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 |
