NEW Steel Tube & Pipe Conference

Registration and Exhibits Open

Welcome Cocktail Reception

Registration, Exhibits & Continental Breakfast

Welcome Address

Keynote Presentation - John Tulloch

President of IPSCO and Executive Vice President of SSAB

Highlight Presentation - Joseph Alvarado

Vice President Tubular Operations, US Steel Corp.

Coffee Break

Session I: Raw Material Outlook for Steel Tube & Pipe

This session will examine raw material costs and their impact on the steel tube and pipe markets including Line Pipe, OCTG, Hollow Sections, Standard Pipe and Mechanical Tubing. Speakers will analyze and give price forecasts for the materials used to make tube and pipe such as scrap, iron ore, plate and coil. To round off the panel the impact of transportation costs will also be included in this session.

Topics Include:

- Price outlook for scrap, coil and plate

- Outlook on substrate

- Plate and coil implications for API pipe production

- Rising freight costs and its impact on steel tube and pipe

Luncheon

Session II: Linepipe Market Outlook

After examining raw material and energy costs, this session will focus on the line pipe market in detail touching on the possibility of oversupply in 2008 to the debate over seamless versus welded linepipe and government regulations to an update on pipeline projects and overseas mills imports into the U.S.

Topics Include:

- Impact and outlook of spiral mill expansions on the large-diameter market

- Supply and demand outlook for spiral and LSAW linepipe

- Update on pipe line projects

Coffee Break

Session III: A Closer Look at Oil Country Tubular Goods

There cannot be line pipe without OCTG and this session will round out the energy-related tube and pipe markets giving an update and outlook on supply, demand and price. This session will also give an energy market outlook and specifics of the downstream sector such as refining, petrochemical and processing markets. Speakers will also touch upon drilling rates and rig counts in Canada and the reason for its decline.

Topics Include:

- Impact of decline in natural gas drilling in Canada and its impact on proposed pipelines

- Update on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico

- Price projections for welded and seamless OCTG

-Energy market and downstream sector outlook

Cocktail Reception

Continental Breakfast and Exhibits

Highlight Presentation - Daniel A. Pryor

Managing Director, The Carlyle Group

Session IV: Hollow Structural Sections and Standard Pipe Market

This session will focus on domestic mills and their challenges in the marketplace. Speakers will also give an outlook for the construction market and analyze whether the housing slump will impact the non-residential market. The role of China in the U.S. market will also play a big role in this session as speakers discuss Chinese imports and questions whether all Chinese steel is of low grade quality.

Topics Include:

- China’s impact on the domestic market and the fall out from that

- A look at hollow structural sections versus beams

- Demand outlook for standard pipe

Coffee Break

Session V: Import Impact Roundtable

The conference will end with a discussion of the import issues that are at the forefront of North American steel tube and pipe markets. Speakers will give updates and outlooks on duties that are in place and China’s efforts to lower their exports and what is next for the domestic market.

Topics Include:

- A look at U.S. anti-dumping duties on imported Chinese welded pipe

- An examination of Chinese trade policy and export rebate tax policies

- A look at Canada’s anti-dumping complaints

Luncheon