9:00 10:00: Registration 10:00 12:30 Inaugural Session INDIA STEEL 2019 Day I: January 22, 2019 (Tuesday) Welcome Address Sh. Sandip Somany, President, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry Opening Remarks Sh. Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Chairman, Steel Authority of India Ltd. and Chair, FICCI Steel Committee Lamp Lighting Theme Address Sh. Binoy Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Steel, Government of India Global Perspective Dr. Edwin Basson, Director General, World Steel Association Inaugural Address Sh. Chaudhary Birender Singh, Hon ble Minister for Steel, Government of India Keynote Address Sh. Suresh Prabhu, Hon ble Minister for Commerce & Industry, Government of India Special Address Sh. Abubakar Bawa Bwari, Hon ble Minister of State, Ministry of Mines & Steel Development, Federal Republic of Nigeria Sh. Aditya Prasad Padhi, Chief Secretary, Government of Odisha Industry Address Sh. P K Rath, Chairman & Managing Director, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. Sh. Dilip Oommen, Managing Director and Deputy CEO, Essar Steel Ltd. Sh. Seshagiri Rao, Joint Managing Director & Group CFO, JSW Steel Ltd. Sh. Naushad Ansari, Joint Managing Director, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. Sh. Atul Bhatt, Chairman and Managing Director, MECON Ltd. Sh. Abhyuday Jindal, Managing Director, Jindal Stainless Ltd. & Co-Chair FICCI Steel Committee Release of Souvenir Vote of Thanks Smt. Ruchika Chaudhry Govil, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Steel, Government of India 12:30-13:00 Exhibition Inauguration and Walk Around 13:00-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-15:00 Session I: Demand Dynamics for Indian Steel Industry This session would focus on demand drivers, defining the growth trajectory of Indian Steel Industry. It would also highlight projections for steel demand in the decade ahead across sectors like construction, automobile, smart city etc. Session Guest & Moderation by Sh. Neeraj Agrawal, Director, Ministry of Steel, Government of India Guest of Honour and Speaker Sh. Naresh Kumar, Chairman, New Delhi Municipal Council Dr. Nitin Jawale, Managing Director, IPICOL, Government of Odisha Sh. Anupam Kumar, Head, Metallurgical & Material Handling Strategic Business Group, L&T Sh. Ajeet Kumar, Superintending Engineer, Central Public Works Department Sh. Vikram Amin Executive Director- Sales & Marketing, Essar Steel India Ltd. Sh. Vinay Shroff, Executive Vice President Sales & Marketing, JSW Steel Ltd. Sh. Vijay Sharma, Senior Vice President- Sales & Distribution, Jindal Stainless Ltd.
15:00-16:00 Session II: Role of Logistics in Indian Steel Industry The session would highlight significance of supportive logistics in the industry to meet its growing demand for moving finished steel as well as the input materials. Highlighting upon the logistics, both as a mover as well as the consumer of steel, it would also showcase the logistics map across the steel plants of India Session Chair Sh. Shashi Bhushan Shukla, Member (Traffic), Inland Waterways Authority of India, Ministry of Shipping, Government of India Sh. Abhishek Chandra, Deputy Secretary, Sagarmala, Ministry of Shipping, Government of India Sh. G S Das, Chief Materials Manager, Western Railways, Government of India Sh. Prithul Kumar, Director, Ministry of Mines, Government of India Sh. J M Sinha, Chief Rail Logistics, Customer Service Division & Logistics, Tata Steel Ltd. Sh. Sanjay Rath, Head-Logistics Centre of Excellence, JSW Steel Ltd. Sh. D V C S Varma, Head - Pellet Plant Operations, Essar Steel India Ltd. Sh. Benny Kang, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Darcl Logistics 16:00-16:15 Tea Break
16:15-17:45 Session III: Technology Solutions for Enhancing Productivity & Efficiency There is no denying the fact that technology can be a real game changer across steel making. Modern steelmaking process relies on advanced technologies for attaining cost advantages, raw material efficiencies and enhancing productivity with resultant increase in profitability. This session would present the latest innovative technologies that are set to bring a change in the Indian steel industry in the decade ahead Session Chair Smt. Ruchika Chaudhry Govil, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Steel, Government of India Sh. K. Narasimhan, Professor, Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Sh. V S Shridhar, Senior Vice President, Tata Communications Dr. Manjini Sambandam, Associate Vice President- R&D and Scientific Services, JSW Steel Dr. Vijay Joshi, Director, D R Slag Consulting, Sydney Sh. Shibojyoti Dutta, Head - Environment Management, Tata Steel Ltd. Sh. I. R. Rao, Managing Director, GoodRich Magma Industrial Technologies Ltd. Dr. Ronald Kim, Head - Process Development, Coke Plant Technologies and Mr Amit Mainde, Senior Manager Business Development, Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions
