North American Steel Conference
24-26 October 2007
The Drake Hotel, Chicago IL

Wednesday 24 October 2007

18:30 – 20:00 Welcome Reception sponsored by CRU

Thursday 25 October 2007

07.30 – 16:00 Registration Desk and Exhibition Open

WELCOME by Lynette Northey, Chief Executive Officer, CRU Events

INTRODUCTION BY THE SESSION CHAIRMAN
Mark L Parr, CFA, Managing Director, Key Banc Capital Markets Inc

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - STEEL: AN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE
John P Surma, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, US Steel
Corporation

Session 1
STEEL AND GLOBALIZATION: CHALLENGES FOR STEEL BUYERS IN
THE GLOBAL TRANSPORTATION MARKET

PANEL CHAIRMAN - THE GLOBALIZATION OF STEEL. OEM & SUPPLIER CHALLENGES
Kim Korth, President, IRN, Inc 

NEGOTIATING STEEL CONTRACTS - BEST PRACTICE NEGOTIATION STRATEGIES
Bruce Grant, Chairman & Senior Partner, Applied Value Group

STEEL PROCUREMENT FROM AN OEM PERSPECTIVE
Larry O Walker, Director, BIW, Raw Materials, Stampings & Assemblies Procurement and Supply, Chrysler LLC

Questions and Answers

Coffee break
sponsored by IBM  (Introduction by Dick Claessen, IBM)

Session 2
STEEL PROCUREMENT: CHALLENGES, THREATS AND
OPPORTUNITIES

PRESENTATION
Scott Thiele, GM, Raw Material Commodities-Global Procurement
Operations, Whirlpool

THE EUROPEAN VERSUS THE NORTH AMERICAN APPROACH
Dr Thomas Ludwig, CEO/Chairman of the Executive Board, Klöckner &
Co. AG

THE ONGOING STEEL BOOM: HOW BUYERS CAN SURVIVE & PROSPER
Philip Tomlinson, Managing Consultant, CRU Strategies

Luncheon
sponsored by AK Steel

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - AMERICAN MANUFACTURING: CHANGING TO COMPETE IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
James L Wainscott, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer,
AK Steel Corporation

Session 3
STEEL PRODUCERS: MARKET OUTLOOK AND PERSPECTIVES

PRESENTATION
Roy Platz, Director of Marketing and Analysis, ArcelorMittal

PRESENTATION
John P McConegly, General Manager,Marketing, Wheeling Pittsburgh
Steel Corp

2007-2008 MARKET OUTLOOK
Rob Beltz, Director Market Analysis and Strategy, US Steel Corporation

Questions and Answers

Coffee break
sponsored by IBM 

Session 4
STEEL TRADE: THE SUPPLY SIDE WILD CARD

PRESENTATION
John Johnson, Chief Representative, Beijing Office, CRU

GLOBALIZATION AND TRADE INSTRUMENTS
Joe Spetrini, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Policy and Negotiations, United States Department of
Commerce

18:00 River Boat Cruise and Dinner
sponsored by United States Steel Corporation

Friday 26 October 2007

INTRODUCTION BY THE SESSION CHAIRMAN
Mark L Parr CFA, Managing Director, Key Banc Capital Markets Inc.

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Dr Louis Schorsch, President/CEO, ArcelorMittal Flat Products
Americas

Session 5
STEEL RAW MATERIALS: WHERE THE IMPACTS ARE FELT

NORTH AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE ON A GLOBAL IRON ORE MARKET
Donald J Gallagher, President, North American Iron Ore, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc

PRESENTATION
Robert Hunter, Marketing & Application of Iron Products, Midrex Technologies Inc

CARBON TRADING AND HEAVY INDUSTRY
Kjell Olav Kristiansen, Director Advisory Services, Point Carbon North
America

Coffee break

Session 6
STEEL FUTURES: WILL THEY EVER BECOME A REALITY?

Panel Chairman – Joseph P Reinmann, President & CEO, Metal Resources Inc

FINANCIAL TOOLS FOR MANAGING VOLATILE STEEL PRICES
Jeff Kabel, Vice President, Koch Metals Trading Ltd.

DISCUSSION
Martin Abbott, CEO, London Metal Exchange
John Conheeney Jr, Marketing Director, Nymex
Jack Cook, Associate Director, Commodity Research and Product
Development, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.

PRESENTATION
Jim Southwood, President, CRU Price Risk Management

CHAIRMAN'S CONCLUSION
Mark L Parr, CFA, Managing Director, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc

Open Discussion

Luncheon
sponsored by ArcelorMittal

Close of Conference