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Program

Monday, 10 August, 2020

Session One (all times BRT)

11:00

Global Macroeconomic Outlook

  • Macroeconomic outlook with a particular focus on China and Brazil
  • The impact of trade war and fluctuations in the commodities market for the South American economy
11:30

Global Fiber Outlook

12:10

Virtual Coffee Break

12:20

Esko Uutela

Principal Economist, Tissue

Fastmarkets RISI

Global Tissue Outlook

  • What does Covid-19 mean for the global tissue industry?
  • Recent trends in tissue
  • Global outlook, with a focussed look at North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia
13:15

Q&A with panelists and Esko Uutela

13:30

Close of day one

Tuesday, 11 August, 2020

Session Two (all times BRT)

11:00

Presentation of the Fastmarkets RISI Latin American CEO of the Year Award

Presented to Walter Schalka, CEO, Suzano 

12:15

Virtual Coffee Break

13:00

Complimentary webinar hosted by Amexiccor - discussing the challenges in the Latin American corrugated industry as a result of a global crisis

Promoted by the Spanish Association of Manufacturers of Packaging and Corrugated Board Assn (AFCO), Argentinean Corrugated Board Assn (CAFCCO) and the Mexican Assn of Corrugated Board Industries (AMEXICCOR) 

This webinar will be held in Spanish and will be free of charge. To register, click here.

Panelists:

  • Argentina, Carlos Cacace, CEO Argenpack
  • Ecuador, José Guaman, General Manager, IncarPalm
  • Spain,  Leopoldo Santorroman, CEO, Cartonajes Santorroman
  • México, Cesar Anaya, Director, PCM
  • Peru, Leandro Mariategui, CEO, Trupal
  • España, Rubén Martínez, President, Grupo Hinojosa
  • Mexico, Francisco Rodriguez and Bárbara Cervantes, CFO and HR Director, Grupo Gondi
  • Brasil, Gabriella Marchi Michelucci, President ABPO
  • Moderator - Jorge Luzuriaga, Director for Latin America, GAK Overseas

 

Wednesday, 12 August, 2020

Session Three (all times BRT)

11:00

Ken Waghorne

Vice President, Global Packaging Paper

Fastmarkets RISI

Global Containerboard Outlook

  • Global outlook for the containerboard industry 2020-2021 
  • Examining demand and supply trends as a result of Covid-19
  • How are changing consumer behaviors impacting the demand for containerboard worldwide?  
11:30

Latin American Containerboard Outlook

  • A detailed analysis of the Latin American containerboard markets 
11:45

Panelists

Ken Waghorne

Vice President, Global Packaging Paper

Fastmarkets RISI

Q&A with Ken & Rafael

12:00

Virtual Coffee Break

12:10

Moderator

Marina Faleiros

Managing Editor, Latin America, Fastmarkets RISI and MB

Fastmarkets RISI

Panelists

Packaging trends and sustainability for a post COVID world

Sponsored by:

12:45

Q&A session with panelists

12:50

Panelists

Making our world better with paper in the age of digitalization

13:15

Close of day three

Thursday, 13 August, 2020

Session Four (all times BRT)

11:00

Beth Lis

Vice President, Asian Paper

Fastmarkets RISI

Outlook for Asian paper and board markets as the region copes with the Covid-19 pandemic

11:30

Haidong Weng

Head of Corporate Strategy

Xiamen C&D Paper & Pulp

China seeing V-shaped economic recovery from the virus, let's take the pulse of the pulp and paper industry

  • The V-shaped recovery of Chinese economic – GDP, stock market, commodities, but how is the pulp market?
  • The Chinese consumer market and paper demand in a post COVID-19 world
  • The next wave of huge investment of the Chinese paper industry
11:55

Panelists

Beth Lis

Vice President, Asian Paper

Fastmarkets RISI

Haidong Weng

Head of Corporate Strategy

Xiamen C&D Paper & Pulp

Q&A with Beth & Haidong

12:10

Virtual Coffee Break

12:25

Derek Mahlburg

Director, North American Graphic Paper

Fastmarkets RISI

Global Graphic Paper Outlook

13:40

Close of conference