philadelphia Member Chapter Dinner meeting
Wednesday, 21 October 2026 • The Miners 1928 Hotel • The Vault Room and Executive Boardroom • Pottsville, Pa., USA
Plant Tour: Blaschak Anthracite
Registration includes networking reception, dinner and keynote presentation. Plant tour is NOT included in your registration.
Hotel rooms are available at The Miners 1928 Hotel located at 121 South Progress Ave., Pottsville, PA 17901.
PRICING
US$115
Registration
US$35
Plant Tour of Blaschak Anthracite - Limited spots available
Schedule of events
5 – 9 p.m.
Dinner with Keynote Presentation
Keynote Speaker
Boyd Kreglow, President and CEO of Blaschak Anthracite
Boyd Kreglow is President and Chief Executive Officer of Blaschak Anthracite Corporation, a market-leading, fully integrated U.S. anthracite company that mines, prepares, and markets Pennsylvania anthracite for end markets including home heating, steel, and water filtration. He is a versatile business executive with extensive experience in business development, change management, financial leadership, and turnaround operations. Boyd joined Blaschak in 2009 as Chief Financial Officer, assumed additional Chief Operating Officer responsibilities in 2016, and became President/Chief Executive Officer in January 2020 as part of a planned leadership transition. In 2024, Boyd was part of the management and investor group that completed a management buyout of Blaschak. Before joining Blaschak, he held financial and operational leadership roles with Majestic Athletic, Hanes Brands’ Morgan Knitting Mills division, and Schlouch Incorporated. He began his career in public accounting as an audit manager with Beard Miller Company. Boyd is a certified public accountant and holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Accounting with concentration in Computer Science, from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania.
9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Tour of Blaschak Anthracite, Mahanoy City, PA
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
US$500
Dinner Sponsor
US$5250
Reception Sponsor
Bring Your Own Young Professional (BYOYP) Program
AIST recently launched the Bring Your Own Young Professional (BYOYP) program to encourage our members to help boost the next generation’s involvement in AIST and the steel industry. If you are an AIST member and are bringing a Young Professional (age 30 and under) to the conference, you can receive a free gift. All you have to do is enter their contact information on the registration form when you sign up for the conference. Find out more information about the program here.