Day II: January 23, 2019 (Wednesday) 9:30-10:45 Session IV: Key Enablers for Indian Steel Industry The session aims to highlight key enabling factors defining & supporting the growth of Indian Steel Industry upto 2030, including raw material sufficiency, capital availability, skill enhancement among others Session Chair Dr. Aruna Sharma, Former Secretary, Ministry of Steel, Government of India Guest of Honour Sh. Anil Gopishankar Mukim, Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Government of India Sh. Bipul Pathak, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Government of India (ensuring iron ore sufficiency for steel production) Dr. Ranjit Rath, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Mineral Exploration Corporation Ltd. Sh. Aboobacker Siddique, Chairman cum Managing Director, Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. Sh. Jeffery Lu, Managing Editor, S&P Global Platts (coking coal for accelerated steel production aligned with National Steel Policy) Sh. Anjani Agarwal, Partner and National Leader, Metals and Mining, E&Y (Financing capital requirements aligned with 300 MT steel capacity) Dr. Dipak Mazumdar, Professor, IIT Kanpur 10:45-11:00 Tea Break
11:00-12:00 Session V: Steel at the core of Green Economy Highlighting upon the sustainable and recycling properties of steel, the session would discuss role of steel industry in building & sustaining a green economy Session Chair: Shri Saraswati Prasad, Special Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Steel, Government of India Sh. Pankaj Kumar Satija, Chief- Regulatory Affairs, Tata Steel Ltd. Sh. Yogesh Kumar Dalmia, Chairman, Suraj Products Ltd. Sh. Damandeep Singh, Director, CDP India Shri Sanjay Mehta, President, Material Recycling Association of India Dr. Bhagyadhar Bhoi, Chief Scientist, CSIR, Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology Dr. Bhupinder Singh, Principal Scientist, Nuclear Research Laboratory, Indian Agricultural Research Institute Session VI: Steel of Tomorrow: Special & Stainless Steel The session would highlight upon growing relevance of special & stainless steel in India; its demand & supply dynamics in the decade ahead Session Guest & Moderation By: Sh. Kaushal Sinha, Vice President, M N Dastur & Co. Sh. Dinesh Kumar Likhi, Chairman & Managing Director, Midhani Sh. K K Pahuja, President, Indian Stainless Steel Development Association Sh. Ashwani Kumar, Vice President, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. Dr. Amitava Mitra, Chief Scientist, National Metallurgical Laboratory Shri Tarang Desai, General Manager, JSW Steel Ltd. Sh. Kumar Gaurav, Manager (SMS), MECON Ltd Sh. Arijit Podder, General Manager- R&D, Jindal Stainless Ltd.
12:00-13:30 Valedictory Session 13:30-14:30 Lunch Opening Remarks & Conference Sum-up Dr. Mukesh Kumar, Director, SRTMI, Government of India Global Steel Perspective Sh. Tin Myint, Senior Technical Advisor, Myanmar Steel Association Sh. Sylvester Damiani Ghuliku, Managing Director, State Mining Corporation, Tanzania Industry Address Sh. Jayant Acharya, Director - Commercial, Strategy & Marketing and Co-Chair, FICCI Steel Committee Sh. Prabir Raychaudhury, Director - Commercial, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. and Co- Chair, FICCI Steel Committee Sh. Sandeep Tula, Director (Personnel), NMDC Ltd Keynote Address Sh. Sanjay Chadha, Additional Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India Valedictory Address Sh. Vishnu Deo Sai, Hon ble Minister of State for Steel, Government of India Vote of Thanks Sh. Arpan Gupta, Deputy Director & Head, Mines, Metals & Cement Division, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry Sh. Neeraj Agrawal, Director, Ministry of Steel, Government of India