On the 11th and 12th October 2018 the 66th edition of the International Softwood Conference was held in Riga in the facilities of the hotel Radisson Blu Latvija. This year's conference was attended by over 200 participants – a record-high attendance – from all over the world and it was hosted by the Association of Latvian Timber Producers and Traders, and, as usual, by the European Organization of the Sawmill Industries (EOS) and the European Timber Trade Federation (ETTF).  Before attending the usual market-based sessions of the conference, participants had the chance to visit four sawmills on ...