2008 Program: Facing the Global Economic Challenge
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12
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6:00 - 7:30 PM
Pre-registration and Cocktail Reception
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13
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7:30 - 8:30 AM
Registration
SESSION I: SUPPLY / DEMAND OUTLOOK AND CONSOLIDATION
Chairperson: Will Mies, Editorial Director, RISI
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8:30 - 8:35 AM
Welcoming Remarks
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8:35 - 9:10 AM
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
~ Carol Roberts, Sr. Vice President, Industrial Packaging, International Paper
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9:10 - 9:15 AM
Keynote Questions & Answers
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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, Sr. Vice President, Buckingham Research
SESSION II: Shifting Global Cost Competitiveness
Chairperson: 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, Sr. Product Manager, Cost Benchmarking, RISI
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11:10 - 11:35 AM
Europe: Containerboard Supply / Demand Outlook
~ Tony Smurfit, Group COO, Smurfit-Kappa
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11:35 AM - 12:00 PM
Trends in European Box Markets: Challenges and Opportunities
~ John Williams, President, SCA Packaging Europe and Current President of FEFCO
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12:00 - 12:10 PM
Questions & Discussions
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12:10 - 1:45 PM
Mill Intelligence Luncheon: Analyzing Cost Sensitivity in Containerboard Markets
~ Surya Raina, Vice President, Mill Intelligence, RISI
~ Mike Jones, Sr. Product Manager, RISI
SESSION III: Global Containerboard Markets
Chairperson: Greg Rudder, Executive Editor, PPI Pulp & Paper Week, RISI
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1:45 - 2:10 PM
Is China's Containerboard Capacity Growth Slowing and Implications for Global OCC Demand?
~ Rod Young, Chief Economic Advisor, 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
SESSION IV: Competitive Strategies
Chairperson: Greg Rudder, Executive Editor, PPI Pulp & Paper Week, RISI
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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
Panelists:
~ Glenn Landau, Vice President & 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, Process Engineering, Jacobs Engineering -
5:00 - 5:10 PM
Questiosn & Discussion
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6:00 - 8:00 PM
Cocktail Reception
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14
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7:30 - 8:30 AM
Registration
SESSION V: STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE PROFITABILITY
Chairperson: Will Mies, Editorial Director, RISI
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8:35 - 9:05 AM
Bio Energy - Problems, Challenges and Opportunities
~ Paul Stecko, CEO, Packaging Corp. of America
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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 - 10:00 AM
Stustainability - Turning Green into Gold
~ Jim Keller, President, International Corrugated Case Association
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10:00 - 10:10 AM
Questions & Discussion
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10:10 - 10:40 AM
Coffee Break
SESSION VI: Box Dynamics in a Changing Global Marketplace
Chairperson: Drew Miller, Sr. News Editor, PPI Pulp & Paper Week, RISI
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10:40 - 11:05 AM
Boxboard Forecast and Market Review
~ Ken Waghorne, Vice President, North American Packaging, RISI
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11:05 AM - 12:20 PM
Panel Discussion: What Box Customers Really Want
Moderator: Dwight Schmidt, President, Fibre Box Association
Panelists:
~ Matt Unger, Purchasing Group Manager, Procter & Gamble
~ Roger Landum, Purchasing Director, Conagra Foods
~ Russ Swansen, Director, Paper Purchasing, Sara Lee -
12:20 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!
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Close of Conference
