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Program
Under the patronage of Minister of Finance and Acting Minister of Economy and Commerce H.E. Yousef Hussain Kamal
8th International Arab Iron and Steel Conference 17 – 20 March 2008 - Marriott Hotel – Doha – QATAR
World Steel Exhibition 2008 18 – 19 March 2008 - Marriott Hotel – Doha – QATAR
Monday 17/03/2008:
17.00 – 20.00: Registration desk - Marriott Hotel 20.00 – 22.00: Welcome reception
Tuesday 18/03/2008:
8.00 – 9.00: Registration desk opens 9.00 - 9.45 : Opening Ceremony: - Speech of Secretary General of Arab Iron and Steel Union By: Mr. Mohamed Laid Lachgar
- Speech of Chairman of Board of Directors of the Arab Iron and Steel Union. By: Mr. Mohamed S. Al Jabr
- Speech of Patron of the Conference By: H.E. Youssef Hussein Kamal Minister of Finance And Acting Minister of Economy and commerce, Chairman of Qatar Steel 09.45 – 10.15: Opening of Exhibition 10.15 – 10.30 Coffee Break Sponsored By: EZZ STEEL
10.30 - 10.45 Challenges Facing The Arab Steel Industry Today Eng. Ahmad Ezz, Chairman of Board of Directors, Ezz Steel, Egypt 10.45 - 11.00 The Challenges facing Steel Mr. Ian Christmas, Secretary General, International Iron and Steel Institute, Belgium 11.00 - 11.15 Middle Eastern Steel: More solid than China Mr. Peter F. Marcus, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics, USA 11.15 - 11.30 Steel innovative solutions for energy and resource challenges Mr. Dieter Ameling, President – Chairman, German Steel Federation - Steel Institute VDEh, Germany 11.45 - 12.00 Arab Steel Industry: Vision for the future Dr. Ahmed Nuzahi, , Consultant, Arab Iron and Steel Union Mr. Younes haidar, Regional Director, Arab Iron and Steel Union 12.00 - 12.15 Discussion 12.15 – 12.30 Coffee Break Sponsored By: EZZ STEEL
12.30 - 12.45 Qatar Steel through Modernization process Dr. Khalid Ghulam Mustafa Butt, Manager - Projects Division, Qatar Steel, Qatar 12.45 - 13.00 Growth Strategy in Saudi Steel Industry Mr. Hisham Ben Abdullatif Al Hamili, General Manager, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), Metal Group , Steel, Saudi Arabia 13.00 - 13.15 Emirates Steel Industry - A Strategic Perspective Mr. Hassan Sha'sha'a, Vice President - Strategy & Development, Emirates Steel Industries, UAE 13.15 - 13.30 Middle-East Steel Industry Mr. Sudarshan Singh, Group Technical Director, Al-Tuwairqi Group of Companies, Saudi Arabia 13.30 - 13.45 Discussion
13.45
– 15.15 Lunch
15.30 - 15.45 Blocs and Mergers Culture of the Arab Steel Industry Mr. Mahdy Naser Al Kahtani, President, Rajhi Steel ,Saudi Arabia 15.45 - 16.00 Status And Prospects Of Steel Industry In GCC Eng. Shambhu Prasad, Head of the Industrial Sensing Unit, Gulf Organization For Industrial Consulting, Qatar 16.00 - 16.15 Iron and Steel Products market in Algeria: Outcome and Prospects Mr. Massoud Chettih, Expert in Steel Industry, Ex – President of Al Hajjar Iron and Steel Complex, Arab Iron and Steel Union, Algeria 16.15 - 16.30 Discussion
16.30 – 16.45 Coffee Break Sponsored By: SMS Metallurgy
16.45 - 17.00 Global and regional trends in steel trade Mr. Steve Mackrell, Director, Operations ,Iron and Steel Statistic Bureau (ISSB) ,UK 17.00 - 17.15 Using DGCX steel futures contracts as an investment product Mr. John Short, Director – Steel & Base Metals ,Dubai Multi Commodities Centre, UAE 17.15 - 17.30 New role of Middle East Steel Markets Mr. Joachim Schröder, CEO ,Research & Consulting Group AG, Switzerland 17.30 - 17.45 Discussion
