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Explore the metals industry’s strategic challenges and best practices in sectors like construction, hydrogen, EVs, wind, and solar. Hear from industry leaders on how to drive sustainable growth and efficiency across the supply chain.

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All our sessions are free to attend and open for you to drop in as you please.
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10:30 am - 10:55 am
 - The Big Issues Theatre
Lord Rupert Redesdale

Conference Chairman at UK Metals Expo

Rajesh Nair

CEO at Tata Steel UK

Made in the UK: Myth or Reality? Is there an Industrial and Materials Strategy for the UK?
11:00 am - 11:50 am
 - The Big Issues Theatre
Philippa Oldham

Stakeholder Engagement Director at Advanced Propulsion Centre

Rowan Crozier

CEO at C. Brandauer & Co Ltd

Seamus Nevin

Chief Economist & Acting Director of Policy at Make UK

Timothy Stock

Head of Green Industrial Strategy at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)

How can the UK metal industry decarbonise and achieve Net Zero?
12:00 pm - 12:50 pm
 - The Big Issues Theatre
Ashok Kumar

Head of Strategic Technical Development at Tata Steel UK

Chris Williams

Head of industrial Decarbonisation at Industry Wales

Jon Bolton

Chairman at The Materials Processing Institute

Matthew Watkins

Principal Analyst - Carbon Steel at CRU

Roger Ablett

Country MD - UK Extrusion at Hydro Aluminium UK Ltd

From Blast to Arc: A new world of EAF steelmaking in the UK and what it means pt.1
2:00 pm - 2:50 pm
 - The Big Issues Theatre
Chris Vaughan

Technical Director at British Steel

Gareth Beese

Principal Consultant at CRU

Gareth Stace

Director General at UK Steel

Paul Wheeler

Head of Process Sustainability at Tata Steel UK

UK Energy Independence: Converting Strategy to Reality?
3:00 pm - 3:50 pm
 - The Big Issues Theatre
Catryn Newton

Director, Communications and Community Investment at Bute Energy

James Filder

Senior Policy Advisor at Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Kamal Rajput

Strategic Business Development Lead at Tata Steel UK

Luciana Ciubotariu

CEO at Celtic Freeport

Ralph Windeatt

Group Head of Business Development at Associated British Ports

Scrap shake-up: The new era of scrap and raw materials in the UK supply chain
4:10 pm - 5:00 pm
 - The Big Issues Theatre
Antonia Grey

Head of Policy and Public Affairs at The British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA)

John Bisset

UK Commercial Manager at Celsa UK

Nicola Jones

Manager, Steel Packaging Recycling at Tata Steel UK

Paul Steele

Head of Future Scrap Strategy at Tata Steel UK

Richard Curry

Research Programme Manager SUSTAIN at Swansea University

Roger Morton

Managing Director for Technology and Innovation at European Metal Recycling (EMR)

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