Conference Agenda
Day One:
Tuesday 28 September 8:15 Registration
and refreshments
9:15 Chairman’s opening remarks, Kerem Cakir, General Manager, Kerim Celik,
Turkey Session I: End use of galvanized and coated
steels 9:25 Highlighting the challenges in the rapidly changing automotive
market
- Steel demand prospects in Europe for the automotive sector, the
Renault-Nissan view
- Higher strength steel for lighter car bodies: what are the challenges
for the steel producers?
- Nicolas Fourrier, Deputy General Manager Supplier Account Office,
Renault, France
9:55 Panel discussion: Threats and opportunities in the white goods
sector
- What is the future potential for the white goods sector in Europe?
- Where does the biggest competition for European white goods
suppliers come from?
- How is the relationship between steel producers and the white goods
sector changing?
- Steel products desired by the white goods sector
- Developing usage of electro-coated steel in the white goods sector
- Anti-bacterial and finger-coatings products of the future
- Moderator: Kerem Cakir, General Manager, Kerim Celik, Turkey
- Alessandro Marras, Commodity Manager for Steel and Metals,
- Whirlpool, Italy
- Koray Kiris, Purchasing Manager, Vestel, Turkey
- Ogun Erdal, Purchasing Manager, Arcelik, Turkey
10:55 Refreshment break
Session II : End use of galvanized and coated steels continues
11:40 Trends and opportunities for coated steel in the construction
sector
- Growth opportunities in construction: how steel consumption is
set to rise across different regions
- Developments in the coated steel industry and prospects of new
products
- Case study of Indian growth and how developing markets can
address this opportunity
- Atrayee Sarkar, Chief of Marketing, Tata Steel, India
12:10 Innovation and transformation in the automotive steel
business
- How CO2 issues impact on the material choice for body in
white construction
- Hot stamping of coated boron steels: today’s success
- Technical innovation: new products in development and new
steel solutions
- Business model innovations
- Jean-Martin Van der Hoeven, General Manager Automotive
Europe
- ArcelorMittal Flat Carbon Europe S.A, Germany
12:45 Networking lunch
Session III : Pricing 14:10
Explaining the impact of the current raw materials prices on the
integrated mills and their steel prices
- Analysing present iron prices and how will they change
in the next 12 months
- Zinc market visibility and its impact on the prices
- Trends in sourcing zinc for galvanizing and coating
applications
- Vinod Greg, Commercial Director, Ispat Industries,
India
14:40 How will the increasing prices of galvanized and
coated steel in Asia and North America affect the European
market?
- Overview of the current prices and how it is likely
to shift in the future
- What impact will it have on the European export and
import of galvanized and coated steel products?
- How will it affect global producers?
- Muejde-Fatma Ayquen, Flat products Manager,
ThyssenKrupp Mannex GmbH, Germany
15:10 Redefining role of steel
service centers in the value chain
- Adopting to the changing pricing and quality
demands of the end users
- Shift in the balance of distribution and
service: what will be the future role of the steel
service centers?
- Building a secure link between end-user and the
mill for high end coated products as the way forward
- Kerem Cakir, General Manager, Kerim Celik,
Turkey
15:40 Refreshment break
16:10 Factors challenging steel service centres
- What an increase in the prices of cold-rolled and
hot-rolled coil means for the future of steel service centres
- Business development strategies for the next 12 months
- Managing risks in uncertain times
- Miguel Marques, General Manager, Bamesa Celik, Turkey
16:40 Role of steel service centres in the
Turkish market of galvanized and coated steel
- Identifying major investments on the steel
market that will affect the distribution system
in Turkey
- What impact will it have on the industry in
Eastern and Southern Europe?
- Adjusting to the market challenges: KMC
strategy for the next five years
- Serkan Gurler, Vice President, KMC,
Turkey
Session IV: Outlining key factors behind the
consolidation trend in the galvanizing and coil
coating sector
17:10 Panel discussion: Current view of the
integrated mill facilities – what will happen
next?
- Will the consolidation trend in the
galvanizing market continue?
- Involvement of China in future
acquisitions
- Will the big players define the prices?
Different scenarios for the future
- What are the implications for the steel
service centres?
- Moderator: Kerem Cakir, General
Manager, Kerim Celik, Turkey
- Maja Domnick, Manager PPGI, Stemcor
Europe AG, Switzerland
- Rama Ayman, Managing Director, Hatch
Corporate Finance, UK
- Gorkem Bolaca, Sales Manager, LN
Metals International, UK
17:50 Case Study: Consolidation process
in the industry – a view of the market
leader
Senior Representative,
ArcelorMittal, Turkey
18:15 Chairman’s
closing remarks followed by evening drinks
reception
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Day Two:
Wednesday 29 September
9:00
Registration and refreshments
9:30 Chairman’s opening remarks, Bulent
Demircioglu, Istanbul Iron and Steel Exporters Association, Turkey
Session V: Demand for organic coated
steel and analysis of the local market in
Turkey 9:40 Understanding the coated
steel market’s key sectors
- Identifying sectors driving biggest
demand
- Examining transition in demand for
colour coated steel in cladding and
roofing
- Entering niche markets – white goods
and brown goods
- Cem Ustun, Sales Manager, MMK
Atakas, Turkey
10:10 Panel discussion: Major changes
and challenges in the Turkish galvanised
and coated steel market. What are the
opportunities?
- Current share of the flat and
long products in steel production
- Evolving shape of the Turkish
steel market: new investments in the
flat products market
- Development of new galvanizing
lines: how will it change the
dynamics of the business?
- Why is Turkish steel competitive
abroad?
- Turkey as the net exporter of
commercial grade in 2010, what will
be technological specifications of
this production?
- What is the potential for
galvalume and galfan in Turkey?
- Moderator: Bulent Demircioglu,
Istanbul Iron and Steel Exporters
Association, Turkey
- Asiye Ay, Foreign Trade
Manager, Tezcan Galvaniz, Turkey
- Erkan Kafadar, General
Manager, Borcelik Celik San Tic A S,
Turkey
- Tuncay Sergen; CEO, Sergen
Metal, Turkey
11:10 Refreshment break
Session VI: Successful strategies
for increasing efficiency
11:40 Strategies for cutting
production costs in coating lines
- How to increase capacity at
minimum cost
- How to save energy during
the production process
- NIR technology
- Kai K. O. Bar, Managing
Director,
- Adphos Thermal Processing
GmbH, Germany
- Andreas Geitner, Managing
Director,
- Adphos Thermal Processing
GmbH, Germany
12:00 Panel discussion: New
technologies for the industry
- Development of
environmentally friendly
solutions
- Improving the quality of
products through innovative
technology
- Identifying latest
projects that will move the
industry forward
- Jean-Jacques Hardy,
Product Manager – Coatings,
Siemens VAI MT SAS, France
- Siemens VAI MT SAS,
France
- Michael Hill, Metal
Products Specialist, Spooner
Industries Ltd., UK
12:45 Chairman’s closing
remarks followed by
networking lunch and end of
the conference |
