On October 17 and 18, 2019, the 67th International Softwood Conference took place in Antwerp in the Radisson Blu Astrid Hotel. It was largely under the impact of the bark beetle catastrophe in Europe and international distortions in the trade. The industry is still fundamentally optimistic, but urges caution.  With 180 participants for the conference and even 240 for the gala dinner, a new record was achieved. The outgoing ETTF chairman Andreas von Möller took this as proof that personal meetings are important and desired even in times of online communication that is possible at ...