New CEO of Klabin joins speaker program at RISI's Latin American conference

SAO PAULO, June 11, 2008 - RISI today announced that Reinoldo Poernbacher, CEO of Klabin, will join the program of speakers at RISI's 3rd Latin American Pulp and Paper Outlook Conference this year. The event will take place on October 8-10, 2008, in Sao Paulo, Brazil at the Grand Hyatt. Poernbacher, who recently took over as the head of the leading Brazilian producer, will join the CEO panel which will be held on the first day of the conference.

RISI has lined up an impressive list of speakers from the Latin American industry who will share their opinions and insight into this increasingly important region of the global pulp and paper sector. The speakers who have agreed to join the program so far include:

• Geraldo Ferreira, General Manager, APP Latin America, who will give the keynote address
• Douglas Albrecht, CEO, Tapebicua Group (Celulosa Argentina)
• Javier Milans del Bosch, Marketing and Communications Officer, ENCE
• Pierre Roulet, Financial Director, International Paper Brazil
• Daniel Martino, General Manager, Pike and Co.
• Shirley Zavala, Gerente de la Mesa de Productos Forestales en REDIEX (Red de Inversiones y Exportaciones), Ministerio de Industria y Comercio de Paraguay

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 grade of pulp and paper.

A number of key industry associations are supporting this annual event, including the Brazilian associations, ABTCP, ANDIPA, ANAVE and ABPO; Cafcco and AFCP from Argentina; and Colombia's Acotepac.

Conference programs and registration details for the conference are available online at www.risiinfo.com/events/la_conf/.

A variety of sponsorship opportunities are available for this event. To learn more, please visit www.risiinfo.com/events/la_conf/sponsorship.html or email advertising@risiinfo.com.

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