10:00am | Registration opens (State Ballroom) |
1:30 pm | Welcome Address by SBB/AIIS (Grand Ballroom) |
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Post Merger and Market Outlook: Lou Schorsch - CEO Flat Americas, Arcelor Mittal |
| Session 1: Setting the Scene
(Moderator Patrick Flockhart) |
| | | Speakers include:
The Outlook: Chuck Bradford - President, Bradford Research
Stocks & Shares The Key Players: Michelle Applebaum - Managing Director, Michelle Applebaum Research
Changing Trade Flows to/from North America: Sander Stuijt - Head of Commodity Finance Metals & Mining, ABN AMRO
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| | Coffee Break (State Ballroom) |
| | Session 2: Winning in Steel. Can Independent Companies Compete
(Moderator Tom Balcerek) |
| | | Speakers include:
Regulo Salinas - CEO, Ternium Hylsa
Jerome Nelson - Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Stelco
David Sutherland - CEO, IPSCO
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| | Session 3: Logistics
(Moderator Pete Scolieri) |
| | | Speakers include:
Jim Reese - Marketing Manager, Port of New Orleans
Paul Server - Director of Marketing, CMI Freight Trains, Inc
Steve Williams - President, Maverick Transportation
and more... |
6:00 pm | Evening Cocktail reception (State Ballroom) |
7:00 pm | Conference Dinner (Red Lacquer Room) |
| | | Proudly sponsored by Man Ferrostaal
Speaker - Uwe Schmidt - CEO, Man Ferrostaal
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7:30 am | Continental breakfast & networking session (State Ballroom) |
8:30 am | Morning Welcome (Grand Ballroom) |
| | | Key note speaker: Luiz Migliora - CEO, CSN LLC |
| | Session 4: World Steel Issues
(Moderator Dave Phelps) |
| | | Speakers include:
China The Reality: Roger Manser - Asian Editor, SBB Shanghai
China The New Reality: Kenneth J Pierce - Vinson and Elkins LLP
European Producers View Point: Gordon Moffatt - Director General, Eurofer
Steel-Global impacts to North American Minimill Competitiveness: Thomas Danjczek - President, Steel Manufacturers Association
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| | Session 5: Inventory - The Holy Grail?
(Moderator Steve Randall) |
| | | Speakers include:
Reality on the Ground: Mike Taylor - CEO, Cargill
What Every Customer Wants: Dan Murphy - VP Global Purchasing - Caterpillar Inc.
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| | Coffee break (State Ballroom) |
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| | Session 6: Price Volatility and Price Risk Management; Opportunity or Threat
(Moderator Patrick Flockhart) |
| | | Speakers include:
John Conheeney - Managing Director Metals, NYMEX
Liz Millan - London Metal Exchange
Steve Randall - Managing Director, The Steel Index
Financial Tools for Managing Volatile Steel Prices: Jeff Kabel - Vice President, Koch Supply & Trading Co. Ltd
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1:00pm | | Conference Close |
