Oxygen Steelmaking Technology Committee meeting

3–4 March 2026 • Holiday Inn Burlington Conference Centre • Burlington, Ontario, Canada

►Agenda (PDF)
►Register or contact ldlugopolski@aist.org

Tour of Stelco, Inc.

Hotel Arrangements

Holiday Inn Burlington Conference Centre
3063 South Service Road, Building 2
Burlington, Ontario L7N 3E9 Canada
Reserve by 20 February for AIST Room Rate of 129 CAD

For reservations, book online  

AIST technology committee members are asked to print out the latest revised meeting agenda from our website one week prior to this meeting.

Virtual Connection for European members: To Be Established

03 March 2026

  • Gather at Hotel for Plant Tour   12:30pm
  • Depart Hotel for Stelco, Inc.  12:45pm
  • Arrive Stelco, Inc   1:30pm
  • Depart Stelco, Inc. for Hotel   4:30pm

AIST Northern Member Chapter Dinner Event
Keynote Presenter

Allen C. Behr
Executive Vice President, Nucor Corp., and 2025-2026 AIST President

04 March 2026

Continental Breakfast    07:30am

  1. Chair’s opening remarks   08:00am
  2. Appoint minute-taker
  3. Antitrust guidelines
  4. Membership and attendance
  5. Review minutes of previous meeting
  6. AIST Staff Announcements
  7. AIST Steel Industry Safety Roundtable
    1. New in-plant Safety Procedures and Technology
    2. Recent Safety Incidents or Near Miss Incidents and resulting Safety Improvements
    3. All members are encouraged to bring any safety related improvements made at their facility for open discussion
  8. Main agenda items
    • Technical Roundtable: BOF End Point Control
      • Presenters:
        • Stelco, Inc.
        • ArcelorMittal Dofasco
        • Cleveland Cliffs
        • U.S. Steel
        • European Producer TBD
        • European Producer TBD
    • Nominations for committee officers
      • Current Officers:
        • Chair: Matt Wilson
        • Vice Chair: Fernando Guerra - Stelco
        • Papers Chair: Dave Runner – Opta Inc
        • Membership Chair: Aaron Strelbisky
        • Young Professional Chair
    • Finalize AISTech sessions (Dave Runner)
      • Session Structure and Papers Confirmed
        • Identify vacancies 
      • Author Registration deadline (1 March)
      • Presentation Draft Due in to AIST (15 March)
      • Role of Session Chair and Papers Chair
    • Sendzimir Award Nominations - The award shall be given to the individual or individuals who have advanced steelmaking through the invention, development or application of new manufacturing processes or equipment.
    • 2026 Herty Award Winner (Fernando Guerra)
    • Future Study Tour 
      • India?
  9. Discussion items
    • Members bring topics for discussion by committee
  10. Next meeting
    • AISTech 2026 - Pittsburgh
    • Fall 2026 – 
      • European Location (AIST European Steel Forum location TBD)
    • Winter 2025 – 
      • USA/Cananda?
      • Mexico? w/ ExpoAcero?
  11. Chair conclusion
  12. Adjourn     4:00pm