RISI Announces Program Lineup for 2014 North American Forest Products Conference

Boston, August 4, 2014 (Press Release) - 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

The conference program and registration details for the event are currently available at www.risi.com/naconf.

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RISI is the leading information provider for the global forest products industry. The company works with clients in the pulp and paper, wood products, timber, biomass, tissue, nonwovens, printing and publishing industries to help them make better decisions.

Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, RISI operates additional offices throughout North and South America, Europe and Asia.