Chicago 2010 Program

 

 

Sunday, May 9, 2010

5:00–7:00 p.m.

 

Opening Reception

Grand Ballroom (The Drake Hotel)

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

   

 

CONFERENCE VENUE

The Drake Hotel

140 East Walton Place
Chicago Illinois, 606011

 

 

Monday, May 10, 2010

9:00–11:30 a.m.
Room: Gold Coast Room

Customer Forum
China’s significance for global market pulp markets continues to grow, as witnessed by the staggering 33% growth in demand in 2009. The Customer Forum will examine how sustainable the continued growth is expected to be, what challenges the Chinese economy faces, and how much traction the development of the domestic market has.

 

Moderator:

Kevin Mason

Managing Director

Paper & Forest Products,

Equity Research Associates

 

Speakers:

Mark Mullins

CEO

Veras Inc.

 

 

Henrik Gistren

General Manager - Commercial

FIBRIA

 

 

Susan Huang

Commercial Director

MCC Paper Group Co. Ltd

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

9:00–10:30 a.m.
Room: Gold Coast 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

Pulp and Paper Products Council

 

Kevin McElhatton

President & CEO

Pulp and Paper Products Council

 

 

 

 

Wednesay, May 12, 2010

9:00–11:00 a.m.
Room: Gold Coast Room

 

Market Pulp Open Forum
Keynote speaker: Dan Lyons is a technology columnist at Newsweek and the creator of Fake Steve Jobs, the persona behind The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs, a leading technology blog. He will be providing his thoughts on latest wave of technology, including the much publicized tablet readers and their potential impact on the evolving mass media markets, and consequently what this all means for the pulp and paper industry. The Open Forum will also include an outlook for the Global Economy and the Wall Street’s latest take on the industry.

 

 

Moderator:     

John McDonald

Vice President

AbitibiBowater Inc.

Chairman, Market Pulp Association



Speakers:

Joe Elling

Director, Industry Analysis Markets & Economic Research

Weyerhaeuser Company

 

 

Peter Ruschmeier

Senior Vice President

Barclays Capital

 

 

Dan Lyons

Technology Columnist

Newsweek

 

 

 

11:30 a.m.- 1:30 p.m.

Room: Palm Court

Closing Reception

 

 

 

 

 

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