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Day One Tuesday 5 June 2007
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| 08.00 |
Registration and refreshments |
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| 09.00 |
Welcome note from Terrapinn |
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| 09.05 |
Chairperson opening speech
Wikrom Vajragupta
Director
Iron and Steel Institute of Thailand, Thailand |
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| OPTIMISING PRODUCTIVITY OF
STEEL MILLS IN ASIA |
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| 09.20 |
Keynote address
Achieving the vision: Steps to carry out result-oriented plant
optimisation and maintenance program
- Increased demand for steel across Asia creates a need for
continuous improvement in productivity and efficiency along the
value chain
- Obtaining buy-in from all parties: Steelmakers, vendors,
government
- Creating strategic vision in production and operations
Wikrom Vajragupta
Director
Iron and Steel Institute of Thailand, Thailand |
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| IMPROVING STRATEGIC MAINTENANCE
PRACTICES IN ASIA'S STEEL MILLS |
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| 09.50 |
Best practices discussion
Dissecting maintenance practices in Asia's steel mills: What we can
learn from other industries
- How does Asia measure up against international best practices?
- Are there breakthrough improvements in maintenance practices in
Asia’s steel mills?
- A never ending journey to continuous improvement
- Learning from other heavy industries
Panelists:
Narendra Kumar Sharma
Senior Vice President (Maintenance)
Ispat Industries Limited, India
Arun Kumar Chowdhary
Senior Department Manager (Maintenance Mechanical)
G-Steel, Thailand
Chung Ho Ko
Project Manager – Equipment Diagnostic & Troubleshooting
China Steel, Taiwan
Steve Turner
Director
OMCS International, Australia
Moderator:
Nirmalya Mukherjee
Editor
Steel & Metallurgy, India |
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| 10.30 |
Maintenance Assessment
Examining your maintenance practices and benchmarking them against
global best practices
An opportunity for you to assess and benchmark your maintenance
practices against industry peers and international best practices. Data
will be collected and evaluated. The findings will be discussed at the
end of Day One. This session will be led by experts in maintenance
performance management. Terry Harris
Exam Director
SMRP, USA |
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| 11.00 |
Speed networking |
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| 11.30 |
Networking morning break |
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| STRATEGIC ASSET MANAGEMENT FOR
OPTIMAL PRODUCTIVITY AND RETURNS ON INVESTMENT |
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| 12.00 |
Strategic asset management for
maximum returns on investment and manageable maintenance expenses
- Equipment selection to maximise ROI and support organisational
goals
- Managing acquisition, maintenance and disposal of physical
assets
- The costs and benefits of outsourcing asset management services
- Value-driven maintenance
- Managing procurement and costs of maintenance and spare parts
- Making maintenance more cost-efficient than replacing
Panelists:
S K Jain
Executive Director - Works, Bhilai Steel Plant
SAIL, India
M G Viswanath
General Manager (Maintenance)
PT. Ispat Indo (Mittal Steel), Indonesia
Yee Keong Chung
Director
Asset Dynamics Asia, Singapore
Moderator:
Shane Anderson
Maintenance and Reliability Manager, HIsmelt Operations
HIsmelt, Australia |
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| 12.40 |
Networking lunch |
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| MINIMISING RISKS AND
ACHIEVING OPTIMUM RESULTS WITH SOUND MAINTENANCE PLANNING AND INTEGRATED
APPLICATIONS |
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| 14.00 |
Thorough planning to reduce
deviations in maintenance shutdown and increase turnaround efficiency
- Commissioning a thorough planning exercise to maximise the
benefits of a maintenance shutdown
- Putting consistency into place to deal with inefficiencies
- Coordinating the right workforce and supporting resources to
eliminate inefficiencies and achieve turnaround efficiency
- Being fluent in contingency planning to minimise distractions to
production activities
Steve Turner
Director
OMCS International, Australia |
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| 14.30 |
Selecting and operating
computerised solutions to streamline maintenance practices
- Key elements of successful maintenance management: KPIs on
workload, planning, effectiveness and cost
- Value of Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)
- Managing Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (IRAM)
- Failure Mode Effects and Cause Analysis in predictive and
preventative maintenance
Panelists:
Narendra Kumar Sharma
President, Maintenance
Ispat Industries Limited, India
M G Viswanath
General Manager (Maintenance)
PT. Ispat Indo (Mittal Steel), Indonesia
Harald Rabeder
SAP PM Senior Consultant
Voestalpine Informationstechnologie GmbH, Germany
Moderator:
Yee Keong Chung
Director
Asset Dynamics Asia, Singapore |
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| 15.10 |
Networking afternoon break |
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| 15.40 |
Maintenance and reliability
practices enabling the ramp up and optimisation of HIsmelt Kwinana plant
- HIsmelt is a new iron-making technology that offers low capital
cost, reduced emissions and the ability to treat high impurity iron
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- Maintenance and reliability strategies implemented at HIsmelt,
focusing on Reliability-Centred Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance,
Condition Monitoring and Root Cause Analysis for failure elimination
- Milestones and achievements in the ramp up of operations to
nameplate capacity
Shane Anderson
Maintenance and Reliability Manager, HIsmelt Operations
HIsmelt, Australia |
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| 16.10 |
Discussion on Maintenance
Assessment Findings |
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| 17.00 |
Day One concludes and followed
by complimentary Networking cocktail |
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Day Two Wednesday
