Eighth annual Summit to be held in Barcelona, Spain 24-26 April 2012
PORTLAND, Maine, January 24 -- Smithers Apex, formerly known as IntertechPira, is pleased to announce the agenda for the 8th annual Eurocoke Summit 2012 conference, Europe's leading educational and networking conference covering the metallurgical coal, coke and steel sectors. The Eurocoke Summit 2012 will take place 24-26 April 2012 in Barcelona, Spain, at the Novotel Barcelona City and will feature industry leaders like ArcelorMittal, CRU and Jellinbah Group providing key updates on market trends and outlooks, both globally and regionally, and the latest technology developments.
With this year's theme of 'Perspectives from the Supply Chain', "The Eurocoke Summit 2012 will bring together world class experts to discuss each of the intermediate steps in the cokemaking process to present their perspective of what happens- both upstream and downstream," said Programme Director and conference Co-Chair Mike Barkdoll, VP for Forest Vue Research. "We're proud to bring together a diverse suite of experts from the entire supply chain including mining, logistics, raw material sourcing, laboratory services, environmental trends, coke making and cokemaking technologies and perhaps most importantly, the end customer, the blast furnace operator. Once again, the Eurocoke Summit promises to be a 'can't miss' event for the international coke, coal and steel communities!"
Joining Barkdoll as conference chairs are Viktor Stiskala, Director, Corporate Coke Lab, ArcelorMittal and Aleksander Sobolewski, R&D Director, Polish Institute for Coal Research. Eurocoke Summit 2012 delegates will benefit from presentations from ArcelorMittal; C.I. Carbocoque; CRU; DMT GmbH & Co. KG; H&W Worldwide Consulting Pty Ltd; Hatch; Illawara Coke; Jellinbah Group; John M. Henderson; Paul Wurth; Polish Institute for Coal Research; Polski Koks; Resource-Net; Royal Haskoning; Schalker Eisenhütte Maschinenfabrik GmbH; Siemens Osakeyhtiö; ThyssenKrupp Uhde GmbH; Vanocur and Wood Mackenzie. On Monday, April 24, Ingomar Koehler, Consultant for Procomco, will present a pre-conference workshop on the Principals of Cokemaking, a competitive introduction in the basics of the coke making processes.
Sponsorship and exhibition opportunities are available. For more information on the Eurocoke Summit 2012, visit http://www.eurocokesummit.com or join our LinkedIn group.
Contact:
Danielle Marks
+1 207 781 9637
Danielle.marks@pira-international.com