Leading forest company CEOs from around the world will descend on the PricewaterhouseCoopers Annual Global Forest and Paper Industry Conference next month in Vancouver.

The May 8 event speaker list includes Duncan Davies, president and CEO of International Forest Products, Thomas Stephens, chairman and CEO of Boise Cascade and AJ Devanesan, president and chief operating officer of Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings.

The full-day conference will include remarks from the Forest Products Association of Canada and the International Council of Forest & Paper Associations, plus panel discussions on “Economic Outlook & Financial Performance, “Market Outlook” and a panel on the conference theme “Challenging Times, Winning Strategies”.

For more details on the conference, visit www.pwc.com/forestconf08