Pre-registration

Cocktail Reception

Registration & Networking

Opening & Housekeeping

Moderator: Shawn Wang, Senior Editor, PPI Asia, Fastmarkets

Opening Remarks

Speaker: Levi Li, Managing Director, RUIZHIXIN Consulting

Opening Remarks

Speaker: Representative from Fastmarkets

Asian CEO of the Year Award Ceremony

Presenter: Levi Li, Managing Director, RUIZHIXIN Consulting

Recipient: Cheung Yin, Chairlady, Nine Dragons Paper

Keynote Speech from CEO Award Winner – From Scale Leader to Value Leader: Nine Dragons Paper’s Transformation Journey and the Future of Asia’s Paper Industry

Speaker: Cheung Yin, Chairlady, Nine Dragons Paper

Keynote Speech – China’s Pulp & Paper Industry at a Strategic Crossroads: Structure, Sustainability, and Global Integration

• China’s paper industry: from scale expansion to structural optimization
• Fiber supply: constraints, trade-offs, and long-term security
• Technology and innovation as drivers of industrial competitiveness
• Strategic priorities for China’s paper industry over the next 5-10 years

Speaker: Dr. Cao Zhenlei, Former Chairman, China Technical Association of the Paper Industry (CTAPI); Chairman, China National Household Paper Industry Association (CNHPIA), CPA & CTAPI

Keynote Speech – Financing the Next Cycle: Capital, ESG, and Returns in Asian Pulp & Paper Industry

Speakers: Investment banks, development banks, private equity, or large institutional investors.

Coffee Break

Keynote Speech – Macroeconomic Overview: Asia at the Center of Global Uncertainty

• China, India, ASEAN growth divergence
• Trade in the new Trump world
• Inflation, interest rates, currency risk
• Global demand signals affecting pulp & paper

Speaker: Lasse Sinikallas, Director of Macroeconomics, Fastmarkets

CEO Panel: From Volume Growth to Value Creation: Can Asia Change Its Playbook?

• Current market & potential opportunities: specialty grades vs commodity exposure
• How Chinese companies’ strategy are evolving
• Capacity Strategy in Asia: Build, Buy, or Shut Down?
• What about supply chain collaboration

Moderator: Levi Li, Managing Director, RUIZHIXIN Consulting

Panelists: To be announced

Lunch

Asia’s Export Competitiveness: Navigating Europe’s Sustainability Rules and Global Trade Shifts

• How Europe’s tightening sustainability and due-diligence rules are reshaping market access for Asian pulp, paper, and packaging exporters
• Readiness gap analysis: alignment between EU sustainability requirements and current technologies, data systems, and compliance capabilities across Asian exporting markets
• Strategic responses from Asia: consolidation, capacity rationalisation, and value-added product shifts
• Market diversification strategies, including the feasibility of redirecting excess Asian capacity toward Latin America and other growth regions

Speaker: Dario Accorona, Principal, BCG

Global Paper Packaging Market Outlook (Containerboard & Boxboard)

Speaker: Beth Lis, VP of Analytics, Fastmarkets

China & Asia Perspective – Containerboard

Speaker: Sarah Feng, Director, RUIZHIXIN Consulting

China & Asia Perspective – Boxboard

Speaker: Eric Hu, Economist, Fastmarkets

Sustainable Packaging: Perspective from the Big Brands

Speaker: To be announced

Coffee Break

Sustainability at the Core: Global Forest, Fiber, and Green Regulatory Frameworks

Speaker: Wang Jue, Sustainability Manager, UPM

Sustainability, Carbon, and Policy Alignment: Mill De-carbonization

• De-carbonization roadmap
• Economic drivers of de-carbonization
• De-carbonization strategies of paper mills
• Energy and emissions as the key cost drivers
• Carbon footprint in evaluation of paper suppliers

Speaker: Sampsa Veijalainen, Senior Product Manager, Mill Intelligence, Fastmarkets

Digital Leapfrog: How Can Asian Mills Learn from European Experience?

Speaker: To be announced

Panel Discussion: AI on the Mill Floor: How Can Technology Help Solve Paper Industry’s Margin & Sustainability Puzzle?

Speaker: To be announced

Panelist: To be announced

Networking Opportunity/Cocktail

VIP Dinner

Networking

Global Pulp Outlook

Speaker: Patrick Cavanagh, Senior Economist, Fastmarkets

Pulpwood Outlook – How Will China Fiber its New Pulp Lines

• Examining the international woodchip trade
• Overview on the global forest resources to supply the China demand
• Analyzing China’s domestic wood availability & future prospects
• Potentials from other world regions

Speaker: Marcos Madruga, Analyst, Fastmarkets

Global Recovered Paper Outlook

Speaker: Hannah Zhao, Director of Fiber Analytics, Fastmarkets

Recovered Paper in China’s Circular Economy: From Collection Reform to Market Stability

Speaker: Tang Yanju, Secretary General, China Resource Recycling Association (CRRA)

Coffee Break

Trade, Logistics & Freight: Asia’s Hidden Cost Base

Speaker: HAN Ning, General Manager, Shipbid (Singapore) Shipping Exchange PTE. LTD.

Panel Discussion: Securing Fiber in a Disrupted Global Trade Landscape

• Navigating the new rulebook – how trade flows are evolving due to policies and regulations
• Pulp, recycled pulp, domestic recovered paper – how China fibers its mega capacity
• The “China + 1” fiber strategy – as China moves to self-sufficiency, how suppliers adapt

Moderator: James Li, Senior Advisor, Oji Paper International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Panelists: Yao Guanjun, Director, Procurement Department, Sun Paper; Zhang Tao, General Manager, Jinboshi Group

Lunch

Graphic Paper Outlook: Value, Specialization, and Niche Growth Opportunities

Speaker: Zeng Liang, Industry Expert, RUIZHIXIN Consulting

Specialty & Functional Papers: Growth or Niche?

Speaker: To be announced

Tissue Market Outlook

Speaker: Jennifer Liu, Associate Economist, Fastmarkets

Molded Fiber: Asia’s New Frontier in Functional & Sustainable Packaging

Speaker: To be announced

Panel Discussion: New Frontiers – Where the Future Lies

Moderator: Pan Tianyi, Marketing Director, Sun Paper

Panelists: To be announced

Wrapping up & Networking