Speakers From Ballarpur Industries, SCG Paper, VCP Asia and More Join RISI’s Asian Pulp and Paper Outlook Conference Program

SHANGHAI - RISI today announced that several high-level speakers have been added to the conference program of the 10th Asian Pulp and Paper Outlook Conference. The event will be held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Shanghai, China, on June 8-10, 2009.

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Speakers recently added to the program include: - R.R. Vederah, Managing Director, Ballarpur Industries - Chaovalit Ekabut, President, SCG Paper - Mr. Ying Guang Dong, Deputy General Manager, Chief Engineer, Shandong Sun Paper - Liu Hanwen, Vice General Manager, Zhuhai Hongta Renheng Paper - Evandro Muzilli, Chief Representative Officer, VCP Asia, Shanghai Office - Mohit Jain, Director, The Times of India Group

For a full list of the speakers, please visit: www.risiinfo.com/event/asia_conf/program.jsp

Representatives from leading pulp and paper producers, financial institutions, suppliers and end-user companies will be attending the event in Shanghai in June. Annie Zhu, Conference Chair and Editor of Pulp & Paper International (PPI) China magazine, commented, “Following the success of our European conference in Berlin, we are looking forward to hosting the RISI Asian Conference in Shanghai once again and welcoming high-level participants from across Asia and outside the region.”

Conference attendees will also hear RISI’s team of economists and engineers present their two-year forecasts for supply, demand, profitability, investment and trade for each major grade of pulp and paper.

For more information on the RISI Asian Pulp and Paper Outlook Conference, visit www.risiinfo.com/asiaconf.

The early registration and hotel reservation deadline is May 1st!

Sponsorship opportunities are available for this event. To learn more, please visit www.risiinfo.com/events/asia_conf/sponsorship.html or email advertising@risiinfo.com

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