Steel Survival Strategies: Europe VII

Monday, November 16, 2009

Welcome: Raju Daswani, Managing Director, Metal Bulletin UK

Keynote Presentation: Steel: Warp Speed Ahead
Volatility is the Reality
Rapid Change is the Religion
Discontinuities are the Driving Forces
Peter F. Marcus and Karlis M. Kirsis, Managing Partners, World Steel Dynamics, USA

Highlight Speaker: Michel Wurth, Member of the Group Management Board, ArcelorMittal, UK

Panel I: European and CIS Steel: Who's Surviving?
Moderator: Ian Christmas, Secretary General, World Steel Association, Belgium
Panelists: Jack MacLachlan, Head of Steel Division and Member of the Executive Board, Metinvest, Ukraine
Carl Perry, Regional Manager, BlueScope Steel, UK
Alexander Malanichev, Head of Strategic Marketing, Severstal, Russia
Igor Konovalov, CEO, JSC Inprom, Russia
Alexander Malkwitz, Partner, A.T. Kearney Benelux, Netherlands
John Lichtenstein, Managing Director, Metals Industry Group, Accenture, USA

Panel II: Middle East and North African Steel: Growth, Growth, Growth?
Moderator: Becky E. Hites,, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics, USA
Panelists: George Matta, Marketing Director, EZZ Steel, Egypt
B.S. Shetty, Commercial Manager, Al Ghurair Iron & Steel, UAE
Gilles Calis, Managing Director, SteelConsult, Netherlands

Panel III: Steel Marketplace: What's New, What's the Same?
Moderator: Peter F. Marcus, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics, USA
Panelists: Nasser Alaghband, Chief Executive Officer, Balli Steel, UK
Carlos A. Barajas, Director, Global Commodity, Steel,, Whirlpool Corp., USA
Ulrich Becker, COO, Member of Executive Board, Klockner, Germany
Ralph Oppenheimer, Chairman, Stemcor
Georges Kirps, Vice President, EUROMETAL, Luxembourg
Jim Tumulty, Managing Director, Raymond James, USA

Wednesday, November 17, 2009

Panel IV: India and China: Still Steel's Motor?
Moderator: Phillip Price, Steel Editor, Metal Bulletin, UK
Panelists: VK Mehta, Executive Director, SAIL, India
Zhang Changan, Grassroots Investigator in China, World Steel Dynamics, China
Vikram Amin, Executive Director, Sales & Marketing, Essar Steel, India
Geoff Boyd, Head of Automotive and Steel Research, CLSA, Singapore
Wu Wenzhang, President, Shanghai SteelHome, China

Highlight Speaker: Sheshagiri Rao, Joint Managing Director and Group CFO, JSW Steel, India

Panel V: Risk Management: New Tools in the Toolbox
Moderator: Ian Christmas, Secretary General, World Steel Association, Belgium
Panelists: Lotta Ulfsdotter, Business Manager, Steel, London Metals Exchange, UK
Patrick A. McCormick, President, World Steel Exchange Marketing, USA
Laurent Charbonnier, Director, Metals and Mining, Credit Suisse, UK
Spiro Youakim, Managing Director, Lazard, UK
Dieter Hoeppli, Managing Director, UBS, USA

Panel VI: Steel Raw Materials: In Permanent Oversupply?
Moderator: Peter F. Marcus, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics, USA
Panelists: Raymond Key, Global Head of Metals Trading, Deutsche Bank, UK
Cameron Hunt, Index Director, Metal Bulletin Iron Ore Index, UK
Jose Luiz Amarante, Sales & Marketing Director, Anglo Ferrous, Brazil
Vladimir Katunin, General Director, JSC Chermetinformatsia, Russia

Panel VII: Steel’s Technological Revolution: New and Improved
Moderator: Peter F. Marcus, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics, USA
Panelists: John Kopfle, Director, Corporate Development, Midrex, USA
Carlo Piemonte, Vice President, Thick/Thin Slab Casters, Danieli, Italy
Jochen Corts, Managing Director, Corts Engineering, Germany