Monday, 20 April 2009
08:00 Registration opens
09:00 Conference commences
WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS
Steven Burchell, Group Manager,
Steel Business Unit, CRU
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
Financing of Projects – A Core Issue in the Metals Industry Today
Dr Richard Pfeiffer, CEO
Siemens VAI Metals Technologies
SESSION 1: ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES AND STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS
Economic Global Outlook – When Will Recovery Come?
John Walker, Chairman, Oxford Economics
Consolidation - Key Strategy for Weathering Unstable
Market Conditions
David Clark
, Vice President of Strategy, ArcelorMittal
China: Carrying the Weight of the World or Exporting
a Weight to the World?
John Johnson, CEO, CRU Beijing Office
Redefining the role of Project and Structured Finance
in Steel Trading
Colin Heritage, Director Trade Finance,
Stemcor Trade Finance Limited
Russian Steel and Mining Industy: Reassuring Global
Competitiveness in times of Economic Crisis
Andrey Laptev, Head of Strategic Planning
Department, Severstal
Managing Protectionist Risks in a Crisis
Dan Horovitz, Partner, Holman Fenwick Willan
Survive and Prosper Through the Recession
Philip Tomlinson, Managing Consultant,
CRU Strategies
Steel Industry in Ukraine and Metinvest Sales Strategies
Andrey Parkhomchuk, Sales Director,
Metinvest Holding
Growth Prospects for the Merchant Slab Market
Robert Edwards, Managing Consultant,
CRU Strategies
Climate Change and Steel: the 2009 agenda
Christopher Beauman, Senior Advisor,
European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development
Solutions for Sustainable Steelmaking in a Fluctuating Business Climate
Siemens VAI*
Building Adaptability, Agility and Alignment for the
New Steel Economy
Dirk Claessens, Global Leader Metals and Mining, IBM
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
09:00 Conference commences
SESSION 2: DEMAND OUTLOOK
Session Chairman:
Juergen Nusser, President EASSC & Vice President EUROMETAL
A Global EPCM Perspective
Lisa Haley, Executive Director,
Procurement EAME, Fluor
The Outlook for World Steel Sheet Markets
Chris Houlden, Senior Consultant Steel,
CRU Analysis
Turmoil and Change in the Global
Automotive Industry
Pete Kelly, Senior Director, European
Forecasting, J.D. Power and Associates
Steel Key Component in Wind
Arnd Hirschberg, Vice President of Procurement
Siemens Wind Power A/S
SESSION 3: RAW MATERIAL OPPORTUNITIES
AND CONSTRAINTS
KUMBA: A strategic supplier in Europe, co-creating value with its customers
Dr Timo Smit, Head, Commercial, Kumba Iron Ore
Metallurgical Coal and Coke Market Overview
Andrew Todd, Consultant, Steel Raw Materials,
CRU Analysis
DRI World
Amit Majumdar, Managing Director,
Minmet Resources International, GDA
The Global Metallics Market Outlook
Gavin Montgomery, Consultant,
Steel Raw Materials, CRU Analysis
Grange Resources – Surviving the dip as Australia’s largest
Magnetite producer
Russell Clark, Managing Director & CEO,
Grange Resources
SESSION 4: MANAGING RISK
Managing Steel Price Risk in a Year of Uncertainty
Paul Shellman, Steel Consultant, CME Group
WORKSHOP: PRICE RISK MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW
Presenter: Jim Southwood, President,
CRU Price Risk Management
- Why is price risk management practiced in the steel industry?
- Current status of Price Risk Management in the steel industry
- Examples of managing price risk using physical contracts and financial futures
- Fundamental principles of a sound Price Risk Management Program
This will be free for all attendees.
17:00 Conference ends