Largest Steel Industry Conference Opens on Monday in Pittsburgh
05/02/2013 - AISTech 2013, North America’s largest annual steel conference and exposition of the year, opens on Monday, 6 May at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, Pa., USA.
AISTech 2013, North America’s largest annual steel conference and exposition of the year, opens on Monday, 6 May at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, Pa., USA.
There will be three major media events during the four-day program:
Richard J. Harshman, Chairman, president and chief executive officer, Allegheny Technologies, Inc., will deliver the keynote address, “Specialty Metals: Creating Value Through Relentless Innovation in a Dynamic, Global Industry,” at the annual President’s Award Breakfast, at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, 7 May.
Harshman; John P. Surma, chairman and chief executive officer, United States Steel Corporation; Joon Yang Chung, chairman and chief executive officer, POSCO; and other steel executives will host a question-and-answer session for the media immediately following the President’s Award Breakfast.
The AISTech Town Hall Forum will take place on Wednesday, 8 May at 8:30 a.m., during which a panel of the industry’s top executives from Tenova HYL, ArcelorMittal USA, United States Steel Corporation, EVRAZ North America, Tata Steel and Nucor-Yamato Steel will debate global steel industry issues, concerns and opportunities. Additional information on each panelist is available at AISTech.org.
WHAT: AISTech 2013 — The Iron & Steel Technology Conference and Exposition
WHEN: Monday, 6 May–Thursday, 9 May 2013
WHERE: David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, Pa., USA
Contact: Stacy Varmecky (svarmecky@aist.org), +1.724.814.3066
AISTech 2013, sponsored by the Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST), is North America’s largest steel conference and exposition of the year. AIST is an international technical association of more than 16,000 professional and student members, representing iron and steel producers, their allied suppliers and related academia. The association is dedicated to advancing the technical development, production, processing and application of iron and steel.
