04.04.2025
“From forest to home – an international dialogue on emerging consumer trends and supply chains innovation” will be the main theme of this year GLSTF Forum in Macao. ATIBT will be a partner of CTWPDA in the organization of a sub-forum for this major event.
Background
Recent development shows that the timber industry needs to collaborate even more closely among stakeholders including timber producers, consumers, processing industry and market players nationally and internationally. It must address issues in global timber supply chains arising from various uncertainties and emerging trends and must bridge the widening gap between demand and supply for wood products.
Objective
The GLSTF 2025 aims at enhancing networking, collaboration, and business exchange among timber industry stakeholders - producers, consumers, processors and market players to strengthen support for sustainable tropical forest management, and the uptake of legal and sustainable wood product supply chains to facilitate the legal and sustainable use and trade of wood products in a stable, transparent and predictable business environment while contributing to sustainable development and climate-change mitigation.
Date and Venue
23-24 September 2025 at the MGM COTAI, Macao SAR, China
Co-hosts & Organizer
The GLSTF 2025 will continue to be co-hosted by ITTO and IPIM and organized by the GGSC Secretariat. The specialized sub-forums will be organized by ITTO, IPIM and the GGSC Secretariat in collaboration with partner agencies such as ATIBT.
Forum Structure
The GLSTF 2025 will comprise two components:
1) The Global Legal & Sustainable Timber Forum (main forum).
2) Four Specialized Sub-forums (sub-forums).
Topics
The main forum will discuss topics related to emerging international perspectives on global timber supply chains, the evolution of consumption trends in global wood products and furniture & home furnishings markets, and the linkages between supply chains innovation and enterprise vitality and sustainability.
The specialized sub-forums will be organized by ITTO, IPIM and the GGSC Secretariat with partner agencies, contributing to the respective theme, with selected topics on timber legality and sustainability; sustainable timber resources, markets and trade; market trends and industry innovations in furniture and home furnishings; green finance and innovative facilitating measures.
Participants
The GLSTF 2025 is expected to attract around 700-800 participants from wood enterprises and trading companies, industrial and business associations, governments, international organizations, research institutions, etc.
Languages
The GLSTF 2025 will feature simultaneous interpretation in Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
