Agenda

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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