On the 13th and 14th October 2016 the 64th edition of the International Softwood Conference was held in the facilities of the Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Hotel & Conference Center. This year's conference had one of the highest attendance ever - almost 200 participants -, and it was hosted by the French Timber Trade Association (Le Commerce du Bois - LCB), the French National Organization of Sawmills (Fédération Nationale du Bois - FNB), and, as usual, by the European Organization of the Sawmill Industries (EOS) and the European Timber Trade Federation (ETTF).