::The Center for Paper Business and Industry Studies::

WELCOME ~ Dr. Jacquelyn McNutt ~ Executive Director, CPBIS ~ Forum Hostess [1]

INTRODUCTION ~ Tom Brown ~ Former CEO of Caraustar Industries ~ Forum Moderator [2]

LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES IN ACHIEVING MARKET DOMINANCE
Professor Michael D. Oliff, Director, Enterprise 2020 (University of Texas, Dallas) [3]

A MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE OF ENTERPRISE TRANSFORMATION
Professor Michael D. Oliff, Director, Enterprise 2020 [4]

WORK PLACE CULTURE ~ A CRITICAL ELEMENT OF ENTERPRISE TRANSFORMATION
Dr. Michael Herbert, Principal and SVP, Sinclair Group [5]
Discussants ~ Joe Wong, Water Missions International [6] and Dr.
Jacquelyn McNutt, CPBIS

FIRST ~ SENIOR EXECUTIVE LEADERS’ PANEL
Creating New Ways to Thrive Inside the Paper Industry ~ Paper Industry Suppliers’ Executive Leaders
     Paul Raymond, President, Hercules Paper Technologies & Ventures
     Group [7]
     Jeff Bulischeck, General Sales Manager - NA Nalco Paper Services
     Group   [8]
     Kathy Buckman Gibson, Chairman, Buckman Laboratories   [9]

EVOLVING DRIVING FORCES
Moderator ~ Dr. Terry Blum ~ Director, Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship, Georgia Tech
     George Weyerhaeuser, Senior Fellow, World Business Council for
     Sustainable Development
     Dr. Marilyn Brown, School of Public Policy, Georgia Tech [10]
     Dr. Beril Toktay, College of Management, Georgia Tech   [11]

SECOND ~ SENIOR EXECUTIVE LEADERS’ PANEL
Creating New Markets & Products Outside the Paper Industry ~ Executive Leaders from outside the Paper Industry
     Anthony J. (Tony) Dimaso, VP Corporate Strategy & Development,
     Verizon Communications
     Ed Cantwell, Chairman, CEO and President, InnerWireless   [12]
     Kathi Hanley, SVP, Org. Effectiveness, Strategy & Corporate Staffs,
     Carpenter Technology

THIRD ~ SENIOR EXECUTIVE LEADERS’ PANEL
Transforming Paper and Forest Products Firms ~ Executive Leaders from firms inside the Paper Industry
Tom Rosser, Chief Economist, Forest Products Association of Canada [13]
Mike Jackson, President and CEO, Verso Paper [14]

For Access to Available 2008 TBF Presentation Materials ~ Click on Highlighted Numbers Above

TBF Hosts ~ The Center for Paper Industry Business Studies (CPBIS) at the Georgia Tech & Enterprise 2020, Univ. of Texas, Dallas

TBF Co-Hosts ~ North Carolina State University College of Natural Resources, Ecole Polytechnique University Pulp & Paper Chair, State University of New York Environmental Sciences and Forestry, and University of Maine Pulp & Paper Foundation

TBF Sponsors ~ Buckman Laboratories, The Sinclair Group, Hercules, Nalco, Jacobs Engineering, Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship, Georgia Institute of Technology, the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI), and the Paper Industry Management Association (PIMA)