Chinese association leaders on roster of RISI event

RISI has named several of the speakers who will address its Recycled Fiber Conference, taking place Dec. 2-4, 2015, at the JW Marriott Shenzhen in China.

The Boston-based information provider for the forest products industry says the event’s theme is “Helping the Recovered Paper Industry Make Better Decisions.” The conference “will focus on the opportunities and challenges that the [Chinese] recovered paper industry has faced under the ‘new Normal’ economic situation,” says RISI.

The conference will cover trends within the United States recovered paper industry and also analyze the growing markets in Asia. “Speakers from RISI, suppliers and paper mills will probe into the current problems and trends in imported and domestic [Chinese] recovered paper,” the event’s organizers say.

Confirmed speakers Include:

• Guo Yongxin, deputy director of the China Light Industry Information Center and an independent supervisor of the China Paper Industry Chamber of Commerce;
• Liu Shousheng, deputy director and secretary-general of the China Packaging Federation Paper Products Committee;
• Tang Yanju, secretary general of the Recovered Paper Branch of the China Resource Recycling Association;
• Bill Moore, president of Moore & Associates http://marecycle.com/ in the United States;
• Sarah Feng, associate director of RISI China (UMPaper);
• Hannah Zhao, global recovered paper - senior economist of RISI; and
• Marc-Antoine Belthe, head of Recycled Paper Sales for Europe at Veolia Environmental Service and CEO of VP France Recycling.

Topics expected to be covered include the Chinse paper industry’s development trends, the development of the paper packaging Industry and its influence on the recovered paper sector and the Asia-Pacific region’s recovered paper market outlook.

More information on the conference, including how to register, can be found at http://2015.rcpconference.com/en.