Metal Expert invites market participants to the 8th Steel Plate Conference Europe which will take place in Duеsseldorf, Germany on October 14, 2024.
Preliminary Programme
09:00 - 09:30 Registration. Welcome Coffee
09:30 - 10:30 Conference Opening. Session 1. Panel Discussion. Challenges & opportunities for EU plate business in conditions of reduced consumption
- Dr. Wolfram Hölbling, General Manager Marketing & Technical Support, Dillinger, Germany
- Denis Parein, Commercial Head Heavy Plates Europe, ArcelorMittal Europe, Belgium
- Panagiotis Konstantinou, Commercial Director, Heavy Plates, Stomana Industry S.A, Bulgaria
Moderated by Lilit Papoian, Editor, EU Markets, Metal Expert, Ukraine
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee-break
11:00 - 13:00 Session 2. Part 1. Sponsor’s Slot
- Dr. Andrej Kirikov, Chief Executive Officer, Nordinkraft AG, Germany - "Pulse eddy current (PEC) based technology for automatic examination of steel plates and other rolled materials for detection of hard spots"
Part 2. Changes in EU plate & slab markets under economic and geopolitical influences
- Alessandro Sciamarelli, Director of Economic Studies and Market Analysis, Eurofer, Belgium - “The outlook for the EU steel market amidst growing challenges”
- Lilit Papoian, Editor, EU Markets, Metal Expert, Ukraine – “Europe slabs & plate market overview”
- Rafael Lopez, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Taiichio and Wolf Sl, Spain – “Steel Plates. A supply chain in transformation”
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch (Gruznerstube Restaurant)
14:00 - 16:00 Session 3. Part 1. Sponsor’s Slot
- Christian Hiebl, Chief Operating Officer, ABF GmbH, Austria - “Boosting intralogistics efficiency in times of skilled labour shortage and green steel”
Part 2. Decarbonisation of EU plate industry: green steel production and CBAM
- Matthew Watkins, Principal Analyst, Steel, CRU, UK – “How does plate fit into Europe’s green economy?”
- Jan Meier, Sales Director (Germany, Benelux, Denmark), SSAB Europe, Denmark – “Decarbonization and Zero emission steels”
- Nick Ogilvie, Sustainability Specialist, CarbonChain, UK – “EU CBAM: Cost and practical implications for a lower-carbon steel industry”
- Sushil Kumar Pradhan, Chief Marketing Officer, Jindal Steel and Power, India
(Invited Guest)
16:00 - 17:00 Closing fourchette
*The Programme is preliminary & might be subject to change
Register by email events@metalexpert.com or register here >>
Please contact Olesia Kosenko, Conference Director, for questions concerning speakership and sponsorship opportunities: