Metec-Estad 2023

Future Topic: CO₂ neutral production – on the way to green steel

The largest European steel conference, the METEC & 6^th ESTAD 2023, will take place in parallel with the renowned, international leading trade fair for metallurgy, the METEC.

Both events are currently focused on the leading sign of the transformation of the German and European steel industry towards hydrogen-based, CO₂-neutral steel production. For the METEC & 6^th ESTAD conference, numerous lectures by high-ranking representatives from steel production and plant engineering companies are already scheduled on this key topic.

Of course, the focus will be on the process of direct reduction of iron ores with hydrogen and the latest developments in the smelting of direct reduced iron to steel as a prerequisite to produce green steel. The wide range of topics at this conference related to steel, however, also includes the versatile properties of steel as the most important base material for a sustainable development of our society towards climate neutrality.

Opening and Keynote sessions on June 13

Opening session

09:00 AM
Opening of METEC & 6th ESTAD 2023
Dr. Heike Denecke-Arnold, Chair of the Conference, Chief Operations Officer, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG, Germany

09:15 AM
Welcome address of the host: Shaping the future of green steel - together
Dr. Henrik Adam, Chairman of Steel Institute VDEh, Vice President European Corporate Affairs, Tata Steel Ltd, The Netherlands

09:30 AM
Green hydrogen for decarbonize steelmaking – What does it take for this
Prof. Dr. Karsten Pinkwart, Member of the Hydrogen Council of the German Government, University Karlsruhe, Germany

10:00 AM
North American steel: Renewed, decarbonized and revitalized
Ronald E. Ashburn, Executive Director, Brian J. Bliss, General Manger Programs and Publications, Samuel J. Kusic Jr., News Editor, Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST), USA

10:30 AM
Coffee Break

Keynote session I: Climate neutral steelmaking “integrated operators` solutions”

11:00 AM
Low-CO₂ steel production at thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
Dr. Heike Denecke-Arnold, Chair of the Conference, Chief Operations Officer, Dr. Arnd Köfler, Chief Technology Officer, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG, Germany

11:30 AM
Circularity and SALCOS^® – Salzgitter´s path to climate neutrality
Ulrich Grethe, Unit Manager Steel Production, Chairman of the Executive Board Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH, Dr. Ing. Peter Juchmann, Director Technology, Development Direct Reduction, Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH, Germany

12:00 PM
Clean, green and circular at Tata Steel Ijmuiden
Dr. Luc Bol, Director Optimization Iron and Steel, Jeroen Klumper, Director Sustainable Transition, Mark Denys, Director Technology Transition / Decarbonisation, Bart van der Meulen, General Manager Long Term Asset Strategy, Tata Steel IJmuiden, The Netherlands

12:30 PM
Update on the development of hydrogen-based ironmaking process at POSCO
Dr. Shin Myoungkyun, Senior Vice President, POSCO, South Korea

13:00 to 14:00 PM
Lunch Break

Keynote session II: Climate neutral steelmaking “plant supplier solutions”

14:00 PM
Why #turningmetalsgreen is challenging but achievable
Burkhard Dahmen, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Managing Board, SMS group, Germany

14:30 PM
Building the world´s first green steel plant
Maria Persson Gulda, Chief Technology Officer, H2 Green Steel, Sweden

15:00 PM
The Emergence of green steel
Dr. Alexander Fleischanderl, SVP, Head of Green Steel, Chief Technology Officer Upstream,  Primetals Technologies Austria, Austria

15:30 PM
Driving the transition of steel production for making a zero-emission future a reality
Dr. Michael Skorianz, Chief Technology Officer, Danieli Corus, The Netherlands

16:00 PM
Tenova: A pragmatic multipronged approach to sustainability
Paolo Argenta, Executive Vice President, Upstream Business, Tenova S.p.A., Italy

16:30 to 16:45 PM
Coffee Break

Keynote session III: Climate neutral steelmaking “EAF operators` solutions and the slag issues”

16:45 PM
Taking recycling to the next level
Robert Baron, Director Corporate Strategy, Wolfgang Henstorf, Marketing Management, Deutsche Edelstahlwerke Specialty Steel GmbH & Co. KG, Germany

17:15 PM
Green steel – The future is electric
Dr. Ing. Jean-Frédéric Castagnet, Director Technology & Innovation, Georgsmarienhütte Holding GmbH, Germany

17:45 PM
New steelmaking processes: Implications for slag utilization
Thomas Reiche, Managing Director, David Algermissen, Head of the Secondary Raw Materials Department, Andreas Ehrenberg, Head of Department Building Materials, Institut für Baustoff-Forschung GmbH, Germany 

18:15 PM
end of Keynote session