IREPAS - International Rebar Producers and Exporters Association » Jindal Shadeed 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 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:29:48 +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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