SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER
18:30 - Welcome Reception - Hilton Brussels
MONDAY 22 SEPTEMBER
REGISTRATION AND EXHIBITION 08:00
9:00 - Welcome Address
Steven Burchell, Steel Business Unit Group Manager, CRU
SESSION 1: Stainless Steel - Today and Tomorrow
SESSION CHAIR ONE:
Pascal Payet-Gaspard, Chairman and CEO, ArcelorMittal Stainless
International
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Jean-Yves Gilet, Executive Vice President, ArcelorMittal - CEO
Stainless
THE OUTLOOK FOR THE STAINLESS STEEL MARKET
Alistair Ramsay, Principal Consultant - Stainless Steel, CRU Analysis
THE OUTLOOK OF THE CHINESE MARKET
Zhiyong Chai, Vice General Manager, Shanxi Taigang Stainless steel Co. LTD
RUSSIA: CONSOLIDATION AND INTERGRATION IN THE SPECIAL STEEL AND ALLOY SECTORS SECTORS
Igor Alexeev, CEO, Strategy and Finance, RusSpecialSteel
ASIAN VIEW OF STAINLESS DEVELOPMENT
Nirmal Mathur, Director (Corperate Affairs), Jindal Stainless
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION AND REGULATION OF INTER-REGIONAL TRADE
Dr Dan Horovitz, Partner, Holman Fenwick Willan
INCREASE YOUR DELIVERY RELIABILITY BY IMPLEMENTING INTELLIGENT SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNING CONCEPTS AND TOOLS
Dirk Reniers, Project Manager Customer Services, ArcelorMittal Genk
Stainless Steel
Tom Van Elst, Project Manager Upstream Supply Chain, ArcelorMittal
Stainless Châtelet
Bart Stynen, Director Customer Solutions, OM Partners
NETWORKING LUNCH
SESSION 2: Where next for Raw Materials?
SESSION CHAIR TWO:
CHAIRMAN'S OPENING COMMENTS
Stephen Barnett, President, Nickel Institute
STAINLESS STEEL RAW MATERIALS - A GLOBAL VIEW 2008 ONWARDS
Michael G. Wright, CEO, ELG Haniel GmbH
OUTLOOK ON CHROME
Mark Midgley, Operations & Marketing Manager, ENRC Marketing AG
MOLYBDENUM: THE SUPPLY CHALLENGE
Tony Warwick-Ching, Principal Consultant, CRU Analysis
ADDRESSING THE NICKEL SUPPLY CHALLENGE - THE PERSPECTIVE OF A MAJOR PLAYER
David Wilson, Senior Economist, Norilsk
OUTLOOK ON NICKEL PIG IRON
Jim Lennon, Executive Director, Macquarie Bank Group
END OF SESSION
WORKSHOP: HEDGING TO LIMIT PRICE RISK EXPOSURE
Lesley Campbell, Independent Risk Management Consultant
DINNER Hosted by ArcelorMittal at the Vaudeville Theatre -
Buses will leave the Hilton at 18:30
TUESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER
SESSION 3: Protecting Profit Through Procurement
SESSION CHAIR DAY TWO:
Tony Lockley, Managing Director, Lockley Stainless
STAINLESS STEEL INDUSTRY'S CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES - OUTOKUMPU PERSPECTIVE
Andrea Gatti, Executive VP, Group Sales and Marketing, Outokumpu Oyj
STAINLESS "FOR THE MANY PEOPLE"
Gaetano Ronchi, Senior Manager - Metals Procurement, IKEA
REDUCING SOURCING RISK FOR THE END-USER
Carlos A. Barajas, Director, Global Commodity Management Steel
Whirpool Corp.
STAINLESS STEEL: A CUSTOMER'S VIEW
Daniel Kummli, Supply Manager Kitchen Systems Division, Franke Management AG
COFFEE BREAK: Hosted by RUSMET.com
CONTROLLING STAINLESS STEEL SOURCING OVER LONG TERM SHIPBUILDNIG CONTRACTS - MANAGING THE UNMANAGEABLE
Steven Kretsch, Director, Planning and Projects, Stolt Tankers and Terminals
HOW END USERS MAY LIMITED THEIR EXPOSURE TO INCREASINGLY VOLATILE METALS PRICES
Tom George, Principal Consultant CRU Strategies
NETWORKING LUNCH
END OF CONFERENCE 11:50
SITE VISIT: ARCELORMITTAL CHATELET
Arcelor Mittal’s new meltshop facility, the largest single – line stainless steel production facility in the world (See below...)
For more information on this conference, please contact:
Marilyn Portner, CRU Events,
31 Mount Pleasant, London WC1X 0AD, UK
Tel: +44 20 7903 2402
Fax: +44 20 7903 2432
Email: crumetalsevents@crugroup.com