Day 1: Monday, January 20, 2025
13:30 - 14:30
Registration
14:30 - 16:30
SESSION ONE- Long steel products caught between weak demand and rising barriers to international trade

 

Soft demand and trade disruptions to drive steel market in 2025

 

  • 2025 price outlook for global long products
  • Outlook for demand drivers
  • Key risks to watch

 

 

-Tommy McCartin, Principal Economist, Manager of Metals Forecasting / S&P Global Market Intelligence

 

SESSION TWO - Panel Discussion: Current challenges and expactations for rebar and wire rod market

Moderator: Murat Askin, Founder and CEO, StaalX

- F. D. Baysal, President & CEO, SEBA Group of Companies / Board Member, IREPAS

- Didem Taşkıran, Long Products Sales Manager, Çolakoğlu Metalurji

- Tommy McCartin, Principal Economist, Manager of Metals Forecasting / S&P Global Market Intelligence

16:30 - 17:00
Networking break
17:00 - 17:45
SESSION THREE - Macro overview of economic, financial and political events

 

 

  • Evaluation of economies - US, EU and China
  • Impacts of wars and political crises on global economy
  • US economy after elections, predictions for future
  • Impacts of economies on construction sectors and infrastructure

 

 

- Andrew Pappas, Managing Director & Head of ABL Special Industries, BMO

17:45 - 18:00
Ceremony for the RWR Lifetime Achievement Award in Long Products
18:00 - 20:00
Cocktail Reception
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