RISI Announces New Speakers for PPI Market Pulp and RISI European Conferences
BRUSSELS, Jan. 22, 2008 - RISI today announced that José Honório, CEO of Grupo Portucel Soporcel, will give the keynote speech at RISI's 10th European Pulp and Paper Outlook Conference. The event will take place on April 7-9, 2008, in Lisbon, Portugal at the Sheraton Hotel and will provide attendees with powerful networking and educational opportunities. Grupo Portucel Soporcel is Portugal's leading pulp and paper producer.
Honório will also take part in the CEO Panel at the RISI European Conference and joins a list of key industry experts who will be speaking at the event, including:
- Franz Rappold, Member of the Management Board, Mayr-Melnhof
- Alain Baudant, CEO, Smurfit Kappa Paper Division
- Sally Cartwright OBE, Publishing Director, Hello!
- Simon Fairclough, Director, Scottish Print Employers Federation
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.
Top Industry Players Join PPI Market Pulp Program
The RISI European Conference will be held directly after the 16th PPI Market Pulp Conference, April 6-7, 2008 at the Sheraton Hotel in Lisbon. RISI recently confirmed the participation of several key players on this program, including Gunnar Olofsson, CEO of Sveaskog, who will address "Wood Supply Issues and the Impact of Biofuel Demands"; Mary Blackburn, Director Chlor-alkali & Vinyls Studies, CMAI, who will be speaking on "The Impact of Rising Chemical Costs on the Pulp Industry"; and Robert Barnden, Forest, Paper & Packaging Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers, who will talk from a financial analyst's perspective about "Investing in the Pulp Industry".
For the first time, the PPI Market Pulp Conference will also include a special panel of the industry's leading forecasters and consultants, including Kurt Schaefer, Vice President of Fiber at RISI; Tom Wright, Director, Hawkins Wright; Timo Teras, Leading Advisor, Pöyry Forest Industry Consulting Oy; and Richard Cockram, Marketing Consultant, NLK Associates.
Conference programs and registration details for the conferences are available online at:
PPI Market Pulp Conference: www.risiinfo.com/market_pulp
European Pulp and Paper Outlook Conference: www.risiinfo.com/euroconf
A variety of sponsorship opportunities are available for both of these events. To learn more, please visit www.risiinfo.com/events/market_pulp/sponsorship.html and www.risiinfo.com/events/euro_conf/sponsorship.html or email advertising@risiinfo.com.
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