The American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) has announced that it will be hosting a networking event and workshop on the opening day of the three-day “Dubai International Wood & Wood Machinery Show 2009”, which will start on April 21 at the Central and East Hall of the Dubai Airport Expo. The seminar, to be held at the Park Hyatt Dubai, is set to provide an ideal networking platform for importers, traders, manufacturers and specifiers of wood products, and educate industry professionals on the processes involved in getting American hardwoods out of the forest and into the market. AHEC also said it would be hosting 20 US firms under the American Hardwood Pavilion at the exhibition.