Metal Bulletin and World Steel Dynamics are proud to once again announce our partnership in producing Steel Success Strategies Europe 2008.
The Steel Success Strategies conference series are the most high profile events in the steel industry calendar. Each year we invite a selection of steel’s most dynamic industry leaders to debate the key issues.
Over 30 industry leaders will speak, including:
• George F. Babcoke, President, U.S. Steel Kosice, Slovakia
• Louis Kuijs, Economist,World Bank Beijing, China
• Antonio Marcegaglia, CEO,Marcegaglia, Italy
• Jose Carlos Martins, Executive Director of Ferrous, Vale, Brazil
• Alexei A. Mordashov, Chairman, Severstal, Russia
• Marjan Oudeman, Strip Products Divisional Director, Corus, Netherlands
• Shri S.K. Roongta, Chairman, Sail, India
The theme of the conference this year will be “Steel’s Fast New World – Count on the worst, plan for the best, exploit the unexpected”. Our programme will be a comprehensive discussion of all the key concerns facing the global steel industry.
The Steel Success Strategies New York conference, held this June, attracted a record 1500 delegates, a growth we expect to be reflected at our European event. The speakers included Lakshmi N. Mittal, John P. Surma, Daniel R. DiMicco, and Alexei A Mordashov. We expect a similar calibre of speakers for this event.
Be sure not to miss this ultimate networking opportunity, and join over 400 influential delegates to develop your business and stay ahead of your competitors.
Our lively panel sessions incorporate our unique audience response system and will discuss the following hot topics:
- European Steel: Surprisingly Competitive
- CIS, Middle East and North African Steel: Old Challenges-New Opportunities
- Steel Buyers: Can They Break the Mill’s “Pricing Power?”
- Raw materials costs – Components, outlook and cost management
- Far East Steel: New developments and future stars
- Steel Financials/Futures to be inexorably Intertwined
- Steel’s Technological Revolution: What’s New?