IREPAS - International Rebar Producers and Exporters Association » Huseyin Ocakci https://www.irepas.com ıIREPAS gathers producers, traders and consumers of steel rebars, wire rods, sections as well as suppliers of ferrous scrap and steel raw materials Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:28:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The program of the 89th meeting in Istanbul https://www.irepas.com/?p=5879&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-program-of-the-89th-meeting-in-istanbul https://www.irepas.com/?p=5879#comments Tue, 22 Aug 2023 16:05:32 +0000 Irepas https://www.irepas.com/?p=5879 Day 1: Sunday, September 17, 2023

19:00 – 22:00                   Welcome cocktail at Swissôtel The Bosphorus

 

Day 2: Monday, September 18, 2023

09:15 – 09:30                  Welcome address by Chairman of IREPAS

 

09:30 – 11:30                    SESSION ONE: Critical changes in the global long steel markets

- Keynote speech:

  • Figures and comments from WTO report
  • Illicit nature of EU’s decarbonization subsidies
  • How protectionism has evolved
  • Chinese steel industry’s restructuring and opening up to global markets
  • New threat: Circumvention
  • Turkish steel industry: Standstill period
  • Threats from US

Ugur Dalbeler, CEO, Colakoglu Metalurji / Deputy Chairman, Turkish Steel Exporters’ Association / The Board Member, World Steel Association

 

- Long products market outlook

  • Overview of global construction sector
  • Steel and long products consumption
  • Rebar markets
  • International price situation

Alexander Gordienko, Export Director, Celsa Group 

 

- GCC market outlook

  • The announced projects in KSA – when will they start and how it will change the market
  • Exports from GCC
  • Overall potential longs demand supply balance in GCC

Sunil Kumar, Chief Marketing Officer, Jindal Shadeed Iron and Steel

- Chinese steel market outlook

  • Expectations in Chinese steel market

Huseyin Ocakci, Assistant General Manager, CIEC

11:30 – 11:50                     Networking break

 

11:50 – 12:45                     SESSION TWO: World economy in short, medium and long run

- Keynote Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ozgur Demirtas, Chair Professor of Finance, Sabanci University

 

12:45 – 14:30                    Networking lunch

 

14:30 – 16:30                    IREPAS Committee Meetings

  • 14:30 – 16:30 IREPAS Producers Committee (by invitation only)
  • 14:30 – 16:30 IREPAS Raw Material Suppliers Committee (by invitation only)
  • 14:30 – 16:30 IREPAS Traders Committee (open to all attendees)


19:00 – 24:00                  Gala dinner at Divan Kuruçeşme

Day 3: Tuesday, September 19, 2023


10:00 – 11:30                   SESSION THREE – Panel with Committee Chairmen

  • IREPAS Producers Committee
  • IREPAS Raw Material Suppliers Committee
  • IREPAS Traders Committee
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19:00 – 22:00                   Welcome cocktail at Fairmont Monte Carlo

 

Day 2: Monday, October 10, 2022

09:00 – 09:10                  Welcome address by Chairman of IREPAS

 

09:10 – 10:40                    SESSION ONE: Critical changes in global long steel markets – Long products, pig iron and EU

- Long products market outlook

  • Overview of global construction sector
  • Steel and long products consumption
  • Rebar markets
  • International price situation

Alexander Gordienko, Export Director, Celsa Group 

 

- Pig iron market outlook

  • Developments in ex-Brazil BPI prices, trade flow, geographical structure of customers caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine. Expectations/Reality
  • The major opportunities and threats faced by Brazilian BPI suppliers lately
  • Iron ore-pig iron correlation
  • Medium-term prospects for global BPI suppliers ( in context of global recession, transition to the production of carbon neutral steel)
  • Which region is expected to hold the highest market share in purchases? What will drive that?

