Presentation topic: The Global Forest Products industry in Transition

报告题目:全球林产品工业的转型及变�?/span>

报告地点：学研中忂�/strong>B704

教授简介：

Chris Gaston,加拿大英属哥伦比亚大学林学院副教掇�/span>,加拿大英属哥伦比亚大学林业经济学博士,加拿大圭尔夫大学农业经济学硕�?/span>,曾任加拿大林产品创新研究�(FPInnovations)市场与经济研究中心资深科学家及经琅�/span>,联合国欧洲经济委员会"森林产品营销专家小组"的主席及成员、�/span>

Gaston教授在学术界(教学和研穵�/span>)及产业界(管理,咨询,研究)拥有35年以上的工作经验，主要的研究和咨询领域为农产品企业及林业的价格风险管理策�?/span>,市场研究,计量经济�?/span>,及国际贸易模型� 近期的的研究工作包括了对加拿大、美国、日本、中囼�/span>,及欧洲的林产品价值链优化及加拿大原住民社区的林产品开发提供咨询。在过去二十年己经共同指导了超过20位以上的硕博士研究生叉�/span>管理加拿大林产品创新研究院市场与经济研究中心所属的研究人员,�?/span>在林业经浍�/span>,林产品市场营销及管理等主流学术期刊发表大量高水平研穵�/span>,叉�/span>获邀在世界各地的学术会议发言、�/span>

English-Bio

Chris Gaston is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia and past manager of the Markets & Economics Group at FPInnovations in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has degrees in Forestry Economics (Ph.D.) and Agricultural Economics & Business (B.Sc., M.Sc.) from the University of British Columbia and the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

Chris has worked in both academics (teaching and research) and industry (management, consulting, research), with over 35 years� experience in agribusiness and forestry. His research and consulting have focused on price-risk management strategies, market research, econometrics, and trade modeling. Recent research efforts have included value chain optimization and product development for Canada, the United States, Japan, China, and Europe, including for Aboriginal communities. Chris has co-supervised over twenty M.Sc. and Ph.D. students, as well as managing a national staff of markets and economics researchers for nearly two decades.He is also past Chairperson and active member of the “Team of Specialists for Forest Products Marketing� for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. He has published widely, and has spoken at conferences throughout the world.

http://profiles.forestry.ubc.ca/person/christopher-gaston/