November 12-14, 2008 | Chicago, Illinois, USA
RISI International
Containerboard Conference
Networking At-A-Glance
November 12: Welcome Reception -
Denver Room, 5th Floor
November 13: 2 Coffee Breaks -
5th Floor Foyer
Networking Lunch -
Indiana Room, 6th Floor
Cocktail Reception
November 14: 2 Coffee Breaks -
5th Floor Foyer
Networking Lunch -
Chicago Ballroom A, 5th Floor
| WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12 | ||
| 6:00 – 7:30 PM | Pre-registration (5th Floor Foyer) Welcome Reception (Denver Room, 5th Floor) |
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| THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13 | ||
| 7:30 – 8:30 AM | Registration and Continental Breakfast | |
| Session I: Supply/Demand Outlook and Consolidation (Chicago Ballroom, 5th Floor) |
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| 8:30 – 8:35 AM | Welcoming Remarks |
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| 8:35 – 9:10 AM | Keynote Speech: The Changing World Containerboard Market Carol Roberts, Senior Vice President, Industrial Packaging, International Paper |
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| 9:10 – 9:15 AM | Keynote Questions & Discussion |
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| 9:15 – 9:45 AM | Global Containerboard Supply/Demand Forecast Ken Waghorne, Vice President, North American Packaging, RISI |
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| 9:45 – 10:10 AM | How Investors Look at Containerboard Companies Mark Weintraub, Senior Vice President, Buckingham Research |
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| 10:10 – 10:20 AM | Questions & Discussion | |
| 10:20 – 10:45 AM | Coffee Break (5th Floor Foyer) | |
| Session II: Shifting Global Cost Competitiveness |
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| 10:45 – 11:10 AM | Impact of the Weak US Dollar on Global Cost Competitiveness Mike Jones, Senior Product Manager, Cost Benchmarking, RISI |
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| 11:10 – 11:35 AM | Europe: Challenges and Opportunities John Williams, President, SCA Packaging Europe and Current President of FEFCO (European Federation of Corrugated Board Manufacturers) |
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| 11:35 AM – 12:00 PM | Latin America – New Era of Sustained Growth Speaker to be announced |
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| 12:00 – 12:10 PM | Questions & Discussion | |
| 12:10 – 1:45 PM | General Session Lunch (Indiana Room, 6th Floor) | |
| 12:10 – 1:45 PM | Mill Intelligence Luncheon - Analyzing Cost Sensitivity in
Containerboard Markets
Surya Raina, VP of Mill Intelligence, RISI Michael Jones, Senior Product Manager, RISI |
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| Session III: Global Containerboard Markets |
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| 1:45 – 2:20 PM | Is China’s Containerboard Capacity Growth Slowing and Implications for Global OCC Demand? Rod Young, Chairman, RISI |
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| 2:20 – 2:50 PM | Sustainability—Turning Green into Gold Speaker to be announced |
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| 2:50 – 3:00 PM | Questions & Discussion |
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| 3:00 – 3:30 PM | Coffee Break (5th Floor Foyer) | |
| Session IV: Competitive Strategies |
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| 3:30 – 4:00 PM | Lightweight Containerboards: Fiction or Reality? Simon Southern, Managing Director, Packaging Research Intelligence Strategies & Marketing (PRISM) |
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| 4:00 – 5:00 PM | Panel Discussion Moderator: Emil Bruusgaard, Consultant, Paccess Glenn Landau, Vice President and General Manager—Containerboard Business, International Paper Michael Harwood, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Pratt Industries (USA) William J. Sweeney, Executive Vice President, Packaging Corp. of America Bob Kinstrey, Director of Process Engineering, Jacobs Engineering |
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| 5:30 – 5:40 PM | Questions & Discussion | |
| 6:00 – 8:00 PM | Cocktail Reception | |
| FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14 | ||
| 7:30 – 8:30 AM | Registration and Continental Breakfast | |
| Session V: Strategies to Improve Profitability (Chicago Ballroom, 5th Floor) |
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| 8:35 – 9:05 AM | Keys to Achieving and Sustaining Profitability Paul Stecko, CEO, Packaging Corp. of America (PCA) |
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| 9:05 – 9:35 AM | Strategic Initiative – What North America's Most Ambitious Box System Restructuring Program has Achieved Steve Klinger, President/COO, Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. |
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| 9:35 – 9:45 AM | Questions & Discussion | |
| 9:45 – 10:15 AM | Coffee Break (5th Floor Foyer) | |
| 10:15 – 11:30 AM | Panel Discussion: What Box Customers Really Want Moderator: Dwight Schmidt, President, Fibre Box Association Matt Unger, Purchasing Group Manager, Procter & Gamble Roger Landrum, Purchasing Director, Conagra Foods Russ Swansen, Director Paper Purchasing, Sara Lee Additional panelists to be announced |
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| 11:30 AM – 1:15 PM | General Session Lunch (Chicago Ballroom A, 5th Floor) |
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| Session VI: Boxboard Dynamics in a Changing Global Marketplace Moderator: TBA |
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| 1:15 – 1:40 PM | Boxboard Forecast and Market Review Ken Waghorne, Vice President, North American Packaging, RISI |
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| 1:40 – 2:05 PM | Changing Demands in Retail Landscape Speaker to be announced |
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| 2:05 – 2:30 PM | Flexible/Liquid Packaging Speaker to be announced |
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| 2:30 – 2:40 PM | Questions & Discussion | |
| 2:40 – 3:00 PM | Coffee Break (5th Floor Foyer) | |
| 3:00 – 4:15 PM | Boxboard CEO/Executive Panel Discussion Moderator to be announced Panelists to be announced |
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| 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.