2nd World Wire & Cable Conference
1-3 June 2008
Hotel Rey Juan Carlos, Barcelona, Spain

The world's authoritative wire and cable event for senior executives

Programme details   
Sunday 1 June

18:30-20:00 - Welcome Reception
sponsored by Alcoa Materials Management Europe and Borealis and Borouge

Monday 2 June

SESSION ONE: ROUTES TO MARKET

CHAIRMAN:
John Segal,
Senior Vice President, Business Development, CRU

Welcome by:

Mike Barden, CEO, CRU

INTRODUCTION by the Session Chairman

KEYNOTE ONE:
PERSPECTIVES ON ROUTES TO MARKET FOR WIRE AND CABLE
SUPPLIERS (tbc)
Stephen Carter, Chief Executive Officer, Superior Essex

KEYNOTE TWO:
THE AFRICAN ECONOMY AND THE CABLE MARKET

Ahmed El Sewedy,
Chief Executive Officer, El Sewedy Cables

THE ROLE OF DISTRIBUTORS IN THE US WIRE AND CABLE MARKET
Paul Bryant, Executive Vice President,  Industrial Electric Wire & Cable

INTERACTION BETWEEN CABLE SUPPLIER AND CUSTOMER; A VIEW FROM A MAJOR POWER DISTRIBUTOR
Poul Erik Pedersen,
Senior Project Manager, Energinet.dk

Coffee Break

SESSION TWO: CONTRIBUTION OF SUPPLIERS TO CABLEMAKERS

CABLEMAKERS' REQUIREMENTS AND EXPECTATIONS OF
SUPPLIERS

Gilles Drouard, Vice President of Corporate Purchasing, Nexans

MATERIALS VALUE CHAIN AND PRODUCT INNOVATION - NEW
SOURCES OF ADDED VALUE FOR THE POWER AND DATA DELIVERY
BUSINESS
Tim Laughlin,
General Manager Wire & Cable, Dow Chemical

CABLEMAKING MACHNERY: RECENT EVOLUTION AND FUTURE TRENDS IN USAGE OF CABLE MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT
Pentti Hatala , Chief Executive Officer, Maillefer SA

Lunch sponsored by conference co-host

SESSION THREE: COPPER, ALUMINIUM AND FIBRE ISSUES

SUPPLIER PERSPECTIVE ON OPTICAL FIBRE - ADDRESSING GLOBAL
MARKET DEVELOPMENTS
Barry A. Linchuck, Director, Worldwide Marketing and Product Line
Operations, Optical Fiber, Corning Incorporated


TRENDS AFFECTING THE MINING AND MARKETING OF COPPER AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR WIRE AND CABLE MANUFACTURERS
Stephen T. Higgins –
Vice President Marketing & Sales, Freeport-
McMoRan Copper & Gold; President, Phelps Dodge Sales Co.

THE PRICE OUTLOOK FOR ALUMINIUM AND COPPER UNTIL 2012
Ross Strachan, Principal Price Risk Advisor, CRU Price Risk Management

PANEL DISCUSSION

Coffee Break

SESSION FOUR: PRICE RISK MANAGEMENT BRIEFING

METALS PRICE RISK MANAGEMENT: "HOPE IS NOT A STRATEGY".
A SPECIAL BRIEFING FOR FINANCE, TREASURY, PURCHASING AND
SALES EXECUTIVES OF CABLE MANUFACTURERS AND CABLE
BUYERS

Mary Lou Southwood, Director, Financial Risk Assessment, CRU Price Risk Management

Cocktail Reception sponsored by Superior Essex

Tuesday 3 June


Delegates have the option to attend different presentations from each
parallel track as they choose.

TRACK ONE: ENERGY CABLES -  Sponsored by J-Power Systems

SESSION CHAIRMAN:
Fumio Yoshida, Director & General Manager of International Business Div., J-Power Systems

REVIEW OF THE HV POWER CABLES MARKET
Rob Daniels,
Principal Consultant, Wire & Cable, CRU Analysis

INTER-ARAB GRID AND BEYOND
Hamid Al Zayani,
Managing Director, Midal Cables

Coffee Break

DRIVERS AND TRENDS IN UNDERGROUND AND UNDERSEA HV
CABLES
Hans-Åke Jönnson,
Group Vice President, ABB High Voltage Cables

OVERVIEW OF SUBMARINE CABLE TECHNOLOGY
Munehisa Mitani,
General Manager Project Engineering – J-Power
Systems

VALUE CREATION IN THE CONSTRUCTION CABLE MARKET
Hans Hoegstedt, 
Global Director Standard Product Business,
Prysmian Cavi Energia Srl

Lunch Sponsored by Belden and J-Power Systems

THE EXPANDING MARKET FOR POWER CABLES IN OFFSHORE
ENERGY GENERATION
Patrick Barth,
Managing Director, High Voltage and Accessories Business Group, Nexans

THE BUILDING WIRE MARKET IN INDIA
R.S Vaidyanathan, CEO, Polycab

Close of track

TRACK TWO: STRUCTURED CABLING - Sponsored by Belden

SESSION CHAIRMAN:
Charles Ingham,
Sales Director EMEA, Belden Wire and Cable Systems

KEYNOTE SPEECH: KEY ISSUES IN THE STRUCTURED CABLING
MARKET (tbc)
Paul Turner,
Vice President, Sales & Marketing EMEA, Belden Wire and Cable Systems

