October 5th, Monday
09:00 – 09:15                 Welcome address by Chairman of IREPAS – Kim Marti

09:15 – 10:30                   SESSION ONE

“The Many Futures of an Industry – Targets, Trends, Trouble, and Taboo”

Special Guest Speaker: Professor Alf Rehn

10:30 – 11:00 Networking Break

11:00 – 12:30                      SESSION TWO – Critical changes expected in global long steel markets

• EU economy and long product market outlook
Franc Cardona, Celsa Group / Director of Marketing, Communication & Public Affairs

• Chinese steel industry outlook
Li Xinchuang, China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) / Deputy Secretary General of China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) and President of China Metallurgical Industry Planning and Research Institute (MPI)

• CIS market overview
Virinder Bahadur Garg, ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rıh / CMO

12:30 – 14:30 Networking Lunch

14:30 – 17:00 IREPAS Committee Meetings

• 14:30 – 17:00 IREPAS Producers Committee (by invitation only)
• 14:30 – 17:00 IREPAS Raw Material Suppliers Committee (by invitation only)
• 14:30 – 17:00 IREPAS Traders Committee (open to all attendees)

20:00 – 23:00 Gala Dinner

October 6th, Tuesday
09:30 – 11:00                   SESSION THREE – Panel with Committee Chairmen

• IREPAS Producers Committee
• IREPAS Raw Material Suppliers Committee
• IREPAS Traders Committee

19:00 – 22:00 Welcome Cocktail at Intercontinental Paris Le Grand Hotel

March 23rd, Monday

09:00 - 09:15 Welcome address by Chairman of IREPAS – Kim Marti

09:15 – 10: 30 SESSION ONE 

• Low raw material prices and booming Chinese exports: which consequences for the global steel sector?
  Eric Louvert, BNP Paribas
• Why The Future Begins – Navigating The Turbulent World of Small Ideas and Grand Narratives
  Special Guest Speaker: Magnus Lindkvist

10:30 – 11:00  Networking Break

11:00 – 12:30  SESSION TWO – Critical changes expected in global long steel markets

• Long product market outlook
  Franc Cardona, Celsa Group
• EU Steel market outlook
  Jeroen Vermeij, The European Steel Association (EUROFER)
• Chinese steel industry outlook
  Ralf Baltrusch, China Minmetals Corporation
• CIS market overview – How the Ukraine-Russia crisis is effecting the steel markets?
  Vitali Postolenko, Derzhzovnishinform (DZI)

12:30 – 14:00  Lunch Break

14:00 – 17:00  IREPAS Committee Meetings

• 14:30 – 17:00  Producers Committee (by invitation only)
• 14:30 – 17:00  Raw Material Suppliers Committee (by invitation only)
• 14:30 – 17:00  Traders Committee (open to all attendees)

20:00 – 23:00  Gala Dinner

March 24th, Tuesday 

09:30 – 11:00  SESSION THREE – Panel with Committee Chairmen

Committees:

• Producers Committee
• Raw Material Suppliers Committee
• Traders Committee

19:00 – 23:00 Welcome Cocktail at Hilton Diagonal Mar Barcelona
March 31st, Monday 
09:00 – 09:30 Registration desk opens at the conference area

09:30 – 10:45

• Welcome address by Chairman of IREPAS – Kim Marti
• SESSION ONE – The Unbalanced Post Recession
  Keynote Speaker:
  Xavier Sala-i-Martin, J. and M. Grossman Professor of Economics at Columbia University in New York / Chief Economic Advisor of the Center for Global Competitiveness and Performance at the World Economic Forum in Davos

10:45 – 11:15 Networking Break

11:15 – 12:30

SESSION TWO – Global Trends, Key Points and Critical Issues

• Long steel products market / Franc Cardona, Grupo Celsa
• US market coverage with focus on recent trade cases / Bernd Neuenkirchen, C&F International
• Steel trends and expectations: MENA and GCC / Bhaskar Dutta, Al Jazeera Steel Products
• Overview of Turkey’s steel exports and main issues faced / Namik Ekinci, Turkish Steel Exporters’ Association

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 – 17:00 IREPAS Committee Meetings

• 14:00–15:45 Wire Rod & Rebar Suppliers Committee (by invitation only)
  14:00–15:45 Billet Suppliers Committee (by invitation only)
  16:00–17:00 Producers Committee (by invitation only)
  14:30–17:00 Raw Material Suppliers Committee (by invitation only)
  14:30–17:00 Traders Committee (open to all attendees)

 18:00 – 18:30 Busses leave for Gala Dinner Venue – Camp Nou

19:00 – 20:00 Camp Nou Corporate Tour
20:00 – 20:30 Presentation by Jordi Moix, FC Barcelona Board Member
20:30 – 22:00 Gala Dinner
22:00 Departure

April 1st, Tuesday 

09:30 – 11:00 SESSION THREE – Panel with Committee Chairmen
Committees:
- Wire Rod & Rebar Suppliers Committee
- Billet Suppliers Committee
- Producers Committee
- Raw Material Suppliers Committee
- Traders Committee

*All presentations will be in English