Steel Survival Strategies XXIV
Opportunities in Crisis
June 22 - 24, 2009
, Sheraton NY Hotel and Towers, NYC
6:00
Welcome Reception, Exhibits and AK Steel Cyber Cafe Open
7:30
Registration, Exhibits and Breakfast Open
8:30
Welcome Address
David Brooks, Senior Vice President, American Metal Market
8:45
Keynote Presentation - Strategies for the Daring
Peter F. Marcus, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics
Karlis M. Kirsis, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics
9:15
Highlight Speaker
Lakshmi N. Mittal, Chairman & CEO, ArcelorMittal, U.K.
10:20
Panel I: International Steel - Jousting for Power
Antonio Marcegaglia, CEO, Marcegaglia, Italy
Alexei A. Mordashov, Chief Executive Officer , Severstal, Russia
Daniel A. Novegil, CEO , Ternium
Wim Plaizier, Vice President, A.T. Kearney, The Netherlands
Moderator: Raju Daswani, President, American Metal Market
11:50
Highlight Speaker
John P. Surma, Chairman & CEO, US Steel
12:30
Award Presentations
The tenth “Willy Korf Award for Young Excellence” honors
Dr. Rodrigo Corbari, Melt Shop Process Engineer, Vallourec & Mannesmann
The nineteenth “Willy Korf/Ken Iverson Steel Vision Award” honors
Sajjan Jindal, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, JSW Steel Ltd, India
2:00
Panel II: Steel in the Americas - Back to the Future
Lourenco Goncalves, Chairman, President & CEO, Metals USA Holdings Corp.
André Gerdau Johannpeter, President & CEO, Gerdau S.A.
John E. Lichtenstein, Metals Industry Group Managing Director, Accenture
Russ Rinn, Executive Vice President of Commercial Metals Corporation and President, CMC Americas
Lou Schorsch, CEO Flat Americas, ArcelorMittal
James L. Wainscott, Chairman, President & CEO, AK Steel
Moderator: Becky E. Hites, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics
4:00
Keynote Presentation
Richard Sandor, Chairman & CEO, The Chicago Climate Exchange
4:30
Panel III: Steel Market Outlook: Dreams, Illusions & Realities
Keith Busse, President & CEO, Steel Dynamics, Inc.
Ben H. Laaper, Vice President – Global Sourcing, Accuride Corp.
Richard McLaughlin, Steel Specialist, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Daniel N. Sharkey, Partner, Brooks Wilkins Sharkey & Turco PLLC
Moderator: Peter F. Marcus, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics
7:30
Registration, Exhibits and Breakfast Open
8:30
Panel IV: Global Steel Finance/Futures - Financing the Price Risk
Rob Edwards, Managing Director, Metals & Mining, Renaissance Capital, Russia
Mike Frawley, Executive Vice President, Global Head of Metals, Newedge Group
Robert M. Miller, Senior Managing Director, Miller Mathis & Co.
James S. Tumulty, Managing Director, Raymond James
Moderator: Peter F. Marcus, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics
10:00
Highlight Speaker
Daniel R. DiMicco, Chairman, President & CEO, Nucor Corp.
11:00
Panel V: Far & Middle Eastern Steel - Growth Derailed?
Jayant Acharya, Director - Sales and Marketing, JSW Steel Limited - India
Geoff Boyd, Head of Automotive and Steel Research, CLSA Asia Pacific, Singapore
Ali Hosseini, Managing Director, ADPICO, Dubai
Jim Lennon, Executive Director, Macquarie Bank, U.K.
Moderator: Patrick A. McCormick, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics
12:15
Luncheon
Kenneth D. Simonson, Chief Economist, The Associated General Contractors of America
2:00
Panel VI: Steelmakers’ Metallics - Surplus or Shortage?
Michael Coslov, Chairman & CEO, Tube City IMS, Inc.
Ingrid Fermin , General Manager & Vice President International Markets, I.B.M.S
Ernie Thrasher, President, Xcoal Energy & Resource
P.S. Venkataramanan, CEO, Long Carbon North America, ArcelorMittal
Moderator: Michael Marley, Chief Correspondent, Secondary Material, American Metal Market
3:15
Panel VII: Steel’s Technological Revolution - Opportunities Galore
Gianpietro Benedetti, Chairman, Danieli & C. SpA, Italy
Frank Fisher, President, Castrip
Karl L. Schwaha, Independent Consultant, FinArvedi, Italy
Yasukuni Yamasaki, President, Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery, Japan
Moderator: Peter F. Marcus, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics
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