NEW Infrastructure & Steel Conference

Overview:

This timely new forum has been especially created to explore the latest developments in the infrastructure and construction markets as it relates to the steel industry. 

Keynote Speakers:

 Michael B. White, Director of Programs, Great Lakes & Ohio River Division, US Army Corps of Engineers

Jack Wells,  Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Transportation

Speakers:

Peter Allen, Associate, Government, Policy & Regulatory Affairs Group, Moore & Van Allen PLLC
Michelle Applebaum, Managing Director, Steel Market Intelligence
Jim Barnett, President, Grand Steel Products, Inc.
Robert DiCianni, Manager – Marketing & Analysis, ArcelorMittal USA
Roger Ferch, President, American Institute of Steel Construction
Kim Fields, Commercial Leader – Industrials, GE Energy Infrastructure
Kenyon R. Gleason, National Field Director, American Road and Transportation Builders Association
Stan Hasselbusch, President & CEO, L.B. Foster
David C. Jeanes, President, Steel Market Development Institute
Joung H. Lee, Associate Director for Finance & Business Development, AASHTO
James R. McCarville, Executive Director, Port of Pittsburgh Commission
Patrick McFadden, Director, Government Affairs, Nucor Corporation
Jim McMinimee, Director of Project Development, Utah Department of Transportation
Dan Mecklenborg, Chairman, Waterways Council, Inc. - Senior Vice President, HR & Chief Legal Counsel, Ingram Barge
Sal Miraglia, President – Steel, The Timken Company
John Nolan, VP and GM – Structural and Rail Division, Steel Dynamics
Glen Nekvasil, Secretary, Great Lakes Maritime Task Force; Vice President - Corporate Communications, Lake Carriers' Association
Robert J. Risser, Jr., PE, President & CEO, Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI)
Ken Simonson, Chief Economist, The Associated General Contractors of America
Angie Storozynski, Managing Director, Equity Research - US Utilities, Macquarie Capital (USA)
William A. Strauss, Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Topics to be addressed include:

The outlook for steel and infrastructure:
- What will be the impact on supply-demand dynamics, capacity utilization rates, and product pricing?  
- What are the prospects for end-demand recovery?

Determining the potential for demand uptake in steel:
- This includes steel plate, bar, rebar, tube and pipe, beams, wire rod, and specialty steel

Focus on:
- Energy projects
- Transportation projects
- Water projects

‘Buy America’
- Getting to grips with the new provisions and what they mean in the real world

The SAFETEA-LU Highway Bill:
- Upcoming changes and the implications for steel

BONUS:  Stay on in Chicago and attend the NASPD Fall Conference! 

The NASPD Fall Conference is being held on October 1-3, 2009 at the Chicago InterContinental Hotel.  Non-Members are invited to attend one meeting at the non-member rate. For more information and to register please visit:  http://www.naspd.com/calendar_fallconf.cfm