21.00 – 23.00 Dinner Sponsored by: QATAR STEEL
Wednesday 19/03/2008
09.00 - 09.15 New Technologies for the Economical & Flexible Production of Large-diameter Pipes Mr. Dietger Schroers, Regional Director, SMS Meer – Dubai, UAE 09.15 - 09.30 Improvement of Energy Efficiency Mr. Leopold HACQUARD, Vice President Middle East / Europe Sales, Badische Stahl-Engineering GmbH (BSE), Germany 09.30 - 09.45 New MIDREX® Plants in the Middle East Mr. Christopher M. Ravenscroft, Marketing Manager, Midrex Technologies, Inc., USA 09.45 - 10.00 Discussion
10.00 - 10.15 Economic and Environmental Yield of Recycling some of the Iron and Steel Scraps, Eng., Abdul Hameed Al-Mahdi Eshteiwi, Research and Development Engineer, Eng., Ramadan Ahmad Osman Abu Kadeda, Research and Development Engineer, Libyan Iron and Steel Company (Lisco), Libya 10.15 - 10.30 Total Refractory Management and Services; A case study for Greenfield start-up, Mr. Piero Francese, Regional General Manager, VESUVIUS Corporation S.A., Switzerland 10.30 - 10.45 Improving the Mechanical properties of API Grades through thermomechanically controlled rolling Mr. Mohamed Shahtout, Hot strip Mill Senior Engineer, Al Ezz Dekheila Company - Alexandria (S.A.E), Egypt 10.45 - 11.00 Russula Engineering develops a new water treatment plant design that increases steel plant production and lowers water consumption Mrs. Mary Elisabeth House, Marketing Manager, Russula S.A., Spain 11.00 – 11.15 Coffee Break Sponsored By: AISU
11.15 -11.30 Role of Sponge Iron in Indian Steel Industry Mr., Suresh Thawani, Managing Director, Tata Sponge Iron Ltd., India 11.30 - 11.45 MAIN ISSUES IN IRON ORE SUPPLY OF THE ARAB STEEL WORLD Mr. Jacques Astier, Consultant Engineer, Private Consultant, France 11.45 - 12.00 Hot Briquetted Iron (HBI) - Steel Scrap Substitute or Steel Scrap Supplement? Mr. Frank Griscom, Executive Director ,Hot Briquetted Iron Association, USA 12.00 - 12.15 Guelb el Aouj DR Pellet Project, Mauritania, West Africa Mr., John Bylsma, Executive Director, Sphere Investments Limited, Australia 12.15 - 12.30 Discussion
13.30
– 15.00 Lunch
15.30 - 15.45 Privatisation of The Iron And Steel Industry in Africa Dr. Sanusi A Mohammed, Secretary General, African Iron and Steel Association, Nigeria 15.45 - 16.00 Consolidation in the global steel industry: What does it mean for the Middle-East? Mr. Gilles Calis, Managing Director, Steel Consult International, The Netherlands 16.00 - 16.15 A More Balanced Chinese Steel Market in 2008 Mr. Colin Liang, Head of Steel Research and Sales, CBI (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., China 16.15 - 16.30 Semis ex-CIS in Middle Eastern market: current state and future outlook Miss, Svetlana Deliamure, Editor of Metal Expert Weekly and Metal Expert News, Metal Expert, Ukraine 16.30 - 16.45
Mr., D.A. Chandekar, Editor & C.E.O, Steel World, India 16.45 - 17.00 Discussion
Thursday 20/03/2008
09.30 - Visit to Qatar Steel
Remark: Please send message confirming your willingness to visit QATAR STEEL Company, to the conference Secretariat to the following email: aisu-sy@net.sy to make the necessary arrangements.
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