CONFERENCES & MEETINGS

  DIVISION CONFERENCES
 

 

Schedule of Events

Thursday, March 16, 2006

9:00 - 11:00am  Specialty Metals Division Counci Meeting 
10:00am - 6:00pm  Registration 
11:30am - 1:00pm  Luncheon & General Session 

1:00 - 2:00pm 

 

 

 

Global Strategies

  • Fariborz Ghadar, Ph.D., William A. Schreyer chair of global
    management, policies and planning and director, center for global
    business studies, The Pennsylvania State University Smeal College
    of Business Administration
     

2:00 - 3:00pm 


 

Market Opportunities

  • Catherine Houska, senior market development manager, TMR Consulting 
3:00 - 3:30pm  Refreshment Break 

3:30 - 5:00pm 


 

Stainless Steel Global Market Update

  • Markus Moll, director, Steel and Metals Markets Research 

6:00 - 7:00pm 

 


 

Receptions by Product Group

  • Flat Rolled - Sponsored by Main Steel Polishing Company, Inc.
  • Pipe and Tube - Sponsored by Marcegaglia USA, Inc.
  • Bar, Nickel Alloy and Tool Steel 

7:00 - 9:30pm 



 

Dinner 

  • Donald R. McNeeley, Ph.D., president & chief operating officer,
    Chicago Tube & Iron Company and chairman, MSCI Board of Directors

Friday, March 17, 2006

7:00 - 7:45am  

Breakfast Buffet

7:45 - 8:30am 


 

Market Outlook

  • Eli Lustgarten, president, ESL Consultants, LLC 

8:30 - 10:00am 

 

 

 



 

Executive Panel

Moderator: Bob Weidner, president & chief executive officer,
Metals Service Center Institute

Panelists:

  • Bill Jones, president & chief executive officer, O'Neal Steel, Inc.
  • Gary J. Niederpruem, executive vice president, Ryerson, Inc.
  • Terrence L. Dunlap, president, Allegheny Ludlum Corporation 
10:00 - 10:30am Refreshment Break 

10:30 - 11:30am
 

 

 

 


 

Breakout Sessions

Stainless/Nickel Outlook

  • Alice Agoos, editor, Ryan's Notes
  • Alisdair J. Gledhill, trader, ELG Metals

Tool Steel

Moderator: Thomas Bell, vice president, business development. Bohler-Uddeholm

  • Markus Moll, director, Steel and Metals Markets Research 
  • Carl Meyer, president, Progressive Tool Company
  • Karl Szanto, vice president, operations, Tech Mold, Inc.

12:30pm 

 


 

Shotgun Scramble Golf Tournament
TPC Valley Golf Course 

Current Golf Hole Sponsors:

  • Arcelor Stainless USA
  • Atlas Steel Products Co.
  • ELG Metals, Inc.
  • ESCO Corporation
  • Leveltek Processing LLC
  • Metal Suppliers Online
  • Outokumpu Stainless, Inc.
  • Peachtree Metals Co.
  • Readmore Communications, Inc.
  • Scot Forge Company
  • ThyssenKrupp VDM USA, Inc.

6:00 - 7:00pm 

 

General Reception

Sponsored by American Metal Market 

7:00 - 9:00pm  Dinner 


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