Brainstorming Session: Constructing Resilience Amid Volatility: Navigating The Supply, Demand, and Policy Forces Shaping The Industry
- Assessing how trade policy, tariffs, and global market dynamics influence pricing, cost competitiveness, and long-term market stability of mass timber and emerging bio-based materials
- Examining the core drivers of supply and demand volatility – including housing market fluctuations, economic uncertainty, and shifts in production capacity – and how to best navigate these to ensure income certainty
- Exploring strategies to stabilize supply across federal, state, tribal, and private forests to improve forecasting, production planning, and industry resilience