oxygen steelmaking Technology Committee Meeting
thursday, 22 October 2026 • Salzgitter, Germany
For questions or assistance registering for
this meeting, please email Lauren Dlugopolski
or call 724.814.3086.
Additional tours will take place prior to the meeting on Sunday, 18 October. Please see schedule for more information.
9 a.m.
Tour Salzgitter Flachstahl AG Steelmaking Operations
11:30 a.m.
Lunch at Salzgitter Flachstahl AG
13:00
- Chair’s opening remarks – Fernando Guerra
- Appoint minute-taker
- Antitrust guidelines – Fernando Guerra
- OSTC Membership – Aaron Strelbisky
- Remembering Gunther Staudinger and Hans Pronk
- AIST Staff Announcements
- Steel Industry Fatalities and Safety Roundtable (All attending)
- New in-plant Safety Procedures, Technologies or related improvements
- Recent Safety Incidents or Near Miss Incidents and resulting Improvements
- OSTC to nominate a Liason to the AIST Safety & Health Tech Committee
Main agenda items
- Technical Presentations:
- Topic to be Determined by Salzgitter Flachstahl
- Potential Topics (to be confirmed):
- Taphole solutions for slag carryover prevention
- Raw Material Strategy for the Future
- Latest AI Implementations at the BOF
- Presentations scheduled:
- European Producer
- European Producer
- North American Producer
- South American Producer
- Supplier
- Other
- Open discussion and contributions
- Potential Topics (to be confirmed):
- Topic to be Determined by Salzgitter Flachstahl
- 2027 Charles Herty Award Review (Dave Runner)
- AISTech 2027 Session Update (Hoyong Hwang)
- Overview of Sessions
- AISTech Presentation Availability Discussion
- Solicit Additional Papers
- Session Chair Volunteers
- Discussion items
- Members to bring items of concern for discussion
- Next meeting
- Chair conclusion (Fernando Guerra)
- Technical Presentations:
18:00
Adjourn
19:00
OSTC Group Dinner
