Hosts and Organizers

	China Iron and Steel Association (CISA)
	Metallurgical Council of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (MC-CCPIT)

Organization Office

Background and Contents

China International Steel Congress is a high-level conference focusing on the profound, overall and strategic questions of the steel industry. Since its birth in 2000, the congress has been held successfully for three times and become a leading international event of the steel industry. The theme of the 4th China International Steel Congress in 2006 will be the development of the steel industry in 2006-2010. The congress will include a Plenary Session discussing policy and economic environment, demand and capacity forecasts,raw material demand and supply, restructuring and consolidation,and technological innovations, and Technical Seminars presentin the state-of-the-art technologies of iron making, steel making and continuous casting, hot rolling, cold rolling and coating, and automation.

Preliminary Programme

Plenary Session
16.04.06. Sun. Registration -- Hotel Kunlun
09:00-17:00	Registration
18:00	Welcome Reception, sponsored by Accenture
17.04.06. Mon. Plenary Session -- Hotel Kunlun
08:30-10:15	Opening Session
Moderator:	Mr. Luo Bingsheng, Vice Chairman and Secretary-general of China Iron and Steel Association
	Opening Speech by Madame Xie Qihua, Chairman, China Iron and Steel Association
	Chinese Economy Outlook and Industrial Development Policy during 2006-2010 by Mr. Zhang Guobao, Vice-Chairman, National Development and Reform Commission, China
	Success of China's Steel Industry in the Past Five Years and Prospects for 2006-2010 by Mr. Wu Xichun, Advisor, China Iron and Steel Association
	The Outlook for Steel--A Global Perspective by Mr. Ian Christmas, Secretary General, International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI)
10:15-10:30	Coffee Break
10:30-12:00	Panel Discussion: Policy and Macro-economic Environment, Demand and Capacity, Raw Materials
Moderator:	Dr. Hu Angang, famous economist, Director & Professor, Center for China Study School of Public Policy & Management, Tsinghua University
Panelists:	Mr. Liu Jie, Chairman and President of Anben Steel Group Modernization of Steel Companies
	Mr. Xu Lejiang, General Manager, Baosteel Group Corporation Development Strategy of Baosteel Group during 2006-2010
	Mr. Deng Qilin, President of Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corp. Development Strategy of Wisco for the Coming 5 years
	Mr. Zhu Jimin, Chairman of Shougang Group Build a new Shougang abiding by the Scientific Development Concept
	Mr. Huang Tianwen, President, Sinosteel Corporation
	Dr.Karl-Ulrich koehler, Executive Chairman,ThyssenKrupp Steel AG Lessons from Globalization and Consolidation of Europe's Steel Industry
	Mr. John H. Goodish, Chief Operating Officer, United States Steel Corporation Development of the North American Steel Industry and the Strategy of USS
	Prof. Dr. Ing Dieter Ameling, President, German Steel Federation Globalisation-Challenges and Opportunities for the European Steel Industry
	Mr. David Phelps, President of American Institute for International Steel Trends of the world steel market and trade in the coming 5 years
	Mr. Peter Marcus, Managing Partner, World Steel Dynamics Chinese Steel: Crisis, Change and Opportunity
12:00	Lunch
13:30-15:00	Panel Discussion: Restructuring and Consolidation
Moderator:	Dr. Hu Angang, famous economist, Director & Professor, Center for China Study School of Public Policy & Management, Tsinghua University
Panelists:	Mr. Wang Tianyi, Chairman and President Tangshan Iron and Steel Group The Establishment and Future Development of Tanggang Group
