Programme of Activities

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?
    CoordinatorGuillermo 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?
    CoordinatorRaúl 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
    CoordinatorJefferson de Paula
    Luisa Palacios. Head of Latin America Macro and Energy Research, Medley Global Advisors (USA)
    Ernesto M. HernándezPresident 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
    CoordinatorBenjamin 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