RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry, today announced program details for its Twenty-Ninth Annual North American Forest Products Conference. The conference will be held October 8-10,2014 in Boston, MA at the Seaport Hotel.
The conference will feature an impressive lineup of guest speakers from leading companies across the North American forest products industry, as well as a select group of RISI economists, who will present research, market outlooks and forecasts for critical market segments.
At the conference, Charles Rutstein, CEO of RISI, will present the 2014 CEO of the Year Award to John V. Faraci, CEO of International Paper who will also give the Keynote Address on Day 1. Faraci will also participate in a CEO/Executive Panel Discussion along with other influential industry executives, including John Williams, Domtar Corporation and Dante C. Parrini, P.H. Glatfelter.
The Conference Program will include the following:
The Global Economy – Modest Improvement, David Katsnelson, Director, Macroeconomics, RISI
The Changing Landscape of Paper and Forest Products, Chip Dillon, III, Partner, Vertical Research Partners
Outlook for Housing Markets, Bob Berg, Principal Economist, Lumber, RISI
North American Timber Market Outlook, Peter Barynin, Principal Economist, North American Timber
China's Changing Lumber Demand
Outlook for Printing and Writing Papers, John Maine, Vice President, Graphic Papers, RISI
Finding Packaging Efficiencies at Board Mills
Tissue's Ongoing Growth and Changing Face, Michael C. Burandt, Chairman & CEO Wausau Paper Corp.
Exciting New Opportunities in the Packaging World
Global Recovered Paper Market Outlook, Hannah Zhao, Senior Economist, Global Recovered Paper, RISI
Outlook for Global Tissue Business - Surprising Developments in North America, Esko Uutela, Principal, Tissue, RISI
Global Pulp Market Outlook, Kurt Schaefer, Vice President, Fiber, RISI
Nanocellulose: Technology, Applications, and Markets, Jack Miller, Principal Consultant, Market-Intell LLC and Associate Consultant, RISI
Same Day, Next Day - The Packaging Push
Global Containerboard Market Outlook, Ken Waghorne, Vice President, Packaging Paper, RISI
Global Newsprint Outlook, Derek Mahlburg, Economist, Graphic Paper, RISI
End Use Markets, Manoo Sabety-Javid, Research Analyst, Wood Products, RISI
North American Softwood Lumber Markets, David Fortin, Senior Economist, Wood Products, RISI
North American Structural Panels Market, Jennifer Coskren, Senior Economist, RISI
North American Particleboard and MDF Markets
North American Engineered Lumber Markets, Bernard Fuller, Economic Advisor, Wood Products, RISI
North American Bioenergy Markets, Seth Walker, Associate Bioenergy Economist, RISI
