Tissue World is preparing to welcome the tissue industry’s key personnel to its world-leading exhibition and conference on Miami beach, as Kimberly-Clark (K-C) North America’s Group President Kim Underhill is confirmed as keynote speaker.
Bringing the world’s largest tissue market the very latest in innovation, technology, ideas and networking, the trade show will be held at the Miami Beach Convention Center between 10-13 March 2020.
The four-day conference and three-day exhibition is expected to draw more than 2,500 attendees for the largest gathering of the international tissue industry in North America.
The conference – ‘Ready for Reinvention, Ripe for Disruption: Will the 20s Roar for Tissue?’ – will explore geopolitical, technical, legislative and behavioural forces at work in this dynamic market.
Opening the Senior Management Symposium on 11 March, K-C’s Underhill will address the challenge of achieving sustainable growth in a competitive but mature market.
She will consider the opportunities which arise from the evolution in consumer behaviour, the supply side risks, human factors and need for resilience which face tissue businesses at the dawn of a new decade.
Additional speakers include –
- J.D. Irving’s Vice President, Woodlands, Jason Limongelli;
- Sofidel Group CEO Luigi Lazzareschi;
- Blue Earth Network founder Udaiyan Jatar;
- Fastmarkets RISI Principal Esko Uutela;
- Suzano Pulp and Paper America General Manager of América Marina Negrisoli;
- Afflink Vice President Strategic Brands Jenifer Maxwell;
- Valmet Global Business Manager-Nanotechnologies David Cowles;
- Fabio Perini North America President, North America and Latin America, Pete Augustine.
… plus many more!
Agnes Gehot, Tissue World’s Deputy Event Director, said: “The fundamentals of the U.S. tissue business have changed significantly in recent decades, and the rate of change continues unabated.
“The country with the most advanced tissue machines and highest tissue consumption per capita is seeing the rise of private label, changes in consumer preferences and an intensifying trade war that is shaping the industry’s future.
“Tissue World Miami brings together an unparalleled line-up of experts who will deliver thought-provoking and actionable insights for tissue business leaders.”
Tissue World Miami is part of the Tissue World international tissue industry event portfolio established in 1993.
The portfolio includes trade shows and conferences serving the tissue industry in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia.
Tissue World publishes Tissue World magazine, the leading independent news resource for the global tissue business.
Tissue World is owned by Informa Markets, the leading global platform for industries, specialist markets and communities to trade, grow and engage.
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