NEW State of Steel Conference

Created as a one-of-a-kind steel outlook event that only AMM can produce, the three-day conference will gather the key figures of the industry to give a forward view on where the steel market is heading in 2009, after the severe end to the 2008 financial year.  

Highlight Presentations:

Keynote Interview:
One-on-One with Daniel R. DiMicco, Chairman, President & CEO, Nucor

Highlight Presentation: Steel in Crisis
Mario Longhi, Chief Executive Officer, Gerdau Ameristeel

Highlight Presentation: Challenges facing the Service Centers
Lourenco Goncalves, Chairman, President & CEO, Metals USA Holdings Corp.

Highlight Presentation: When is the recession likely to end?
Charles Steindel, Senior Vice President & Head Research Support Function, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Highlight Presentation: What makes American steel mills attractive for foreign ownership?
Madhu Vuppuluri, President, Essar North America

Luncheon Speaker:
David Spooner, Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, International Trade Administration

TOPIC QUESTIONS:

AMM EVENTS INTRODUCES POST-CONFERENCE WEB SESSIONS:

State of Steel ‘09 is your starting point, but AMM wants to keep you ahead of the game all year long with AMM Events NEW Post-Conference Webcasts.

Building off the information gathered at AMM Events’ State of Steel 09 Conference, several of our panelists will participate in two live web sessions scheduled for April and October to deliver late-breaking, dynamic presentations that will give you insight into the changing environment since the event.

In April, 2009 join John Anton, Principal Steel Service at Global Insight and Michelle Applebaum, Managing Director from Michelle Applebaum Research, via the internet for the first of two State of Steel Post-Conference Sessions. These informative presentations will be followed by questions and answers from the audience and AMM’s correspondents.

SPEAKERS

Sami T. Achkar, Metals & Minerals Sector Director, CH2M HILL
John Anton, Principal Steel Service, Global Insight
Michelle Applebaum, Managing Director, Michelle Applebaum Research
Jim Barnett, President, Grand Steel Products Inc
Steve Bergman, President, Premier Steel
John Campo, Vice President Sales and Marketing, O'Neal Steel
Raju Daswani, Global Publisher and President, American Metal Market
Daniel R.  DiMicco, Chairman, President and CEO, Nucor
Herb Fastert, Chief Technology Officer, Steel Development Company
King Gee, Associate Administrator, Department of Transportation, Office of Infrastructure
Lourenco Goncalves, Chairman, President and CEO, Metals USA Holdings Corp
Brian Habacivich, Sr. Vice President — Research and Publications, Fellon McCord & Associates, Inc.
Stan Hasselbusch, President and CEO, L B Foster
John Kopfle, Director of Corporate Development, Midrex
Kim Korth, President and Owner, IRN, Inc
Mario Longhi, CEO, Gerdau Ameristeel
Peter Matt, Managing Director, Credit Suisse
Vince Pappalardo, Managing Director, Dresner Partners Investment Banking
David Persampieri, Vice President, Charles River Associates
Rick Preckel, Preston Publishing Company Inc
Bob Risser, President and CEO, Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute
Dan Sharkey, Partner, Butzel Long
Paul Shellman, Steel Consultant, CME Group
Kenneth D. Simonson, Chief Economist, Associated General Contractors of America
Wesley Slagle, Business Development Manager, General Electric - Energy
David Spooner, of Counsel, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P., former Assistant Secretary for
           Import Administration,  International Trade Administration
Charles Steindel, Senior Vice President & Head Research Support Function, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Tony Taccone, Partner, First River Consulting
John Tumazos, Owner and Senior Analyst, John Tumazos Very Independent Research, LLC
Madhu Vuppuluri, President, Essar North America

MODERATORS:

Thomas C. Graham, Founder, T.C. Graham Associates and former Chariman and CEO of AK Steel
Raju Daswani, Global Publisher and President, American Metal Market
Michael Cowden, Steel Reporter, American Metal Market
Jo Isenberg-O’Loughlin, Editor, American Metal Market
Corinna Rainey Petry, Correspondent, American Metal Market
Scott Robertson, Chief Correspondent, Steel, American Metal Market

