SMU Steel Summit 2026: Who’s driving change—and what’s to come?

Are you one of them? If so, we’re looking forward to seeing you in Atlanta next month. If not, what are you waiting for?

Also, don’t forget to download the app—Apple’s App Store or Google Play—and get instant access to the industry’s largest gathering. Start planning and networking before you arrive, and ensure you’re fully prepared to maximize every moment on site.

Even more of what you’ve come to expect

Steel Summit 2026 is set to deliver one of the strongest lineups yet—bringing together leading executives, analysts, and policymakers for the conversations that matter most to your business.

From demand trends and pricing to trade, distribution, production, and risk management, sessions will offer practical insights, fresh perspectives, and a clearer view of what lies ahead for the US steel market.

Here’s just a snapshot of what you will see, but you can check out the full agenda to see what’s in store at this year’s Summit.

Spotlight on service centers

Get a frontline view of the market from CEOs of major service centers as they discuss customer demand, inventory strategy, pricing pressure and what is shaping steel distribution in 2026 and beyond:

• Ilse Henne, CEO, tk accelis
• Jodi Parnell, President CEO, O’Neal Steel
• Thad Solomon, President and CEO, Steel Technologies

Steel outlook: Analyst panel

Hear directly from leading steel economists and market analysts on where prices, demand and supply are heading next — and what signals matter most right now:

• Timna Tanners, Managing Director, Wells Fargo
• Josh Spoores, Head of Steel Americas, CRU
• John Anton, Principal Economist – Steel Analytics, S&P Global

Steel plate and tube panel

Join mill and industry leaders as they break down the key drivers behind plate and pipe markets, production trends and what’s next for demand in these critical steel segments:

• Jeff Moskaluk, Sr. VP and CCO, SSAB Americas
• Rob Simon, CEO, JSW Steel USA
• Rick Preckel, Partner, Preston Pipe
• Doug Matthews, CEO, Orion Steel

Fireside chats that deliver

And not to mention our exclusive, fast-paced, hard-hitting interviews with industry executives. Don’t miss our highly anticipated fireside chats covering the breath of the flat-rolled steel value chain with:

• Barry Schneider, President and COO, Steel Dynamics
• Geoff Gilmore, President and CEO, Worthington Steel
• Edward Lehner, President and CEO, Ryerson
• Noah Hanners, EVP – Sheet Products, Nucor
• Barry Zekelman, Chairman and CEO, Zekelman Industries
• George Adams, CEO, SA Recycling

Spaces are filling up, so be sure to reserve your seat now!

