June Conference Highlights 2011

Monday, June 20, 2011

Workshop: Logistics & Transportation
Presenter: Michael Smolenski, President & CEO, Coil-Tainer

Workshop: New Technologies Realigning the Stars
Moderator: Ron Ashburn, Executive Director, Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST)
Panelists: Gianpietro Benedetti, Chairman, Danieli & C. SpA, Italy
Josh Cole, Principal, Manufacturing & Distribution Performance Consulting, Crowe Horwath LLP
Raimondo di Carpegna Varini, Senior Vice President, Tenova SpA, Italy
Dr. Joachim Schönbeck, President & CEO, SMS Meer GmbH, Germany
Yasukuni Yamasaki, President, Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery, Japan

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Welcome Address: David Brooks, Senior Vice President, American Metal Market

Keynote Presentation: The Peril of Black Holes
Peter F. Marcus and Karlis M. Kirsis, Managing Partners, World Steel Dynamics

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

Panel I: International Steel: “Battle Galactica”
Moderator: Ian Christmas, Director General, World Steel Association, Belgium
Panelists: John E. Lichtenstein, Partner, Accenture
Alexei A. Mordashov, CEO, Severstal, Russia
Hemant Nerurkar, Managing Director, Tata Steel, India
Dr. Jo-Chi Tsou, Chairman, China Steel, Taiwan

Panel II: The Americas: Still Bright the Old Galaxy?
Moderator: Raju Daswani, President & Global Publisher, American Metal Market
Panelists: Keith Busse, President & CEO, Steel Dynamics Inc.
Andre Gerdau Johannpeter, CEO, Gerdau, Brazil
Lou Schorsch, President & CEO, Flat Carbon Americas, ArcelorMittal
Nicholas J. Sowar, Partner, Global Steel Leader, Deloitte & Touche LLP
James L. Wainscott, Chaiman, President & CEO, AK Steel

Highlight Speaker: Jing Ulrich, Managing Director & Chairman of Global Markets, China, JP Morgan

Panel III: Steel Market: Shooting Stars versus Solar Flares
Moderator: Peter F. Marcus, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics
Panelists: Matthew De Morgan, CEO, Duferco SA, Switzerland
Ben H. Laaper, Vice President - Global Sourcing, Accuride Corp.
Robert W. McCutcheon, US Metals Leader, Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP
Daniel N. Sharkey, Partner, Brooks Wilkins Sharkey & Turco PLLC

Wednesday June 22, 2011

Panel IV: Far/ Middle East: Ever Stronger Gravitational Pull
Moderator: Edwin Basson, Director General Designate, World Steel Association, Belgium
Panelists: Dr. Hilal Al-Tuwairqi, Chairman, Arab Iron and Steel Union (AISU), Saudi Arabia
Frank Bekaert, Director, McKinsey & Company
John Kopfle, Director of Corp. Development, Midrex Technologies
Wu Wenzhang, President, Shanghai SteelHome, China
Li Xinchuang, President & Chief Engineer, China Metallurgical Industry Institute, China
Veysel Yayan, Secretary General, Turkish Iron & Steel Producers Association, Turkey

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

Panel V: Metallics: Beward of Spinning Molten Stars
Moderator: Michael Marley, Chief Correspondent, Secondary Material, American Metal Market
Panelists: Richard R. Marston, President & CEO, Marston & Marston, Inc.
Richard McLaughlin, Director, Hatch Beddows
Ernie Thrasher, CEO & Chief Marketing Officer, Xcoal Energy & Resources

Highlight Speaker: Dr. Hans-Jörn Weddige, Head of Corporate Climate Policies , ThyssenKrupp, Germany

Panel VI: Financials & Futures: Solar Cells and Windmills
Moderator: Patrick A. McCormick, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics
Panelists: Martin Abbott, CEO, London Metals Exchange, UK
Dr. Mo Ahmadzadeh, Metals, INTL FCStone Inc.
Rob Edwards, Managing Director, Metals & Mining, Renaissance Capital, Russia
John A. Short, Director of Steel Products, Newedge Group, UK
Atsushi Yamaguchi, Senior Analyst, UBS Securities, Japan
Spiro Youakim, Managing Director, Lazard & Co. Ltd., UK