree: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Examining the Extent and Implications of Gerald Brown Conflicting Forecasting Models Chairman • Dissecting forecasting models: how they work, the assumptions Dallas Police & Fire Pension System they make, how accurate are their predictions • Understanding the extent to which timberland forecasting Sue Ryan Goodman models disagree: Quantifying the financial implications of Portfolio Manager, Real Estate & Timber conflicting models APG Asset Management • Comparing current forecasts for major North American timberland regions: SE, NE, West Coast & Canada, etc. Sandy LaBaugh • Examining strategies for reconciling differences between Director, Alternative Investments forecasts TIAA-CREF • Where do the forecasts agree that timberland investing looks promising, unpromising and unknowable going forward? Dr Jeffrey P. Prestemon Research Forester, Forestry Sciences Laboratory SRS USDA Forest Service 4:30 End of Conference 6 www.TimberlandInvestmentSummit.com | 1-800-882-8684
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