Friday, 24 August
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4:30 p.m.–6 p.m.
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Registration and Reception
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Saturday, 25 August
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6:30–8 a.m.
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Delegate and Guest Continental Breakfast
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7:30 a.m.–Noon
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Technical Exchange Meetings – Meltshop and Rolling Mill
Operators Only
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Noon–1:30 p.m.
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Lunch on Your Own
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1:30–4:30 p.m.
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Rolling Mill and Meltshop Focus Groups
All registered delegates welcome.
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Sunday, 26 August
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7:30 a.m.
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Continental Breakfast
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Meltshop Technical Presentations
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9 a.m.
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Spray-Cooled Conversion of Single-Bucket Charge AC EAF at SDI-Structural and Rail Division
Stephan Ferenczy, Steel Dynamics Inc. – Structural and Rail Division and David Lunceford, Steel Dynamics Inc. – Long Products Group
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9:30 a.m.
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EAF Optimization
Justin Zwick, Commercial Metals Company – Arizona
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10 a.m.
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Coordinating Meltshop Operations With Mobile Equipment
Garrett Page, Steel Dynamics Inc. – Flat Roll Group Butler Division
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10:30 a.m.
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Break
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10:45 a.m.
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Restoring Foamy Slag Height Using EAF Injection of Calcium Carbide
Cameron Cossette, Nucor Steel Seattle Inc.
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11:15 a.m.
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OSHA Silica Rule, How SDI Is Achieving Compliance
Justin Hoover, Steel Dynamics Inc.
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Noon
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Lunch
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1:15 p.m.
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Furnace Safety and Improvements
Andrew Harmon, AK Steel Corp.
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Rolling Mill Technical Presentations
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8:30 a.m.
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EVRAZ Rolling Mill Project — Russula Drives Upgrade
Eirik Pyhtia, EVRAZ Rocky Mountain Steel Pueblo
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9 a.m.
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Safety and Cost Reduction
Rafael Garcia, Gerdau Long Steel North America Manitoba Mill
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9:30 a.m.
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Improvements Utilizing R-Factors
Marcelo Kalata, Gerdau Long Steel North America Manitoba Mill
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10 a.m.
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Break
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10:30 a.m.
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Improvements Utilizing 3D Printing Technology
Kyle Marykuca, Gerdau Long Steel North America Manitoba Mill
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11:00 a.m.
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New Mill Installation
Jimmy Glass, Commercial Metals Company – Oklahoma
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11:30 a.m.
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Zero Accidents: A High Expectation?
Randall Selman and Corey Halliburton, Nucor Steel–Texas
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Noon
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Lunch
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1:15 p.m.
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Leading a New Generation of Teammates
Aaron Bransfield, Nucor Steel Auburn Inc.
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Joint Presentation
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2:15 p.m.
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Leadership, Team Building and the Challenges Recruiting and Developing Today’s Young Talent
Dave Pilipovich, Air Force Academy Falcons Men’s Basketball Coach
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2:45 p.m.
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Leadership Development and Succession Planning
General John Batiste, Batiste Leadership
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6 p.m.
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Reception
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6:30 p.m.
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Fellowship Dinner
Keynote presentation titled "Building a Relationship of Trust Inside Your Organization" from Ben Lutze, vice president and general manager, EVRAZ Rocky Mountain Steel Pueblo.
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Monday, 27 August
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7:30 a.m.
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Continental Breakfast
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8 a.m.
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EVRAZ Rocky Mountain Steel Pueblo Plant Tour Departure for Golfers
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8:45 & 9:30 a.m.
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EVRAZ Rocky Mountain Steel Pueblo Plant Tour Departure for All Others
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Noon
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Arrival for Golf Outing
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1 p.m.
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Golf Outing Shotgun Start
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