Schedule

Session 01 | Inaugural Session

Chief Guest - Hon’ble Shri H D Kumaraswamy, Minister of Steel and Heavy Industries Ministry of Steel, Govt. of India

Guest of Honour - Shri Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma, Minister of State for Steel and Heavy Industries, Ministry of Steel, Govt. of India

Esteemed Guest - Mr. Amarendu Prakash, Chairman, SAIL, India

Esteemed Guest - Mr. Ajit Kumar Saxena, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, MOIL, India

Esteemed Guest - Mr. Abhyuday Jindal, Managing Director, Jindal Stainless, India

Welcome Address - Mr. Manish Sarda, Chairman, IFAPA, India

Networking Tea & coffee Hosted by Sentra.world

Session 02 | Steel & Stainless Steel Market at Glance

• Steel Market Scenario: Supply-Demand Dynamics, Export-Import Trends, Key Drivers of Demand, Emerging Global Steel Landscape, and Future Industry Projections Towards 2030.
• Steel industry amidst rising environmental concerns.
• Stainless Steel Market Outlook.
• Stainless Steel Demand Growth and Its Impact on Ferro Chrome and Chrome Ore Industry

Esteemed Speakers: 

• Mr. Rajamani Krishnamurti, President, ISSDA, India
• Mr. Amit Singh, Chief Sales Manager, Automotive & Special products North, Tata Steel Ltd., India
• Mr. Avinash Singh, Partner, Consulting, Deloitte, India (Moderator)

Session 03 | Manganese Alloys Market Outlook

• Unveiling Global Trends: How Current Forces are Shaping the Manganese Alloys Industry
• Future Outlook: Projected Domestic Demand and Supply Dynamics for Manganese Alloys by 2030
  
  Esteemed Speakers: 
• Mr. Aloys d'Harambure, Executive Director, IMNI, France
• Mr. Gautam Kumar, Director, Asia Minerals Ltd
• Mr. Vinay Agrawal, Director, Hira Ferro Alloys Limited, India
• Ms Nishtha Mukerjee, GM BigMint, India (Moderator)
   

Session 04 | Manganese Ore Market Outlook

• Manganese ore Production & Supplies - Global & India Market
• Addressing Supply-Side Dynamics
  
  Esteemed Speakers
• Mr. Paul Desportes, Sr VP Commercial (Mining & Metals Division), Eramet, France
• Ms. Rashmi Singh, Director (Commercial) MOIL, India
• Mr. Tanmaya Kumar Pattnaik, Secretary General, IFAPA, India (Session Chair)

Refreshment

Networking Lunch Hosted by Green Energy 

Session 05 | Chrome Alloys And Chrome Ore Dynamics: Supply, Demand, and Price Movements

• Importance of Chrome Alloys for Special steel/Stainless steel
• Chrome Alloys demand and supply : Domestic and Global
• Chrome Ore Dynamics, Trends and Demand driver amidst global uncertainty
  
  Esteemed Speakers:
• Mr. Deepak Mohanty Advisor - International Trade IMFA , India (Session Chair)
• Mr. Sirsendu Mukherjee Chief Operations, Ferro alloy & mineral division (FAMD) , Tata Steel, India
• Mr. Sureshbabu Chigurupalli, Business Head (Ferro Alloys & Projects), IMFA, India
• Mr. Gaurav Sharma Chief Marketing Officer FACOR l Vedanta, India
• Ms Nishtha Mukherjee GM BigMint, India (Moderator)
   

Session 06 | Technological advancements in the Ferro Alloys Industry

• Innovative technologies in the field of Pyrometallurgy - Tenova PYROMET
  
  Esteemed Speakers:
• Mr. Praveen Chaturvedi, Sr. VP & Head – Sales Upstream,  Tenova Technologies Pvt Ltd, India
• Mr. Nirmalya Deb, Executive Editor, BigMint, India (Moderator)

Refreshment

Networking Gala Dinner and Musical Extravaganza Hosted by Hira Ferro Alloys Limited

Session 07 | Power & Coke: Transforming Energy Infrastructure

• Electrode Paste heart of submerged arc furnance 
• Securing Coke Supplies & Price Stability, Optimizing Coke Quality
• Optimisation of Power Purchase Rates with Power Exchanges
  
  Esteemed Speakers:
• Mr. Rajeev Sharma, Former Chairman & Managing Director, PFC Ltd. Former Chairman & Managing Director, REC Ltd. Former Chairman EESL
• Ms Naizheng Yang, Director, IMR Resources, Indonesia
• Dr. Johann-Christian Leye, Head - Electrode Paste Business Unit, Carbon Resources Pvt Ltd, India
• Mr. Ravi Seth, Vice President, Regional Head - Northern and Eastern India, IEX

Session 08 | 11:00 - 12:00 IST | Forging Ahead: Unveiling the Future of Noble Ferro Alloys

• Noble Ferro Alloys Market:Trends and Analysis
• Growth potential of Ferro Molybdenum Consumption in India - Roadblocks and Enablers
• Status of auction of critical mineral blocks
  
  Esteemed Speakers:
• Mr. Udayan Gutgutia, Executive Director, Team Ferro, India
• Mr. Ravi Shankar Marda, Director, Premier Alloys & Chemicals Pvt. Ltd., India (Session Chair)
• Mr. Parvesh Garg, Unit Head – Noble Ferro Alloys Unit , Essel Mining & Industries Limited (Aditya Birla), India

Session 09 | How will the Indian steel industry tackle the CBAM challenge?

• General impact of CBAM on Indian steel Industry
• Environmental Policy and low-carbon transition of ferroalloys sector
• CBAM's impact on Indian ferroalloys exporters & the road ahead
  
  Esteemed Speakers:
• Mr. Gururaj Kundargi, Former, CMD MOIL Ltd, Ind. Director at SMIORE & Nava Ltd
• Mr. Harsh Choudhry, CEO, Sentra.World, India
• Mr. Nirmalya Deb, Executive Editor, BigMint, India (Moderator)

Session 10 | Closing Session: Summary and Future Outlook

• Recap of Key Learnings and Insights from the Day's Sessions
• Future Outlook for India's Ferro Alloys Industry Concluding Remarks

Esteemed Speakers:

• Mr. Sirsendu Mukherjee, Vice Chairman- IFAPA, Chief Operations Ferro alloy & mineral division (FAMD) Tata Steel, India

Refreshment

Networking Lunch by Adani-IRM