DRAFT AGENDA
First session
8:45AM – Welcome
8:55AM - Legal and compliance notice
9:00AM
Fluff and dissolving pulp: key market trends and China’s evolving role - from customer to disruptor
Oliver Lansdell, Hawkins Wright
9:30AM
Keynote address: Europe versus China’s export machine - what can Europe’s manufacturing industry do to compete/survive?
David Henig, European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE)
10:15AM
Cost dynamics across China’s DWP and fluff pulp sectors (title tbc)
Matti Sarantola, AFRY
10:45AM Coffee break
Second session
11:15AM
Demand outlook for dissolving and fluff pulp: where will the next phase of growth come from?
Hawkins Wright
11:45AM
Fibre-to-fibre substitution: an emerging threat to Chinese dissolving and fluff pulp demand?
Etienne Ernst, CNG
12:00PM
(Title to be confirmed - this paper will explore how the West can compete with China)
Carlos Aníbal, Suzano and Lenzing Board Member
12:30PM
New production frontiers: Argentina’s emerging role in the global pulp industry
Fernando Correa, ARPULP
12:45 PM Concluding remarks
Key takeaways and implications for the industry
Oliver Lansdell, Tom Wright, Hawkins Wright
João Cordeiro, AFRY