João Paulo Fragoso, Pig Iron Export Manager, Kéntron Ltda

 

- The EU steel market amidst war, inflation and slashed economic outlook

  • Possible impacts of rising energy costs on European mills.
  • Demand forecast for the EU in the last quarter of 2022.
  • Current sentiment regarding Germany’s energy policy amid risks of Russian supply cuts.
  • Demand forecast for the main steel-using sectors, such as construction and automotive, for 2022 and 2023
  • Evaluation of European steel mills’ progress with new production processes in view of the 2030 and 2050 deadlines

Alessandro Sciamarelli, Director of Economic Studies and Market Analysis, European Steel Association (EUROFER)


10:40 – 11:10                     Networking break

 

11:10 – 11:50                     SESSION TWO: Critical changes in global long steel markets: China, Egypt and North Africa

- Chinese steel market outlook

Huseyin Ocakci, Middle East General Manager, CIEC

 

- Steel Market Overview for Egypt and Outlook for North Africa

  • Supply/demand balance in the rebar market of Egypt
  • Current state and prospects of steel consumption
  • Production costs and their effect on mills profitability, billet imports versus own steel production
  • Egypt’s financial and payment issues and their impact on local and import trade
  • North African steel market outlook

Ramy Saleh, Chief Business Development Officer, El Marakby Steel

 

 

11:50 – 12:30                    SESSION THREE: Macroeconomic overview

 

- The global economy between post-pandemic recovery and energy price recession

Daniel Gros, Member of the Board, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

 

12:30 – 14:30                    Networking lunch

 

14:30 – 16:30                    IREPAS Committee Meetings

  • 14:30 – 16:30 IREPAS Producers Committee (by invitation only)
  • 14:30 – 16:30 IREPAS Raw Material Suppliers Committee (by invitation only)
  • 14:30 – 16:30 IREPAS Traders Committee (open to all attendees)


16:00 – 18:00                  Cocktail Reception at Fairmont Monte Carlo

 

Day 3: Tuesday, October 11, 2022


10:00 – 11:30                   SESSION FOUR – Panel with Committee Chairmen

  • IREPAS Producers Committee
  • IREPAS Raw Material Suppliers Committee
  • IREPAS Traders Committee
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19:00 – 22:00                   Welcome cocktail at Four Seasons Hotel Bosphorus Istanbul

 

Day 2: Monday, May 30, 2022

09:00 – 09:15                   Welcome address by Chairman of IREPAS

 

09:15 – 10:00                    SESSION ONE: Critical changes in global long steel markets

- Long products market outlook

  • Overview of global construction sector
  • Steel and long products consumption
  • Rebar markets
  • International price situation

Alexander Gordienko, Export Director, Celsa Group 

 

- Turkish steel industry overview

Dr. Veysel Yayan, Secretary General, Turkish Iron and Steel Producers’ Association (TISPA)



- The revision of the waste shipment regulation and its impacts on trade of steel scrap – a recyclers’ perspective

Olivier Francois, President, European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC)

10:00 – 10:20                     Networking break

 

10:20 – 11:10                     SESSION TWO: Critical changes in global long steel markets – EU, Ukraine and China

- EU steel market outlook

  • Outlook for EU economy and steel industry
  • EU steel imports, the impact of safeguard measures on them, and perspectives on recent and future modifications of such measures in view of the ongoing war in Ukraine
  • Impact of energy costs (natural gas/electricity) on EU-based EAFs and perspectives on the supply shortage in the EU


Alessandro Sciamarelli, Director of Economic Studies and Market Analysis, European Steel Association (EUROFER)


- Chinese steel market outlook

Huseyin Ocakci, Middle East General Manager, CIEC


- Ukrainian economy and steel industry: current situation and outlook (online presentation)

  • Brief overview of the military situation and scenarios for its development.
  • Overview of the Ukrainian economy: current situation and expectations.
  • Estimated damage caused by the war to infrastructure and the economy as a whole.
  • Ukrainian steel industry: supply and demand situation and outlook.
  • Steel exports from Ukraine: risks and challenges.

Roman Perepelytsia, Head of Strategy and Business Development, Metinvest Holding

 

11:10 – 11:30                     Networking break

11:30 – 12:30                    SESSION THREE: Global economic developments and expectations

The Current State of Developed and Emerging Markets

Prof. Dr. Ozgur Demirtas, Chair Professor of Finance, Sabanci University 

 

12:30 – 14:30                    Networking lunch

 

14:30 – 16:30                    IREPAS Committee Meetings

  • 14:30 – 16:30 IREPAS Producers Committee (by invitation only)
  • 14:30 – 16:30 IREPAS Raw Material Suppliers Committee (by invitation only)
  • 14:30 – 16:30 IREPAS Traders Committee (open to all attendees)


19:30 – 23:00                   Gala dinner at Four Seasons Hotel Bosphorus

 

Day 3: Tuesday, May 31, 2022


10:00 – 11:30                   SESSION FOUR – Panel with Committee Chairmen

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