	Mr. Shen Wenrong, Chairman and President of Jiangsu Shagang Group
	Mr. Li Changshun, Chairman and President of Jinan Iron & Steel Group Corporation
	Mr. Li Xiaowei, Chairman of Valin Group
	Mr. John E. Lichtenstein, Global Metals Industry Lead Partner, Accenture Driving Value from Mergers and Acquisitions: Opportunities and Challenges for China's Steel Companies
	Ms. Huang Xingzhou, President of Shanghai Folun Capital Management Company How to Accelerate the M&A of Chinese Steel Companies
	Mr. Dirk Matthys, Executive Vice President, Arcelor S.A
	Mr. Lee Dong-hee, Chief Financial Officer, Posco Search for the Development of Steel Industry in Northeast Asia
	Mr. Amit Majumdar, Managing Director, Minmet Resources International, India Indian Steel: Rising to the Challenge
15:00-15:15	Coffee Break
15:15-16:45	Panel Discussion: Technical Innovations
Panelists:	Mr.Weng Yuqing, President, China Society for Metals Technology Roadmap of Steel Industry in China
	Mr. Joergen Ole Haslestad, Group President, Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services (I&S) Solutions for the Steel Industry Support China's International Competitiveness
	Mr. Gianpietro Benedetti, Chairman & CEO, DANIELI & C. Spa Some Thoughts about the Steel Industry Developments in the next 5 years: Concentrations, Competitiveness, Main Technologies
	Mr. D. Rosenthal, Member of Managing Board, SMS Demag AG Innovative Technologies, the Steel Industry's Driving Force
	Mr. Gianluigi Nova,CEO of Techint Technologies
	Mr. Takashi Sekita, Vice President, JFE Steel Corporation Technological Challenge to Improve Global Environment at JFE
18:30	Gala Dinner/Opening Ceremony of IISI Beijing Office
Technical Seminars
17.04.06. Mon. Technical Seminars Registration -- Huadu Hotel
09:00-17:00	Registration Huadu Hotel
18.04.06. Tue. Technical Seminars -- China Int'l Exhibition Center (CIEC)
09:30-12:00	Opening Ceremony of EXPO Metal+Metallurgy
12:00-13:30	Buffet Lunch in 4th Floor of Hall 1, CIEC
	Seminar on Iron Making
Moderator:	Mr. Sha Yongzhi, Director, Department of Iron Making Process & Technology Research, Central Iron & Steel Research Institute
	April 18, 06, Tueaday General Service Building
13:30	Using the HYL ZR Process and Coke Oven Gases for the Production of DRI for Steel-making by Mr. Thomas Scarnati, HYL Technologies, SA de CV (Techint Technologies)
14:10	COREX® and FINEX® Technology -Process Updates 2006 by Mr. C. Böhm, SIEMENS VAI
14:50	Higher Productivity, Lower Costs at New Generation Pellet Plant by Mr. Andreas Lekscha, Siemens I&S
15:30	The Use of Pulverised Coal Injection to Optimise Blast Furnace Operation by Mr. Bala Paramanathan, Danieli Corus BV
16:10	Practical Iron Making Technology by Mr. Sha Yongzhi, Central Iron & Steel Research Institute, China
16:50	The End
	April 19, 06, Wednesday General Service Building
09:00	MEROS® - Latest State of the Art in Dry Sinter Gas Cleaning by Mr. Wilhelm Fingerhut, SIEMENS VAI
09:40	The PAUL WURTH Technologies for an Efficient Recycling of The Steelmaking Residues by Mr. Ingo BOTH, PAUL WURTH S.A.
10:20	Environment-friendly INBA Blast Furnace Residues Treatment System by Mr. Tang Zhiqiang, PAUL WURTH Metal Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
11:00	The Newest Generation of PAUL WURTH BELL-LESS TOP® Blast Furnace Charging Systems by Mr. Joerg Brinckmann, PAUL WURTH S.A.
11:40	Energy-saving Hot Blast Valves in the Iron-making Process by Mr. Stefan Derichs，Z&J High Temperature Equipment (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
12:20	Buffet Lunch and the End
	Seminar on Steel Making and Continuous Casting
	April 18, 06, Tueaday General Service Building
Moderator:	Mr. Su Tiansen, Deputy Secretary General, China Society for Metals
