Programme subject to change. Updated to November 07, 2014
Saturday, November 08 | Members of Alacero
| (Doña Adelita room. Floor 4) | ||
| 09:00_13:00 | _Economics and Institutional Relations Committee (CERIN) | |
| 14:30_16:15 | _Steel Use Development Committee (CODUA) | |
| 16:30_18:30 | _Environmental Policy Committee (COPAM) | |
Sunday, November 09 | Members of Alacero
| (Doña Adelita room. Floor 4) | ||
| 08:00_11:00 | _Technology and Environmental Control Committee (COTEC) | |
| 11:00_13:00 | _Communications Committee (COMCO) | |
| 14:30_16:30 | _Board Meeting | |
Sunday, November 09 | Alacero-55
| 19:30_22:30 | INAUGURATION AND RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY | |
| _Congress Alacero-55 | ||
| _ExpoAlacero 2014 | ||
| _7th Alacero Steel Design Contest for Architecture Students 2014 | ||
| _Steel Sculpture Exhibition | ||
| (Foyer Don Alberto room. Floor 4) | ||
| WELCOME RECEPTION HOSTED BY ALACERO | ||
| (Don Alberto room. Floor 4) |
Monday, November 10 | Alacero-55
| (Don Alberto room. Floor 4) | ||
| 08:30_09:10 | OPENING CEREMONY | |
| _INAUGURATION | ||
| Pedro Joaquín Coldwell. Secretary of Energy (Mexico) - The Energy Reform in Mexico: Challenges and Opportunities | ||
| _INAUGURAL ADDRESS | ||
| Guillermo Vogel. President of the Mexican Organizing Committee and Vice Chairman of the Board, Tenaris | ||
| Martín Berardi. President of Alacero and General Director, Ternium Siderar (Argentina) | ||
| 09:10_10:00 | KEYNOTE SPEAKER | |
| THE GLOBAL ECONOMY IN 2015: STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN THE MARKETS? | ||
| Coordinator: Guillermo Vogel | ||
| Aryam Vázquez. Senior Latin America Economist, Oxford Economics (USA) | ||
| Debate | ||
| 10:00_11:20 | PANEL I | |
| THE NEW ECONOMIC POLICY OF CHINA: HOW WILL IT AFFECT LATIN AMERICA? | ||
| Coordinator: Raúl Gutiérrez Muguerza | ||
| Osvaldo Rosales. Director of International Trade and Integration Division, ECLA | ||
| Adam Hersh. Senior Economist, Center for American Progress (USA) | ||
| Zhongbo Xu. President, Beijing Metal Consulting Ltd. (China) | ||
| Debate | ||
| 11:20_11:40 | Coffee break | |
| 11:40_13:30 | ALACERO-NEXT | |
| THE FORUM ON INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY | ||
| Coordinator: Ernesto Escobar | ||
| Andreas Flick. Chief Technology Officer, Siemens VAI Metals Technologies (Austria) | ||
| Pablo Duarte. Commercial Vice President, Tenova HYL (Mexico) | ||
| Gianpietro Benedetti. Chairman and CEO, Danieli (Italy) | ||
| Jens Kempken. Executive Vice President Project Development, SMS Siemag AG (Germany) | ||
| Debate | ||
| 13:30_15:00 | Lunch sponsored by Deloitte | |
| (Don Diego room. Floor 2) | ||
| 15:00_16:20 | PANEL III | |
| THE CHALLENGE OF COMPETITIVENESS: BETWEEN INPUTS AND CUSTOMERS | ||
| Coordinator: Jefferson de Paula | ||
| Luisa Palacios. Head of Latin America Macro and Energy Research, Medley Global Advisors (USA) | ||
| Ernesto M. Hernández. President and General Director, General Motors (Mexico) | ||
| Magnus Ericsson. CEO, Raw Materials Group (RMG) (Sweden) | ||
| Debate | ||
| 16:20_16:40 | Coffee break | |
| 16:40_17:30 | KEYNOTE SPEAKER | |
| ENERGY LANDSCAPE IN MEXICO | ||
| Coordinator: Maximo Vedoya | ||
| Emilio Lozoya. Executive Director, Petróleos Mexicanos - Pemex (Mexico) | ||
| Debate | ||
| 21:00 | DINNER HOSTED BY THE MEXICAN ORGANIZING COMMITTEE | |
| (Colegio de San Ignacio de Loyola Vizcaínas, Colonia Centro, Mexico DF) | ||
Tuesday, November 11 | Alacero-55
| (Don Alberto room. Room 4) | ||
| 08:30_10:20 | PANEL IV | |
| GLOBAL STEEL: OVERCAPACITY, ENERGY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH | ||
| Coordinator: Benjamin Baptista Filho | ||
| Edwin Basson. General Director , World Steel Association (worldsteel) | ||
| Nick Sowar. Partner and Global Metals Sector Leader, Deloitte (USA) | ||
| Haiyan Wang. Managing Partner, China India Institute (China) | ||
| Debate | ||
| 10:20_10:40 | Coffee break | |
| 10:40_12:00 | PANEL V | |
| THE VISION OF THE LATIN AMERICAN CEOS: THE FUTURE OF THE REGIONAL INDUSTRY | ||
| Coordinator and panelist: | ||
| Ernesto Cervera. Director General, GEA Economists and Associates Group (Mexico) | ||
| _1º PART: SOUTH AMERICA | ||
| Martín Berardi. President, Alacero. General Director, Ternium Siderar (Argentina) | ||
| José Giraudo. CEO, Acindar Grupo ArcelorMittal (Argentina) | ||
| Benjamin Baptista Filho. CEO, Flat Carbon South America, ArcelorMittal (Brazil) | ||
| André Gerdau Johanpeter. Presidente and CEO, Gerdau (Brazil) | ||
| Carlos Arturo Zuluaga. President, Acerías de Colombia - ACESCO (Colombia) | ||
| Debate | ||
| 12:00_12:20 | Coffee break | |
| 12:20_14:00 | PANEL V | |
| THE VISION OF THE LATIN AMERICAN CEOs: THE FUTURE OF THE REGIONAL INDUSTRY | ||
| _2º PART: MEXICO | ||
| Roundtable members: | ||
| Alonso Ancira Elizondo. President, Altos Hornos de Mexico - Ahmsa | ||
| José Antonio Rivero. President, Compañía Minera Autlán | ||
| Víctor M. Cairo. CEO, ArcelorMittal México | ||
| Máximo Vedoya.Executive President, Ternium México | ||
| Guillermo Vogel. Vice Chairman of the Board, Tenaris | ||
| Raúl Gutiérrez Muguerza. General Director, Deacero | ||
| Debate | ||
| 14:00_14:30 | CLOSING CEREMONY | |
| _New authorities of Alacero inauguration | ||