<B>AFPA Announces Events for Paper Week</B>

The American Forest and Paper Association announced a number of additional seminars being scheduled during the three-day meeting, March 11-13 in New York City.

The AFPA will be holding two seminars on March 11. The first seminar will address AFPA’s Sustainable Forestry Initiative program and why it is important to the paper industry. The second seminar scheduled will focus on effectively using the Internet for the paper business.

The two seminars will be held concurrently, and will be presented twice on March 11.

On the last day of Paper Week, March 13, the AFPA will have a session titled Global Trends in Packaging. Two featured speakers at the Packaging General Session will include Dermont Smurfit, marketing & sales vice president of Jefferson Smurfit Group, and Scott Melkerson, business development & marketing vice president of PACCESS.

The last day of the program also will feature the Pulp & Paper General Session. Titled The Changing Industry in Changing Times, the session will focus on pulp and paper market trends in major regions of the world, including the United States.

Registration materials will be available later this month. For more information on attending contact heather Kaiser at (202) 463-2453 or visit the Paper Week web site at www.paperweek.org.