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    April 3, 2018

    Steel Summit Agenda is Shaping Up

    Written by John Packard

    Steel Market Update has been diligently working toward completing our SMU Steel Summit Conference agenda. We have been intentionally taking our time as we wait for market developments to mature and provide guidance as to what subjects will be the most pressing to the manufacturing companies, fabricators, steel distributors, steel mills, trading companies, toll processors and suppliers to these industries who attend our conference. Registrations are closing in on 250 executives, and we are on pace to exceed last year’s record attendance. We anticipate 800 executives will attend this year’s event. Below is our schedule, and the holes that we have left are intentional. We just confirmed our end of the program keynote speaker, Ron Insana, a political and economic commentator with CNBC. We firmly believe this year’s conference will be the premier networking and information event for those involved with the steel industry in North America.

    Monday, August 27, 2018
    10:00 – 5:30 PM

    Registration
    Georgia International Convention Center – South Lobby
    Pre-Summit Programs are located at the GICC in Salons 4-5
    1:30 – 2:00 PM Let’s Ask Lewis: A Conversation With a Washington Trade Attorney.
    Lewis Leibowitz, Owner
    The Law Office of Lewis E. Leibowitz
    2:00 – 2:45 PM Digital Transformation of Steel Distribution: Changing the Way Steel Is Bought and Sold in The Digital Age.
    Gisbert Rühl, Chairman
    Klöckner & Co SE
    2:45 – 3:00 PM Break – Sponsored by: Priefert Steel
    3:00 – 4:00 PM Digital Transformation: How to Begin the Process With Implementation Tools for Your Company.
    Stephen Pratt, Chief Executive Officer
    Noodle.ai
    Second speaker to be announced soon
    4:00 – 5:30 PM Networking Reception: It’s All About Building Relationships.
    Sponsored by: Steel Dynamics, Inc.
    Pre-Summit Reception is located at the GICC in Salons 6-8 (Exhibit area)
    Tuesday, August 28, 2018
    7:00 – 8:00 AM Doors Open at GICC
    Registration
    Georgia International Convention Center – South Lobby

    Coffee & Pastries Salons 6-8 (Exhibit area)
    Coffee – Sponsored by: Magic Coil Products
    Pastries – Sponsored by: Alliance Steel, LLC
    8:00 – 8:30 AM Welcome to the 8th SMU Steel Summit Conference
    John Packard, President & CEO
    Steel Market Update
    8:30 – 9:30 AM KEYNOTE Presentation: The U.S. vs. The World: Trade & Treaties.
    Grant Aldonas, Principal Managing Director & Former Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade 2001-2005
    Split Rock International
    9:30 – 9:50 AM Break – Sponsored by: Midwest Materials, Inc.
    9:50 – 10:50 AM Canada, Mexico, NAFTA and the World: The View for Steel.
    Chris Houlden, Research Manager
    CRU
    Paul Lowrey: Managing Partner
    Steel Research Associates, LLC
    The Unaccounted Imports: Indirect Steel Trade
    Third speaker to be announced soon.
    10:50 – 11:10 AM Break – Sponsored by: Red Bud Industries
    11:10 – 12:00 PM A Deep Dive on Commodities – Ferrous Scrap, Zinc, Aluminum, and Steel.
    Lisa Reisman, Co-Founder & Executive Editor
    MetalMiner
    Peter Meyers, VP of Ferrous Sales & Marketing
    Metalico, Inc.
    12:00 – 1:00 PM Lunch – Sponsored by: Nucor
    1:00 – 2:00 PM The Debate Continues – Steel Industry Forecasts: 2019 and Beyond.
    Timna Tanners, Research Analyst, Metals and Mining
    Bank of America Merrill Lynch
    John Anton, Senior Principal Economist
    IHS Markit
    2:00 – 2:30 PM What Do You Think? Interactive with SMU App.
    John Packard, President & CEO
    Steel Market Update
    2:30 – 2:50 PM Break – Sponsored by: All Metals
    2:50 – 4:00 PM Transportation: Dealing with the Priority Issues
    Rebecca Brewster, President and Chief Operating Officer
    American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI)
    More speakers to be announced soon
    4:00 – 5:30 PM Networking Reception: Making New Friends and Business Relationships
    Sponsored by: Heidtman Steel
    Salons 6-8 (Exhibit area)
    Wednesday, August 29, 2018
    7:00 AM Doors Open at GICC
    Registration GICC – South Lobby

    Coffee & Pastries Salons 6-8 (Exhibit area)
    Coffee – Sponsored by: Mill Steel Company
    Pastries – Sponsored by: Ratner Steel Supply Company
    8:00 – 8:15 AM Critical Concepts for 2018 & Beyond
    John Packard, President & CEO
    Steel Market Update
    8:15 – 9:30 AM KEYNOTE Presentation: Beware the Straight Line.
    Dr. Alan Beaulieu, President & Principal
    ITR Economics
    9:30 – 9:50 AM Break – Sponsored by: Union Partners
    9:50 – 10:40 AM CEO of Nucor One-On-One with SMU Publisher.
    John Ferriola, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & President
    Nucor
    10:40 – 12:00 PM Manufacturing Forecast: Anything’s Possible, What’s Likely?
    Kirk Reich, President and COO
    AK Steel
    Barry Zekelman, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
    Zekelman Industries
    More panelists to be announced soon.
    12:00 – 12:45 PM Lunch – Sponsored by: Modern Metals
    12:45 – 2:00 PM SPECIAL PRESENTATION
    Politics in America: The State of Fortress America.
    Ron Insana, Business & Political Analyst
    CNBC and MSNBC
    A Presentation you won’t want to miss
    2:00 – 2:45 PM Panel on Trade
    To be announced soon
    2:45 – 3:00 PM Conference Concludes – Until We Meet Again.
    John Packard, President & CEO
    Steel Market Update

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