Schedule
6–9 September 2025 • Sheraton Birmingham Hotel • Birmingham, AL, USA
Host Plant: CMC Steel Alabama
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Saturday, 6 September | |
4:30–6 p.m. | Registration and Welcome Reception |
Sunday, 7 September | |
| 7:30–8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m.–Noon | Technical Exchange Meetings – Meltshop and Rolling Mill Operators Only |
| Noon–1:30 p.m. | Lunch on your own |
| 1:30–4:30 p.m. | Rolling Mill and Meltshop Focus Groups All registered delegates welcome. |
Monday, 8 September | |
| 7–8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 7:30 a.m. | First Bus Departs for Plant Tour of CMC Steel Alabama |
| 9 a.m. | Second Bus Departs for Plant Tour of CMC Steel Alabama |
| 1–4 p.m. | Social Event at Topgolf (separate registration required) |
Tuesday, 9 September | |
7:30–8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
MELTSHOP | |
| 8 a.m. | Overview of the Carbon Market Mike Kinney, Commercial Metals Company |
| 8:30 a.m. | Enhancing Safety and Efficiency in EAFs Through Effective Grounding in Nucor Steel Florida Brendan Coriano, Nucor Steel Florida Inc. |
| 9 a.m. | Scrap Drone Software Margaret Ann Haynes, CMC Steel Alabama |
| 9:30 a.m. | Break |
| 9:45 a.m. | SVC Control Upgrade Enhances EAF Operations at Nucor Steel Memphis Victor Hinojosa, Nucor Steel Memphis |
| 10:15 a.m. | MINSCAN LSC EAF Automation Jacob Dorsett, Nucor Steel Jewett |
| 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 11 a.m. | DC Furnace Refractory Life Improvement TBD, Nucor Steel Hertford |
| 11:30 a.m. | Combustible Injection Carbon Dust TBD, Steel Dynamics Inc. – Flat Roll Group Butler Division |
ROLLING MILL | |
| 8 a.m. | Built in Bama: Exploring Nucor's Divisions Across the State Michael Ada, Nucor Steel Birmingham Inc. |
| 8:30 a.m. | Automated Rebar Fabrication Shop Joe Takens, Nucor Rebar Fabrication Sedalia |
| 9 a.m. | Break |
| 9:30 a.m. | Polytech Automated Sampling Robot Kyle Marykuca, Gerdau Long Steel North America Manitoba Mill |
| 10 a.m. | New Bar Gauge Tyler Boosa, CMC Steel Alabama |
| 10:30 a.m. | New SundBirsta Strapping and Compactor System Chris Hill, Gerdau Long Steel North America Cartersville Mill |
| 11 a.m. | Break |
| 11:30 a.m. | Pointclouds = Tools for a Modern Rolling Mill Shawn Stennett, Nucor Steel–Texas |
| Noon–1 p.m. | Lunch |
Joint Presentations | |
| 1:00 p.m. | David Stickler, Hybar Steel |
| 2 p.m. | Steel Culture John Sacco, Sierra International Machinery |
| 5 p.m. | Casino Night Reception |
| Please check back frequently as the schedule of events may change without notice. | |