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9–12 September 2023Signia by Hilton Orlando Bonnete Creek • Orlando, Fla., USA

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Host Mill: Nucor Steel Florida
Golf Course: Disney's Lake Buena Vista Course

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Saturday, 9 September

4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.    

Registration and Welcome Reception

Sunday, 10 September

7:30–8:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

8 a.m.–Noon

Spouse/Guest Hospitality Room (Lake Room)
Breakfast available from 8–9:30 a.m.

8:30 a.m.–Noon

Technical Exchange Meetings
Producers Only

Noon–1:30 p.m.

Lunch for Morning Participants

1:30–4:30 p.

Focus Groups/Roundtables
All registered delegates.

Monday, 11 September

7:30–8:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast      

8 a.m.–Noon

Technical Presentations

Noon–1 p.m.

Lunch

12:00 p.m.

First Bus Departs for Plant Tour of Nucor Steel Florida (boxed lunch provided)

1:15 p.m.

Second Bus Departs for Plant Tour of Nucor Steel Florida

Meltshop Presentations

8 a.m.

Greenfield Project
Adam Horrex and Hugo Sevcik, Nucor Steel Brandenburg

8:30 a.m.

Roughing Mill Octagon Pass Conversion
Maggie Saylor, Nucor Steel Florida Inc.

9 a.m.

Modernized Billet Caster at Nucor Steel Kankakee: Lessons Learned
Zachh Sprintz and Tory Jones, Nucor Steel Kankakee Inc.

9:30 a.m.

Safety Walking Surfaces
Garrett Page and Landon Pearson, Steel Dynamics Inc. – Flat Roll Group Butler Division

10 a.m.

Networking Break

10:30 a.m.

NSSC VTD Shop Upgrade
Dylan Clark, Nucor Steel–South Carolina

11 a.m.  

Overview and Update on Mega Mill #2
Nick Dionise, Big River Steel

11:30 a.m. 

New Robot on Caster
Tom Lutes, Steel Dynamics Inc. – Structural and Rail Division

Rolling Mill Presentations

8:30 a.m.

Safety at Our Greenfields
Alacyia Fields, Nucor Steel Lexington

9 a.m.

Roughing Mill Octagon Pass Conversion
Johnny Adkins, Nucor Steel Florida Inc.

9:30 a.m.

Rolling Mill Multistage Modernization
Ryan Neskar, Gerdau Long Steel North America Manitoba Mill

10 a.m.

Networking Break

10:30 a.m.

Phase II Mill Upgrade
Daniel Hubka, CMC Steel Alabama

11 a.m.

Cold Shear Improvements
Jeff Roemer, Gerdau Long Steel North America Midlothian Mill

11:30 a.m. 

Nucor Steel-Berkeley Hot Mill Process Improvements
Michael Glass, Nucor Steel-Berkeley

Tuesday, 12 September

6:30 a.m.

First bus departs for golf outing at Disney's Lake Buena Vista Golf Course

6:45 a.m.

Second bus departs for golf outing at Disney's Lake Buena Vista Golf Course

7:00 a.m. 

Breakfast and Arrival for Golf Outing
Disney's Lake Buena Vista Golf Course

8 a.m.

Golf Outing Shotgun Start

1–2 p.m.

Lunch
Hilton Signia Orlando Bonnet Creek

Joint Presentations

2 p.m.

Regional and Global Economic Trends in the Steel Industry
Chris Kuehl, Armada Corporate Intelligence

3 p.m.

Onboarding and Mentoring New Teammates Program
Deric Faylor, Nucor Steel-Indiana

3:30 p.m. 

Virtual Tour of Nucor Steel Florida Inc.
Darciso Castilho, Nucor Steel Florida

6 p.m.

Reception

6:30 p.m.

Fellowship Dinner
Keynote Speaker: Drew Wilcox, Vice President/General Manager, Nucor Steel Florida Inc.

   

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