Top-Level Speakers Announced for RISI's Twelfth European Pulp and Paper Outlook Conference

BRUSSELS, January 12 - RISI will host its twelfth annual European Pulp and Paper Outlook
Conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands on March 9-11, 2010. The conference will
provide insight into the latest trends, challenges and opportunities in the
pulp and paper industry and offers members of the industry a forum to discuss
these issues with peers, industry leaders and business prospects from around
the world.

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The following guest speakers and panelists are now confirmed for this
year's program:

    -- Antonio Palacios Esteban, CEO, ENCE
    -- Berry Wiersum, CEO, Sappi Fine Paper Europe
    -- Michal Jarczynski, CEO, Arctic Paper
    -- Aida Greenbury, Director of Sustainability, APP
    -- Bob Latham, Sustainability Director, PaperlinX Europe
    -- Laurel Brunner, Managing Director, Digital Dots
    -- Maria Enroth, Partner, MSG Management Systems Group
    -- Bradford Gibbs, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Investment Banking
       Division

Additional guest speakers and program details will be available soon. The
conference lineup also features RISI's world-renowned economists and
engineers, who will present their two-year forecasts for supply, demand,
profitability, investment and trade for each major grade of pulp and paper.
Confirmed RISI speakers include:

    -- Kurt Schaefer, Vice President, Fiber
    -- Esko Uutela, Tissue Economist/Analyst
    -- Sampo Timonen, Director of European Graphic Papers
    -- Ken Waghorne, Vice President, Packaging
    -- Scott Howard, Director, Macroeconomics
    -- Orifjon Abidov, Research Analyst
    -- Jukka Kuntonen, Benchmarking Analyst

Representatives from leading pulp and paper producers, financial
institutions, suppliers, transportation, printing, publishing and end-user
companies will be attending the event in Amsterdam in March.

The early registration and hotel reservation deadline is February 5,
2010!

For program updates, please visit: www.risi.com/euroconf

StepChange Consulting has signed on as an official sponsor of the
conference.

More sponsorship opportunities are available. For details, please visit
www.risi.com/events/euro_conf/sponsoropps.html or email
advertising@risi.com.

About RISI

RISI is the leading information provider for the global forest products
industry. The company works with clients in the pulp and paper, wood
products, timber, tissue, nonwovens, printing and publishing industries to
help them make better decisions.

Headquartered in Boston (Bedford), Massachusetts, RISI operates offices
in Brussels, Belgium; Atlanta, Georgia; San Francisco, California; Portland,
Oregon; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Shanghai, China; Singapore; Helsinki, Finland; and
Charlottesville, Virginia. More information can be found at www.risi.com

    Contact:
    Jennifer Freitas
    RISI
    4 Alfred Circle
    Bedford, MA 01730 USA
    Tel: +1-781-734-8949
    jfreitas@risi.com

Jennifer Freitas, RISI, +1-781-734-8949, jfreitas at risi.com