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SMU to Unveil Steel Summit Conference Platform Today
Written by John Packard
July 27, 2020
SMU Virtual Steel Summit Conference now has less than a month to go… (25 days). The SMU platform from which the conference will be hosted will be unveiled in a free webinar at 11 AM ET this morning.
We added a couple new speakers to the 2020 SMU Virtual Steel Summit Conference. I added Big River Steel CEO David Stickler, and I added Tom Cullen, CEO of Magic Coil Products.
We have the CEOs for the following steel mills speaking at this year’s conference:
David Burritt, U.S. Steel
Leon Topalian, Nucor
Mark Millett, Steel Dynamics
Maximo Vedoya, Ternium
David Stickler, Big River Steel
Lourenco Goncalves, Cleveland-Cliffs/AK Steel
We could never have had as many mill CEOs in a live event (just not enough time in the program). With a virtual event, we can control time and offer more speakers, cover more topics.
We have a couple of professional speakers for this year’s conference that I think you will find quite interesting. Ryan Avery THE Keynote Speaker will discuss how to stop being “a” leader and become “THE” leader. In 2012 Ryan won the prestigious World Championship of Public Speaking. Jeff Butler is an entrepreneur and he will discuss Building an Effective Multi-Generational Workplace. You will not want to miss either of these young speakers.
Encourage the “C-Suite,” Human Resources and young up-and-coming leaders to attend this year’s conference.
Our parent company’s events team produced a virtual conference for the wire and cable industry last week using the same platform we will be using for the 2020 SMU Virtual Steel Summit Conference. That conference attendance was larger than the normal live event, as it was very much international in focus, and the virtual nature allowed for attendees from around the world to interact with the platform on their schedule.
The ability to multi-task and network with large numbers of people was appreciated by the wire and cable attendees. One analyst reported having 20 conversations going on at the same time.
Whether you are registered or not, you will want to participate in Wednesday’s (today, July 29th) SMU Community Chat Webinar as Paul Terry of CRU Events and John Packard of Steel Market Update unveil the new platform from which we will host our conference this year. We will provide answers to many questions you might have about the conference, the program and your ability to network.
You can register for the webinar by clicking here, or going to www.SteelMarketUpdate.com/blog/smu-community-chat-webinars We will record this webinar and it will be available later this week under the SMU Community Chat webinar link in our website (same one referenced at the beginning of this paragraph).
We are closing in on 600 registered attendees, having added these companies over the past 24 hours (those with an * mean more than one attendee registered from that company): Medtrade*, Bailey Metal Products, Ltd, Magic Coil Products*, Zekelman Industries*, Verde Industries, Inc., Minnesota Power*, and Metal Master. If you would like to join them click here. If you have questions, please feel free to reach out to us at Events@SteelMarketUpdate.com
Don’t forget SMU NexGen Leadership Award nominees will be given free registration to this year’s conference. You can nominate someone by clicking here or going to www.smusteelsummit.com and clicking on the 2020 Award tab. Nominations close soon.
As always, your business is truly appreciated by all of us here at Steel Market Update.
John Packard, President & CEO
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