Thought leaders to share their vision of the marketplace at the Malaysian Timber Council’s Timber Conference 2019
 
KUALA LUMPUR, July 18 (Bernama) -- After the successful run of its inaugural conference, The Malaysian Timber Council (MTC) returns with the second edition of the Malaysian Timber Conference. Scheduled to be held at the Hilton Kuala Lumpur on 25 July 2019, the conference is set to address some of the timber industry’s perennial challenges and more importantly, the best practices which timber-based manufacturers should employ to further enhance their business.

With the theme, “The Future is Now”, the conference, with its distinguished panel of speakers comprising thought leaders, will provide a new paradigm of thinking that will ensure the sustainability of the timber industry.

“The timber industry has a promising future and we need to move with the times by innovating and incorporating the right business practices that will ensure that the industry remains as a viable economic contributor for the country,” said MTC Chairman Dato’ Low Kian Chuan.

Among the challenges affecting the industry are the US-China trade war, global economic downturn as well as raw material and labour shortages.

“It can no longer be business as usual. We need to look ahead and this conference, which is one-of-its-kind, serves as a platform for strategic dialogues that can bring fresh ideas on how we can overcome the challenges the industry is facing,” said Low.

There will be much to gain from the thought-provoking presentations of the speakers who come from United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Brazil, Myanmar and Malaysia.

The conference will be officiated by the Minister of Primary Industries YB Puan Teresa Kok while the Deputy Minister of Primary Industries YB Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin will deliver the keynote closing address.
  
The speakers are Azran Osman Rani, Lee Heng Guie, Dr. Ivan Tomaselli, Alice Rawsthorn, Nigel Hollis, Dr. Eric Leong, Michael O’Hara, Dr. Maung Maung Than, Marc Pfetzing and Dr. Jean-Marc Roda.

Azran is the CEO of Naluri Malaysia while Lee is the Executive Director, Socio-Economic Research Centre, Malaysia. Tomaselli is the President of STCP Engenharia de Projetos Ltd and Rawsthorn is the award-winning design critic and the author of the critically acclaimed books “Design as an Attitude” and “Hello World: Where Design Meets Life”. Hollis is the Chief Global Analyst of Kantar Millward Brown while Leong, who is known as the Design King of Malaysia, is the Head of Interior Architecture and Design School, The One Academy and O’Hara is the Director, Global Furniture, UL.  

Maung Maung is the Country Director, The Centre for People and Forests Myanmar while Pfetzing is the Senior Manager Asia, SCHULER Consulting GmbH and Roda is the Research Director of the Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products in Malaysia.

For details on the conference, kindly contact Pn Hamidah Abdullah at 03-9281 1999 or email timberconference@mtc.com.my.
 

The Malaysian Timber Council (MTC) was established in January 1992 to promote the development and growth of the Malaysian timber industry globally. MTC's main objectives are to promote the Malaysian timber trade and develop the market for timber products globally, to promote the development of the industry by upgrading the industry's manufacturing technology base, to augment the supply of raw materials, to provide information services and to protect and improve the Malaysian timber industry's global image. Further information on the Council’s activities can be obtained from www.mtc.com.my.