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Tuesday

September 26TH

09H AM

OPENING

Opening of the Brazilian Steel Conference 2023

Jefferson De Paula

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Brazil Steel Institute/President of ArcelorMittal Brasil and CEO of ArcelorMittal Aços Longos e Mineração LATAM

Tarcísio de Freitas

Governor of São Paulo

Geraldo Alckmin

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

09H45 AM

Conference

New world economic order - insertion of Brazil

Moderator:

Sergio Leite de Andrade

Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Brazil Steel Institute / Board member and Vice-Chairman of Strategic Affairs at Usiminas

Keynote Speaker:

Ricardo Amorim

Economist

Panel Members:

Armando Monteiro

Director Emeritus of CNI

Arnaldo Jardim

Federal Deputy / Chairman of the Parliamentary Front for Competitive Brazil

11H05 AM

Break

11H35 AM

Magna Conference

Steel Geopolitics

Moderator:

Jefferson De Paula

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Brazil Steel Institute/President of ArcelorMittal Brasil and CEO of ArcelorMittal Aços Longos e Mineração LATAM

Keynote Speaker:

Aditya Mittal

CEO of ArcelorMittal

Panel 1

Steel Geopolitics – Current Scenario and Prospects

Moderator:

Jorge Oliveira

Member of the Board of Brazil Steel Institute / CEO Aços Planos América Latina and Vice-President of ArcelorMittal Brasil

Panel Members:

Germano de Paula

Full Professor at the Federal University of Uberlândia’s Institute of Economics

Thiago de Aragão

CEO of Arko International, Senior Fellow at the Center for International and Strategic Studies (CSIS) and Visiting Expert at the Institute of the Americas on China-Latin America Relations

13H PM

LUNCH

02H45 PM

Special Conference

The challenge of attracting and retaining talent in the industry

Moderator:

Marcos Eduardo Faraco Wahrhaftig

Member of the Board of Brazil Steel Institute / Vice President of Strategy at Gerdau

Keynote Speaker:

Steve Cadigan

Consultant / First HR Officer at LinkedIn

Panel Members:

Fernando Pimentel

President of ABIT (Brazilian Textile and Apparel Industry Association)

Milena Almeida

Human Resources Officer at Oracle

Livia Simões

Vice President of People & Culture and Sustainability at Volkswagen

04H PM

Coffee Break

04H30 PM

PANEL 2

Recovery of the industry's systemic competitiveness

Moderator:

Rubens Pereira

Member of the Board of Brazil Steel Institute / Executive Vice-President of Operations for Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay Gerdau

Keynote Speaker:

Marcos Troyjo

Economist, Sociologist and Diplomat

Panel Members:

José Ricardo Roriz Coelho

President of ABIPLAST

Andrea Macera

Secretary of Competitiveness and Regulatory Affairs - MDIC

Ricardo Alban

President of FIEB (Federation of Industries of the State of Bahia)

05H45 PM

Networking Space

7h30 PM

Dinner

60th Anniversary Dinner (Hotel Rosewood)

Wednesday

September 27TH

09H AM

Special Conference

Decarbonization – Challenges for the Steel Industry

John Lichtenstein

Managing Partner – World Steel Dynamics

09H30 AM

Panel 3

Climate Change / Energy Transition / Decarbonization

Moderator:

Titus Schaar

Member of the Board of Brazil Steel Institute / CEO of Ternium Brasil

Panel Members:

Beatriz Soares

General Coordinator of Green Finance at MDIC

Wieland Gurlit

Senior Partner at McKinsey

Albano Chagas Vieira

Prumo / Porto Açu

10H50 AM

COFFEE BREAK

11H10 AM

Panel 4

Steel Industry Trends and Challenges – The CEOs' Vision

Moderator:

Marco Polo de Mello Lopes

Executive President of Brazil Steel Institute

Panel Members:

Jefferson De Paula

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Brazil Steel Institute/President of ArcelorMittal Brasil and CEO of ArcelorMittal Aços Longos e Mineração LATAM

Gustavo Werneck

Member of the Board of Brazil Steel Institute / CEO of Gerdau

Frederico Ayres Lima

Member of the Board of Brazil Steel Institute / CEO of Aperam South America

Armin Andreas Wuzella

Member of the Board of Brazil Steel Institute / CEO of Villares Metals

12H40 PM

Closure

* Program subject to change.