Boston - RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry, announced the program lineup for the 30th Annual North American Conference. The event will be held from September 28-30, 2015 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Chicago, IL.

RISI’s North American Conference will feature presentations from industry leaders and experts, along with RISI’s economists, who will give their outlooks for key segments of the North American and global forest products industry.

The program will include:

RISI Packaging Buyers Seminar:
        • General Overview of the Packaging Markets
        • Fiber-based Packaging Trends
        • Buying Smart – Procurement Tips for Packaging Buyers
        • Retail Ready Packaging
        • Environmental Impact of Packaging
        • Fiber Based Packaging and the Digital Age
        • Lightweighting
Day 1:
        • CEO/Executive Panel Discussion: A Roundtable Discussion with the
        • Region's Leading Executives
        • The Global Economy – Growing Moderately
        • Outlook on North American Housing Market
        • Perspectives on the North American Forest Products Industry in a Global Context
        • Regulations, Trade, and Politics
Pulp and Paper Track:
        • Panel Discussion – Paper and the Environment
        • How the Pulp and Paper Industry is Attempting to Cope with the Changing Landscape
        • North American Forest Products: Slowly Recovering, Big Hopes
        • Top US Packaging Grades: Consolidation and Now Follow Through
        • The Potential, Big Nano Future for Forest Products
        • Construction Pathways - Redefining Building in Recovery
 Wood Products Outlook Track:
        • Other End Use Markets
        • North American Softwood Lumber Markets
        • North American Structural Panels Markets
        • North American Particleboard & MDF Markets
        • North American EWP Markets
 Day 2:
        • Panel Discussion: US Housing: Dissecting Short-Term Demand and Its Turns
        • North American Timber Outlook: Recovery in the Aftermath of an Industry Depression
        • Timberland Investment and International Timber Markets
        • Global Pulp Market Outlook
        • Outlook on Global Bioenergy Markets
 Track 1:
        • Global Printing & Writing Outlook
        • Global Newsprint Outlook
        • Game of Conversions – Who’s Next?
 Track 2:
        • Global Boxboard Outlook
        • Outlook for the Global Tissue Business- What is Now Up in North America?
        • Global Recovered Paper Outlook
        • Global Containerboard Outlook