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Monday

AUGUST 5TH

06:00 p.m.

OPENING

Opening of the Brazilian Steel Conference 2024 and inauguration ceremony of the president and vice-president of the Board of Directors of the Brazilian Steel Institute

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President of Brazil

Geraldo Alckmin

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

Tarcísio de Freitas

Governor of São Paulo

07:00 p.m.

Inauguration

ExpoAço Opening Ceremony

07:30 p.m.

Cocktail

Tuesday

AUGUST 6TH

09:00 a.m.

Magna Conference

Geopolitics of Steel

Moderator:

Sergio Leite de Andrade

Advisor at Brazil Steel Institute/Vice President of Strategic Affairs at Usiminas

Keynote Speaker:

Paolo Rocca

President of Techint Group

10:00 a.m.

COFFEE BREAK

10:30 a.m.

Panel 1

Energy Transition and Decarbonization: towards a low GHG emission industry

Ana Toni

Brazil´s Secretary for Climate Change of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change

Thais Terzian

CRU

Frederico Ayres Lima

Advisor at Brazil Steel Institute / CEO of Aperam South America

Moderator:

Paulo Camilo

President of the Brazilian Association of Portland Cement – ABCP / Coalition Industry

Keynote Speaker:

Rodrigo Rollemberg

Secretary of Green Economy, Decarbonization and Bioindustry

12:00 p.m.

Special Conference

Artificial intelligence and innovation in industry

Walter Longo

Specialist in Innovation and Digital Transformation

12:45 p.m.

Lunch and Network

3:30 p.m.

Panel 2

Geopolitics and international steel trade – China and its state policy

Moderator:

André Bier Gerdau Johannpeter

Advisor at Brazil Steel/Executive Vice President of Gerdau's Board of Directors

Keynote Speaker:

Elizabeth Braw

Atlantic Council

Panel Members:

Germano de Paula

Professor at the Federal University of Uberlândia

Jesus Flores

Chairman of the Committee on Economy and Institutional Relations / Alacero

Anthony de Carvalho

Head of Steel Unit and Senior Economist at the OECD

5:00 p.m.

Coffee Break

10 a.m – 7 p.m

ExpoSteel 2024

Wednesday

AUGUST 7TH

09:00 a.m

Panel 3

The challenge of reindustrialization – Opportunities and risks - Industrial policy / Nearshoring

Moderator:

Jorge Oliveira

CEO of ArcelorMittal Aços Planos América Latina and Advisor at Brazil Steel Institute

Keynote Speaker:

Márcio Fernando Elias Rosa

Executive Secretary of MDIC

Panel Members:

José Ricardo Roriz Coelho

Coalizão Indústria / President of ABIPLAST

Léo de Castro

– President of the Thematic Council for Industrial Policy and Technological Development of CNI

Armando Monteiro

Director Emeritus of CNI

11:00 a.m

Coffee Break

11:30 a.m

Special Conference

Political Scenario – Current Situation and Perspectives

Fernando Schuler

Political scientist

12:30 p.m

Lunch and Network

3:30 p.m

Panel 4

Perspectives for the steel industry – The CEO’s vision

Moderator:

Marco Polo de Mello Lopes

Executive President of Brazil Steel Institute

Panel Members:

Jefferson De Paula

President of ArcelorMittal Brasil and CEO of ArcelorMittal Aços Longos e Mineração LATAM

Gustavo Werneck

Advisor at Brazil Steel Institute / Chief Executive Officer and CEO of Gerdau

Marcelo Chara

Advisor at Brazil Steel Institute / President of Usiminas

Silvia Nascimento

Advisor at Brazil Steel Institute / President of AVB

5:00 p.m

Closing ceremony of the Brazilian Steel Conference

Alexandre Silveira

Minister of Mines and Energy of Brazil

10 a.m – 7 p.m

ExpoSteel 2024

* Program subject to change.

Steel Arena

Within ExpoAço 2024, we will have a space for technical lectures promoted by our sponsors and supporters of the event. The Steel Arena will be a small auditorium, open to all visitors to ExpoAço 2024.

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