6 June 2007
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| 08.00 |
Registration and refreshments
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| 09.00 |
Chairperson opening speech
Ah Yong Tan
Secretary General
South East Asia Iron and Steel Institute (SEAISI), Malaysia |
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| MAXIMISING PRODUCTIVITY BY
IMPLEMENTING CORPORATE-WIDE IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES |
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| 09.15 |
The need for a holistic
approach to uplift performance: Human capital management, safety
assurance and processes
- Productivity requires the management of every element of
production process: Both the physical and intangible assets
- Nurturing motivation and commitment from the work force,
continuous development and skill upgrading
- Taking care of health and safety issues, not only for the
employees, but also for the community
- Continuously upgrading technology and processes
Om Narayan
Vice President - Safety and Services
Tata Steel, India |
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Practicing and nurturing a
culture of continuous improvement
- The importance of reliability leadership
- Understanding workforce behaviour
- Creating an environment that encourages the workforce to invent
solutions, take initiatives and be accountable
- Promoting innovations and change management
- Developing and managing a work process design
Panelists:
K Venugopal Nair
Chief Vigilance Officer
SAIL, India
Poh Tzan Eng
Senior Vice President - Operation (Systems)
NatSteel Asia, Singapore
S K Jain
Executive Director - Works, Bhilai Steel Plant
SAIL, India
Fikret Basbug
Vice President Engineering, Iskenderun Iron and Steel Plant
ISDEMIR, Turkey
Moderator:
Nirmalya Mukherjee
Editor
Steel & Metallurgy, India |
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| 10.30 |
Networking morning break
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| GETTING THE MOST OUT OF PROCESS
AUTOMATION AND PLANT MODERNISATION |
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| 11.00 |
Modernisation and
transformation project at ISDEMIR
- Iron and steel production in Turkey: Latest developments,
challenges and opportunities for local and international players
- Transformation from long steel to flat steel production:
Ambitious targets with major cultural change, extensive
modernisation projects with latest technologies, highest quality,
maximum direct charging for minimum cost
- Introduction and implementation of 36 projects with a budget of
USD2 billion to increase production capacity from the existing 2.2
million tons/year of crude steel to 5.2 million tons/year
Fikret Basbug
Vice President Engineering, Iskenderun Iron and Steel Plant
ISDEMIR, Turkey |
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Initiating plant modernisation
and process automation for improved performance and results
- Setting up high performance facilities in a new market
- In search of the right partners
- Selecting the right solutions: Automation processes, ROI,
versatility, technical issues
- Flexibility to fulfill demands for smaller batches, diversified
grades and shorter lead time
Panelists:
Philip D'Souza
Direct Reduction Technology Manager
Qatar Steel Company (QASCO), Qatar
Ryan John F Bernabe
Assistant Vice President - Manufacturing
Steel Asia Manufacturing Corporation, The Philippines
Moderator:
Poh Tzan Eng
Senior Vice President - Operation (Systems)
NatSteel Asia, Singapore |
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| 12.15 |
Networking lunch |
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| TECHNOLOGY AND CLEAN PRODUCTION
PROCESSES IN THE STEEL MAKING INDUSTRY |
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| 13.45 |
Advancing technology and
systems for financial and environmental rewards through Co2 emission
management
- Clean Production technology to improve sustainability
- By-products and waste management: A key issue faced by the steel
industry that can be turned into an advantage
- Increasing competitiveness using Green Technology: Applicability
to Asia's steel industry
Dr. Leo Frawley
Customer Service and Technical Manager, Laverton Steel Mill
Smorgon Steel Group Limited, Australia |
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Recycle or reuse for BlueScope
Steel Indonesia: Reflecting on a South East Asia experience in waste
management
- 90% of general waste at Indonesia's operations being recycled or
reused
- Waste management practices to ensure high material efficiency
and minimal waste disposal to landfill
- Reducing alkaline waste in the degreasing process
- Positive contributions to health, safety and environment
Richard
Health, Safety and Environmental Manager
BlueScope Steel Indonesia, Indonesia |
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| 14.45 |
Networking afternoon break
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| OPTIMISING DIRECT REDUCTION
TECHNOLOGY BENEFITS: CASE STUDY FROM QATAR |
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| 15.15 |
Direct Reduction Technology
innovations and optimisation at Qatar Steel
- Boosting production to meet high demand fo steel in the Gulf
- The utilisation of DRI technology to supply not less than 95% of
the required steel materials
- Using lower grade iron ore to manage the high cost of raw
materials
- DRI technology to promote clean steel production: HBI and HDRI
Philip D' Souza
Direct Reduction Technology Manager
Qatar Steel Company (QASCO), Qatar |
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| MANAGING ENVIRONMENTAL AND
HEALTH CHALLENGES |
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| 15.45 |
Maximising waste management to
address health and environmental concerns, create added value and
profitability
- Hazardous waste management
- Converting waste to valueable resources
- Useful technology to address greenhouse gas emission and energy
challenges
Panelists:
Om Narayan
Vice President - Safety and Services
Tata Steel, India
Dr. Leo Frawley
Customer Service and Technical Manager, Laverton Steel Mill
Smorgon Steel Group Limited, Australia
K Venugopal Nair
Chief Vigilance Officer
SAIL, India
Moderator:
Ryan John F Bernabe
Assistant Vice President - Manufacturing
Steel Asia Manufacturing Corporation, The Philippines |
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| 16.30 |
Day Two concludes |
