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ing, when Dr. Pippa Malmgren engaged and awed her global audience with a presentation that ranged from the space mining of asteroids to the geopolitical issues now rising because of it.
Dr. Pippa Malmgren
A former U.S. Presidential Advisor, Former Advisor to the UK Cabinet, Best-Selling, Award-Winning Author, Tech Entrepreneur, Dr. Malmgren is an economist who makes sense of the world economy by writing books, founding tech businesses, advising policymakers around the world and through public speaking and teaching, which she did most enthusiastically during her presentation. Dr. Malmgren summarized the multiple threads of her futuristic presentation involving global leaders and their quests to manufacture products in space with a welcome prediction: "We're going to need a lot of boxes!" Attendees also heard from Joaquin Kritz Lara, Chief Economist at Numera Analytics, who provided timely re- search on the world economy, and Bruno Bovo of Mon- delez International, who offered a customer's economic perspective. Subsequent sessions featured presentations by: • Eleni Despotou, Director General, FEFCO • Markus Gartner, CEO, Corrugated Packaging, Mondi Group • Alex Manistay, Group Head of Strategy & Innovation, DS Smith • Saverio Mayer, Vice President, FEFCO • Brandon Bennett, President, Conatinerboard & Kraft, Geoegia-Pacific • Dzmitry Bianko, Parthenon Strategy Partner and Chem- icals Leader for Canada EY • Jake Hall, The Manufacturing Millennial • Frank Li, Senior Consultant, EY The Global Summit and FBA Meeting ended on Wednesday eveing with a gala reception and dinner in the Conservatory and Cascades Ballroom at the Fairmont Banff Springs. More coverage of this event will appear in a future is- sue of Board Converting News .
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