Vancouver 2009 Program to be announced

San Francisco 2008 Program (PDF)

Sunday, May 4, 2008

5:00–7:00 p.m.

Welcome Cocktail Reception

Victor's (Westin St.Francis)

San Francisco, California

CONFERENCE VENUE (Map in pdf)

Westin St.Francis

335 Powell St, San Francisco

Monday, May 5, 2008

9:00–11:00 a.m.
Room:  California West room

Customer Forum
This session is an opportunity for pulp and paper producers, end-users, and customers to discuss prevailing issues affecting their own specific sector, as well as those of common interest to the industry at large. This year’s panel will offer a look at innovation in the pulp sector, environmentally sound practices and certification, as well as the expectations placed on pulp producers by both a major tissue producer and a leading retailer.

Moderator:

Kevin Mason, Managing Director, Paper & Forest Products, Equity Research Associates

Speakers:

James Lopez, President & CEO, Tembec Enterprise Inc.

Miles P. Drake, Senior Vice-President, Research & Development and Chief Technology Officer, Weyerhaeuser

Hervé Rose, Vice-President, Supply Chain, SCA Tissue Europe

Brian Dillon, Sourcing Director, SCA Tissue Europe

Jogarao Bhamidipati, Vice-President, Commercial, ITC Ltd.

2:00–5:00 p.m.
Room:  California West room

Fisher International, Inc.
Sponsored session - Which Market Pulp Customers Win and Which Lose in the Upcoming Economy

Speakers:

Rod Fisher, President, Fisher International Inc.

Pekka Aarnisalo, Vice President Commodity Products, Systems Thinking Europe Oy

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

9:00–10:30 a.m.

Room: California West room

Press and Analyst Briefing

PPPC is the source of statistical information for the majority of pulp and paper producers, analysts, industry consultants, and investment banks. The Press and Analyst Briefing is an opportunity to hear directly from the source and for PPPC non-members to gain a better understanding of the scope of analysis that PPPC performs for its member companies. Presentations will include not only a review of the past year but also an outlook for the supply and demand fundamentals for market pulp and its major end use sectors globally.

Speakers:

Paul Leclair, Vice-President & Chief Economist, PPPC

Kevin McElhatton, President & CEO, PPPC

Emanuele Bona, Vice-President, Europe, PPPC

2:00–5:00 p.m.
Room:  California West room

Pöyry Forest Industry Consulting Inc.
This session will cover such topics as "Cost versus the value gaps between global market pulp producers"; the "Key drivers of pulp market: fiber supply, grade swings and substitution and exchange rates"; and the "Implications of environmental policies on the business environment of market pulp producers".

Speakers:

Eric Bober, Principal, Pöyry Forest Industry Consulting Inc.

Timos Teräs, Leading Advisor (Specialty: Pulp Market & Forecasting Expert), Pöyry Forest Industry Consulting Oy

Petri J. Jokinen, Senior Consultant, Pöyry Forest Industry Consulting Oy

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

9:00–11:30 a.m.

Rooms: California West room

Market Pulp Open Forum
Wondering where the future will lead us, the panel for the Open Forum might just be able to provide you with some answers. Renown futurist and CEO of The Copenhagen Institute of Futures Studies, a non-profit think-tank focused on understanding and predicting how future social, labor and technological trends will impact businesses and individuals, Johan Peter Paludan will look at the evolution of consumers’expectations of the products that they buy and how companies will address these expectations in the future.

Moderator:     

Joe Nemeth, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership

Chairman, Market Pulp Association

Speakers:

Lloyd Atkinson, Economist

Gail Glazerman, Director, US & Global Research Analyst, UBS

Johan Peter Paludan, Futurist & Director, Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 pm

Room: Elizabethan A & B

Closing Cocktail Reception

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