RISI announces additional high-level speakers for European and Asian Pulp and Paper Outlook conferences

BRUSSELS, 5 March 2009 - RISI today announced that several new speakers have been added to the conference programs of its industry-leading events in Europe and Asia.

Three new speakers will join the program of RISI's 11th European Pulp and Paper Outlook Conference to be held in Berlin, Germany, on March 29-31, 2009.

David Kern, Kern Consulting, Chief Economist, British Chambers of Commerce will be tackling the topic, "A View from Outside", while Dr. Aralynn Abare McMane, Ph.D., Director, Young Readership Development, World Association of Newspapers (WAN) is going to talk about "How the Newspaper Industry is Building for the Future". Ernst Brunbauer, General Manager, Lenzing Papier will participate in the interactive session on "Green Papermaking - Opportunity or Threat?"

Representatives from leading pulp and paper producers, financial institutions, suppliers and end-user companies will be attending the event in Berlin this month. Confirmed companies include Burgo, Norske Skog, Nestle, Credit Suisse and more. For a full list of attendees and program updates, visit www.risiinfo.com/euroconf.

StepChange Consulting and CME Group have signed on as official sponsors of the conference.

RISI Adds Industry Experts to Asian Conference Program

RISI also announced that several key speakers will participate in the 10th Asian Pulp and Paper Outlook Conference in Shanghai, China, on June 8-10, 2009. Annie Zhu, Conference Chair and Editor of Pulp & Paper International (PPI) China magazine, commented, "I'm excited to welcome so many important speakers to the program again this year and I look forward to confirming more high-level representatives in the near future."

Speakers recently added to the program include:

• Dr Cao Zhenlei, President, China National Pulp and Paper Research Institute, (CNPPRI) and VP, China Light Industry (Group) Corporation
• Ma Yuanyuan, Environmental Marketing Manager, UPM-Kymmene (Changshu) Paper
• Vu Ngoc Bao, Secretary General, Vietnam Pulp and Paper Association
• Jerome Xu, Chief Analyst in Papermaking, Printing and Other Light Industry Research Department, CITIC Securities

Conference attendees will also hear RISI's team of economists and engineers present their two-year forecasts for supply, demand, profitability, investment and trade for each major grade of pulp and paper.

For more information on the RISI Asian Pulp and Paper Outlook Conference, visit www.risiinfo.com/asiaconf. The early registration deadline is May 1st!

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

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