October 21: TRANSFORMATION OF THE EUROPEAN STEEL SECTOR: CONTEXT, CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS (PROGRAMME IN COLLABORATION WITH ESF)
- KEYNOTE : Global economic panorama – Joseba Madariaga – Director of Studies – LABORAL KUTXA / Professor Of Economics and Finance – DEUSTO BUSINESS SCHOOL
- KEYNOTE: International steel panorama – Leopoldo Rubinacci – Deputy Director General – DG Trade and Economic Security
- Transformation of the European steel industry for carbon neutrality. Speakers:
– Baekkyoo Jeong – Section Leader, Technology Strategy Officer – POSCO
– Jean Arribe – Chief Technology Office – Decarbonization Team – ARCELORMITTAL EUROPE FLAT PRODUCTS
– Thomas Bürgler – Chief Executive Officer – K1 – MET
– Peter Schiestel – Jefe de Proyecto de Transformación Industrial Power4steel – STAHL-HOLDING-SAAR
– José Noldin – Chief Executive Officer – GravitHy
– Martin Pei – Senior Advisor – SSAB
Moderator: Jürgen Cappel – Managing Director – CAPPEL STAHL CONSULTING GMBH - Carbon-free energy sources for the European steel industry. Speakers:
– Grzegorz Pawelec – Director, Regulatory & Market Intelligence – HYDROGEN EUROPE
– Christian Koulic – Global Market Executive Metals– TOTAL ENERGIES
– Francisco Laverón – Head of Energy Prospective– IBERDROLA
– Michaela O´Donohoe – Global Strategic Marketing Leader Electrification Systems – GE VERNOVA
– Thomas Kienberger – Head, Chair for Energy Network Technology – MONTANUNIVERSITÄT LEOBEN
Moderator: Susanne Michelic – Chair of Ferrous Metallurgy – MONTANUNIVERSITÄT LEOBEN - Strategic Iron: Balancing Availability, Quality, and Cost for Sustainable Steelmaking. Speakers:
– Daniel Carvalho – Director, Metals & Mining Consulting – WOOD MACKENZIE
– Heddy Ait-Idir – Principal Advisor Steel Decarbonization – RÍO TINTO
– Norman Fong – Senior Price Reporter – FASTMARKETS
– AndrewPurvis – Director, Sustainable Manufacturing – WORLD STEEL ASSOCIATION
Moderator: Felix Firsbach – Vice President – BADISCHE STAHL-ENGINEERING GMBH
October 22: EUROPEAN STEEL SECTOR: CHALLENGES, INNOVATION & FUTURE
- Steel Legislative Proposal – Enrique Arrieta – Policy Officer – DG TRADE AND ECONOMIC SECURITY
- The Missing Link to Green Steel Premiums: A Reliable and Fair Carbon Footprint Labelling – Santiago Oliver – Director of Sustainability, Energy and Innovation – UNESID
- The Innovation Centre for Industrial Transformation and Emissions (INCITE) – Promoting the implementation of sustainable and competitive technologies in the iron and steel sector – Eric Aries – Scientific Officer – EU-BRITE, Joint Research Centre (Sevilla) – COMISIÓN EUROPEA
- Advancing the Electrification of Heating Operations in Iron and Steelmaking – Jesse Franklin White – R&D Manager App. Dev. – KANTHAL AB
- IMZ Induction Re-heaters, Cutting Edge Technology Solutions to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of the Rolling Mill Process – Guido Opezzo – Executive Director of Sales Long Products – INDUCTOTHERM GROUP
- The Groeien met Groen Staal program: Teaming up for green steel in the Netherlands – María Santofimia – Full Professor Physical Metallurgy – TU DELFT
- The Power4Steel Project: Decarbonizing Steel Production – An SHS Initiative – Kinshuk Srivastava – Senior Expert Transformation – SHS – STAHL-HOLDING-SAAR
- TSR40: A high-quality recycled raw material – André Zick – Business Development – TSR RESOURCE
- Introduction to Applied AI – Haizea Rodríguez Cores – Head of AI Initiatives – BAIC
- Automation of scrap sorting using artificial intelligence: the case of the DAIMA Project at CELSA Group – Juanjo Luna López – IT expert for Daima project- CELSA GROUP + Xavier Clotet – Partner& scientist of manager data – DIBRIA
- Energy optimization in electric arc furnace through artificial intelligence and differential evolution – Sandra Seijo – Senior Data Scientist and technical Project management – IBERMÁTICA INNOVATION INSTITUTE
- Hybrid Modeling of Microstructural Evolution in Hot Rolling: Integrating Metallurgical Knowledge with AI for Smarter Steel Production – Pello Uranga – Researcher – CEIT
- Process Analysis in Bell Annealing Using Physics-Based Digital Twin Models and Live Sensor Data – Richard Speletz – Model Developer – EBNER
- From Static Models to Continuous Learning: VisualMLOps for Human-Centric AI in Steel Quality Manufacturing – Pablo Galán Saiz – Researcher – TECNALIA
- 4D EAGLE S: The integration of Machine learning for enhanced hot Surface inspection and quality control of long products – Santino Keusemann – Managing director – KOCKS MEASURE + INSPECT
- AI-Driven Predictive Planning to Optimize Steel Deliveries, Material Reuse, and Sustainability – Laia Soler – Innovation Affaris – CELSA GROUP + Víctor Muntés – Co -Fundador & CEO – BEAWRE