EUROMETAL Steel Day & 10th YISAD Flat Steel Conference

08 April 2025 / Istanbul Marriott Hotel Asia

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Program



Day 1: Tuesday, April 08, 2025
08:45 - 09:45
Registration

09:45 - 10:30
Opening

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* Simultaneous Turkish-to-English and English-to-Turkish translation will be provided during the session.

Metin Tayfun İşeri, Chairman, Flat Steel Export and Industry Association (YİSAD) [Presentation language:Turkish]

- Alexander Julius, President, EUROMETAL [Presentation language: English]

- Fatih Karahan, Ph.D., Governor, Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye [Presentation language: Turkish]


10:30 - 11:15
SESSION I – Turkish steel industry overview

Session language: Turkish
* Simultaneous Turkish-to-English translation will be provided during the session.

Opening speech by Tatçelik

Tolga Yalgı, CEO, Tatmetal

Turkish steel industry overview

- Dr. Veysel Yayan, Secretary General, Turkish Steel Producers Association (TSPA)


11:15 - 11:45
Networking break

11:45 - 12:45
SESSION II - EU / Turkey flats trade flows in new era of heightened protectionism

Session language: English
* Simultaneous English-to-Turkish translation will be provided during the session.

Navigating trade defence & protectionism: impacts, challenges & the future of EU-Turkey trade relation

Fabrizio Di Gianni, Partner, Van Bael & Bellis

Trade defence: a meaningful measure in healthy trade relations

Jaap Jan Aardenburg, Head of Trade Affairs, Tata Steel Nederland

The strategic importance of EU-Turkey steel trade

Laurent Taylor, Senior Trader, Manuchar Steel


12:45 - 14:00
Networking lunch

14:00 - 14:15
SESSION III - Hedging in iron, steel and metals

Session language: Turkish
* Simultaneous Turkish-to-English translation will be provided during the session.

- Fabrizio Casaretto, Company Owner, Risk Yönet Consultancy


14:15 - 15:30
SESSION IV – Panel: The role of steel service centers in the flat steel trade

Session language: Turkish and English
* Simultaneous Turkish-to-English and English-to-Turkish translation will be provided during the session.

Moderator: Murat Eryılmaz

- Alexander Julius, President, EUROMETAL 

- Uğur Usta, Deputy General Manager, UMS Metal 

- Kaan Sarnıç, Sales Director, Yücel Group

- Mehmet Ali Fincan, General Manager, Yametaş Flat Metal Products


15:30 - 16:00
Networking break

16:00 - 17:00
SESSION V – Strategic view of Turkish economy and financial markets in Trump 2.0 era

Session language: Turkish
* Simultaneous Turkish-to-English translation will be provided during the session.

- Fatih Keresteci, Strategist / Company Owner, DNG Consulting, Research and Education Ltd.


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