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TUESDAY

AUGUST 26TH

09h - 09h45

OPENING

Opening of the Brazilian Steel Conference 2025

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President of the Republic

Geraldo Alckmin

Vice President of the Republic and Minister of Development, Industry, Trade and Services

Tarcísio de Freitas

Governor of São Paulo

Hugo Motta

President of the Chamber of Deputies

Fernando Haddad

Minister of Finance

André B. Gerdau Johannpeter

Chairman of the Board of Brazil Steel Institute / Chairman of the Board at Gerdau

09h45 - 10h45

Magna Conference

Magna Conference: The New Global Geopolitics

Moderator:

Jorge Oliveira

Vice Chairman of the Board of Brazil Steel Institute / President of ArcelorMittal Brazil and CEO of ArcelorMittal Flat Steel Latin America

Keynote Speaker:

Marcos Troyjo

Economist, political scientist, and diplomat

10h45 – 11h15

Break

11h15 - 12h30

Panel 1

Panel 1: Steel – The New Challenges of Global Trade: Frontiers and Strategies

Moderator:

André B. Gerdau Johannpeter

Vice Chairman of the Board of Brazil Steel Institute / Chairman of the Board at Gerdau

Special Guest: Maurício Lyrio

Secretary of Climate, Energy and Environment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Special Guest: Christopher Garman

Managing Director for the Americas – Eurasia Group

12h30 - 14h30

Lunch

14h30 - 15h30

Special Conference

Special Conference: Brazil – Economic and Political Outlook

Keynote Speaker:

Murillo de Aragão

Political Scientist

15h30 - 16h00

Break

16h00 - 17h30

Panel 2

Panel 2: New Industry Brazil – Perspectives for Steel-Consuming Sectors

Moderator:

Everton Negresiolo

Board Member of Brazil Steel Institute / CEO of ArcelorMittal Long Steel LATAM and Mining Brazil and Vice President of ArcelorMittal Brazil

Keynote Speaker:

Uallace Moreira Lima

Secretary for Industrial Development, Innovation, Trade and Services

Panel Members:

Eduardo Fischer

CEO of MRV&CO

Antonio Sérgio Martins Mello

Director of Institutional Relations at Stellantis South America and Vice President of Anfavea

Claudio Brizon

Purchasing and Supplier Quality Engineering (SQE) Director - CNH Industrial for Latin Americ

17h30 - 19h30

Cocktail

WEDNESDAY

AUGUST 27TH

09h00 – 10h00

Panel 3

Panel 3: Energy Transition – How to Reconcile Decarbonization and Competitiveness

Moderator:

Titus Schaar

Board Member of Brazil Steel Institute / CEO of Ternium Brasil

Keynote Speaker:

Rodrigo Rollemberg

Federal Deputy

Panel Members:

Paulo Pedrosa

Executive President of ABRACE

Roberto Muniz

Director of Institutional Relations at CNI

Germano Mendes de Paula

Full Professor at the Institute of Economics and International Relations (IERI) at the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU)

10h00 – 11h30

Panel 4

Panel 4: China’s Expansion in the Global Market – Risks

Moderator:

Frederico Ayres Lima

Board Member of Instituto Aço Brasil / CEO of Aperam South America

Keynote Speaker:

William Hess

Co-CEO of PRC Macro Consulting

Panel Members:

Fernando Pimentel

Executive Director and Honorary President of ABIT

José Velloso Dias Cardoso

Executive President of ABIMAQ

Haroldo Ferreira

Executive President of ABICALÇADOS

José Ricardo Roriz Coelho

Chairman of the Board of ABIPLAST and SINDIPLAST

11h30 - 11h45

Break

11h45 - 13h00

Panel 5

Panel 5: The Steel Industry – CEOs’ Vision

Moderator:

Marco Polo de Mello Lopes

Executive President of Brazil Steel Institute

Keynote Speaker:

Gustavo Werneck

Board Member of Brazil Steel Institute / CEO of Gerdau

Jorge Oliveira

Vice Chairman of the Board of Brazil Steel Institute / President of ArcelorMittal Brazil and CEO of ArcelorMittal Flat Steel Latin America

Silvia Nascimento

Board Member of Brazil Steel Institute / President of Aço Verde do Brasil Armin Andreas Wuzella - Board Member of Brazil Steel Institute / CEO of Villares Metals

Armin Andreas Wuzella

Board Member of Brazil Steel Institute / CEO of Villares Metals

13h – 13h15

Closing ceremony

* Program subject to change.