Who’s already attending

25000 Miles Sp. z o.o., 3GM Steel, Inc., A. Duie Pyle, AAON, Inc., ABSteel – Grupo ABX, Ace Steel Supply, LLC, Acero Prime, Aceromex, S.A. DE C.V., Aceroteca Metals LLC, ADS, Afam International DMCC, Ag Growth International, Al Ghurair Iron & Steel LLC, Alacero, Algoma Steel Inc., Alliance Family of Companies, Alliance Laundry Systems, Alliance Steel LLC, Alpine, Alro Steel, Altec Industries, Inc., Alter Logistics Company, Alter River Terminals, Aluminum Market Update, Amarr Company, American Alloy Steel, American Construction Metals, American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), American Locker, American Metal Group (AMG), American Metals Supply, Ameristar Perimeter Security, AMG Holdings Plc, AND, ET AL LLC, Andes Coil Processors, Andritz Metals USA Inc., AOC Metal Works, Applied Value LLC, Arbon Steel, ArcelorMittal, ArcelorMittal Dofasco, ArcelorMittal North America, ARCO Innovations, Arcosa, Arctic Steel LLC, ARKU, Inc., ASSA ABLOY Door Group, Association of Women in the Metal Industries, Astec Industries, Inc., Atkore, Atlantic Industries Limited, Atmus Filtration Technologies Inc., ATW, Autoliv Ogden Assembly, AZZ Precoat Metals, B&W Trailer Hitches, Bailey Metal Products Ltd, Bank of America, Bayou Processing & Storage, LP, Beaver Steel Services, Inc., Beshert Steel Processing, Biele S.A.U., Big River Steel, Bilstein Cold Rolled Steel, Bilstein GmbH & Co. KG, BlueScope Buildings North America, BlueScope Steel Americas, BMG Latin America, Inc., BMO, BofA Global Research, BofA Securities, Inc., Borçelik Çelik Sanayii Ticaret A.Ş., Borusan Berg Pipe, Inc., Bradford White, Braner USA, Broan Nutone LLC, Brose North America, Inc, Brown Gibbons Lang & Company, Brown Strauss Steel, BTD Manufacturing, Buckeye Metals Ind., Builtech, Bull Moose Tube Company, Burghardt & Schmidt GmbH, Butech Bliss, C.D. Wälzholz GmbH & Co. KG, Canam Steel Corporation, Carlisle Architectural Metals, Carrier Corporation, Caterpillar, Inc., CBMM North America Inc., Celtic Marine and Logistics, Centric Pipe, LLC, Century Metals & Supplies, LLC., Chapel Steel, Charter Steel Trading, Inc., Chicago Tube & Iron, CIH, Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc., ClarkDietrich, Cleveland Steel Container, CMC Commercial Metals, CME Group, Collier Metals, Combined Metal Industries, Commercial Metal Forming, Commercial Steel Products, Conklin Metal Industries, Inc., Cooper Consolidated LLC, Copeland, CPKC Railroad, Crowe LLP, CRU, CSN LLC, CSX Transportation, CT.Inc, Curtis Steel Company, CVector Energy Corp., Daikin Comfort Technologies, Daikin North America, Dalco Metals, Inc., Diamond C Trailers, Diamond Manufacturing Company, Dodge Construction Network, Doosan Bobcat, Drewes-Group, Eagle America’s Corporation, Eastern Drayage, EB Metal Framing, EB Metal US, Eldridge, Elite Steel, Emerson, Esmark Steel Group, Esserman Steel Co., Inc., Evapco, Inc., Ezi Metales S.A. de C.V., F.I.M.I. – Fabbrica Impianti Macchine Industriali Spa, Fagor Arrasate USA, Inc., Fehr Warehouse Solutions, Felux, Inc., Feralloy Corporation, Ferragon Corporation, Ficep Corporation, Fifth Third Bank, First Solar, Flack Global Metals, Formosa Global Solutions (FGS), Friedman Industries, Fulton County Processing, Galvaprime, Galvasid, Genesee & Wyoming, Georg North America Inc., Gerdau Steel, GL Precision Tube, Inc., Global Steel Solutions LLC, Goldman Sachs, GrafTech International, Grand Steel Products, Inc., Greenpoint Metals, Inc., Greif Packaging Germany GmbH, Greif Packaging LLC, Grupo Acerero, Haas Door Co., Handy Distribution (ARCO), Hartree Metallia LLC, Headwall Partners, Heidtman Steel Products, Inc., Heritage Capital Group, Inc., Hirsh Industries, LLC, Honda Development & Manufacturing of America, Hunter Engineering, Huntington National Bank, Hyundai Corporation, Hyundai Steel Company, Illinois Tool Works (ITW)/Alpine, Imperial Manufacturing Group, Industrial Steel & Fastener Corp, International Steels Limited, International Steels Ltd., ITR Economics, ITW, J.P. Morgan, Jefferies LLC, Jemison Metals, Jindal Pipe USA, Inc, Jindal Tubular, John Deere, JOST International, JPMorgan Chase, JSW Steel USA