President's panel announced for PIMA international leadership conference.Kicking off PIMA's annual conference this year is another stellar panel of top executives from the global pulp and paper industry The global pulp and paper industry is dominated by North American (United States, Canada), northern European (Finland, Sweden) and East Asian countries (such as Japan). Australasia and Latin America also have significant pulp and paper industries. . The line-up has been set and includes: * John V. Faraci John V. Faraci is the CEO of International Paper Co. He attended Denison University, received an MBA from the University of Michigan and is a member of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity. He is a trustee of the American Enterprise Institute. External links
* Ronee Hagen, President & CEO, Sappi Fine Paper North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. * Steven R. Rogel, President & CEO, Weyerhaeuser * Craig Rogerson, President & CEO, Hercules Co-moderators of the panel will be PIMA President Jeff Hamilton of Sappi Fine Paper North America and Affiliate Chair Chet Cross of Hercules. The panelists, each a successful executive, will communicate their views about transformation in the pulp and paper industry and the paths their companies took to both create and accommodate these changes. The president's panel will be held 9:15 a.m. on Monday, May 22. Another session of note is "Impact China: The Global Transformation of Board and Packaging Grade, led by Ken Waghorne of Paperloop/RISI. This session will focus on developments in the industrial sector in China that are leading to a transformation in the global packaging paper and board industry. During the past 10 years North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. producers have had to adjust to an influx of consumer goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and from overseas, which has undermined growth in domestic demand for their products. Waghorne will discuss how continued robust capacity expansion in both China and other developing world economies has the potential to disrupt production in established markets. This session will be held after lunch on Monday. In other conference news, online hotel reservations can now be made by visiting the special page set up on the PIMA Web site at www.pimaweb.org/conferences/may2006/hotel2.html. The conference will be held in Orlando at Disney's Contemporary Resort Disney's Contemporary Resort is located at Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Florida. It is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company, first opened October 1, 1971, at which time it featured state-of-the-art facilities. . At press time, the conference committees were finalizing speakers and session titles in the areas of IT. Management and Manufacturing Reliability; you can expect to receive a conference brochure in mid-February. For updates, visit the PIMA Web site at www.pimaweb.org. www.pimaweb.org PIMA 2006 INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE TRANSFORMATION IN INDUSTRY: A WHOLE NEW WORLD MAY 21-24, 2006 * ORLANDO, FL |
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