NEW State of Steel Conference

January 20 - 22, 2009 , Marriott Marquis, NYC , COMPANY DELEGATE LIST ADDED TO SITE!
Description
Agenda
Bios
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
3:30

Registration Opens

4:00

Spotlight on Service Centers

Join our panelists who will address issues such as:

How do you manage and balance your inventory values and selling prices when mill-purchase prices and replacement costs have fallen?

How do you educate your customers about this process and what it means for them?

How does this process differ when you have contract pricing with customers, vs. spot pricing?

What might a national infrastructure stimulus program mean for your business?

Could it increase sales and service opportunities?

Is there a demand for “green” metals for building projects and will this be a growth market?

What end-user markets might begin to show recovery from the credit crisis in the short term?

Lourenco Goncalves, Chairman, President & CEO, Metals USA Holdings Corp
James Barnett, President, Grand Steel Products
Steve Bergman, President, Premier Steel
John Campo, Vice President Sales & Marketing, O’Neal Steel
Corinna Petry, Steel Correspondent, American Metal Market
5:30

Welcome Cocktail Reception

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
8:00

Registration, Continental Breakfast and Exhibit Open

9:00

Opening Remarks

David Brooks, Senior Vice President, American Metal Market
9:05

Keynote Interview: One-on-One with Dan DiMicco

Live on-stage interview

Daniel DiMicco, Chairman, President & CEO, Nucor
Moderator: Scott Robertson, Chief Correspondent, Steel, American Metal Market
10:00

Highlight Presentation: Steel in Crisis

How has the financial market meltdown contributed to the decline in steel demand?

Mario Longhi, Chief Executive Officer , Gerdau Ameristeel
10:45

Coffee Break

11:00

Panel Discussion on Steel Outlook

What is the domestic and international demand for flat rolled and long products?

John Anton, Director Steel Service, Global Insight
Michelle Applebaum, Managing Director, Michelle Applebaum Research
Tony Taccone, Partner, First River Consulting
Moderator: Jo Isenberg-O’Loughlin, Editor, American Metal Market
12:15

Lunch

David Spooner, Of Counsel, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.
1:45

Highlight Presentation: When is the recession likely to end?

Charles Steindel, Senior Vice President and Head Research Support Function, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
2:30

Spotlight on Infrastructure

Specific questions to be answered include:

Can the feds fix an aging infrastructure?

Which sector will be the biggest winner in the new public works program?

Sami Achkar, Metals & Minerals Sector Director, CH2M Hill
King Gee, Associate Administrator, Department of Transportation, Office of Infrastructure
Stan Hasselbusch, President & CEO, L B Foster
Moderator: Raju Daswani, Global Publisher and President, American Metal Market
3:30

Coffee Break

3:45

Spotlight on Construction

Specific questions to be answered include:

When will the walls stop tumbling down in residential and commercial construction?

Bob Risser, President and CEO, Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute
Kenneth Simonson, Chief Economist, The Associated General Contractors of America
Moderator: Corinna Petry, Steel Correspondent, American Metal Market
4:15

Spotlight on Energy

Specific questions to be answered include:

Will steel demand increase for the tube and pipe markets?

What happens to alterative energy sources when natural gas and oil prices fall?

Brian Habacivch, Senior Vice President, Fellon-McCord
Rick Preckel, Principal, Preston Publishing Company, Inc.
Wesley Slagle, Business Development Manager, General Electric - Energy
Moderator: Michael Cowden, Correspondent, American Metal Market
5:00

Spotlight on Automotive

Specific questions to be answered include:

Is demand from the auto sector in terminal decline?

Kim Korth, President and Owner, IRN Inc.
Dan Sharkey, Partner, Butzel Long
Moderator: Michael Cowden, Correspondent, American Metal Market
5:45

Networking Reception

Thursday, January 22, 2009
8:00

Registration, Continental Breakfast and Exhibits Open

9:00

Highlight Presentation: What makes American steel mills attractive for foreign ownership?

Madhu Vuppuluri, President, Essar North America
9:45

Coffee Break

10:15

Panel Discussion: What’s next for the Steel Industry?

Specific questions to be answered include:

Will there be consolidations through mergers and acquisitions?

Will technology drive the change into the next decade?

Will new projects be delayed due to the financial crises?

Will steel futures mitigate risk in volatile market?

Herb Fastert, Chief Technology Officer, Steel Development Company
Peter Matt, Managing Director Global Industrial Services Group, Credit Suisse
Vince Pappalardo, Managing Director, Dresner Rand, Investment Banking
Paul Shellman, Steel Consultant, CME Group
Moderator: Thomas Graham, Founder and former Chairman and CEO AK Steel, TC Graham Associates
11:15

Spotlight on Raw Materials

Specific questions to be answered include:

Where are they and how much will they cost?

What is the ranking and competitiveness of the iron ore market?

How will blast furnace production affect coke and coking coal consumption?

John Kopfle, Director of Corporate Development, Midrex
David Persampieri, Vice President, Charles River Associates
John Tumazos, Owner & Senir Analyst, John Tumazos Very Independent Research, LLC
Moderator: Jo Isenberg-O’Loughlin, Editor, American Metal Market
12:15

Conference Close and Box Lunch

Sponsors:

Ranger Steel
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