Oksana Petsko

Agenda Title: Bio carbon
Agenda Time: 14:30 - 14:40
Agenda Day: 09 November 2021

Gabriella Tranell

Agenda Title: Silicon metallothermic production with waste Al scrap
Agenda Time: 16:10 - 16:40
Agenda Day: 09 November 2021

Bart Van Gils

Bart Van Gils has been active in the logistics business for over 30 years, and this in various locations around the world such as Antwerp, Rotterdam, Dubai, Baltimore & New Orleans.
Focus has always been on commodities moving worldwide, with non ferrous metals - including aluminium - as main commodities.
Warehousing (LME, CME, SHFE) and logistics linked to these have been at the centre of his activities.
Since 2017, he has become a partner in The Agency, a logistics company focusing on road transport in Europe and container shipping worldwide.
For more information, please check https://www.linkedin.com/in/bart-van-gils-28269312/
Agenda Title: Supply Chains Under Stress
Agenda Time: 15:20 - 15:45
Agenda Day: 09 November 2021

Alex Tuckett

Alex Tuckett is Principal Economist at CRU. He has over 15 years experience in economic analysis.
Alex joined CRU in 2020 from PwC, where he was a Senior Manager in their economics advisory practice, leading analytical projects for a range of clients as well as contributing to their macroeconomic commentary. He began his career in the UK Treasury, later moving to the Bank of England, and has provided macroeconomic modelling and analysis to policymakers in fiscal, monetary and financial policy.

He has published his analysis through a number of working papers, journal articles and blog posts on topics including productivity, exchange rates and modelling credit flows.

Alex is based in our London office, has an MSc in Economics from University College London, and a BSc in Economics and Economic History from the London School of Economics.
Agenda Title: Economic outlook - Focus on Energy
Agenda Time: 09:10 - 09:35
Agenda Day: 09 November 2021

Jim May

Founder, Chief Operating Officer
Hi Test Sand Inc
EDUCATION- BS/MS Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science Univ. of Michigan. MBA Sloan School of Business. WORK BACKGROUND – 10 years in GM cast iron foundries – metallurgist, supervision. 5 years with Foote Mineral in ferroalloys production – superintendent, plant manager. 20 years with Dow Corning – Silicon Tech. Director, Procurement Director, General Manager silicon businesses. CURRENT WORK since 2003 – Owner and operator of Midand Silicon Co., LLC, May Global Business Group INC., Midland Silicon Shanghai Trading Company (China) – Silicon and ferroalloys process technology., operations, sales and procurement. Founder and Chief Operating Officer of HiTest Sand Inc. - quartz mining, silicon plant development.
Agenda Title: Carbon emissions and sustainability considerations have become increasingly important...
Agenda Time: 15:45 - 16:10
Agenda Day: 09 November 2021

Jim Brosnan

After working as Commissioning Manager in the Submerged Arc Furnace Division of Mannesmann Demag for a number of years, Jim Brosnan joined SIMCOA Operations in 1990 after overseeing the commissioning of the silicon furnaces. Mr Brosnan held a number of roles at SIMCOA up until the end of 2012, including Smelter Manager, Technical Manager, General Manager Operations and Vice President. Since 2013, he has been working as an independent consultant, providing advisory services to existing producers and new projects in the silicon industry. These services include troubleshooting/ process optimisation for existing operations and project support from prefeasibility through to commissioning for new projects.

Dmitry Popov

Dmitry Popov has worked across several metals areas for CRU, including global aluminium markets and copper costs modelling. He is currently the editor of Crude Steel Market Outlook, but also specialises in the analysis of CIS finished and semi-finished steel and metallics markets. Dmitry holds a BEng in Engineering with Business Finance and MSc in Finance.
Agenda Title: Global power supply issues
Agenda Time: 11:55 - 12:20
Agenda Day: 09 November 2021

Arnoud R. Willems

Arnoud R. Willems leads the EU trade and customs team and co-founded Sidley’s office in Brussels. Mr Willems represents the interests of companies in high-profile trade matters and advises clients on strategies for solving market access problems and resolving other disputes that affect their business. With respect to the latter, he is a leading advocate of companies challenging EU anti-dumping regulations, with an exceptional success rate in such cases before the national and European Courts. Since 2000, Mr Willems has been continuously involved in anti-dumping cases concerning ferroalloys like silicon, ferrosilicon, ferrochrome and silicon manganese.
Agenda Title: Trade restrictions have had a substantial impact on trade flows and silicon prices in individual markets...
Agenda Time: 13:40 - 14:05
Agenda Day: 09 November 2021