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Preliminary Program
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 |
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6:00 - 7:30 PM |
Pre-registration and Welcome Reception | |
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 |
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7:30 - 8:30 AM |
Registration | |
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Session I |
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Chairperson: Will Mies, Editorial Director, North American News, PPI Pulp & Paper Week, RISI |
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8:30 - 8:35 AM |
Welcoming Remarks Will Mies, Editorial Director, North American News, PPI Pulp & Paper Week, RISI |
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8:35 - 8:45 AM |
Presentation of the North American CEO of the Year Award to Doyle R. Simons, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Temple-Inland Inc. Presented by Will Mies, Editorial Director, North American News, PPI Pulp & Paper Week, RISI |
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8:45 - 9:05 AM |
Keynote Speech: CEO of the Year Doyle R. Simons, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Temple-Inland Inc. |
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9:05 - 9:15 AM |
Keynote Questions & Discussion | |
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9:15 - 9:45 AM |
The Economic Meltdown: One Year Later. What needs to happen to make the forest products industry stronger? Mark Connelly, Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst, Sterne Agee |
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9:45 - 10:10 AM |
Role of China: Is a Recovery Starting and will it be Sustainable? David Hesketh, Managing Director, CellMark Asia Pte. Ltd., Singapore |
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10:10 - 10:20 AM |
Questions & Discussion | |
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10:20 - 10:45 AM |
Coffee Break | |
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10:45 - 11:10 AM |
Wood Products and Housing: Have We Hit Bottom and When Will Recovery Begin? Lynn Michaelis, President, Strategic Economic Analysis |
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11:10 - 11:35 AM |
Electronic Media and Newspapers: How to best work together Bob Sacks, President, Precision Media Group |
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11:35 AM - 12:00 PM |
Packaging Dynamics and the Trend to Lighter Weight Grades Sarilee Norton, President, Norton Associates |
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12:00 - 12:10 PM |
Questions & Discussion | |
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12:10 - 1:45 PM |
Lunch | |
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Session II: Cost Competitiveness and Alternative Energy Solutions |
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Chairperson: Drew Miller, Senior News Editor, PPI Pulp & Paper Week, RISI |
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1:45 - 2:10 PM |
Global Cost Competitiveness: Virgin vs. Recycled Fiber Mike Jones, Director, Cost Benchmarking (Packaging and Tissue), RISI |
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2:10 - 2:35 PM |
The Wood Biomass Industry: a Strengthening Cross-Current in North America's Woodbaskets William R. Perritt, Executive Editor, Wood Biomass Market Report, RISI |
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2:35 - 2:40 PM |
Questions & Discussion | |
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2:40 - 3:40 PM |
Panel Discussion - Green Energy Subsidies: The Good and the Bad Moderator: Rod Young, Chairman, RISI Panelists: Mark Suwyn, Executive Chairman, NewPage Mark Wilde, Managing Director, Deutsche Bank Avrim Lazar, President and CEO, Forest Products Association of Canada |
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3:40 - 4:10 PM |
Coffee Break | |
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4:10 - 5:30 PM |
CEO/Executive Panel Moderator: George Staphos, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Panelists: Mark Suwyn, Executive Chairman, NewPage Steve Klinger, President, Smurfit-Stone Container Randy Nebel, President, Longview Fibre Paper & Packaging Gordon Jones, President and CEO, Clearwater Paper |
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6:00 - 8:00 PM |
Cocktail Reception | |
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 |
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7:30 - 8:30 AM |
Registration | |
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RISI MARKET OUTLOOK, 2010 - 2011 |
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Session III: Macroeconomics and Timber |
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Chairperson: Scott Howard, Senior Economist, Macroeconomics, RISI |
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8:30 - 9:20 AM |
Macroeconomic Outlook Scott Howard, Senior Economist, Macroeconomics, RISI |
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9:20 - 9:50 AM |
North American Timber Peter Barynin, Principal Timber Economist, RISI |
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9:50 - 10:25 AM |
International Timber Bob Flynn, Director, International Timber, RISI |
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10:25 - 10:30 PM |
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10:30 - 10:55 PM |
Coffee Break | |
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RISI MARKET OUTLOOK, 2010 - 2011: CONCURRENT SESSIONS |
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Session IV: Wood Products |
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Chairperson: Rich Haskell, VP of Sales/Marketing, Wood & Timber |
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10:55 - 11:25 AM |
End-Users Markets Bob Berg, Principal Economist, Lumber Forecasting Service, RISI |
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11:25 - 11:50 AM |
North American Lumber Bob Berg, Principal Economist, Lumber Forecasting Service, RISI |
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11:50 AM - 12:15 PM |
North American Nonstructural Panels Bernard Fuller, Principal Economist, Wood Panels Forecasting Service, RISI |
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12:15 - 12:40 PM |
North American Structural Panels Bernard Fuller, Principal Economist, Wood Panels Forecasting Service, RISI |
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12:40 - 12:50 PM |
Questions & Discussion | |
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12:50 - 2:15 PM |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lunch Breakout Session: How Current Market Conditions are Impacting a Mill's Cost Structure During this lunch session, you will learn how RISI's market and benchmarking services can help you gain a better understanding of what is happening in the pulp and paper industry today. See RISI's powerful and enhanced tool at work demonstrating how declining prices of recovered fiber have drastically impacted the markets.
Presented by: Space is limited! Sign up for this session during the registration process or by emailing events@risiinfo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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12:50 - 2:15 PM |
Lunch | |
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2:35 - 3:00 PM |
North American Engineered Wood Products Bernard Fuller, Principal Economist, Wood Panels Forecasting Service, RISI |
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3:00 - 3:25 PM |
Wood Products Benchmarking Jesse Neese, Senior Product Manager, Wood Products Benchmarking, RISI |
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3:25 - 3:45 PM |
Questions & Discussion | |
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Concurrent Session V: Pulp & Paper |
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Chairperson: Kurt Schaefer, Vice President, Fiber, RISI |
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10:55 - 11:35 AM |
Market Pulp Kurt Schaefer, Vice President, Fiber, RISI |
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11:35 AM - 12:15 PM |
Recovered Paper Rod Young, Chairman, RISI |
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12:15 - 12:40 PM |
Tissue Market Esko Uutela, Tissue Economist/Analyst, RISI |
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12:40 - 12:50 PM |
Questions & Discussion | |
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12:50 - 2:15 PM |
Lunch | |
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2:15- 3:00 PM |
World Packaging Ken Waghorne, Vice President, North American Packaging, RISI |
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3:00 - 3:25 PM |
Asia Graphic Paper Exports Sandy Lu, Economist, RISI |
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3:25 - 3:50 PM |
World Newsprint Derek Mahlburg, Graphic Paper, Economist, RISI |
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3:50 - 4:40 PM |
World Printing and Writing John Maine, Vice President, Graphic Papers, RISI |
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4:40 - 4:50 PM |
Questions & Discussion | |
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4:50 PM |
Close of Conference | |
* All titles reflect possible topics and will depend on speaker availability and topics they choose. Order of talks also subject to change.
