Global Legal & Sustainable Timber Forum (GLSTF) 2026
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ABOUT GLSTF
Global Legal & Sustainable Timber Forum (GLSTF)
Global Legal & Sustainable Timber Forum 2026 (GLSTF 2026) is co-hosted by the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and the Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute of the Macao SAR (IPIM), and organized by the Secretariat of the Global Green Supply Chains Initiative (GGSC). The GLSTF 2026 aims to further enhancing networking, collaboration, and business exchange among timber and wood products industry stakeholders to strengthen support for sustainable tropical forest management and the uptake of legal and sustainable wood product supply chains to facilitate legal and sustainable trade and use of wood products in a stable, transparent and predictable business environment while contributing to, amongst others, sustainable development and climate-change mitigation.
Specialized Sub-forum
Previous Guests
Ms. Sheam Satkuru
Executive Director, International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
Dr. LI Yunqing
Vice Administrator, National Forestry and Grassland Administration of China
Mr. João Manuel Bartolomeu da Cunha
the Secretary of State for Forestry, The Republic of Angola
Mr. Gervais Mbata
Minister, Ministry of Water, Forests, Hunting and Fishing, Central African Republic
Ms. Alitia Bainivalu
Minister, Ministry of Fisheries and Forestry, The Republic of Fiji
Mr. Jules Doret Ndongo
Minister, Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, The Republic of Cameroon
Mr. Desiderio Erasmo Otárola Acevedo
Executive Director, National Forest and Wildlife Service (SERFOR), Republic of Peru
Mr. Nils Olaf Petersen
Secretary General, European Timber Trade Federation (ETTF)
Mr. Domingos Nazare da Cruz Veloso
National Director of Forests, The Republic of Angola
Dr. Richard Gyimah
Acting Executive Director, Timber Industry Development Division, Forestry Commission of Ghana
Mr. She Xuebin
Chairman, Nature Home (China) Co., Ltd. & Nature Wood Group Co., Ltd., China
Mr. Thorsten Arndt
Head of Advocacy, Programmme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes (PEFC) International
Mr. Jean-Christophe Claudon
ITTO Statistician and expert of the World Timber Biennial Review
Dr. Ivan Tomaselli
Founder and President, STCP Brazil / Vice President, Brazilian Association of Mechanically Processed Timber (ABIMCI)
Mr. Carl Lu
Chairman of the Board, A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd., China
Mr. Edouard Zama
Permanent Technical Secretary of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA/FLEGT), Ministry of Water, Forests, Hunting and Fishing, Central African Republic
Mr. Purwadi Soeprihanto
Secretary General, Association of Indonesian Forest Concessionaires (APHI)
Dr. Peter O. Alele
Africa Regional Director, The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
Mr. Jean Marie Ntoutoume
General Delegate, Union of Foresters and Wood Industries of Gabon (UFIGA)
Mr. Zhang Enjiu
Chairman of the Board, Jiusheng Flooring, China
Mr. Wang Weiyang
Vice Chairman and President, Zhejiang Tucson Custom Home Furnishing Inc., China
Dr. Luo Xinjian
Secretary General, Global Green Supply Chains Initiative (GGSC)
Mr. Marco Cighetti
CEO, Trestudi Company Italy
Mr. Wu Wei
Design Director of Wuwei Design, Co-founder of Interior Design & Supplier Platform, China
Ms. Afrinawati binti Abu Bakar
Deputy Director of Trade Development Division, Malaysian Timber Industry Board (MTIB) under Ministry of Plantation and Commodities, Malaysia
Mr. Liu Guanzhong
Senior Professor of Liberal Arts (First Cohort), Tsinghua University / One of the Founders of Industrial Design in China
Dr. Ralph Ridder
Board Member and Founding Member, Global Green Supply Chain of Forest Products (Macao) Federation
Mr. Cosimo Savio
CEO, SAVIO Firmino SRL, Italy
Ms. Yan Hong
Chairman, Beijing KD Home Products Co., Ltd., China
Mr. Rocky Chan
Founder & Chief Designer, Rocky Chan Design HK Limited, Hong Kong
Mr. Jirawat Tangkijngamwong
Chairman, Thai Furniture Association, Thailand
Mr. Handsome Xu
Chairman, Moso International (China)
Dr. Preecha Ongprasert
Director of Forestry Foreign Affairs Office, Thailand Royal Forest Department
Mr. Jiang Hao
Marketing Director, Shanghai Erawood Construction Technology Co., Ltd., China
Mr. Jos de Best
External Funds Programme Coordinator, Common Fund for Commodities (CFC)
Mr. Andreas Naujoks
Senior Product Marketing Manager, LiveEO (Germany)
Mr. Rodrigo Luiz da Silva
Board Member, Association of Wood Exporting Industries of the State of Pará (AIMEX), Brazil
Mr. Juan Carlos Palacios
Executive Director, Corporation for Sustainable Forest Management (COMAFORS), Ecuador
Ms. Sandy Li
Director, Landbond Furniture Group and Supervisor, the 9th Board of Supervisors of SEE Association, China
Mr. Zhuang Bingchuan
CEO, Cameroon Anlong Co. Ltd
Mr. Zheng Weiqiang
IT Director, Macao International Carbon Emission Exchange
Highlights
High Level
High Level
The participation of forestry ministers, leading timber companies "representatives, and renowned international organizations" representatives from various countries ensures the Forum's high level and substantive content.
Diverse Activities
Diverse Activities
It includes the main forum and four specialized sub-forums. In addition, there will be legal and sustainable timber industry display, B2B matchings, "She" Power, Youth Leadership, Design-driven Sustainable Development, and several other side events.
Significant Outputs
Significant Outputs
Multiple international cooperation achievements will be released. And through building a platform for exchanges, display, and cooperation, the event will help to produce new outcomes for markets, products, technologies, brands, etc.
Highly Selected Topics
Highly Selected Topics
innovation and transformation, avenues for timber industries, timber legality and sustainability, timber markets and trade, development of furniture and home furnishings industries, green finance, etc.
Venue
Galaxy International Convention Center (GICC)
Address:
Galaxy Macau™ Integrated Resort, Cotai, Macau, China
Highlights:
a world-class event venue featuring 40,000 sqm of total flexible MICE space
