Conference Agenda:

Day 1: Friday, 27th January 2012

Registration: 8 am to 10 am

Session 1 – 10:00 am to 11:30 am 

Inaugural Session - “Scripting a Steel Renaissance”

Welcome address by Mr Arun Kumar Jagatramka, CMD Gujarat NRE Coke Ltd and Conference Co- Chairman Global Steel 2012

Theme Address : Introducing Global Steel 2012 by Dr Neil J Bristow, Chief Consultant, H & W Worldwide Consulting Ltd, Australia and Conference Co - Chairman Global Steel 2012

Introduction to National Conference on Governance by Mr D R Kaarthikeyan, President FGG and Former Director, CBI

Address by Mr C S Verma, Chairman, Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL)

Address by Mr Barry Buffier, representing The Hon Barry O’ Farrell, Premier of New South Wales, Australia

Address by HE Peter N Varghese, AO, Australian High Commissioner to India

Keynote Address by Guest of Honour, Mr P K Mishra, Secretary, Ministry of Steel, Government of India

Lighting of the lamp

Inaugural Address by Chief Guest, Mr Naveen Jindal, Member of Parliament and Chairman & Managing Director, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd

Vote of Thanks by Mr. Arunabh Das Sharma, Executive President, The Times of India Group

Inauguration of the Exhibition

11:30 am to 11:45 am Tea break

 

Session 2 - 11:45 am to 1:00 pm

Panel Discussion on Global Steel Industry -“Going Global”

Keynote Address: Mr Peter Marcus, Founder, World Steel Dynamics, USA

Moderator : Dr Neil J Bristow, Chief Consultant, H & W Worldwide Consulting Ltd, Australia

Panelists:

  • Mr Peter Marcus, Founder, World Steel Dynamics, USA
  • Mr Colin Hamilton, Senior Commodities Analyst, Macquarie Capital, UK
  • Dr Sanak Mishra, Vice President of ArcelorMittal and CEO, Greenfield Projects, India
  • Mr John Johnson, Chief Representative, CRU Beijing, China

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Lunch at Raja Bagh lawns

 

Session 3 – 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Panel Discussion on India’s raw material requirement and Australia’s response - “Sourcing from Down Under”
Moderator: Mr Peter Linford, Senior Trade Commissioner, Austrade        

Panelists:

  • Ms Kylie Bell, Investment Commissioner - South Asia, Austrade
  • Mr Barry Buffier, Deputy Director General, Department of Industry & Investment, New South Wales Government, Australia
  • Ms Sue-Ern Tan, Deputy Chief Executive, NSW Mineral Councils, Australia
  • Mr Arun Kumar Jagatramka, CMD, Gujarat NRE Coke Ltd

3:00 pm to 3:15 pm – Tea / Coffee

Session 4 – 3:15 pm to 5:00 pm

Panel Discussion on Indian Steel Industry – “Charge of the Steel Brigade”
Moderator : Dr Neil J Bristow, Chief Consultant, H & W Worldwide Consulting Ltd, Australia

Panelists:

  • Dr Amit Chatterjee, Former Adviser to the MD, Tata Steel
  • Mr V R Sharma, CEO and Dy MD, Steel Business, JSPL
  • Mr R K Goyal, MD, Kalyani Steels Ltd
  • Mr Shuman Mukherjee, Director Commercial, SAIL
  • Mr Jayant Acharya, Director Commercial and Marketing, JSW Steel Ltd

End of Day 1

7:30 pm Networking Cocktail Dinner

Day 2: 28th January 2012

Session 5 – 10:00 am to 11:30 am

Panel Discussion on Steelmaking Raw Materials and India’s Future Demand of Coking Coal: “Coking up the future”

Keynote Address: Mr Jeff Watkins, Global Coal Chairman, Wood Mackenzie Inc, USA

Release of report of CARE Ratings

Moderator : Dr Neil J Bristow, Chief Consultant, H & W Worldwide Consulting Ltd, Australia

Panelists:

  • Mr Jeff Watkins, Global Coal Chairman, Wood Mackenzie Inc, USA
  • Mr Jim Nicholson, Vice President, Asia, Argus Media Ltd, Singapore
  • Sir Ganesan Natarajan, WT Director and President, Ennore Coke
  • Mr Binod Singh, Country Head & Managing Director, Vale India Pvt Ltd
  • Mr Arun Kumar Jagatramka, CMD, Gujarat NRE Coke Ltd

11:30 am to 11:45 am - Tea / Coffee 

Session 6 – 11:45 am to 01:00 pm

Panel Discussion on Steelmaking Raw Materials – Iron Ore: “Ore to the Core”

Moderator : Dr Neil J Bristow, Chief Consultant, H & W Worldwide Consulting Ltd, Australia

Panelists:

  • Mr P K Mukherjee, Managing Director, Sesa Goa
  • Mr S K Das, Director (Commercial), NMDC Ltd
  • Mr John Kearsey, Executive Director, SSY Consultancy Research Ltd, UK
  • Mr Francis Browne, Global Director, Steel and Metal Markets, Platts, UK

 
01:00 pm to 02:00 pm Lunch at Raja Bagh lawns

 

Session 7 – 2:00 pm to 3:15 pm

Panel Discussion on Challenges to the Steel vision “Are we READY to SET to GO?”

Moderator : Dr Amit Chatterjee, Former Adviser to the MD, Tata Steel

Panelists

  • Mr Atanu Sen, Deputy Managing Director (Chief Credit & Risk Officer), State Bank of India
  • Mr Anjani Agrawal, Partner and Sector Leader, Mining & Metals, Ernst & Young, India
  • Mr D R Dogra, Managing Director, CARE
  • Prof Peter Hodgson, Director, Institute for Technology Research and Innovation, Deakin University, Australia
  • Mr Vaseem Karbhari, Senior Analyst, The Steel Index, UK
  • Mr Rob White, Consultant , International Zinc Association, South Africa

3:15 – 3:20 am Vote of Thanks by Mr Arun Kumar Jagatramka, Conference Co-Chairman Global Steel 2012 and Chairman and Managing Director, Gujarat NRE Coke

3:20 pm            Tea / Coffee

 

 

Glimpses from the Past
The last six conferences were a
huge success with stalwarts

 


29th January 2012

 
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