June Conference Highlights 2010

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Keynote Presentation: Synchronization: Steel's Salvation
Peter F. Marcus and Karlis M. Kirsis, Managing Partners, World Steel Dynamics, USA

Highlight Speaker: Lakshmi N. Mittal, Chairman & CEO, ArcelorMittal Steel, Global

Panel I: International Steel: Reaping the Rewards of Consolidation
Moderator: Ian Christmas, Secretary General, World Steel Association, Belgium
Panelists: Yuki Iriyama, Executive Advisor, Nippon Steel, Japan
Alexei A. Mordashov, CEO, Severstal, Russia
Malay Mukherjee, CEO, Steel Business Group, Essar Steel, India
Benoit Nachtergaele, Principal, A.T. Kearney, Netherlands

Highlight Speaker: John P. Surma, Chairman & CEO, US Steel, USA

Panel II: Steel in the Americas: Managing a Smooth Recovery
Moderator: Raju Daswani, President, American Metal Market, USA
Panelists: Keith Busse, President & CEO, Steel Dynamics Inc., USA
John E. Lichtenstein, Partner, Accenture, USA
Mario Longhi, President & CEO, Gerdau Ameristeel, USA
Juergen Schachler, President & CEO, ArcelorMittal Dofasco, Canada
Madhu Vuppuluri, President & CEO, Essar America Inc.

Panel III: Steel Marjet Outlook: Is the Upturn Real?
Moderator: Peter F. Marcus, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics, USA
Panelists: Bob Holt, Vice President - Sales & Marketing, ThyssenKrupp USA, USA
Ben H. Laaper, Vice President - Global Sourcing, Accuride Corp, USA
Daniel N. Sharkey, Partner, Brooks Wilkins Sharkey & Turco PLLC, USA
Nicholas J. Sowar, Partner, Global Steel Leader, Deloitte & Touche LLP, USA
Jim Timulty, Managing Director, Raymond James and Associates, USA

Wednesday June 23, 2010

Panel IV: Steelmakers' Metallics: Return of a Shortage?
Moderator: Michael Marley, Chief Correspondent, Secondary Material, AMM
Panelists: Pedro Gutemberg, Global Director of Marketing of Bulk Materials, Vale, Brazil
Michelle Applebaum, Managing Director, Michelle Applebaum Research
John Kopfle, Director of Corp. Development, Midrex Technologies
Ernie Thrasher, CEO & Chief Marketing Officer, Xcoal Energy & Resources

Highlight Speaker: Daniel R. DiMicco, Chairman and President & CEO, Nucor Corp.

Panel V: Far & Middle Eastern Steel: Trend Setters for Global Steel
Moderator: Becky E. Hites, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics, USA
Panelists: Soiles Bhattacharya, Chairman & Director, Finance, SAIL, India
Neil Bristow, Principal/Managing Consultant, H&W Worldwide Consulting Pty., Australia
Gilles Calis, Marketing Director, SteelConsult, Netherlands
Ali Hosseini, Managing Director, ADPICO, UAE
George Matta, Marketing Director, Ezz Steel, Egypt
Wu Wenzhang, President, Shanghai SteelHome, China

Highlight Speaker: Tao Wang, Head of China Economic Research , UBS Securites, China

Panel VI: Global Steel Finance/Futures: When will the Credit Squeeze End?
Moderator: Patrick A. McCormick, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics, USA
Panelists: Martin Abbott, CEO, London Metals Exchange, UK
Rob Edwards, Managing Director, Metals & Mining, Renaissance Capital, Russia
Mike Frawley, Executive Vice President, Global Head of Metals, Newedge Group
Ralph Oppenheimer, Chairman, Stemcor, UK
Spiro Youakim, Managing Director, Lazard & Co. Ltd., UK

Panel VII: Steel's Technological Revolution: New Tools for Steelmakers' Profitability
Moderator: Ronald E. Ashburn, Executive Director, Association for Iron & Steel Technology
Panelists: Gianpietro Benedetti, Chairman, Danieli & C. SpA, Italy
Kay Mayland, President & CEO, SMS Siemag AG, Germany
Karl L. Schwaha, Independent Consultant, FinArvedi, Italy
Bill Swartz, Senior Solutions Engineer, AXIS, a Consona ERP Soultion
Yasukuni Yamasaki, President, Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery, Japan