8th Steel Success Strategies

8th Steel Success Strategies

29 November 2010 - 30 November 2010

Metal Bulletin Events’ and World Steel Dynamics’ 8th Steel Success Strategies - London is the most influential steel conference in Europe.

With a prestigious and expert speaker line-up addressing a 250-strong audience of top-level industry professionals, the conference is a once-a-year opportunity to meet new contacts from around the world and get business done.

It’s been a turbulent time in world steel markets and the downturn has resulted in a number of new paradigms in global steel. Steel mills and producers, suppliers of raw materials, semi-finished products, end products, technology manufacturers, financiers, investors and service suppliers from Latin America, Canada, USA, Europe, Africa, India, China and Japan: The A-Z of the global steel sector will be present to network and learn from some of the industry’s leading authorities.

Speakers:

  • Ali Hosseini, Managing Director, ADPICO, UAE
  • Andrey Laptev, Head of Strategic Planning, Severstal, Russia
  • Antonio Marcegaglia, CEO, Marcegaglia, Italy
  • Becky E. Hites, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics, USA
  • Brian Levich, Head, Metal Bulletin Research, UK
  • Christopher Beauman, Senior Advisor, EBRD, London
  • Dave Stickler, Senior Managing Director, Global Principal Partners, USA
  • Gianpietro Benedetti, Chairman, Danieli & C. SpA, Italy
  • Gilles Calis, Managing Director, SteelConsult International, Netherlands
  • Gordon Moffat, Director General, Eurofer, Belgium
  • Ian Roper, Commodities Strategist, CLSA, China
  • Jack Maclachlan, Head of Steel Division, Metinvest, Ukraine
  • Jayant Acharya, Director - Commercial & Marketing, JSW Steel Limited, India
  • John Kopfle, Director of Corporate Development, Midrex Technologies, USA
  • Marc Thümecke, Co-Head Metals & Paper, Managing Director, Project & Commodity Finance, UniCredit Bank, Germany
  • Martin Abbott, CEO, London Metals Exchange, U.K.
  • Matthew De Morgan, CEO, Duferco, Switzerland
  • Michael T. Zeitler, Head of Metals Brokerage, BNP Paribas Commodity Futures Ltd, UK
  • Nasser Alaghband, CEO, Balli Group, UK
  • Neil Bristow, Director, H&W Worldwide Consulting, Australia
  • Patrick A. McCormick, President, WSEM, USA
  • Peter F. Marcus, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics, USA
  • Peter Kerr-Dineen, Joint Chairman, Howe Robinson, UK
  • Peter Norfolk, Research Director, Freight Investor, UK
  • Ralph Oppenheimer, Chairman, Stemcor, UK
  • Robby Afnaim, Joint CEO/CFO, Ronly, UK
  • Robert Edwards, Managing Director-Metals and Mining Research, Renaissance Capital, UK
  • Ron Ashburn, Executive Director, Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST), USA
  • Senior Representative, ArcelorMittal
  • Seshagiri Rao, CFO, JSW Steel Ltd., India
  • Spiro Youakim, Managing Director, Lazard & Co, UK
  • Stephane Navarra, President, Harsco Metals, UK
  • VK Mehta, Executive Director, Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), India
  • Willem Plaizier, Vice-President, AT Kearney, Netherlands

Topics include:

  • Fortress Europe under siege
  • What is China’s natural resource strategy with regards to iron and steel and is it sustainable?
  • India & China: Can the Heavyweight Contender be a Heavyweight Champion?
  • Who are the global winners and losers emerging from the credit crunch?
  • Raw materials supply: Where, how and how much?
  • Steel’s technological revolution: Coming to the rescue
  • Might we see serious consolidation post-crisis?