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