2009 Program
Monday September 14, 2009
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6:00 - 7:30 PM
Pre-registration and Welcome Reception
Tuesday September 15, 2009
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7:30 - 8:30 AM
Registration
SESSION I
Chairperson:
Will Mies, Editorial Director, North American News, PPI Pulp & Paper Week, RISI
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8:30 - 8:35 AM
Welcoming Remarks
Conference Chair:
Will Mies, Editorial Director, North American News, PPI Pulp & Paper Week, RISI -
8:35 - 8:45 AM
Presentation to the North American CEO of the Year Award to Doyle R. Simons, Chairmand and Chief Executive Officer, Temple-Inland, Inc.
Presented by:
Will Mies, Editorial Director, North American News, PPI Pulp & Paper Week, RISI -
8:45 - 9:05 AM
Keynote Speech
Doyle R. Simons, Chairmand and Chief Executive Officer, Temple-Inland, Inc.
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9:05 - 9:15 AM
Keynote Questions & Answers
Doyle R. Simons, Chairmand and Chief Executive Officer, Temple-Inland, Inc.
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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 stroner?
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 & Answers
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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 Anaylsis
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11:10 - 11:35 AM
Electronic Media and Newspapers: How to work best together
Bo 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 & Answers
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12:10 - 1:45 PM
Networking Lunch
SESSION II: Cost Competitiveness and Alternative Energy Solutions
Chairperson:
Drew Miller, Senior News Editor, PPI Pulp & Paper Week, RISI
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1:45 - 2:10 PM
Global 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 & Answers
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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 Direcotr, Deutshe Bank
Avrim Lazar, President and CEO, Forest Products Association of Canada -
3:40 - 4:10 PM
Coffee Break
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4:10 - 5:30 PM
CEO/Executive Panel
Moderator: Geogre 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 -
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Cocktail Reception
Wednesday September 16, 2010
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7:30 - 8:30 AM
Registration
RISI Market Outlook, 2010 - 2011
Session III: Macroeconomics and Timber
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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 AM
Questions & Answers
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10:30 - 10:55 AM
Coffee Break
RISI Market Outlook, 2010 - 2011
Session IV: Wood Products
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10:55 - 11:25 AM
End-user 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 & Answers
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12:50 - 2:15 PM
Networking Lunch
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12:50 - 2:15 PM
Lunch Breakout Session:
How Current Markets Condition are Impacting a Mill's Cost StructurePresented by:
Surya Raina, Vice President of Mill Intelligence, RISI
Mike Jones, Director, Cost Benchmarking, (Packaging and Tissue), RISI -
2:15 - 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 & Answers
RISI Market Outlook, 2010 - 2011
Session V: Pulp & Paper
Chairperson: Kurt Schaefer, Vice President, Fiber, RISI
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10:55 - 11:35 PM
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, Principal, Tissue, RISI
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12:40 - 12:50 PM
Questions & Answers
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12:50 - 2:15 PM
Networking Lunch
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12:50 - 2:15 PM
Lunch Breakout Session:
How Current Markets Condition are Impacting a Mill's Cost StructurePresented by:
Surya Raina, Vice President of Mill Intelligence, RISI
Mike Jones, Director, Cost Benchmarking, (Packaging and Tissue), RISI -
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 Mahlberg, Economist, Graphic Papers, 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 & Answers
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4:50 PM
Close of Conference