Inc., KeyBanc Capital Markets, KLB Steel, Kloeckner Metals, KMF, Knapheide, Kocaer Çelik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. ( Kocaer Steel), Lapham-Hickey Steel, Leeco Steel LLC, Lennox International, LineSight, LockersMFG, Logistec, LOGISTEC Stevedoring Canada Inc., ltl, M&M Manufacturing, Inc., Macsteel International USA Corp, Magic Coil Products LLC, Majestic Steel, Marubeni-Itochu Steel America Inc., McNeilus Steel, Inc., Medtrade, Inc., Mendritzki Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Metal Edge Partners LLC, Metal Master, Metal One America Inc, Metal Resources Steel Framing, Metals USA, Meyer Utiltiy Structures, Miba, Mica SteelWorks, Midmark Corporation, MID-SHIP Logistics, MidWest Materials, Mill Steel Company, MISA, Mitsui & Co. (USA), Inc., Morrison Products Inc., Moss & Associates, MRH LLC, MRIE, National Material Company, National Material Processing, Nelsen Steel Company, Nelson Global Products, Nippon Steel Trading Americas, Inc., NLMK, Norfolk Iron and Metal, Norfolk Southern, North American Steel Alliance, North Carolina Ports, North Coast Container, North Shore Steel, North Star BlueScope Steel, Northwest Pipe Company, Nova Steel Inc., NS BlueScope Coated Products NA, Nucor, nVent, O’Neal Steel, LLC, Olympic Steel, Inc., OMB Treasury, Omco Roll Forming, OmniSource LLC, O’Neal Industries, O’Neal Steel, Opta Group, Optima Steel International LLC, Oregon Tool, OTI, Owen Holdings, Co., Pacific Metals Trading, Inc., PACO Steel & Engineering Corp., Padnos Recycling, Paragon Steel, Pennsylvania Steel Company, Inc., Petrosmith Equipment LP, Phillips Tube Group, Inc., Phoenix Products, Port of Ohio at Pier 48, Port Tampa Bay, Ports America, Preston Publishing Co, Price Industries, Priefert, Princeton TMX, Promet Steel, Inc., PS Logistics, Rahma Maro, Ranger Steel, Ratner Steel Supply Company, Red Bud Industries, Reliance Inc, Reliance Sheet & Strip Company, Rheem Manufacturing, Rock Trading Advisors, Ltd, Ruan Transportation Management Systems, Russel Metals, Inc., Ryerson, S&P Global Market Intelligence, SA Recycling, Sage Policy Group, Inc., Samuel Son and Co, Schuette, Inc., Sea12 Technologies Inc., SeAH Steel America, Seametal US LLC, Searing Industries, Sheffield Steel, Simplify’d Solutions LLC, Slate Path Capital, SLLS, SMS Group Inc., Southern Coil Solutions LLC, SPS Companies, Inc., SSAB, Standard Iron & Wire Works LLC, State Steel, State Steel Supply Company, Steel and Pipe Supply, Steel and Pipe Supply de Mexico, Steel Coil Store, LLC, Steel Dynamics, Inc., Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA), Steel Manufacturing and Warehouse Company, Steel Market Update, Steel Technologies, Steel Tube Institute, Steel Warehouse, Steelscape, SteelSummit Holdings, Inc., Stella Source, Stellar Industries, Stemcor USA Inc., StoneX Financial Inc., Superior Steel Supply LLC, TA Services, Target Steel & Target Metal Blanking, Target Steel de Mexico, Target Steel, Inc., Tata International, Tata Metal Lestari, PT, Tata Steel, Taylor Machine Works, Inc., Taylor Steel, Inc., Tennant Company, Ternium Mexico S.A. de C.V., Ternium USA, Inc., Tesla, Tex-Tube and S&P Steel Products, The Association For Iron & Steel Technology (AIST), The Heico Companies, The Infra Group, The Keystone Group, The Marks Group PC, The Toro Company, thyssenkrupp Materials Trading NA, tk accelis Trading North America, tk accelis-Steel Services, Toyota Material Handling North America, Toyota Tsusho America, Trade Data Monitor, LLC, Triad Metals International, Trinity Industries, Triple-S Steel Holdings, Inc., TTC, U. S. Steel, UNICOIL, Union Pacific Railroad, Universal Steel, Universal Steel America, Unlimited Logistics, UpVantage Strategies, LLC, Valmont Industries, Inc., Valtir, Venture Steel, Vestil Manufacturing Company, Victory Metals, Viking Materials, Inc., Wallner Expac, Inc., Webco Industries, Webco Tube, Inc, Wells Fargo, West Central Steel Inc., Westerman Inc, Whirlpool Corporation, Wiley Rein LLP, Worthington Steel, Yildiz Demir Çelik, Zekelman Industries, Zf-Lifetec

We can’t wait to see you there!

PS – If you you’re new to Summit, you can check out the agenda here and register here.