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SMU Steel Summit 2025: Reaching new heights!

Written by David Schollaert

May 9, 2025

The steel industry is evolving – and so are the conversations at the 2025 SMU Steel Summit. This year’s lineup of fireside chats offers a rare opportunity to hear unfiltered insights from top executives leading steel through times of uncertainty.

Hear directly from steel industry leaders in exclusive fireside chats with:

  • Barry Zekelman, executive chairman and CEO, Zekelman Industries
  • Karla Lewis, president and CEO, Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.
  • Barry Schneider, president and COO, Steel Dynamics Inc.
  • Dan Brown, COO, Big River Steel Works

From leadership lessons to navigating change and innovation, these sessions offer the strategic clarity you need in today’s complex market.

You can see the full agenda here.

The 2025 SMU Steel Summit is shaping up to be another record-smashing event, and the buzz around the gathering is growing. It runs Monday, Aug. 25 – Wednesday, Aug. 27, at the Georgia International Convention Center (GICC) in Atlanta.

You can register here.

There are more than 600 attendees from over 250 companies already registered.

To see a list of companies already signed up, click here.

We can’t wait to see you there!

David Schollaert

David Schollaert is deputy editor-in-chief for Steel Market Update. David joined SMU after more than a decade in the metals and mining industry in a myriad of different roles. Much of his early experience and expertise were within the coverage and analysis of steel-making raw materials and served previously as senior editor of the CRU Prices Service. Most recently, however, before his return to market analysis, David held roles as a metals buyer and an operations manager for raw material suppliers. He can be contacted at david@steelmarketupdate.com or 724-720-1008.

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