Over 700 senior forest and paper industry leaders representing 26 countries converged in Vancouver, Canada for the Global Forest and Paper Summit 2005. This three-day series of events brought together top executives from the world's leading forest and paper companies with customers, suppliers, internationally recognized thought leaders and government policy makers to discuss the key issues and challenges facing this global sector over the next decade. More than 50 CEOs representing some of the world's largest forest and paper companies were in attendance.