Konferenzforum 2009

  8. Internationales Konferenzforum
      "Metall-2009: Management, Produktion, Handel und Konsum"

30. Juni 2009, Kiew
Sophia Grand Hall im Premier Palace Hotel, Schewtschenko Blvd. 5-7, Kiew

Die ukrainische Metallurgie erwirtschaftet 30% des Bruttoinlandsprodukts und sichert bis zu 40% aller Deviseneinnahmen. Die globale Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise hat die ukrainische Wirtschaft mit voller Wucht erwischt. Die aktuelle Lage, Probleme sowie Strategien für die weitere Entwicklung der Metallbranche der Ukraine in den Krisenzeiten werden die Hauptthemen des diesjährigen Metall-Forum Ukraine sein.

Themen des Konferenzforums

Macroeconomic overview. The outlooks for crisis-weathering global and Ukraine's economies.

Situation in the financial sector. Systems of real business crediting in Ukraine and globally. Market behaviour. New system of financial relationship.

Ukraine's positioning and outlooks at the world steel market Ukrainian scenario of steel market crisis. Effective transformation technologies. Post-crisis horizons.
- Market balance
- Price realities
- Costs optimization
- Anti-crisis technologies

State response to the crisis in the Ukrainian industry: anti-crisis stimulus measures.
- Effects, impact, and opportunities
- New support programs
- Infrastructure projects

Worldwide experience of steel-consuming industries stimulus policy
- Overview of anti-crisis practices
- Consumption stimulus
- Protectionist actions

Innovation and modernization processes in the circumstances of limited financial resources
- Product range refocusing
- Modernization and energy saving. Approaches and technologies
- Priority innovation solutions for the crisis-constrained steel industry

Trends in the costs of raw materials for the iron and steel industry
- Emerging realities of iron-ore, coal, and coke markets
- Steelmaking costs vs. steel raw materials prices
- Talks between the miners and steel firms

Steel trading in Ukraine
- Effects of the crisis
- Steel-trading strategies for steel-consuming industries
- Current market environment

PANEL DISCUSSION:
Corporate strategies of steel companies facing the crisis challenges.
The outlooks for economic recovery and consumption revival.