2021 Agenda
Virtual Conference
Draft Agenda
Please consider provisional; all speakers, topics and timings are liable to change.
All timings quoted in Eastern Standard Time (EST).
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
8:00 – 9:00 Platform Opens
9:00 - 9:30 Words of Welcome |
Paul Anderson, President and CEO, Port Tampa Bay The Honorable Jane Castor, Mayor, City of Tampa Introduced by John Packard, President and CEO, Steel Market Update |
9:30 - 10:10 State of the Steel Industry from AISI Perspective |
Kevin Dempsey, President & CEO, American Iron & Steel Institute 9:50 – 10:10 Live Q&A moderated by John Packard, President and CEO, Steel Market Update |
10:10 -10:30 Break |
10:30 - 12:00 Trade Panel Round Table |
Lewis Leibowitz, Principal, The Law Office of Lewis E. Leibowitz Philip K. Bell, President, Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA) Chris Shipp, Vice President of Supply Chain, Priefert Manufacturing/Priefert Steel 11:30 – 12:00 Live Q&A moderated by John Packard, President and CEO, Steel Market Update |
12:00 - 12:40 Speed Networking Reception |
Your chance to meet face to face and network with your peers from across the steel trade and logistics community. |
12:40 – 1:00 Break |
1:00 – 1:40 Keynote: Domestic Steel Industry |
Leon Topalian, President & CEO, Nucor 1:20 – 1:40 Live Q&A moderated by John Packard, President and CEO, Steel Market Update |
1:40 - 2:00 Break |
2:00 – 2:40 Macro-Economic Outlook & the New Administration |
Walter Kemmsies, Chief Economist, The Kemmsies Group 2:20 – 2:40 Live Q&A moderated by John Packard, President and CEO, Steel Market Update |
2:40 – 3:00 Break |
3:00 – 4:00 Steel Industry Forecasts |
Timna Tanners, Managing Director, Equity Research, Metals and Mining, Bank of America Josh Spoores, Principal Analyst Steel, CRU 3:40 – 4:00 Live Q&A moderated by John Packard, President and CEO, Steel Market Update |
4:00 – 5:00 Logistics: Ocean & Truck Session kindly sponsored by Reibus |
Derek Langston, Head of Research, Simpson, Spence & Young (SSY) Rebecca Brewster, President and COO, American Transportation Research Institute 4:40 – 5:00 Live Q&A moderated by John Packard, President and CEO, Steel Market Update |
5:00 Conference Adjourns
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