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Steel Success Strategies XXIII
June 23 - 25, 2008
, Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers - New York
, NY
Monday, June 23, 2008
3:00
Registration Opens
6:00
Welcome Reception & Exhibits Open
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
7:30
Registration, Continental Breakfast & Exhibits Open
8:35
Welcome Address
Gerard Strahan, Managing Director, American Metal Market Events
8:45
Keynote Presentation: Global Steel - More Risk; More Rewards.
Peter F. Marcus, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics
Karlis M. Kirsis, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics
10:00
Coffee Break
10:30
Keynote Speaker
Lakshmi N. Mittal, Chairman & CEO, ArcelorMittal
11:00
Panel I: International Steel - Risks Now Exceeding the Rewards?
Moderator: Jo Isenberg-O’Loughlin, Editor, American Metal Market
Rob Edwards, Managing Director, Metals & Mining, Renaissance Capital, Russia
Alexei A. Mordashov, Chief Executive Officer, OAO Severstal, Russia
Wim Plaizier, Partner, A.T. Kearney, The Netherlands
S.K. Roongta, Chairman, SAIL, India
Francisco Rubiralta, Chairman & CEO, CELSA Group, Spain
12:15
Award Presentations
The 9th “Willy Korf Award for Young Excellence”
honors Jonathan Dicker, Graduate Metallurgist, OneSteel
Ltd., Sydney
The 18th “Willy Korf/Ken Iverson Steel Vision Award”
honors Keith Busse, Chairman & CEO, Steel Dynamics Inc.
12:45
Networking Lunch
2:00
Panel II: USA Steel - Ongoing Re-birth?
Moderator: John Lichtenstein, Partner, Accenture
James P. Bouchard, Chairman & CEO, Esmark
Keith Busse, Chairman & CEO, Steel Dynamics Inc.
André Gerdau Johannpeter, CEO, Gerdau, Brazil
Aldo Mazzaferro, Vice President, Global Investment Research, Goldman Sachs & Co.
James L. Wainscott, Chairman, President and CEO, AK Steel
3:30
Coffee Break
4:00
Panel III: Steel Futures - What Changes when Liquidity is Achieved?
Moderator: Peter F. Marcus, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics
Martin Abbott, CEO, London Metals Exchange, U.K.
Mike Frawley, Senior Vice President, Global Head of Metals, Calyon Financial
Patrick A. McCormick, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics
Ralph Oppenheimer, Chairman, Stemcor, U.K.
Michael Pfitzner, Executive VP, Marketing and Commercial Coordination, ArcelorMittal
John Short, Executive Director-Steel and Base Metal, DGCX
5:30
Cocktail Reception
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
7:30
Continental Breakfast & Exhibits Open
8:30
Panel IV: Steel Buyers - Doomed to Only Play Defense?
Moderator: Patrick A. McCormick, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics
Lourenco Goncalves, Chairman, President & CEO, Metals USA Holdings Corp.
Ben H. Laaper, VP - Global Sourcing, Accuride Corporation
Dan Ronchetto, Vice President, Global Direct Materials, Greif Inc.
Scott Thiele, Director, Raw Materials and Stampings , Chrysler LLC
10:30
Coffee Break
11:00
Panel V: China, India & Middle East: Steel's New Epicenter
Moderator: Peter F. Marcus, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics
Sajjan Jindal, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, JSW Steel Ltd
Jim Lennon, Executive Director, Macquarie Bank, U.K.
Raghav Saran Pandey, Secretary (Steel), Ministry of Steel, Government of India
Sudarshan Singh, Group Technical Director, Al-Tuwairqi Group, Saudi Arabia
Wenzhang Wu, President, Shanghai Steelhome, China
12:15
Luncheon Speaker
Environmental Commodity Markets
Richard Sandor , Chairman and CEO , The Chicago Climate Exchange
12:45
Networking Lunch
2:00
Panel VI: Steelmakers’ Metallics - Is the Excitement Just Beginning?
Moderator: Michael Marley, Chief Correspondent, Secondary Material, American Metal Market
Joseph A. Carrabba, CEO, Cleveland Cliffs
Michael Coslov, Chairman & CEO, Tube City IMS, Inc.
Blake Kelley, Vice President, Sims Group Global Trade Corp.
John Kopfle, Director of Corp. Development, Midrex Technologies
Robin Masters, Vice President, SSY New York
3:15
Panel VII: Steel’s Technological Revolution - Irresistible New Toys for Old Boys?
Moderator: Peter F. Marcus, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics
Werner Auer, Member of the Board & CFO, Siemens VAI, Austria
Gianpietro Benedetti, President & CEO, Danieli & C. SpA, Italy
Burkhard Dahmen, Member of the Managing Board, SMS Demag AG, Germany
Frank Fisher, President, Castrip
Karl Schwaha, Independent Consultant , FINARVEDI, Italy
Yasukuni Yamasaki, President, Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery, Japan
4:30
Closing Remarks
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