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Monday, September 11, 2006

10:00am-1:00pm	Conference Registration
10:00am-6:30pm	Table Top Exhibits Open
11:30am-12:15pm	Luncheon Sponsored by Imagination Publishing
12:15-1:15pm	General Session Jason Jennings, Authority on Business Leadership and Productivity
1:30-3:00pm	BREAKOUT SESSIONS: END USE MARKET Automotive & Light Truck Sponsored by Mittal Steel USA Moderator: Sam Stiller, global commercial director, industrial products, Alcoa Global Engineered Products Panelists: Michael Robinet, vice president, global forecast services, CSM Worldwide David J. Andrea, vice president, business development, Original Equipment Suppliers Association  Construction Sponsored by CMC Steel Moderator: Peter Wright, director, marketing, Chaparral Steel Panelists: Edward J. Sullivan, senior vice president and chief economist, Portland Cement Association  Jim Haughy, Ph.D., director, research & analytics, Reed Construction Data Military Defense Moderator: John Batiste, president, Klein Steel Service, Inc. and retired US Army major general Panelists: Richard Aboulafia, vice president, analysis, Teal Group Corp. Jaymie A. Durnan, managing director, J4 Financial Group, LLC .
3:00-3:00pm	Refreshment Break Co-Sponsored by Pittsburgh Logistics Systems and PGT Trucking, Inc. Water bottles sponsored by Prolamsa, Inc.
3:30-5:00pm	BREAKOUT SESSIONS: END USE MARKET Consumer Durables Moderator: Stephen E. Makarewicz, president, Ryerson, Inc. - South Region, Ryerson, Inc. Panelists: Neil Cline, manager, economic forecasting, Whirlpool Corporation Timna Tanners, research analyst, UBS Capital, Agricultural & Industrial Equipment Sponsored by National Tube Supply Company Moderator: Bill Jones, president & chief operating officer, O'Neal Steel, Inc. Panelists: Eli Lustgarten, senior vice president & senior analyst, Longbow Research Richard E. Kaglic, senior economist, Eaton Corporation  Commercial Transportation Moderator: Norman E. Gottschalk, president, Marmon/Keystone Corporation Panelists: Peter Toja, president, Economic Planning Associates James R. Brennan, partner, Norbridge, Inc. Aerospace Sponsored by Kaiser Aluminum Moderator: Keith Harvey, vice president, sales & marketing - distribution & aerospace, Kaiser Aluminum Panelists: Richard Aboulafia, vice president, analysis, Teal Group Corp. Drew Magill, director, market analysis, Boeing Commercial Airplanes Jack Harrington, vice president, business affairs, Eclipse Aviation
5:00-5:30pm	Visit Exhibits
5:30-6:30pm	Reception Sponsored by GE Commerical Finance
6:30-9:00pm	Dinner  Sponsored by Cargill Steel Service Centers Jeffrey Rosensweig, Director of the Global Perspectives Program, Goizueta Business School of Emory University

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

7:30-9:00am	Breakfast Sponsored by Nucor Corporation William Strauss, senior economist and economic advisor, research department, Chicago Federal Reserve Bank
7:00am-1:00pm	Table Top Exhibits Open
9:15-10:30am	PRODUCT BREAKOUT SESSIONS Carbon & Alloy Plate Sponsored by IPSCO, Inc. Moderator: Mark Breckheimer, president, Primary Steel LLC Panelists: Shelby H. Pixley, director, plate sales, Mittal Steel USA Daniel L. Miksta, vice president & general sales manager, steel products, IPSCO, Inc. R.K. Thies, national marketing manager, Oregon Steel Mills Patrick McFadden, sales manager, plate group, Nucor Steel-Hertford Tubular Products Sponsored by Plymouth Tube Company Moderator: Thomas W. Muth, vice president, sales, Atlas Tube Inc. Panelists: Warren R. MacKenzie, corporate vice president, sales, PTC Alliance Corp. Robert "Butch" Mandel, vice president, Welded Tube of Canada Patrick M. Tobin, director, sales, Dofasco Copperweld Jay Grissom, director industrial markets, global engineered products, Alcoa Scott Barnes, general manager, U.S. Tubular Sales, IPSCO Tubulars, Inc. Stainless Sheet, Bar & Plate Sponsored by Main Steel Polishing Company, Inc. Moderator: Andrew R. Curtin, director, sales & marketing, Talley Metals Panelists: Adrian Gardner, metals market analyst, Brook Hunt & Associates Ltd. Stephan Lacor, vice president & general manager, ThyssenKrupp Stainless NA Jim Stephens, vice president, Ken-Mac Metals
10:30-10:45am	Refreshment Break Sponsored by Nucor-Yamato Steel Company
10:45-12:15pm	PRODUCT BREAKOUT SESSIONS Carbon Flat Rolled Sponsored by Arcelor International America, Inc. Moderator: Frank Walker, president & chief executive officer, Feralloy Corporation Panelists: Joesph R. Scherrbaum, vice president, sales, US Steel Corporation Michael Rippey, executive vice president, sales & marketing, Mittal Steel USA Hidenori Tazawa, president, JFE Bar Products Sponsored by Eaton Steel Bar Company Moderator: James Hoffman, executive vice president & chief operating officer, EMJ Panelists: Mark H. Breedlove, president & chief executive officer, Keystone Profiles Neil McCaffery, president & chief executive officer, EMJ Linn Osterman, vice president, sales & marketing, The Timken Corporation Structural Shapes Sponsored by Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation Moderator: David Halcrow, vice president, purchasing & inventory management, Russel Metals Inc. Panelists: James T. Dabney, sales manager, Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation Gregory DePhillis, vice president & general manager, long products, Arcelor International America, Inc. Mark Petitgoue, sales manager, Nucor-Yamato Steel COmpany John Tassone, marketing manager, Independence Tube Corporation Aluminum Sponsored by Alcoa, Inc. Moderator: Todd Fogel, president, Basic Metals, Inc. Panelists: Parks A. Dodd, Jr., president, Aluminomics LLC Mike Rapson, agent, Man Financial Greg Wittbecker, director, business development, Alcoa Materials Management
	Note pads sponsored by GE Commercial Finance Water Bottles sponsored by Prolamsa, Inc.

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