Schedule, 30 September
09:00
09:05
Opening address
Jessica Polfjärd
Jessica Polfjärd
Member of European Parliament (EPP, SE), Member of the ENVI Committee and Substitute in the ECON and EMPL Committees
09:10
The role of the EU Forest Strategy post-2020
Pierre Bascou
Pierre Bascou
Director, Direcorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
09:25
The 2030 Biodiversity Strategy and its relation to forests and forestry
Humberto Delgado Rosa
Humberto Delgado Rosa
Director, Directorate-General for Environment, European Commission
09:40
The AGRI Committee position on the Forest Strategy
Petri Sarvamaa
Petri Sarvamaa
Member of European Parliament, (EPP, FI), Rapporteur for the European Parliament’s INI-report on the Forest Strategy
09:55
Panel discussion: The EU Forest Strategy post 2020 - what should it achieve, why and how?
Pierre Bascou, Humberto Delgado Rosa and Petri Sarvamaa. Moderated by Anna Holmberg.
10:20
Closing remarks
Jessica Polfjärd
Jessica Polfjärd
Member of European Parliament (EPP, SE), Member of the ENVI Committee and Substitute in the ECON and EMPL Committees
10:30
11:00
11:05
Introduction, part 2
Anna Holmberg
Anna Holmberg
Moderator and Director, Head of Brussels office, Swedish Forest Industries
11:10
Climate effects of the forest-based sector in the European Union
Peter Holmgren
Peter Holmgren
Forestry specialist and the former Director General of the Center for International Forestry Research
11:25
Panel discussion: The role of forests and forest-based products for carbon neutrality - is the EU climate policy framework going in the right direction?
Jytte Guteland, Artur Runge-Metzger, João Morais Sarmento and
Piotr Borkowski. Moderated by Anna Holmberg.
12:00
12:05
Panel discussion: The space for forest-based products in the future EU Product Policy
Emmanuelle Maire, Clive Pinnington and Christian Egenhofer.
Moderated by Anna Holmberg.
12:50
13:00
