MEDIA RELEASE PR37853
Top-Level Speakers Announced for RISI's Twelfth European Pulp and Paper Outlook
Conference
BRUSSELS, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
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!
StepChange Consulting has signed on as an official sponsor of the conference.
More sponsorship opportunities are available. For details, please visit
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.
Headquartered in Boston (Bedford), Massachusetts, RISI operates offices in
Brussels, Belgium; Atlanta, Georgia; San Francisco, California; Portland, Oregon; Sao
Paulo, Brazil; Shanghai, China; Singapore; Helsinki, Finland; and Charlottesville,
Contact:
Jennifer Freitas
RISI
4 Alfred Circle
Bedford, MA 01730 USA
Tel: +1.781.734.8949
jfreitas@risi.com
SOURCE: RISI
CONTACT: Jennifer Freitas,
RISI,
+1-781-734-8949,
jfreitas@risi.com