13:30	Integrated Product Improvement by Quality and Modeling by Dr. Michael Pander, SMS Demag AG
14:10	From the Arc Furnace to the Plant Power Supply System - How Metalshop Production can Benefit from an Up-to-date Electrical System Solution by Mr. Chen Yang, Siemens I&S
14:50	The Electric Arc Furnace Process Fully Under Control; Multi-dimensional Detection Method for Foaming Slag, an Innovation of the SIMELTCIS Family by Dr. Thomas Matschullat, Siemens I&S
15:30	Significant Improvements in Steel Making through Installation of Process Models at Mittal Steel, South Africa by Mr. G. WANG, SIEMENS VAI
16:10	SIEMENS VAI Dry Dedusting System - Converter Process Waste Gas Treatment, Gas Recovery and Dust Recycling by Mr. W. Fingerhut, SIEMENS VAI
16:50	The End
	April 19, 06, Wednesday General Service Building
09:00	New Concept for High Productivity of RH Plant by Mr. C. Schrade, VAI FUCHS GmbH
09:40	The Perfection and Industrial Application of Ukraine Desulphurization of Hot Metal with Magnesium Injection Process by Mr. BOL'S HAKOV VADYM, Director of Ukraine Ferrous Metallurgy Institute
10:20	The Application of DM Technology in Improving the Quality of Pipeline Steel by Mr. Song Muqing, Wuhan Iron & Steel Group Co. Ltd
11:00	Improving Steel Quality through Superheat Control Using Tundish Plasma Heating by Dr. T.P. Johnson, Tetronics Ltd, UK
12:20	Buffet Lunch
13:30	Advanced Technology in Conticasting of Quality & Special Steel Blooms by Mr. F. MUNIENTE, Danieli Centro Met
14:10	DANIELI AUTOMATION Technological Packages Know-how for Steel Making and Rolling-Special Focus on Casting by Mr. Giorgio Dall'Armellina, Danieli
14:50	New Technology for Continuous Casting: RAMON Functional Mould by Mr Qiu Zehui, Roman Science & Technology Co. Ltd
15:30	Innovative Project Solutions for Fast Caster Upgrades by Mr. H. Willeit, SIEMENS VAI
16:10	Consteel® EAF and Hot Metal Charge by Mr. Fanutti Giuliano, Techint S.p.A
16:50	The End
	Seminar on Hot Rolling
Moderator:	Mr. Chen Qi'an, Deputy Chief Engineer, Structure Material Institute, Central Iron & Steel Research Institute
	April 18, 06, Tueaday General Service Building
13:30	OMK fTSR plant--The First Thin Slab Casting and Rolling Plant in the World for API Grades, Arctic Applications by Mr. M. Fornasier, Caster Process Engineer, Danieli Wean United
14:10	State-of-the-art Equipment and Process for Wide-plate Mills by Mr. Georgios XIMERIS, Danieli Wean United
14:50	Siemens VAI's Fully-Integrated Hot-Strip Mill for the Production of High Strength Steels and Advanced Steel Grades by Dr. Albert Angerbauer, Product Manager, Siemens VAI
15:30	The Tangshan Guofeng Hot Strip Mill - A Decision for Technology and Economy by Mr. Li Jianhua, Siemens I&S
16:10	Challenges and Solutions for CSP, by Dr. Carl-Peter Reip, SMS Demag AG
16:50	Grain Size Measurement of Steel Strips by the Laser Ultrasonic Method by Mr. Mitsuhiko San, Toshiba Mitsubishi Electric Industrial Systems Corp. (TMEIC)
17:30	The End
	April 19, 06, Wednesday General Service Building
09:00	Eddy Current and Ultrasonic NDT Technology for Roll Inspection by Mr. Andrea Tognoni, Techint SpA
09:40	Relocation and Start-up of a Complete High-capacity Hot-Strip Mill for Shagang Steel by Mr. Albert Angerbauer, Siemens VAI
10:20	SIEMENS VAI Sizing Technology for Long Products by Mr. Luigi Giacomini, SIEMENS VAI
11:00	New Automation System for Hot Strip Mill at Sollac Sérémange by Mr. Udo Borgmann, Siemens I&S
11:40	Recent AC Drive System by Mr. Hiromi Hosoda, Toshiba Mitsubishi Electric Industrial Systems Corp. (TMEIC)
12:20	Buffet Lunch
13:30	Planning, Implementation and Commissioning of a 3-roll Reducing & Sizing Block at Nucor - Norfolk Division by Mr. Doyle Hopper, NUCOR, Norfolk, Danieli
