Final Thoughts
Final Thoughts
Written by John Packard
February 6, 2017
Over the next few weeks we will begin rolling out our program and our speakers for this year’s SMU Steel Summit Conference. I am very excited as the program is coming together very well and I believe this will be our best conference to date. We have taken the suggestions received last year as well as in previous years and we have tried to incorporate into our program as many of our past attendee suggestions as possible without losing the integrity and quality of our program.
We will once again have a “Pre-Summit” program which will be held at the Atlanta Airport Marriott Gateway Hotel on Monday afternoon, August 28th. We will be advising the topic soon but, for those who are planning on attending our conference, we recommend that you plan your travel so that you are at the hotel around 1 to 2 PM so you can participate in our afternoon “Pre-Summit” program and be available for our “unofficial” networking cocktail party in the lounge on the main floor of the hotel. Last year we had a more than one hundred steel people in the lobby and we expect this year to be even larger.
Will this year’s SMU Steel Summit address some of the political and trade issues affecting manufacturing, steel distributors, trading companies and steel mills – you betcha.
Will we discuss the status of trade cases many of which will be up for their first-year review? Absolutely.
Will we have exceptional economic speakers to discuss the world and North America economies and forecast what you should be doing to prepare for 2018. Yes indeed.
Will we have companies who are actively involved in the auto, energy, agriculture, construction and many other industries speak about actual orders and projections for these industries for the remainder 2017 and into 2018. We will.
Will I do another one-on-one with a steel mill CEO? Yup.
Will Timna Tanners and John Anton be back with their forecasts. Yes they will.
And there is more…
We believe this will be the best attended and most talked about steel conference anywhere in North America and maybe in the world.
Make your plans now to be in Atlanta on Monday, August 28th, Tuesday, August 29th and Wednesday, August 30th. Make your plans to arrive early in the afternoon on Monday and leave at 5 PM or later out of the Atlanta (ATL) airport which is five minutes away from the convention center.
Registration is available on our website or through our offices: 800-432-3475 or 772-932-7538 or 706-216-2140.
Questions? Send them to: info@SteelMarketUpdate.com
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John Packard, Publisher
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