Agenda

 

Tuesday May 22

4.00pm-7pm                     Registration Desk opens

6.30pm-9pm                     Official Welcome reception, sponsored by Sunstone

 

Wednesday May 23, sponsored by Aminco 

 

8.30am                                Session 1 – Welcome and introduction

                                                      Ms. Charissa Trahms, General Manager, AZ China Ltd

8.35am                                Official opening

Mr. Ron Knapp, Secretary General, International Aluminium Institute

8.45am                                Re-assessing the dragon

                                        Mr. Paul Adkins, Managing Director, AZ China Ltd.

            9.15am                                China’s Political Leadership Transition

Professor Patrick Chovanec, Associate Professor of Economics, Tsinghua  University, Beijing

 

10.15am                              Coffee break

 

10.30am                              Session 2 – China’s Economy

Moderator: Mr. Paul Adkins

10.35am                              China: Rebalancing or Hard Landing

Ms. Liu Qian (Louise), Deputy Director, China, Economist Intelligence Unit

11.00am                              Q & A Discussion – China’s Macro Economic outlook

Moderator: Mr. Paul Adkins

 

12.15pm                              Lunch

 

             1.30pm                                Session 3 – China’s aluminium industry

                                                                   Moderator: Ms. Charissa Trahms, AZ China Ltd

             1.30pm                                 The Impact of China’s Profitless Prosperity

Mr. Michael Komesaroff, Urandaline                                        

             2.00pm                                 The Future of China’s Aluminium Industry

Mr. Dong Chunming, President, Sunlight Metals

 2.30pm                                 China’s Cash Cost Curve – An analysis

                                                      Mr. Paul Adkins, AZ China Ltd

 

 3.00pm                                  Coffee Break

 

 3.20pm                                   Session 3 continued

Moderator: Mr. Paul Adkins

 3.20pm                                  The Chinese Aluminium Industry and a Slowing Economy

                                                       Mr. Kamil Wlazly, Base Metal Analyst, Metal Bulletin Research

 3.50pm                                   Westward Bound – The Transition to the West

                                                                    Mr. Olivier Masson, Senior Consultant, CRU

             4.20pm                                   Q & A Discussion - China’s aluminium industry outlook

                                                                               

Thursday May 24, sponsored by DQ Carbon 

 

              8.30am                                       Session 4 – Coke

       Moderator: Mr. Les Edwards, VP Technical Services, Rain CII Ltd

              8.30am                                        Reduction Cell Performance and Deteriorating Coke Quality

        Mr. Barry Sadler, Managing Director, Net Carbon Consulting

              9.20am                                       China’s Green Coke

                                                                       Ms.Yan Zhou, Deputy GM, DQ Carbon

  9.50am                                        From Vision to Action

                                                          Mr. Alan Chui, COO, Sinoway Petro

          

              10.00am                                 Coffee Break

 

              10.20am                                    Session 4 continued

   Moderator: Mr. Les Edwards

  10.20am                                     Re-assessing China’s coke and anode outlook

   Mr. Stuart Ehrenreich, Global Green Coke Leader, Alcoa Ltd

  10.50am                                     CPC Outlook and Challenges

                                                                      Mr Gerry Sweeney, CEO, Rain CII                                           

  11.20am                                      Panel Discussion – Re-assessing Chinese coke

     Moderator:        Mr. Les Edwards 

                                                               

               12.00pm                                   Lunch

 

   1.30pm                                       Session 5 – Other Raw Materials

     Moderator: Mr. Barry Sadler 

   1.30pm                                       New technology for vertical shaft calcining

                                                         Mr. Liu Xiwen, Engineer, NEUI

   2.00pm                                       Coal tar pitch – A viscous market

                               Mr. Ian Doherty, Vice President, Koppers Ltd

               2.30pm                                      The Growing Chinese Anode industry

     Mr. Lang Guanghui, President, Sunstone Carbon

               

               3.00pm                                      Coffee break

                                               

               3.20pm                                      New Developments in Profiled Cathodes

Mr. Bao Chong Ai, Chief Engineer, Sunstone Carbon (Previously senior engineer and cathode plant designer with GAMI)

               3.50pm                                      The Development of China’s Aluminium Fluoride Industry

                                                                       Mr. Zhang Yahong, Vice GM, Hunan Nonferrous Group

               4.20pm                                               Closing Remarks and close of conference

                                                                 Mr. Paul Adkins, Managing Director, AZ China Ltd

 

 

Friday, May 25, sponsored and organized by Sunstone 

 

            7.00am to 7.00pm                   Optional Linyi anode plant tour