| SUNDAY, MARCH 29 |
| 6:30–8:00 PM |
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Pre-registration and Cocktail Reception |
| MONDAY, MARCH 30 |
| 7:45–9:00 AM |
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Registration |
| 9:00–9:05 AM |
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Welcoming Remarks
Justin Toland, Conference Chair and Contributing Editor, Pulp & Paper International (PPI) |
| 9:05–9:35 AM |
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Keynote Speech: The State of the Industry Address
Speaker to be announced |
SESSION I: SURVIVING THE CRUNCH
Chairperson to be announced |
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| 9:35–10:00 AM |
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A View from Outside
Speaker to be announced |
| 10:00–10:25 AM |
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Investment Strategies in a Post-Crunch World
Speaker to be announced |
| 10:25–10:35 AM |
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Questions & Answers |
| 10:35–10:55 AM |
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Coffee Break
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| 10:55–11:20 AM |
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History Lessons–What the Industry Can Learn from the Depressions and Recessions of the ‘30s and ‘70s
Speaker to be announced |
| 11:20–11:45 AM |
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Papermaking in a Downturn: Strategies for Survival
Peter Berg, Director of Knowledge, Basic Materials Practice, McKinsey & Company |
| 11:45 AM–12:10 PM |
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Lessons from Asia: How to Survive a Banking Crisis and Thrive
Speaker to be announced |
| 12:10–12:20 PM |
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Questions & Answers |
| 12:20–1:45 PM |
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Lunch |
SESSION II: A FUTURE OF PROFITABLE PAPERMAKING
Chairperson to be announced |
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| 1:45–2:10 PM |
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Stop the Presses? The Role of Paper in a Multimedia-Publishing World
Speaker to be announced |
| 2:10–2:35 PM |
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Winning the Battle against other Packaging Materials
Franz Rappold, Member of the Management Board, May-Melnhof Karton |
| 2:35–2:45 PM |
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Questions & Answers |
| 2:45–4:00 PM |
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Interactive Session: Green Papermaking–Opportunity or Threat?
Representatives from various parts of the papermaking chain will present their point of view, followed by a discussion involving the audience. Participants will include an environmental organization, a paper producer, a paper buyer, an association, etc.
Duncan Pollard, Head of WWF's European Forest Programme
More speakers to be announced |
| 4:00–4:15 PM |
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Coffee break |
| 4:15–4:25 PM |
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Presentation of RISI European CEO of the Year award |
| 4:25–5:30 PM |
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CEO Panel: A Roundtable Discussion with the Region’s Leading CEOs
Panelists to be announced |
| 7:30 PM |
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RISI Dinner |
| TUESDAY, MARCH 31 |
| 8:00–9:00 AM |
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Registration |
SESSION III: RISI TWO-YEAR OUTLOOKS FOR WORLD PULP & PAPER MARKETS
Chairperson to be announced |
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| 9:00–9:40 AM |
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Global Economic Outlook
Scott Howard, Senior Economist, Macroeconomics, RISI |
| 9:40–10:10 AM |
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Availability of North American Woody Biomass for European Energy Markets
Rocky Goodnow, Senior Economist, RISI |
| 10:10–10:40 AM |
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Recovered Paper Markets
Esko Uutela, Consultant, RISI
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| 10:40–11:00 AM |
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Coffee Break |
| 11:00–11:45 AM |
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World Pulp Outlook
Kurt Schaefer, Vice President, Fiber |
| 11:45 AM–12:05 PM |
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Cost Competitiveness of Pulp Producers
Jukka Kuntonen, Benchmarking Analyst, RISI
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| 12:05–12:10 PM |
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Questions & Answers |
| 12:10–1:35 PM |
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Lunch |
| 1:35–2:00 PM |
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Tissue Markets
Esko Uutela, Consultant, RISI |
| 2:00–2:25 PM |
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Prospects for Newsprint
Sampo Timonen, Director of European Graphic Papers, RISI |
| 2:25–3:10 PM |
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Printing/Writing Paper Outlook
Sampo Timonen, Director of European Graphic Papers, RISI |
| 3:10–3:30 PM |
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Coffee Break |
| 3:30–3:50 PM |
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Cost Competitiveness of Containerboard Producers
Ville Henttonen, Product Manager, Benchmarking, RISI |
| 3:50–4:20 PM |
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Cartonboard Markets
Orifjon Abidov, Research Analyst, RISI |
| 4:20–5:00 PM |
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Containerboard Markets
Ken Waghorne, Vice President, Packaging, RISI |
| 5:00–5:10 PM |
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Questions & Answers |
| 5:10–5:15 PM |
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Summary & Wrap-Up |
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| *All titles reflect possible topics and will depend on speaker availability and topics they choose. Order of talks also subject to change. |
