TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2012

• 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

  Registration

• 9:00 AM

  Start of Conference

• 9:00 AM - 9:05 AM

  Welcoming Remarks

  
  

  RISI Seminar Chair: Mark Rushton, Editor, Pulp & Paper International (PPI) Magazine and RISI website

• 9:05 AM - 9:30 AM

  Keynote Address: India Engaged

  
  

  ~ Yogesh Agarwal, Managing Director and CEO, Ballarpur Industries Limited

• 9:30 AM - 9:35 AM

  Keynote Questions & Answers

SESSION I

• 9:35 AM - 10:00 AM

  Surviving the Upcoming Tsunami in Pulp & Paper

  
  

  ~ Sunil Sood, Director, APRIL

• 10:00 AM - 10:25 AM

  Sustainability Issues for Pulp & Paper Industry

  
  

  ~ Sanjay Singh, CEO, ITC - Paperboards and Specialty Papers Division

• 10:25 AM - 10:45 AM

  Coffee & Tea Break

• 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

  Paper and Packaging Innovation in India

  
  

  ~ Usman Shaik, Senior Research Analyst, Paper Packaging, Beroe Consulting
  ~ Divya Kumar, Senior Research Analyst, Paper Packaging, Beroe Consulting

• 11:15 AM - 11:40 AM

  Paper Industry and Climate Change

  
  

  ~ N Gopala Ratnam, Chairman and Managing Director, Seshasayee Paper and Boards

• 11:40 AM - 12:05 PM

  Demand and Profitability Outlook for Indian Paper Industry

  
  

  ~ Ajay Srinivasan, Director, CRISIL Research

• 12:05 PM - 12:20 PM

  Questions & Answers

• 12:20 PM - 1:30 PM

  Buffet Networking Lunch

SESSION II

• 1:30 PM - 1:55 PM

  Forest Certification in India: Opportunities and Challenges for Paper and Pulp Industry

  
  

  ~ TR Manoharan, FSC International Representative, India

• 1:55 PM - 2:20 PM

  China's Increasing Dependence on Imported Woodchips

  
  

  ~ Bob Flynn, Director, International Timber, RISI

• 2:20 PM - 2:45 PM

  Role of Agro Forestry in Sustainable supply of Raw materials to Wood based Industries in India

  
  

  ~ CN Pandey, Director, IPIRTI

• 2:45 PM - 3:10 PM

  Topic to be announced

  
  

  ~ Hannah Zhao-->Speaker to be announced

• 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM

  Outlook for Graphic Papers Demand in Asia

  
  

  ~ Li Meng, Economist, Asian Graphic Paper, RISI

• 3:35 PM - 3:45 PM

  Questions & Answers

• 3:45 PM - 4:10 PM

  Coffee & Tea Break

SESSION III: Executive Panel Discussion

• 4:10 PM - 5:30 PM

  A Dialogue with the Leading Executives in the Indian Industry.

  A Roundtable Discussion with India's Leading Executives.

  Moderator: Madhukar Mishra, Managing Director, Star Papers Limited & President, Indian Paper Manufacturers Association (IPMA)

  Panelists:
  ~ Yogesh Agarwal, Managing Director and CEO, Ballarpur Industries Limited
  ~ Pradeep Dhobale, Executive Director, ITC
  ~ Sunil Sood, Director, APRIL
  ~ N Gopala Ratnam, Chairman and Managing Director, Seshasayee Paper and Boards

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2012

*All titles reflect possible topics and will depend on speaker availability and topics they choose. Order of talks also subject to change.

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