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Containerboard Confab Lineup Revealed
November 1, 2008 Official Board MarketsThe 13th International Containerboard Conference, Nov. 12-14 at the Chicago Marriott in Chicago, reports its theme is “Surviving the Current Economic Challenges” and has revealed its speakers for the conference.
The speakers and topics include:
•Changing World Containerboard Market, given by Carol Roberts, senior vice president, Industrial Packaging, International Paper;
•How Investors Look at Containerboard Companies, given by Mark Weintraub, senior vice president, Buckingham Research;
•Europe: Containerboard Supply/Demand Outlook, given by Tony Smurfit, group coo, Smurfit-Kappa;
•Trends in European Box Markets: Challenges and Opportunities, given by John Williams, president of SCA Packaging Europe, and president of FEFCO (European Federation of Corrugated Board Manufacturers);
•Latin America – New Era of Sustained Growth, given by Andres Patino, Barnett Corp.;
•Lightweight Containerboards: Fiction or Reality? Given by Simon Southern, managing director, Packaging Research Intelligence Strategies & Marketing (PRISM);
•Panel Discussion with Ralph Young, Principal, Alternative Paper Solutions as the moderator. Panelists are: Glenn Landau, vice president and general manager, Containerboard Business, International Paper; Michael Harwood, deputy ceo, Pratt Industries USA; William Sweeney, executive vice president, Packaging Corp. of America; Bob Kinstrey, director of Process Engineering, Jacobs Engineering;
•Bio Energy – Problems, Challenges and Opportunities, given by Paul Stecko, ceo of Packaging Corp. of America (PCA);
•Strategic Initiative – What North America’s Most Ambitious Box System Restructuring Program has Achieved, given by Steve Klinger, president and coo of Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.;
•Sustainability – Turning Green into Gold given by Jim Keller, president of the International Corrugated Case Association (ICCA); and
•Panel Discussion: What Box Customers Really Want. The moderator is Dwight Schmidt, president of the Fibre Box Association. Panelists are Matt Unger, purchasing group manager, Procter & Gamble; Roger Landrum, packaging procurement director, ConAgra Foods; and Russ Swansen, director of paper purchasing, Sara Lee. Additional panelists will be announced.
For more information, visit www.risiinfo.com/events/ic_conf/.
