05/28/07 (6 p.m. to 8 p.m.) Opening ceremony (Participation of the President of the Republic, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva)
- Opening of the exposition SiderExpo
- Cocktail
05/29/07 Panel I (9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.) - World Economy Situation Moderator: Antônio Ermírio de Moraes (President of the Administration Board of Votorantim Group - Brazil)
Speakers:
- Eduardo Giannetti (economist, Professor at IBMEC-SP - Brazil)
- Felipe Larrain (professor at the Economics Institute of the Catholic University of Chile - Chile)
Panel II (11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.) - World Steel Industry Trends –
The View of Major International Companies Moderator: Ian Christmas (Secretary General of IISI)
Speakers:
- Akio Mimura (President of Nippon Steel - Japan)
- Baojun Ai (President of Baosteel Group - China)
- Hans-Ulrich Lindenberg (Member of the Executive Board of ThyssenKrupp Steel AG - Germany)
- Keith Busse (President of Steel Dynamics - USA)
- Robson de Almeida Melo e Silva (Corporative Manager of Institucional Relations of Arcelor-Mittal - Brazil)
Taking office of new IBS´ President - Rinaldo Campos Soares (Participation of the Vice-President of Brazil, José
Alencar) - (12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. )
Lunch (1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.)
Panel III (3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.) - World Steel Industry Trends – BRICs Perspectives Moderator: Jorge Gerdau Johannpeter (Chairman of the Administration Board of Gerdau Group - Brazil)
Speakers:
- China / Prof. Dr. Markus Taube (Director of Institute for East Asia Studies - University of Duisburg - Essen)
- India / Hans-Jörn Weddige (Project Director India 2020 - IISI - International Iron and Steel Institute)
- Russia / John Helmer (Consultant - Russia)
- The World Slabs Trade - Joachim Schröder (Consultant - Germany)
Panel IV (5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.) - Trends for Large Steel Consuming Sectors – Situation and Perspectives Moderator: Armando Monteiro (President of CNI – Brazil)
Speakers:
- Automotive Sector / Rogelio Golfarb (Vice-president - ANFAVEA – Brazil)
- Civil Construction Sector / Pierre Bourrier (Fédération Française de l'Acier - FFA)
- Infrastructure / Energy and Transport Sector - Paulo Godoy (President of ABDIB - Brazil)
- Infrastructure / Oil and Gas - Eloi Fernandez y Fernandez (General Director of ONIP - Brazil)
05/30/07 (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.)
Panel V - Key Factors for Competitiveness in the Steel Industry – The Status of Brazil within the World's Context Moderator: Luciano Coutinho (President of BNDES - Brazil)
Speakers:
- Raw Materials – Iron, Ore and Coal / Calum Baker (Representative of CRU Strategies - England)
- Logistics / José de Freitas Mascarenhas (President of Infrastructure Council of CNI – Brazil)
- Environment / Albano Chagas Vieira (Corporate Director of Industrial Operations of Votorantim)
- Human Resources / José Pastore (Professor of FEA-USP - Brazil)
Closing Session (participation of the Minister of Development of Cities, Marcio Fortes de Almeida and the
Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Development, Industry and International Commerce, Ivan Ramalho)
