Boston - RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry, announced program details for its Sixteenth International Containerboard Conference. The conference will be held November 5-7, 2014 in Chicago, IL at the Embassy Suites Chicago Downtown/Lakefront hotel.

The conference will feature an impressive lineup of guest speakers from leading companies across theglobal containerboard and corrugated markets. A select group of RISI economists will also present research, market outlooks and forecasts for critical market segments.

The Conference Program will feature the following topics:

• Keynote: Global Opportunities for North America’s Virgin Fiber Containerboard Industry
• The Global Economy – Modest Improvement
• Outlook for North American Containerboard Industry
• China’s Containerboard Market Outlook—Changing Nature of Domestic Growth
• Global OCC Market Outlook
• Future Cost Competitiveness of North American Virgin vs. Recycled Mills
• Containerboard Conversions—Opportunities and Challenges
• Panel Discussion: Pros and Cons of Containerboard Conversions
• Recycled Greenfield Containerboard Mill of the Future
• Panel discussion: What Independents Want From Their Containerboard Suppliers
• North American Corrugated Industry’s Growing Productivity and Changing Structure
• On Demand Packaging—New Corrugated Business Model for the Internet Age
• Plastic Returnable Container (RPC) Threat—How Should the Corrugated Industry Respond?
• Panel Discussion: Impact of Sustainability Programs at CPGs on Corrugated Box Demand
• Trends in the European Corrugated Packaging Market
• Western European Containerboard Market Outlook
• Russia/Eastern Europeans's Growth Outlook Post Ukrainian Crisis
• Mexico - North America&'s Fastest Growing Corrugated Market
• Outlook for the Latin American Containerboard Market
• Panel Discussion: How Investors Look at the Containerboard Industry

For more information or to register, visit: www.risi.com/icc.