Agenda of 2025 SPW Annual Meeting (Draft) -Sponsored by Asia Symbol
Time: March. 19, 2025 Venue: Shanghai Marriott Marquis
08:30 Welcome Speech —Li Xiaoliang, President of the Standing Committee, CPICC & Chairman of the Board, Huatai Group
Opening Speech —Wanyan Shaohua,Senior Vice President, RGE Group
09:20 The Certainty of Trump 2.0 and the Uncertainty of the Global Economy —Zhu Min, Vice Chairman of China Centre for International Economic Exchanges, Former Deputy Managing Director, IMF; Former Deputy Governor of the People's Bank of China & Former Executive Vice president of Bank of China
09:50 Trade barriers & deglobalization in the pulp & paper industry—Tom Wright, Managing Director, Hawkins Wright Ltd
10:10 Coffee Break by ITG Pulp & Paper
10:30 Planting the Future, Today—CEO, Beto Abreu, Suzano
10:50 China's Pulp Market: 2024 Review and 2025 Outlook —Li Zhan, Director of Pulp Decision-making Committee, China Paper Corporation & Vice President, Yueyang Forest & Paper
11:20 Russian Pulp & Paper industry: Growing Together with China —Aleksei Lomko, CEO， & BOD Member, Ilim
11:35 Ilim Unveiling Program
- Unveiling an Environmental Footprint Accounting Platform for the Industry Chain of Pulp, Paper, and Paper Packaging
- Unveiling Shandong Port Pulp Supply Chain Forum
—CPICC & Xiamen C&D Paper & Pulp
12:00 LUNCH - Sponsored by Xiamen C&D Paper & Pulp
14:00 China Paper Industry Outlook - Opportunities & Challenges— Levi Li, Managing Director, Fastmarkets China
14:20 Industry dynamics of softwood pulp, Metsa Fibre’s enhanced market position —Ismo Nousiainen, CEO, Metsä Fibre
14:35 Exploring Infinite Possibilities: Innovative Trends within the Global Forestry, Wood, Pulp and Paper Sectors (TBD) —João Cordeiro, Head of Pulp & Paper Business, Afry
14:55 Unlocking Wood Fibre Reserves: A Review of Global Woodchip Flows with Focus on China's Paper & Pulp Sector—Jarno Seppälä, Managing Director，Indufor Group
15:20 Coffee Break by ITG Pulp & Paper
15:40 The Status and Supply-demand Outlook of China's Forest Resources —Zhang Zhongtao, Director, Division 1 of Ecological Industry, Forest Industry Development Planning Institute, National Forestry and Grassland Administration &Vice President, China National Forestry Industry Association (CNFIA)
16:00 Panel Discussion —Shaping the Future of Paper & Pulp Industry with New Roles and Partnerships
Moderator：James Li, General Manager of Business Unit, Oji Paper
Panelists:
Cao Zhenlei, Consultant, CPICC & Director ,Tissue Committee, China Paper Association
Wang Minlang, President of Xianhe Corp
Song Yu, Business Development Director, Suzano Asia
Yao Guanjun，Director, Purchasing Department, Sun Paper
Paul Yeomans, Sales Director, China, ARAUCO
1730 DRINKS RECEPTION – sponsored by Arauco
19:00 GALA DINNER sponsored by Metsä Fibre
(This is a draft programme and may be subject to change)