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 -
(Northwestern Room, 6th Floor)
November 14: 1 Coffee Break -
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) Moderator: Will Mies, Editorial Director, North American News, RISI/PPI Pulp & Paper Week |
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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 | Investor Perspectives on the Containerboard Industry 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 Moderator: Mark Wilde, Managing Director, Deutsche Bank |
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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 PM | Europe: Containerboard Supply/Demand Outlook Tony Smurfit, Group COO, Smurfit-Kappa |
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| 11:35 – 12:00 PM | Trends in European Box Markets: 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 | Europe: Containerboard Supply/Demand Outlook Tony Smurfit, Group COO, Smurfit-Kappa |
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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 (Denver Room, 5th Floor)
Surya Raina, VP of Mill Intelligence, RISI Michael Jones, Senior Product Manager, RISI |
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| Session III: Global Containerboard Markets Moderator: Drew Miller, Senior News Editor. RISI/PPI Pulp & Paper Week |
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| 1:45 – 2:10 PM | Is China’s Containerboard Capacity Growth Slowing and Implications for Global OCC Demand? Rod Young, Chairman, RISI |
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| 2:10 – 2:35 PM | Latin America – New Era of Sustained Growth Andres Patino, Barnett Corp. |
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| 2:35 – 2:45 PM | Questions & Discussion |
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| 2:45 – 3:15 PM | Coffee Break (5th Floor Foyer) | |
| Session IV: Competitive Strategies Moderator: Drew Miller, Senior News Editor. RISI/PPI Pulp & Paper Week |
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| 3:15 – 3:45 PM | Lightweight Containerboards: Fiction or Reality? Simon Southern, Managing Director, Packaging Research Intelligence Strategies & Marketing (PRISM) |
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| 3:45 – 5:00 PM | Panel Discussion Moderator: Ralph Young, Managing Director, Principal, Alternative Paper Solutions; PanelistsGlenn 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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| 5:00 – 5:10 PM | Questions & Discussion | |
| 6:00 – 8:00 PM | Cocktail Reception (Northwestern Room, 6th Floor) | |
| FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14 | ||
| 7:30 – 8:30 AM | Registration and Continental Breakfast | |
| Session V: Strategies to Improve Profitability (Chicago Ballroom, 5th Floor) Moderator: Will Mies, Editorial Director, North American News, RISI/PPI Pulp & Paper Week |
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| 8:35 – 9:05 AM | Bio Energy – Problems, Challenges and Opportunities 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. |
9:35 – 10:00 AM | Sustainability – Turning Green into Gold Jim Keller, President, International Corrugated Case Association |
| 10:00 – 10:10 AM | Questions & Discussion | |
| 10:10 – 10:40 AM | Coffee Break (5th Floor Foyer) | |
| Session VI: Box Dynamics in a Changing Global Marketplace Moderator: Drew Miller, Senior News Editor. RISI/PPI Pulp & Paper Week |
10:40 – 11:05 AM | Boxboard Forecast and Market Review Ken Waghorne, Vice President, North American Packaging, RISI |
11:05 – 12:20 PM | 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 Jeff Klosterman, Global Category Manager-Packaging, Kohler Co. |
12:20 – 12:25 PM | Closing Remarks |
| 12:25 PM | Travel-Friendly Networking Lunch Use this casual lunch as an opportunity to meet with those you have not been able to speak to over the course of the conference or to have a quick bite to eat and catch your flight – the choice is yours! Travel-friendly lunch will be served. |
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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.