Plate Rolling Technology Committee Meeting

6–7 October 2026 • Delta Hotel Sault Ste. Marie Waterfront • Sault St. Marie, Canada

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►Full Meeting Agenda

Arrangements

Delta Hotel Sault Ste. Marie Waterfront
208 St Mary's River Dr, Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 5V4, Canada
For the Algoma Room Rate of 165 CAD, book online and use Corp/Promo Code GOT

AIST technology committee members are asked to print out the latest revised meeting agenda from our website one week prior to this meeting.

Tuesday, October 06, 2026

Light Breakfast, 8:00 am

    1. Chair’s opening remarks – Jacob Lewis for Jake Ecklund  <9:00 am EDT>
    2. Appoint minute-taker
    3. Antitrust guidelines
    4. Membership and attendance
    5. Review minutes of previous meeting 4 May • Pittsburgh, PA
    6. AIST Staff Announcements
    7. Steel Industry Fatalities 

BREAK     <10:30 am EDT>

  1. Main agenda items
    • AISTech session development –Tyler DeLong
      • Selection of Abstracts (Due by 16 Sept) – (Handle via conference call if necessary)
      • Determine session structure (Due by 28 Oct) including session titles & session chairs
      • Review Papers Chair and Session Chair instructions

LUNCH     <NOON>

  1. Main agenda items, Continued
    • Awards Discussion, Norman D. Hodgson Outstanding Achievement
    • Membership Chair Report –Mike Robinson 
    • Digital Transformation Liaison Report –Yufeng Wang
    • Decarbonization Liaison Report –Matt Druciak
    • Young Professional Chair Report – Pavan Reddy
    • Finalize AISTech call for papers for 2027-year, the current PROGRAM TOPIC reads “♦ PLATE ROLLING Operational practices of reheat furnaces; new plate rolling and finishing installations; discrete and Steckel processing; mill modernization, new equipment and technologies; automation upgrades to levels 1 and 2; product control through thickness, width, crown and flatness control; surface quality and inspection; yield improvement; scale removal; thermal mechanical rolling developments, including accelerated cooling; heat treatment processes; and leveling, dividing, slitting and marking.”

BREAK     <2:30 pm EDT>

  • Technology Training conferences – Tanya Ros, Qiulin Yu
    • Hot Sheet and Plate Rolling Fundamentals — Practical Training Seminar
      • Location: Birmingham, AL
      • Date: 15–18 February 2027
      • Tours: Nucor-Tuscaloosa- & Nucor-Decatur
  1. Discussion items
    1. <meeting topic and presentations to be filled in by Committee Chair>
  2. Next meeting
  3. Chair conclusion
  4. Adjourn    m  <4:00 pm EDT>                                                                                    

Wednesday, October 07, 2026

Algoma Tour: meet at the front gate

105 West Street, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario P6A 7B4, Canada     <9:00 am EDT>

Required PPE includes Long pants, long-sleeved shirts and closed toe shoes