Steel Products
SMU Steel Summit Conference: 56 Days to Go!
Written by John Packard
June 28, 2019
We are passing through 750 executives registered for the 2019 SMU Steel Summit Conference, which will be held in Atlanta on Aug. 26-28. We continue to be on track to exceed the 912 executives we reached during last year’s conference. Our conference has become the premier steel conference in North America for many reasons:
Networking: Not only will we have the largest gathering of executives at any flat rolled/plate focused conference, the attendees are decision-makers when it comes to buying and selling steel and other products.
Content: We have a tremendous agenda chock full of quality speakers who will talk about steel prices, new capacities coming online, the economy, politics, trade, transportation, raw materials, mill cost to produce steel, managing price risk, and there will be a number of forecasts. SMU/CRU will also roll out our new Service Center Inventories Index for the first time.
Convenient Location: The Georgia International Convention Center is located right next to the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL) and can be reached via a free SkyTrain. It will take no more than 10 minutes from the time you exit your plane until you are at the door of the convention center.
Reasonable Cost: At $1,375, ours is one of the lowest, if not the lowest, cost for a conference of this size and scope. When you add in the discounts for SMU/CRU members and multiple attendees, it becomes a bargain. If you have been nominated for the SMU NexGen Leadership Award, the ticket drops to $675. The hotels are reasonably priced and conveniently located.
On top of all the above, you will thoroughly enjoy yourself (i.e. you will have fun).
Click on this link, or go to www.SteelMarketUpdate.com/Events/Steel-Summit to register. If you are having any issues registering, please contact Paige Mayhair at 724-720-1012 or by email at Paige@SteelMarketUpdate.com. You can also get assistance during the holidays by contacting Events@SteelMarketUpdate.com and the London office will help you.
We picked up more nominations late last week for the 2019 SMU NexGen Leadership Award, which will be presented at our conference at the end of August. You company should look at nominating one of your deserving young people (35 years of age or younger). A nomination will be viewed in a positive way by your employees and it will reflect well on your company. Go to www.SMUAward.com for more details and how to nominate someone. You can also reach out to Events@SteelMarketUpdate.com, or you are welcome to call me at 800-432-3475 should you have any questions.
As always, your business is truly appreciated by all of us here at Steel Market Update.
John Packard, President & CEO
John Packard
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