SteelOrbis Fall 2023 Conference & 89th IREPAS Meeting

17 September 2023 / Swissôtel The Bosphorus

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Program



Day 1: Sunday, September 17, 2023
16:00 - 18:30
Registration desk opens in the hotel lobby
19:00 - 22:00
Registration continues in the "welcome cocktail" area
19:00 - 22:00
Welcome cocktail at Swissôtel The Bosphorus

Day 2: Monday, September 18, 2023
08:30 - 09:30
Registration desk opens in the conference area
09:30 - 09:45
Welcome Address by Chairman of IREPAS
09:45 - 11:00
SESSION ONE - Critical changes in the global long steel markets

 

Keynote speech: 

- Uğur Dalbeler, CEO, Çolakoğlu Metalurji / Deputy Chairman, Turkish Steel Exporters’ Association / The Board Member, World Steel Association

 

  • Figures and comments from WTO report
  • Illicit nature of EU’s decarbonization subsidies
  • How protectionism has evolved
  • Chinese steel industry’s restructuring and opening up to global markets
  • New threat: Circumvention
  • Turkish steel industry: Standstill period
  • Threats from US

 

    

 

Long products market outlook

- Alexander Gordienko, Export Director, Celsa Group

  • Overview of global construction sector
  • Steel and long products consumption
  • Rebar markets
  • International price situation

 

GCC market outlook

-    Sunil Kumar, Chief Marketing Officer, Jindal Shadeed Iron and Steel

         

  • The announced projects in KSA - when will they start and how it will change the market
  • Exports from GCC
  • Overall potential longs demand supply balance in GCC

                

 

Chinese steel market outlook

-  Hüseyin Ocakci, Deputy General Manager and Middle East General Manager, Hangzhou CIEC International

11:00 - 11:30
Networking break
11:30 - 12:30
SESSION TWO - World economy in short, medium and long run

 

- Keynote Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ozgur Demirtas, Chair Professor of Finance, Sabanci University

12:30 - 14:30
Networking lunch
14:30 - 16:30
IREPAS committee meetings

14:30 - 16:30      IREPAS producers committee (by invitation only)
14:30 - 16:30      IREPAS raw material suppliers committee (by invitation only)
14:30 - 16:30      IREPAS traders committee (open to all attendees)

19:00 - 00:00
Gala dinner at Divan Kuruçeşme

Day 3: Tuesday, September 19, 2023
10:00 - 11:30
SESSION THREE - Panel with IREPAS committee chairmen

 

- IREPAS producers committee
- IREPAS raw material suppliers committee
- IREPAS traders committee

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