Conference-Forum
8th Conference-Forum with international participation
Metal-2009: Management, Production, Trade, and Consumption
June 30: 5-star Premier Palace Hotel(5-7/29 T. Shevchenka Blvd / Pushkinska Str., Kiev 01004, Ukraine)
Presentation leaflet of the Conference-Forum
Topics to be subject of extensive debate
Program of the Conference-Forum (draft)
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| Ukraine's metallurgy means 30% of GDP, and up to 40% of currency earnings come from export of metallurgical products as the Ukrainian mining and metallurgical complex has been hit heavily by the global crisis, the strategies of effective and coordinated response to economic downturn will dominate the Conference agenda this year. |
Presentation leaflet of the Conference-Forum
Presentation leaflet of the Conference-Forum (JPG)
Registration form
Topics to be subject of extensive debate
| Macroeconomic overview. The outlooks for crisis-weathering global and Ukraine’s economies. |
| Situation in the financial sector. Systems of real business crediting in Ukraine and globally. Market behavior. New system of financial relationship |
| Ukraine's positioning and outlooks at the world steel market Ukrainian scenario of steel market crisis. Effective transformation technologies. Post-crisis horizons |
Market balance
Price realities
Costs optimization
Anti-crisis technologies
| State response to the crisis in the Ukrainian industry: anti-crisis stimulus measures |
Effects, impact, and opportunities
New support programs
Infrastructure projects
| Worldwide experience of steel-consuming industries stimulus policy |
Overview of anti-crisis practicies
Consumption stimulus
Protectionist actions
| Innovation and modernization processes in the circumstances of limited financial resources |
Product range refocusing
Modernization and saving energy. Approaches and technologies
Priority innovation solutions for the crisis-constrained steel industry
| Trends in the costs of raw materials for the iron and steel industry |
Emerging realities of iron-ore, coal, and coke markets
Steelmaking costs vs steel raw materials prices
Talks between the miners and steel firms
| Steel trading in Ukraine |
Effects of the crisis
Steel-trading strategies for steel-consuming industries
Current market environment
| PANEL DISCUSSION: |
Corporate strategies of steel companies facing the crisis challenges. The outlooks for economic recovery and consumption revival.
Program of the Conference-Forum (draft)
| Registration |
Session 1 /120 minutes/
| Macroeconomic aspects of steel industry development in crisis environment. Moderator - Viktor Panteleyenko - Deputy Minister of economy of Ukraine |
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| Origin and development scenarios of the global crisis. Determinants of global economic recovery start Valeriy Muntiyan – Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine, Ph.D., corresponding member of the National Science Academy of Ukraine |
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| Global metallurgy in crisis conditions: Current situation and short-term forecast Dr. Thomas Winkelmann - Senior Advisor of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants |
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| Economic crisis in Ukraine: domestic and foreign determinants. Base industries of Ukraine during crisis Igor Burakovskiy – Director of Institute of Economic Research and Political Consulting |
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| Global economic crisis and its effect on financing of real sector companies. Prospects of Ukrainian companies’ access to world financial resources Dominique Menu – Head of BNP Paribas Representatives Office in Ukraine |
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| Crisis events in Ukraine’s banking sector: current situation and prospects for recovery. New realities in credit system for industrial and steel trading companies. Options of the best cooperation for banks and industrial enterprises. Roman Dyug - Head ofCorporate Loans department of OTP Bank |
| Coffee-break |
Session 2 /100 minutes/
| Mining and steel industry in Ukraine: current situation, external and local challenges. Moderator - Dmitriy Belokurov - General director of Ukrainian association of ferrous metallurgy enterprises. | |
| Ukraine’s mining and steel industry condition in the new realities of economic crisis Sergey Grischenko – Deputy Minister of Industrial Policy of Ukraine |
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| Efficiency of state policy in Ukraine’s mining and steel industry. Analysis of measures offered by the state of mining and steel industry support Aleksey Beliy – People's deputy of Ukraine |
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| Crisis lessons. Should competitive economy have wide-scale steel industry? Valeriy Usba– Executive director of Competitiveness Council of Ukraine |
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| The possibilities of investment projects implementation. Assessment of Internal metalconsumption in key industries. Mikhail Pozhivanov – Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine |
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| Global practice of state support to mining and steel industry Vladimir Pikovskiy – Head of Steel Industry Issues Department of Derzhzovnishinform SE |
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| Financial and economic crisis influence on fulfillment of technological modernization programs in Ukraine’s steel industry Viktor Lesovoy – Deputy director general of Metallurgprom Union of Enterprises |
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| Lunch |
Session 3 /90 minutes/
| Crisis solution strategies for enterprises for mining and steel industry companies in Ukraine Moderator - Alexander Kalenkov, Institute of Strategic Research, LLC |
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| Adjusting steel company development strategy in crisis period Aaron Johnson - Partner, Head of Transaction Advisory Services, Ernst & Young |
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| Available scenarios minimizing crisis impact for Ukrainian companies Andrey Bolshakov – Director for strategy and investments of “Metinvest Holding” |
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| Peculiarities of competitive advantage maintaining in crisis environment Duncan Piell – Commercial director of Interpipe Ukraine LLC |
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| Raw stock component in steel production. Internal and external markets Rudnitskiy Ruslan – Head strategy and investment department of iron-ore devision of "Metinvest-Holding" |
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| Innovation solutions as the basis for competitive steel industry formation in post-crisis period Vladimir Naydek – Academician of the National Science Academy of Ukraine |
| Coffee-break |
Session 4 /60 minutes/
| Steel trade in Ukraine: domestic and foreign aspects. Moderator - Mikhail Pozhivanov, Deputy Minister of economy of Ukraine |
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| Ukrainian steel companies at foreign markets in 2009. Analysis of current situation, opportunities, and threats Viacheslav Popov – Deputy Head of Steel Industry Issues Department of Derzhzovnishinform SE |
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| Participation of Ukraine's machine-builders in technical modernization of Ukrainian industries. Estimate of metal products consumption Victor Kozyrev, Director of General-Purpose Machine-Building Department, the Ministry of Industrial Policy of Ukraine |
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| Key problematic issues of steel trade in Ukraine Natalya Gonohova– Deputy President of the Ukrainian Association of Metal Traders |
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| Ukraine's market of rolled steel against new economic realities Ruslan Mazhinskiy – Marketing director of UGMK Company |
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| Assessing the prospects for Ukraine's steel industry in the global steel market in "postcrisis period" Valeriy Prihodko – Analyst of Business-portal UGMK.INFO |
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| Conference follow-up: Consolidated forecast of the situation development | |
| Discussion among conference delegates | |
| Development of consolidated decision and recommendations on the industry recovery for the State executive bodies |
| Gala dinner (conference audience) |
Participation Costs for English-speaking delegates
| Registration fee | Before May 15 | After May 15 |
| One delegate | $995 | $1 195 |
| Two and more delegates | $895 | $1 095 |
| Registration fee includes: publication of company information in the Official catalogue; one copy of the Catalogue; Forum information materials on the CD "Results of the Forum" by regular mail; coffee-breaks; lunch; gala-dinner. | ||
| Participation rates | USD |
| Accompanying persons | 200 |
| Take-out package | 200 |
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| Full page: color | 490 |
| Half page: color | 290 |
| Full page: b/w | 290 |
| Half page: b/w | 160 |
Deadlines
| Временные ограничения | |
| Submitting the registration form | June 20 |
| Submitting information and ads to the Official Catalogue | June 1 |
| Cancellations with refund | June 1 |
| CCancellations with no refund | after June 1 |
