June Conference Highlights 2007

Program
Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Keynote Presentation:

Steel’s New World – New Priorities, New Strategies, New Winners
Peter F. Marcus and Karlis M. Kirsis, Managing Partners, World Steel Dynamics, USA

Highlight Speaker: Prashant Ruia, Managing Director, Essar Steel, India

Panel I: International Steel – Concentration Intensifying Competition
Moderator: Raju Daswani, Publisher, Metal Bulletin & American Metal Market, UK
Panelists: Karl-Ulrich Kohler, Chairman of the Exec. Board, ThyssenKrupp Steel, Germany
Alexei A. Mordashov, CEO and OAO, Severstal, Russia
Georgy Eliseev, Head of Analytical Department, Evraz Group, Russia
Antonio Marcegaglia, CEO, Marcegaglia SpA, Italy
Regulo Salinas, CEO, Ternium Hylsa, Mexico

Luncheon Speaker: Luis Kuijs, Senior Economist, World Bank, China

Panel II: Age of the Americas Steelmaker
Moderator: John E. Lichtenstein, Partner, Global Metal Industries Lead, Accenture, USA
Panelists: Keith Busse, Chairman and CEO, Steel Dynamics Inc., USA
Daniel R. DiMicco, President and CEO, Nucor Corp., USA
Vadim A. Makhov, Chairman, Severstal North America, USA
Lou Schorsch, CEO, Mittal Steel USA, USA
James P. Bouchard, CEO, Esmark, USA

Panel III: Steel Futures – Now Not Tomorrow?
Moderator: Peter F. Marcus, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics, USA
Panelists: Martin Abbott, CEO, London Metals Exchange, UK
Nasser Alaghband, CEO, Balli Steel plc, UK
Jeffrey Kabel, Vice President, Koch Metals Trading, UK
Robert A. Levin, Senior Vice President, NYMEX, USA
Patrick A. McCormick, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics, USA

Wednesday June 20, 2007

Panel IV: Global Steel Mill Valuation – What’ Next?
Moderator: Ian Christmas, Secretary General, IISI, Belgium
Panelists: Dieter Hoeppli, Managing Director, UBS Securities, USA
Robert M. Miller, Managing Director, Miller Mathis & Co., USA
Spiro Youakim, Managing Director and Head, CITI, UK
Atsushi Yamaguchi, Marketing Manager, NYMEX, USA
James S. Tumulty, Managing Director, Raymond James & Assoc. Inc, USA

Keynote Speaker: John P. Surma , Chairman and CEO, US Steel, USA

Highlight Speaker: Lakshmi N. Mittal , President , ArcelorMittal, UK

Panel V: China & India – The Two-Headed Dragon
Moderator: Peter F. Marcus, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics, USA
Panelists: Wenzhang Wu, President, Shanghai SteelHome, China
Zhongbo Xu, President, Beijing Metal Consulting Ltd., China
Sajjan Jindal, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, JSW Steel Ltd., India
Jim Lennon, Executive Director – Commodities Research, Macquarie, UK

Panel VI: The Age of Steelmakers’ Metallics – Scrap and Semis Shortages?
Moderator: Michael Marley, Editor , Secondary Material, American Metal Market, USA
Panelists: Maxim Bosov, General Director, Gazmetall, Russia
Robin Masters, Vice-President Dry Cargo Chartering, SSY Consultancy & Research, UK
John Kopfle, Director of Corporate Development, Midrex Technologies, Inc., USA
Donald F. Barnett, President, Economic Associates Inc., USA

Panel VII: Steel’s Technological Revolution – Still Accelerating?
Moderator: Peter F. Marcus, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics, USA
Panelists: Giovanni Arvedi, President, Arvedi Group, Italy
Gianpietro Benedetti, Chairman and CEO, Danieli & C. SpA, Italy
Shohei Manabe, General Manager & Head of Iron Unit Div., Kobe Steel, Japan
Burkhard Dahmen, Member of the Managing Board, SMS Demag AG, Germany
Karl Schwaha, Member of the Board, Siemens VAI Metals Technologiees, Austria
Yasukuni Yamasaki, President, Mitsubishi Hitachi Metal Machinery Company, Japan
Richard L. Wechsler, General Manager International Business , Nucor, USA