North American Aluminum Conference

Conference Registration & Exhibits Open

Cocktail Reception

Registration, Exhibits & Networking Breakfast

Delegates will have the opportunity to briefly introduce

themselves to their fellow conference attendees enabling them to make additional business contacts.

Welcome Address

Keynote Presentation

Consolidation Implications for the Downstream Market

Highlight Address

Global Issues Impacting the North American Aluminum Marketplace

Coffee Break

Session I: Supply and Demand

TOPICS:

What new products and developments are on the horizon for can sheet?

What is the outlook given higher raw material costs?

How are suppliers handling the new reality of higher metal prices?

What is the impact from China?

What is the rate of aluminum supplies in and out North America?

China’s primary and semi aluminum output and export boom: outlook & implications.

Lunch

Energy Impact on Aluminum

Session II: Aluminum Industry Influx – Structure Change Afoot

TOPICS:

What is the role of financial investment groups in the aluminum industry?

Why do they like the sector, and observations on the industry from an outsider view?

An outlook on producing aluminum in the U.S.

Session III: Automotive & Transportation

TOPICS:

Demand outlook for the automotive and transportation sectors.

How is the high price of aluminum impacting the marketplace and downstream businesses?

Amid the challenge of low build rates of trailer manufacturing, where are service centers going for new business?

Where are the supply constraints and how can they be eased?

Cocktail Party

Registration, Exhibits & Continental Breakfast

Session IV: Aerospace

TOPICS:

What are the current order levels for aerospace manufacturers and what is the future outlook?

How might new technologies or initiatives impact aluminum’s role in the aerospace sector over the next several years?

Aluminum versus composites.

Coffee Break

Session V: Building & Construction

TOPICS:

What challenges/areas of growth are seen in the commercial and residential construction markets?

How has business been impacted amid the current state of the housing market?

What are inventory levels and are customers re-stocking at expected rates?

Lunch & Closing Remarks