3rd Annual Aerospace Metals Conference

The immense market changes over the last 12 months have drastically altered the landscape of aerospace metals.  A booming industry that was once setting records for orders and had created a strong manufacturing backlog has been replaced by an industry that has left many wondering if the aerospace market is grounded.
 
In 2009, we have expanded the Aerospace Metals program to address these market changes.  Over two days, industry experts and market pioneers will discuss long-range production forecast and forecast models, as well as present in-depth analysis of the new economic climate, supply and demand of raw materials, revert strategies and the impact of increased use of composite materials on the aerospace and metals markets.
 
The expanded event will once again gather top executives in the aluminum, titanium, aircraft manufacturing, specialty steel, and high-performance alloy markets to discuss the outlook for aerospace metals and offer delegates a unique opportunity to strategically plan for their businesses and network with decision-makers in these markets all within a single event.

Pulled straight from the headlines, topics presenters will examine include:

• Examination of long-range production forecasts.
• Boeing strike and the 787 Dreamliner  - what are the long-term ramifications for lead times?
• Airbus’s production cuts – how has fleet production changed the short-term demand for raw materials?
• Strategies in supply chain management for a new era.
• Are composites a real or imagined threat to aluminum?
• A close look at demand for titanium, nickel, stainless, alloys and superalloys.
• Best practices for managing aircraft life-cycle and the financial incentives of recovered materials.
• How can metals benefit from the green challenge?
• Can the industry be friendly to the environment without constraining manufacturing?
• Engines; new designs, new directions. What advances in engine design will lower operating costs, both in fuel consumption and maintenance?
• Will the federal financial stimulus package help or hurt the aerospace metals industry?
• Will airlines be denied financing in the weakened global market? If so, what does that mean to production?

Keynote Speakers:

Simon Pickup, Director of Business Operations, Airbus North America

Kevin Michaels, Partner, AeroStrategy

Michael Warner, Senior Manager Market Analysis, Boeing Commercial Airplanes

Panel Speakers: 

Stephanie Andrews, Principal, Charles Rivers Associates
Bill Bihlman, Associate Consultant, AeroStrategy 
Judith Chegwidden, Managing Director, Roskill Information Services 
Jon Delano, Money & Politics Editor, KDKA-TV (CBS) 
Fred Elliott, Acting Leader, Aerospace Team, US Department of Commerce 
Lee Flower, Director, Marketing and Business Development, Haynes International 
Keith Harvey, Vice President Sales & Marketing, Kaiser Aluminum 
Daniel Hennessy, Senior Vice President of Manufacturing, Latrobe Specialty Steel 
Dawne Hickton, Vice Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, RTI International Metals, Inc.
Nicole Hoffman, Senior Marketing Manager, Pratt & Whitney, A United Technologies Company
Dag Johnsen, Senior Manager Systems Engineering, Continental Airlines 
Kevin Kirby, Sales Manager, SOS Metals, Inc.
Gary Marzec, Program Manager Supply Chain Management, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Gregory McClain, Vice President of Business Development, General Moly, Inc.
Tony Morales, Director, Global Marketing, Aerospace Defense, Alcoa FRP 
Markus Moll, Managing Director & Senior Market Analyst, SMR Steel & Metals Market Research GmbH 
Lloyd O'Carroll, Senior Vice President Research, Davenport & Company  
Carl Ulrich, Managing Director, Allstreams Consulting    
Dr. Sunil Widge, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Carpenter Technology Corporation

PANEL LEADERS: 

Bill Bihlman, Associate Consultant, AeroStrategy
Mick Bowen, Correspondent, American Metal Market
Frank Haflich, West Coast Correspondent, American Metal Market
Jeffry Melville, Procurement Agent, Boeing Commercial
Kevin Michaels, Partner, AeroStrategy

COMPANIES ATTENDING INCLUDE:

AEROSTRATEGY * AIRBUS NORTH AMERICA * ALCOA * ALD VACUUM TECHNOLOGIES, INC * ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES, INC * ALLSTREAMS CONSULTING * AM CASTLE * AMAG * AMAG ROLLING * AMI METALS * AMS SPECIALTY STEEL * BOEING (BCA) * BOEING COMPANY * BOLLINGHAUS GMBH & CO * CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP * CBMM- REFERENCE METALS COMPANY * CENTRAL MACHINERY & METALS * CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATES * CLEVELAND RESEARCH COMPANY * COMMERZBANK AG * CONTINENTAL AIRLINES * CORUS AMERICA INC * CRA INTERNATIONAL INC * DAVENPORT & COMPANY * DEFENSE METALS TECHNOLOGY CENTER * DEFENSE NATIONAL STOCKPILE CENTER * DYNAMET INC * ED BLOT & ASSOCIATES, INC * FIRTH RIXSON LTD * GENERAL MOLY INC * GLENCORE LTD * GOLDMAN TITANIUM * GOODRICH AEROSTRUCTURES * HAYNES INTERNATIONAL * HI-TEMP SPECIALTY METALS * KAISER ALUMINUM * KAISER ALUMINUM FABRICATED PRODUCTS * KDKA-TV (CBS) * LATROBE SPECIALTY STEEL CO * LMI AEROSPACE * LONGBOW RESEARCH, LLC * MAG * METALS USA *NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION* PERRYMAN COMPANY * PNC BANK * PRESS FORGE * RETECH SYSTEMS LLC * ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES * RTI INTERNATIONAL METALS * SAMUEL SPECIALTY METALS * SAMUEL, SON & CO * SMR GMBH * SOS METALS * SPECIALTY METALS PROCESSING * SPIRITAERO SYSTEMS, INC * STRATCOR INC * SUMITOMO CORPORATION OF AMERICA * THE TIMKEN COMPANY * TRANZACT, INC * U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE * UNITED TECHNOLOGIES - PRATT WHITNEY * UNIVERSAL STAINLESS * VILLARES METALS * VOLVO AERO CORPORATION * VULCANIUM METALS INC * STRATA NICKEL * YARDE METALS
 

PACKAGE DEAL FOR AEROSPACE AND STAINLESS & ITS ALLOYS CONFERENCE

Come early and join us for AMM Events’ Stainless & Its Alloys Conference held in conjunction with Aerospace on April 14-15, 2009 at the Marriott City Center in Pittsburgh.
 
Package price includes cocktail reception preceding Stainless and Alloys conference the evening of April 14th, admission to full Stainless and Alloys conference program on April 15th, cocktail reception preceding Aerospace conference the evening of April 15th, admission to full Aerospace Metals conference program on April 16th and 17th.