Southeast Member Chapter
Schedule of Events
Sunday, 29 September–Tuesday, 1 October 2024 • Hilton Marietta Hotel & Conference Center • Marrietta, Ga., USA
Host Mill: Gerdau Steel Cartersville
Golf Course: City Club Marietta
Questions? Please contact Jill Liberto at +1.724.814.3046.
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Sunday, 29 September 2024 | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Golf Outing Registration at City Club Marietta |
| 9:00 a.m. | Golf Outing Start |
| 5:00–6:30 p.m. | Reception and Vendor Displays |
Monday, 30 September 2024 | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Registration, Vendor Displays and Breakfast |
| 9:00 a.m. | Presentation by representative from Hybar Inc. |
| 9:45 a.m. | “Technologies to Achieve Lubrication Cost Reductions in Casters, Long Product Rolling Mills, and Cold Rolling Mills.” Brian Wilson, New Applications and OEM Sales, HASTEC Group |
| 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. | "Digital Light House- Leveraging a Personless Meltshop to Drive Innovation and Optimized Real-Time Decision Making Supported by Artificial Intelligence." Justin Keys, Melt/Cast Shift Supervisor, Nucor Lexington |
| 11:30 a.m. | “Remote Visual Operation Monitoring: The New Age of Digital Cameras that Allow Reliable Monitoring Without Exposing a Teammate to the Operational Hazards.” John Lewis, Manager of Sensor Technology, Connors Industrials, Inc. |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch and Vendor Displays |
| 1:30 p.m. | "Life after the Shaft: the Next Chapter in Optimizing the EAF Operation at Gerdau Petersburg." Jorge Valadares, Senior Process Engineer, and Juan Carlos Saenz, Improvement Facilitator, Gerdau Steel Petersburg Mill |
| 2:00 p.m. | “Success Points in Temperature Measurements and Sampling.” Tulio Santos, Account Manager, Vesuvius Digital Services |
| 2:30 p.m. | Break |
| 2:45 p.m. | “Enhanced Steel Curriculum at Virginia Tech.” Alan P. Druschitz, Professor of Practice and Eminent Scholar, Department of Materials Science and Engineering Director VT-FIRE (Foundry Institute for Research and Education)" “Early Career Experiences at a Steel Mill.” Jessica Barbish, Process Metallurgist, and Sophie Calandra, Process Metallurgist, Nucor Steel Hertford County |
| 3:45 p.m. | Presentation from a representative from Gerdau Steel Cartersville |
| 4:30-6:00 p.m. | Reception and Vendor Displays |
| 6 p.m. | Dinner with Keynote Presentation David L. Stickler Chief Executive Officer Hybar LLC |
Tuesday, 1 October 2024 | |
| 8 a.m.–1 p.m. | Plant Tour: Gerdau Steel Cartersville |
| Please check back frequently as the schedule of events may change without notice. | |