Programme

June 26 **:

14h
Opening of delegate registration

17h - 18h30
Opening of the Brazilian Steel Conference
André B. Gerdau Johannpeter – President of the Board of Brazil Steel Institute
Dilma Rousseff – President of Brazil

  18h30 – 19h
Opening ceremony of ExpoSteel/Steelville 2012

19h – 20h
Cocktail Party

21h
Closing

** Exclusive for Delegates  


June 27:

8h00
Registration of Delegates and Visitors

8h30
Opening of ExpoSteel

9h00 – 9h30
Opening Speech
Fernando Pimentel - Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade

9h30 – 9h50
Taking office of news Brazil Steel Institute´s Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Board of Directors of the Brazil Steel Institute

09h50 – 10h20
Break

10h20 – 11h30
Panel 1: Scenarios for the world’s steel industry
Coordinator: André B. Gerdau Johannpeter
Speakers:
Edwin Basson – General Director of the World Steel Association
Thomas A. Danjczek - President of Steel Manufacturers Association
Raúl Gutiérrez Muguerza – President of Alacero
A. Sun – Partner of McKinsey & Co Shanghai

11h30 – 12h30
Panel 2: Green Economy: challenges and opportunities
Coordinator: Alexandre Lyra - General Director of V&M do Brasil
Speaker: Izabella Teixeira - Minister of the Environment
Panel Members:
André Lara Rezende - Economist
Delfim Neto – Economist and former Minister of Finance

12h30 – 14h
Lunch

14h - 15h30
Panel 3: Iron Ore – Market perspectives and Brazil’s positioning
Coordinator: Albano Chagas Vieira – Director Superintendent of Votorantim Siderurgia
Speaker: “Iron Ore World Market” – Paul Scott, CRU Group
Panel Members:
Murilo Ferreira - President of Vale
Guilherme Escalhão - CEO of MMX
Julián Eguren – President of Usiminas/Musa

15h30 – 16h
Break

16h - 17h
Panel 4: Brazil’s De-Industrialization – How to revert the process
Coordinator: Marco Polo de Mello Lopes – Executive President of the Brazil Steel Institute
Panel Members:
Mauro Borges Lemos – President of ABDI
Paulo Pereira da Silva – President of Força Sindical
Luiz Aubert Neto - President of Abimaq
Julio Gomes de Almeida - Executive Director of the IEDI (Industrial Development Studies Institute)


June 28:

8h
Opening of Secretary’s Office

08h30
Opening of ExpoSteel

9h – 10h30
Panel 5: Steel Industry: Competitiveness-limiting factors
Coordinator: Benjamin Mario Baptista - Director-President of ArcelorMittal
Speaker: Eduardo Gianetti - Professor of Economy
Panel Members:
Paulo Pedrosa – Executive President of Abrace
Bernardo Figueiredo – Logistic´s specialist
Magnus Ribas Apostólico – Director of Labor Relations FEBRABAN
 
10h30 – 11h
Break

11h – 13h
Panel 6: World economy scenario and perspectives 
Speaker: "World economy" - Raghuram Rajan - Professor of the University of Chicago and former IMF chief economist 
Panel Members:
Robson Andrade – President of CNI
Josué Cristiano Gomes da Silva – General Coordinator of “Ação Empresarial”
Octavio de Barros – Chief Economist of Bradesco
Moderator: William Waack - Journalist

13h
Closing Ceremony
Guido Mantega - Minister of Finance

* To be confirmed

Simultaneous translation Portuguese / English / Portuguese service

Program subject to change