Setting Industry/World 2015

TAPPI PRESS is now offering Setting the Industry Technology Agenda: The 2001 Forest, Wood and Paper Industry Technology Summit and The World In 2015: Four Possible Scenarios together. You save 20% by purchasing the set.

Setting the Industry Technology Agenda: The 2001 Forest, Wood and Paper Industry Technology Summit
Edited by Gerard Closset
Discover the innovative ideas proposed by Summit participants to meet the industry’s greatest challenges. This text provides a summary of the Forest Products Industry’s technology needs as identified by the participants of the 2001 Forest, Wood and Paper Industry Technology Summit.

During this Summit, over 130 leading experts from industry, supplier and service providers, government, and academia worked to identify, define, and analyze gaps in current technology and knowledge and then propose bold, breakthrough approaches to fill those gaps and meet the greatest needs and priorities of the industry. The book presents a compendium of those critically important technology needs, prioritized and aligned with the new industry technology strategy, including:

Reading this book is a must for anyone wishing to understand the needs and the direction of technology development for the industry. The book also features an Agenda 2020 retrospective and concludes with a discussion of the industry’s path forward. 2002. 210 pages, soft cover.

The World In 2015: Four Possible Scenarios
Edited by Stuart Sharp, Chairman, The TAPPI Futurists
TAPPI Futurists explore the issues that may affect the world and the paper industry in 2015. Four possible scenarios are presented based on expert opinion, scanning and monitoring, and extrapolation of trends. Each scenario is a description of the way the paper industry and the world may look in 2015, depending on the effects of various trends and issues. The book provides an opportunity for readers to think about the future and to plan and position themselves and their companies for what the future might hold. This book was developed to provide a framework for readers to think strategically about the future. The World In 2015: Four Possible Scenarios represents views and opinions of individuals from all segments of the pulp and paper industry, including manufacturers, suppliers, and customers. In addition, the Futurists worked with five non-paper industry companies to ensure that the scenarios would give a broad-based global view of the possible world in 2015. 1999. 72 pages, soft cover.