International Alliance Lecture
Monday, May 3 • 8:45–9:30 a.m.
The AIST International Alliance lecture was established in 2008 to provide AISTech conference attendees with an improved awareness of global and regional steel industry developments. Each year, a representative from the various steel industry trade groups, institutes and professional societies located around the world will be invited to deliver this lecture. The 2010 AIST International Alliance Lecturer is Mr. Horacidio Leal Barbosa Filho, executive director of Associação Brasileira de Metalurgia, Materiais e Mineração (ABM). His lecture is entitled, "The Steel Industry of Brazil — Growth and Transition."
The AIST International Alliance lecture was established in 2008 to provide AISTech conference attendees with an improved awareness of global and regional steel industry developments. Each year, a representative from the various steel industry trade groups, institutes and professional societies located around the world will be invited to deliver this lecture. The 2010 AIST International Alliance Lecturer is Mr. Horacidio Leal Barbosa Filho, executive director of Associação Brasileira de Metalurgia, Materiais e Mineração (ABM). His lecture is entitled, "The Steel Industry of Brazil — Growth and Transition."