New speakers announced for RISI's North American Forest Products Conference program

BOSTON, MA, July 26, 2007 - RISI today announced the addition of several key speakers and panel members to the North American Forest Products Conference program.

The conference will be held in San Diego, California, on October 10-12, 2007 at the Omni San Diego Hotel.

The recently confirmed speakers include Mark Wilde, Managing Director, Deutsche Bank Securities, who will explore whether consolidation will pay off for the North American industry; Lynn Michaelis, Vice President, Markets and Economic Research, Weyerhaeuser who will discuss U.S. housing markets and Nick Vafiadis, Global Business Director, CMAI Global who will talk about paper versus plastics.

In addition, Mark Suwyn, Chairman/CEO, NewPage, will take part in a CEO panel discussion on Thursday, October 11. Other panelists are soon to be announced. Peter Nowack, Founding Partner, Nowack-Beer Consulting will moderate session two on the same day.

"We are excited to have these industry executives on our conference program. The insight that they have to offer should be extremely beneficial to our attendees." said Will Mies, Editorial Director and North American Forest Products Conference Chair, RISI.

Conference attendees will also hear RISI's team of economists present their two-year forecasts for supply, demand, profitability, investment and trade for each major sector of the forest products market.

IBM and GE Commercial Finance are sponsors of the 2007 North American Forest Products Conference. Additional sponsorship opportunities are available.

For more information on the conference program, registration, or sponsorship opportunities, please visit www.risiinfo.com/na_conf or email events@risiinfo.com.

About RISI

RISI is the leading information provider for the global forest products industry. The company works with clients in the pulp and paper, wood products, timber, tissue, nonwovens, printing and publishing industries to help them make better decisions.

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