Steel Success Strategies: Europe V

Program
Monday, December 3, 2007

Welcome: Tom Willatt, Conference Program Manager, Metal Bulletin Events, UK

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

Highlight Speaker: Philippe Varin, CEO, Corus; Member of the Board of Directors, Tata Steel, UK

Panel I: European steel: Profit opportunities despite slow demand growth?
Moderator: Bob Jones, Steel Editor, Metal Bulletin, UK
Panelists: Christophe Cornier, Executive Vice President, ArcelorMittal, Luxembourg
Eric Heine, Member of the Executive Board, ThyssenKrupp Steel AG, Germany
Javier Cortina, Partner, Accenture, Spain
Martin Lindqvist, CFO and Head of Strategy, SSAB, Sweden

Luncheon Speaker: Antonio Marcegaglia, CEO, Marcegaglia, Italy

Panel II: CIS and Middle East Steel: Have they joined China and India as the industry’s growth drivers?
Moderator: Karlis M. Kirsis, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics, USA
Panelists: Alexei Mordashov, CEO, OAO Severstal, Russia
Wim Plaizer, Vice President, A.T. Kearney, The Netherlands
Sudarshan Singh, Group Technical Director, Al-Tuwairqi Group, Saudi Arabia
Ivan Osadchy, Corporate Strategy Director, Evraz Group SA, Russia

Panel III: Chinese and Indian Steel: Not destabilizing for the global industry?
Moderator: Peter F. Marcus, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics, USA
Panelists: Yuang-Cheng Chen, President, China Steel Corp., Taiwan
Li Xinchuang, Vice President, China Metallurgical Industry Planning and Research Institute, China
Peeyush Gupta, Chief, Marketing and Sales, Flat Products, Tata Steel Limited, India
Nicholas Sowar, Partner, Global Steel Leader, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, USA

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Panel IV: Steel Futures: Customers are ready; how about the mills?
Moderator: Peter F. Marcus, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics, USA
Panelists: Patrick McCormick, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics, USA
Martin Abbot, CEO, LME, UK
Nasser Alaghband, CEO, Balli, UK
James Oliver, Marketing Manager, NYMEX, UK
Ralph Oppenheimer, Chairman, Stemcor, UK

Highlight Speaker: Michel Wurth, Member of the Group Management Board, Responsible for Flat Products, Europe, Product Development and R&D, Global Customers, ArcelorMittal, Luxembourg

Panel V: Steelmakers’ metallics: Steel scrap supply/demand balance the key to steel mills’ profits?
Moderator: Bob Jones, Steel Editor, Metal Bulletin, UK
Panelists: Maxim Basov, General Director, Gazmetall, Russia
Peter Kerr Dineen, Chairman, Howe Robinson., UK
John Kopfle, Director of Corporate Development, Midrex Technologies, USA
Dalton Nose, Director of Metallics, MMX, Brazil

Luncheon Speaker: Mohammed S. Al-Jabr, Vice President, Metals SBU, SABIC, Saudi Arabia

Panel VI: Steel’s merger mania: Are financial players becoming less supportive?
Moderator: Patrick McCormick, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics, USA
Panelists: Laurent Charbonnier, Director, UBS, UK
Rob Edwards, Managing Director, Metals & Mining, Renaissance Capital, Russia
Robert M. Miller, Managing Director, Miller, Mathis & Co, USA
Spiro Youakim, Managing Director, Head of European Metals & Mining, Global Investment Banking, Citi Markets & Banking, UK

Panel VII: Steel’s technological revolution: Innovations soaring?
Moderator: Peter F. Marcus, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics, USA
Panelists: Gianpietro Benedetti, President & CEO, Danieli & Co, Italy
Jens Kempken, Executive Vice President, SMS Demag, Germany
Frank Fisher, President, Castrip, USA
Shohei Manabe, General Manager and Head of the Iron Unit Division, Kobe Steel, Japan
Karl Schwaha, Executive Vice President and Member of the Board, Siemens VAI, Austria