14:10	Temperature-controlled Rolling of Long Products - Current State of the Art by Mr. Robert EHL, Danieli
14:50	HiPROFILE: A Leadership of Danieli Automation in Hot Section Measurement by Mr. Antonello Colussi, Danieli Automation, Buttrio (UD)
15:30	Drive Systems on One Common System Platform for Rolling Mill Applications by Mr. Zhang Wei, Siemens I&S
16:10	AIS SteelPlanner® - The Production Planning, Scheduling and Control Solutions for the Steel Industry by Mr. G. Wang, AIS Advanced Automation Systems
16:50	Conversion to Fully Automatic Operation at a Major Hot Strip Mill Slab Yard by Mr. Hans. J. Matanovic, Toshiba Mitsubishi Electric Industrial Systems Corp. (TMEIC)
17:30	The End
	Seminar on Cold Rolling and Coating
Moderator:	Mr. Li Wenxiu, Vice Chairman and Secretary General, China Society for Metals
	April 18, 06, Tueaday General Service Building
13:30	Control Concepts in Modern Cold Mills, by Mr. Quin Zheng , Siemens I&S
14:10	New roll eccentricity compensation system for cold rolling mills yields significantly improved thickness results by Mr. Quin Zheng, Siemens I&S
14:50	Integrated Quality Control - Combined Metallurgical Modelling with Surface Inspection by Ms. Lin SONG, SIEMENS VAI
15:30	Method for Development of New Steel Grades by Mr. Herwig Haunschmid, Voestalpine mechatronic gmbh
16:10	Recent AC Drive System by Mr. Hiromi Hosoda, Toshiba Mitsubishi Electric Industrial Systems Corp. (TMEIC)
16:50	The End
	April 19, 06, Wednesday General Service Building
09:00	UNICOIL 250,000 tpy Cold Mill Complex by Mr. Giulio DEL FRATE, Danieli Wean United
09:40	Advanced Technology in Cold Rolling by Dr. Hoen, SMS Demag AG
10:20	Sustainable Development Challenges for Hot Dip Galvanizing Plants by Pierre-Jérôme Borrel, by Mr. Pierre-Jérôme Borrel, Siemens VAI
11:00	Pickling Line for HSS Product by Mr. Jacques Leroyer, SIEMENS VAI
11:40	Tangshan: First Coil Rolled with Power 6Hi technology by Mr. Stanislas MAUUARY, SIEMENS VAI
12:20	Buffet Lunch
13:30	Integration of Automation and Maintenance with VAI.safe "Service Automation for Excellence" by Mr. Rudolf PICHLER, SIEMENS VAI
14:10	Development of a Laser Welder for the Steel Industry by Mr. H Thomasson , SIEMENS VAI
14:50	From Surface Inspection Data to Production Excellence by Mr. Edward Jun, Parsytec AG
15:30	The End

Congress Advisors, Speakers and Panelists

Call for Paper

The Technical Seminars will be held in conjunction with Metal + Metallurgy EXPO, which will be opened on April 18, 2006 at the China International Exhibition Center. Delegates of the congress will be invited to visit the EXPO in the morning of the opening day. Technical Seminars is open for all interested specialists from the exhibiting and non-exhibiting companies. Presentations must be technical in nature. A total of 40 minutes including translation and discussion is allotted for each presentation.

The Iron Making Seminar will include blast furnace, direct reduction and smelting reduction.
The Steel Making and Continuous Casting Seminar will deal with BOF, EAF, ladle metallurgy and continuous casting of strip, thin and thick slab, bloom, beam blank and billet.
The Hot Rolling Seminar will focus on rolling of flat products, plate, bar and shape.
The Seminar on Cold Rolling and Coating will cover the technologies of cold rolling, coating and plating of the steel products.

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Delegate who has registered and paid the full registration fee to the congress can apply to make a presentation at the technical seminar with no charge. Those, who do not attend the congress but want to make presentation at the technical seminar, should pay the presentation fee of US$600.

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