

Dan Klein
Executive Vice President, Analytics
Fastmarkets





Dr Jan Klingele
CEO & Managing Partner
Klingele Paper & Packaging Group

George Staphos
Managing Director
Bank of America Securities

Laurent Sellier
CEO – The Americas
Smurfit Kappa

Sergio Menchaca Flores
Director General
Eko Empaques de Cartón
- The global macroeconomic outlook
- Risks and opportunities during a downcycle
- The affect of high interest rates on investment decisions
- Energy: costs, security, and carbon reduction


Lasse Sinikallas
Director Macroeconomics
Fastmarkets
- How has the valuation landscape changed over last 5-10 years?
- How do US company valuations compare to European counterparts?
- How does supply and demand/market shifts impact valuations? Geo-politica/geo-economic factors?
- What do investors want from the large publicly traded containerboard companies?
- What do major mergers and bolt-on acquisitions mean for valuations going forwards?




Tjard Westbroek
Global Sector Head F&A Packaging and Logistics
Rabobank

Gregory Rudder
Managing Editor, PPI Pulp & Paper Week
Fastmarkets

George Staphos
Managing Director
Bank of America Securities
- Looking ahead: When is demand predicted to increase?
- Surviving the post-pandemic hangover
- Outlook for profitability, costs and supply
- Forecast for North American containerboard markets through 2025


Derek Mahlburg
Director
Fastmarkets
- What does demand look like as now COVID restrictions have been lifted?
- What are the impacts of the slowing in China’s economy?
- How is new capacity affecting the dynamics of the market?
- The continuing growth of Southeast Asia as a major player in the market.
- Forecast for Asian demand and supply through 2025


Beth Lis
Vice President of Asian Paper & Packaging
Fastmarkets
- Cost of energy and energy security: the ongoing impacts in Europe.
- The effect of European sustainability regulations on global markets.
- Rising cost of living decreasing containerboard demand growth opportunities.
- Weaker cost competitiveness affecting export opportunities.


Alejandro Mata
Director, Europe Packaging and Graphic Paper
Fastmarkets
- Costs and changing consumption patterns?
- Onshoring – is this still a trend post pandemic?
- How is plastic substitution impacting changing supply chains? What are its effects on corrugated consumption?
- How will consumer behaviour patterns change business strategy?




Jim Owen
Senior Analyst – Packaging & Logistics
RaboResearch

Jon Rager
Senior Vice-President, Analytics
Fastmarkets

Christian Gerdes
Global Procurement Director – Adhesives & Packaging
Kimberly-Clark





Michael Roxland
Director, Equity Research, Truist Securities
Truist Securities

Ken Bowles
Group CFO
Smurfit Kappa

Jon Rager
Senior Vice-President, Analytics
Fastmarkets

William Studstill
Director, Mill Intelligence
Fastmarkets
- What’s happening in the Middle East industry generally?
- Key growth areas and opportunities
- Challenges particular to this territory?
- How is the economy in the Middle East (compared to territories like Europe & N.America)?



Atul Kaul
Chief Commercial Officer
Arab Paper Manufacturing Co (WARAQ)

Sami Al Safran
CEO/Group President
Middle East Paper Co (MEPCO)
A look at the key challenges for the European market in the coming year, including:
- Macro-economic drivers and current market conditions
- Update on energy crisis and the ongoing Russia/Ukraine conflict
- The changing face of the containerboard supply chain doing business in Europe
- European packaging regulation update – what’s coming, how will it play out globally?


Dr Veronica Schey
Chief Operating Officer
Stepchange Consulting


Renata Mercante
Senior News Editor, PPI Pulp & Paper Week
Fastmarkets
- ICCA update- findings from the latest lifecycle assesment report on the corrugated box industry
- Decaronizing operations – lessons from Europe
- Recycling in new ways
- Sustainability at the end of the supply chain


Rachel Kenyon
President
International Corrugated Case Association
- Low generation and weak demand: when/how will the “balance” be broken in North America?
- Will Asian demand for recycled fiber rebound soon?
- Changing dynamics in global trade


Hannah Zhao
Director, Fiber
Fastmarkets
- What to expect from the Latin American packaging market for 2024-2025?
- What are the local risks AND opportunities to look out for?
- Mexico’s near-shoring trend: what next?


Rafael Barisauskas
Economist, Latin American Pulp, Paper & Packaging, Economic Analysis
Fastmarkets
- Where is the packaging industry relative to other sectors?
- How does North America compare with other territories?
- How can automation and technology streamline production, and increase reliability?
- Weighing up the upfront costs versus the benefits of ongoing efficiencies.
- Upskilling the workforce to operate new automated systems.




Dr Constantine Goulimis
Director BD Packaging, Pulp, Paper & Fibre
TietoEvry

Matthew Seidner
Partner
Mckinsey & Company

Renata Mercante
Senior News Editor, PPI Pulp & Paper Week
Fastmarkets
- Plastic-paper transition and the role of containerboard
- Sustainability- how legislation drives change.
- Lessons from Europe
- The impact of design and technology





Jeff Covelli
President
Innovative Fiber

Greg Arvanigian
CEO
Arvco Container Corporation

Ron Sasine
Principal
Hudson Windsor

Gregory Rudder
Managing Editor, PPI Pulp & Paper Week
Fastmarkets


Terry Webber
Vice President, Industry Affairs
American Forest & Paper Association