COMPANIES SCHEDULED TO ATTEND INCLUDE:

AGCO * AMERICAN AUTO SALVAGE & RECYCLING * AMERICAN METAL MARKET * APOLLO MANAGEMENT * ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS * AZCO STEEL CO. * BERRY METAL COMPANY * BIVAC N.A. * BLACK RIVER ASSET MANAGEMENT * BLOCK HEAVY & HIGHWAY PRODUCTS * BLUESCOPE STEEL NORTH AMERICA * BMO CAPITAL MARKETS * BOMBARDIER * BOYDEN * BROOKFIELD RESOURCE MANAGEMENT * BROWNSVILLE MARINE PRODUCTS * BRUNER INTERNATIONAL INC * BUTZEL LONG * CARMEUSE LIME AND STONE * CB&I * CBMM REFERENCE METALS COMPANY * CENTRAL STEEL SERVICE, INC * CH2M HILL * CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATES * CHEMICAL LIME COMPANY * CLEVELAND RESEARCH COMPANY * CME GROUP * CONCORD STEEL * CONCRETE REINFORCING STEEL INSTITUTE * CREDIT SUISSE * CSXT * DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY * DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION * DRESNER PARTNERS INVESTMENT BANK * EASTERN STEEL CORPORATION * EBNER FURNACES, INC * ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION SERVICES * ESSAR NORTH AMERICA * ESSEX TRADING COMPANY * EXXONMOBIL * FALCON FOUNDRY COMPANY * FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK * FIRST RIVER CONSULTING * FISHER TANK COMPANY * FRONTIER STEEL CO * GE ENERGY * GENERAL ELECTRIC * GENERAL MOLY, INC * GERDAU AMERISTEEL * GLENVIEW CAPITAL * GLOBAL INSIGHT * GOLDMAN SACHS & CO * GRAND STEEL PRODUCTS * HARBINGER CAPITAL PARTNERS * HAYES IRON AND METAL INC * HEFFERNAN INTERNATIONAL * INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION * IRN INC * JCPENNEY CO, INC * L.B. FOSTER COMPANY * LOCWELD INC * MACQUARIE RAIL INC * METALS SERVICE CENTER INSTITUTE * METALS USA HOLDINGS CORP * METRO RECYCLING * MIDREX TECHNOLOGIES INC * MULTISERV * NALCO COMPANY * NIAGARA LASALLE CORPORATION * NORTH AMERICAN REFRACTORIES CO * NUCOR * OHIO STEEL PLATE * O'NEAL STEEL * PLATINUM EQUITY * PREMIER STEEL * PRESTON PUBLISHING COMPANY INC * PRINCIPLED CAPITAL MANAGEMENT * PSC METALS, INC * PSP INDUSTRIES * PTR BALER & COMPACTOR * RANGER STEEL * RELIABILITY MANAGEMENT GROUP * RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM * ROLAND BERGER STRATEGY CONSULTANTS * SANKATY ADVISORS * SCHNITZER STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC * SEACOR HOLDINGS * SES, LLC * SIMS METAL MANAGEMENT * SKYLINE STEEL, LLC * STANDARD INVESTMENT RESEARCH * STANDEX * STEEL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY * STEEL MANUFACTURERS ASSOC * SUPERMETAL STRUCTURES, INC * T.C. GRAHAM ASSOCIATES LLC * TURRET STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC * VERMILLION ASSET MANAGEMENT * TONY TUMAZOS VERY INDEPENDENT RESEARCH, LLC * WARREN FABRICATING & MACHINING * WESTINGHOUSE * WESTINGHOUSE NUCLEAR * WHEELING CORRUGATING CO * WORLD STEEL DYNAMICS * WYNNEFIELD CAPITAL, INC