PREVIEW: European Steel Conference 2019 in Milan

World Steel Dynamics (United States) and GMK Center (Ukraine) will hold the European Steel Conference on October 28-30, 2019, in Milan, Italy.

The ESC is an international, high-level, steel industry event focused on the dynamics of European and international steelmakers and their customers within the global context. 

The agenda of the conference is below:

Day 1

October 28. 2019

6:00 p.m. – Welcome Cocktail Reception & Networking Event

Day 2

October 29, 2019

8:45-9:15 a.m. – Keynote Presentation:

• Peter Marcus and Philipp Englin, World Steel Dynamics;
• Wu Wenzhang, President, Steelhome.

9:15-10:00 a.m. – Keynote Presentation:

• Yuriy Ryzhenkov, Chief Executive Officer, Metinvest

10:00-10:20 a.m. – Coffee and Networking Break

10:20-10:50 a.m.–  Keynote Presentation:

• Mario Caldonazzo, Chief Executive Officer, Arvedi

10:50 a.m.-12:15 p.m. – Panel 1: Global Trade: Europe in the Cross-hairs?

Moderator: Philipp Englin, Chief Executive Officer, World Steel Dynamics

Panelists:

• Sanjay Jayram, Executive Vice President, JSW Steel
• Colin Richardson, Steel Editor, Argus Media
• Uğur Dalbeler, CEO, Colokaglu Metalurji
• Michel Van Hoey, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

12:15-1:30 p.m. – Luncheon

1:30-2:00 p.m. – Keynote Presentation:

• Antonio Marcegaglia, Chairman and CEO, Marcegaglia

2:00-3:00 p.m. – Panel 2: Market Development: Changing Customer Requirements, Product Innovation

Moderator: Joachim Schroder, Managing Partner, RCG Consulting Group AG

Panelist:

• Andrea Bianchi, Chief Technology Officer, Arvedi
• Sergey Markov, Director of Product Resource Planning and Marketing, Evraz
• Board Member, Volkswagen

3:00-3:15 p.m. – Coffee and Networking Break

3:15-4:00 p.m. – Keynote Presentation:

• Sanjeev Gupta, Group Chief Executive Officer, Liberty Steel Group

4:00-5:15 p.m. – Panel 3: Innovations in Plant Design and Technology

Moderator: Mauro Bianchi Ferri, Managing Director, Acciarium Alliance SRL

Panelists:

• Andreas Viehböck, Senior Vice President for Casting and ESP, Primetals
• Paolo Argenta, Vice President Upstream, Tenova 
• Giacomo Mareschi Danieli, Chief Executive Officer, Danieli & C.

5:15 p.m. – Cocktail Reception

Day 3

October 30, 2019 

9:15-10:30 a.m. – Panel 4: Carbonless Steel and the Sustainability Challenge

Moderator: Edwin Basson, Director General, World Steel Association

Panelists:

• Alan Knight, General Manager, Head of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainable Development, ArcelorMittal
• Johann Prammer, Head of Strategic Environmental Management, Voestalpine
• Martin Pei, Executive Vice President and CTO, SSAB (awaiting final confirmation)

10:30-11:00 a.m. – Coffee and Networking Break

11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. – Panel 5: E-marketplaces & The Changing European Supply Chain

Moderator: Joachim Schroder, Managing Partner, RCG Consulting Group AG

Panelists:

• Daniel Guinabert, Director General, Eurometal
• Andrey Laptev, Director of Bus. Dev. And Corp., Venture Products, Severstal
• Marek Sacha, Chief Executive Officer, XOM Materials

13:00 p.m. – Tour of Arvedi, Cremona Facility