RISI confirms top-level speakers for 2010 European Pulp and Paper Outlook Conference

BRUSSELS, January 12, 2010 - RISI will host its twelfth annual European Pulp and Paper Outlook Conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands on March 9-11, 2010. The conference will provide insight into the latest trends, challenges and opportunities in the pulp and paper industry and offers members of the industry a forum to discuss these issues with peers, industry leaders and business prospects from around the world.

The following guest speakers and panelists are now confirmed for this year's program:

• Antonio Palacios Esteban, CEO, ENCE
• Berry Wiersum, CEO, Sappi Fine Paper Europe
• Michal Jarczynski, CEO Arctic Paper
• Aida Greenbury, Director of Sustainability, APP
• Bob Latham, Sustainability Director, PaperlinX Europe
• Laurel Brunner, Managing Director, Digital Dots
• Maria Enroth, Partner, MSG Management Systems Group
• Bradford Gibbs, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Investment Banking Division

Additional guest speakers and program details will be available soon. The conference lineup also features RISI's world-renowned economists and engineers, who will present their two-year forecasts for supply, demand, profitability, investment and trade for each major grade of pulp and paper. Confirmed RISI speakers include:

• Kurt Schaefer, Vice President, Fiber
• Esko Uutela, Tissue Economist/Analyst
• Sampo Timonen, Director of European Graphic Papers
• Ken Waghorne, Vice President, Packaging
• Scott Howard, Director, Macroeconomics
• Orifjon Abidov, Research Analyst
• Jukka Kuntonen, Benchmarking Analyst

Representatives from leading pulp and paper producers, financial institutions, suppliers, transportation, printing, publishing and end-user companies will be attending the event in Amsterdam in March.

The early registration and hotel reservation deadline is February 5, 2010!

For program updates, please visit: http://www.risi.com/events/euro_conf/

StepChange Consulting has signed on as an official sponsor of the conference.

More sponsorship opportunities are available. For details, please visit http://www.risi.com/events/euro_conf/sponsoropps.html or email advertising@risi.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, wood biomass, tissue, timber, nonwovens, printing and publishing and financial services industries to help them make better decisions.

Headquartered in Boston (Bedford), Massachusetts, RISI operates offices in Brussels, Belgium; Atlanta, Georgia; San Francisco, California; Portland, Oregon; São Paulo, Brazil; Shanghai, China; Singapore; Helsinki, Finland; and Charlottesville, Virginia. More information can be found at www.risi.com.