CAPTURING SHARE THROUGH INNOVATION
Andrena Logue, 
Principal Consultant, Structured Cabling, CRU Analysis

Coffee break

WAYS TO CREATE ADDED VALUE AND ESCAPE THE COMMODITY
TRAP INTERNATIONALLY

Johannes Mueller, Executive VP, Member of the Executive Board,
Dätwyler Cables

NEXT GENERATION FIBER INFRASTRUCTURE (tbc)
Niall MacFadyen, Director- EMEA Business Development, Tyco Electronics/Netconnect

KEY DRIVERS BEHNID THE UPTAKE OF 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET IN THE
U
SA
Tim Waldner,
Senior Vice President - Marketing and Product
Development, Superior Essex Communications LP

Lunch sponsored by Belden & J-Power Systems

DATA CENTRE TRENDS BEYOND 10GIGABIT ETHERNET
Juan Rodriguez,
Cisco Systems

A NEW APPROACH WITH IIM AND PoE WILL TURN YOU GREEN

David Palmer-Stevens, System Integrator Manager EMEA , Panduit Europe Ltd

Close of track

TRACK THREE: THE KMI FIBREOPTICS CONFERENCE

SESSION CHAIRMAN:
Bill Dungan,
Vice President - Strategy & Planning, Office of the CEO,
Draka Holding N.V.

KEYNOTE SPEECH: MEETING THE NEEDS OF TODAY'S HIGH GROWTH
MARKETS
Finn Mogensen,
Executive Marketing and Sales Director for EMEA Cable and FTTH, OFS

SESSION ONE: OVERVIEW OF MAJOR APPLICATIONS

THE ANALYST'S VIEW: DYNAMIC MARKET SEGMENTS
Patrick Fay,
Senior Consultant, KMI Research/ CRU Analysis

TECHNOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF THE FIBER INDUSTRY IN ITS' THIRD DECADE
Arnab Sakar,
Senior Vice President, Nextrom


Coffee Break

SESSION TWO: MARKET HIGHLIGHTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

FTTH DEVELOPMENTS IN JAPAN
Dr Toshio Usui,
General Manager Optical Fiber, Fujikura Limited

OPTICAL FIBRE AND FIBRE CABLES MARKET IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Dr Suleiman Al-Hadeithy,
Vice President, Middle East Fiber Cable
Manufacturing Co.

FTTx Developments in France
Jacques Jaillet,
Operators Department Director, Acome

Lunch sponsored by Belden & J-Power Systems 

SESSION THREE: CHANGING TECHNOLOGY IN ACTION

CHAIRMAN: Patrick Fay, Senior Consultant, KMI Research/CRU

NEXT GENERATION FIBRE ACCESS IN THE MTU/MDU MARKETPLACE
Tibor Van Melsem Kocsis
, Chief Marketing Officer, Emtelle

PANEL DISCUSSION - Bend-Insensitive Fibre: Technology and
Emerging Applications

MODERATOR: Tom Huegerich, Vice President, Business Development,
ADC Global Connectivity Solutions

PARTICIPANTS:

- Jason Pedder,
Senior Product Manager EMEA, OFS
- Albert Grooten, Technology Director Broadband, Draka
-
Klaus Kammermeier, Business Manager, Corning Cable Systems 
-
Alessandro Pirri, Product Manager FTTx Solutions, Prysmian Cavi e Sistemi Telecom
- Others to be confirmed soon

Close of track

TRACK FOUR: OEM CABLES

SESSION CHAIRMAN: Glynn Stainthorpe, Research Manager, Wire & Cable, CRU Analysis

SESSION ONE:  OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY

DEVELOPMENTS IN SUBSEA UMBILICALS/CABLES IN THE OFFSHORE INDUSTRY
Darren Patel,
Director, BPP-Tech

UNSEEN ROLE OF WIRE AND CABLE IN THE OIL AND GAS SECTOR
Llyr Roberts,
Director, Industrial Cables, Prysmian Cables & Systems

SESSION TWO: TRANSPORTATION

WIRE AND CABLE TRENDS IN AUTOMOTIVE WIRE HARNESSES - A TIER 1 SUPPLIER PERSPECTIVE
Raul Martinez,
Engineering Manager, Lear Corporation

SESSION THREE: WINDING WIRE

DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRANSFORMER INDUSTRY - FUTURE TRENDS
Juan Bachiller,
Business Development Manager Power Product, Asea Brown Boveri S.A

    THE CHINESE MARKET FOR ENAMELLED WIRE
    Shimin Wu,
    Senior Engineer, Vice-Chief of Information Center,
    Shanghai Electric Cable Research Institute

Lunch sponsored by Belden and J-Power Systems 

Contact details
For more information on this conference, please contact: 
Sandra Napientek, CRU Events,
31 Mount Pleasant, London WC1X 0AD, UK
Tel: +44 20 7903 2410
Fax: +44 20 7903 2432
Email: crumetalsevents@crugroup.com

CRU Events world wire and cable conference 
 
 

Co-Hosted by:  

Superior Essex El Sewedy Cables

Sponsored by:  

J Power
Joint venture company of Hitachi Cable and Sumitomo Electric Industries

Belden
Dow Wire & Cable Alcoa
Borealis Borouge MESC Cables
Rosendahl Austria logo

Supported by:  

KMI Facel

Media Partners:  

Cables Industry Analyst Wire Journal
Wire and Cable Technology EuroWire
Wire and CABLE ASIA Wire World logo
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