12th Semi-annual Membership Meeting Agenda | January 27-28, 2015 World Resources Institute | Washington, DC January 27 12:00-1:00 Lunch 1:00-1:15 Welcome Alicia Grimes, USAID Craig Hanson, WRI 1:15-2:00 Forest Legality Alliance Updates FLA staff will provide an overview of our recent work and plans for the second phase of the FLA, including results from the membership survey (October 2014); the FLA strategy moving forward; updates to the online risk tool; and updates to the Sustainable Procurement Guide. We will also be introducing new FLA staff members Tina Schneider and Jonathan Mason who joined the team in 2014. 2:00-2:45 Partner Updates Updates from FLA Partners:      Taryn Sánchez, Reforestamos Mexico Mauricio Voivodic, Imaflora (Brazil) Ke Oester, TNC-RAFT (China) Cindy Squires, International Wood Products Association Nadine Block, Sustainable Forestry Initiative 2:45-3:15 Coffee break 3:15-4:15 Conversion Timber and Timber Legality This session will begin with a presentation on the emerging problem of conversion timber from illegal clearing of forest lands for other uses, such as commodity agriculture, mining, hydropower, and other infrastructure projects. The presentation will be followed by responses from a panel of private sector representatives and a discussion about challenges in exercising due care for conversion timber. Jessica McGlyn will serve as moderator.   Kerstin Canby, Forest Trends Industry respondents:  Sophie Beckham, International Paper  Mark Buckley, Staples  Nadine Block, Sustainable Forestry Initiative 4:15-5:15 Breakout Sessions Participants will have the opportunity to choose one of three different topics for an open discussion in breakout groups. 5:15-7:00 Reception at WRI 12th Semi-annual Membership Meeting Agenda | January 27-28, 2015 World Resources Institute | Washington, DC January 28 8:00-9:00 Breakfast 9:00-9:10 Summary of Discussions from Breakout Groups 9:10-10:30 China: Challenges and Progress in Timber Legality Verification This panel will feature four speakers who will present on different aspects of sourcing wood from China, followed by an open discussion. Dr. Xiaoqian Chen, the EFI FLEGT Advisor for China, will serve as moderator.     Dr. Xu Bin, Chinese Academy of Forestry Wenbin Huang, WWF-GFTN China Ke Oester, TNC-RAFT Anders Hildeman, IKEA 10:30-11:00 Coffee break 11:00-12:00 Technology Updates This panel will provide updates on several technologies for identification of species and origin of timber and managing supply chains, followed by an open discussion.     Dr. Sandra Florsheim, Instituto Florestal, Brazil (Real-time online wood identification) Dr. Alex Wiedenhoeft, USDA Forest Products Laboratory (Hand-held machine vision wood identification) Dr. Tereza Pastore, Brazilian Forest Service (Near-infrared spectroscopy) Caitlin Clarke, Double Helix Tracking Technologies (DNA testing of white oak) 12:00-1:00 Lunch