43rd Steelmaking Seminar - International
May 20th. to 23rd, 2012
Ouro Minas Palace Hotel
Av. Cristiano Machado, 4001
Belo Horizonte - Minas Gerais - Brazil
Program highlights
Courses – May 20th (Sunday) – from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
1) Thermochemical computer-aided steelmaking in the industrial practice (featuring FactSage and derived software)
Professor: Dr. Klaus Hack (Faculty of Georesources and Materials Science of RWTH Aachen)
2) Controle de temperatura nos processos de refino primário, refino secundário e lingotamento contínuo de aços: uma abordagem prática
Professors: José Flávio Viana (Tecnosulfur), Katsujiro Susaki (FEI) and Wellington Ferreira Barbosa (CSN)
Opening Ceremony
May 20th - Sunday
5:00 pm - Reception and registration
6:00 pm - Composition of the table of honor
6:05 pm - Brazilian National Anthem
6:10 pm - Welcome remarks ABM -
Horacídio Leal Barbosa Filho - Executive Director
6:20 pm - Welcome remarks -
Wilson Ferreira de Souza - Seminar coordinator
6:25 pm - Awarding of ArcelorMittal Tubarão - related to the 42st Steelmaking Seminar
6:35 pm - Lecture by Host Company 
6:40 pm - Homage to José Flávio Viana enginier, for his valuable contribution to the
development of the metallurgy and for his honorable participation to ABM’s activities
6:45 pm - Awarding of ArcelorMittal Tubarão, related to the 42nd Steelmaking Seminar, to the
authors: Cláudio Antônio Goulart Valadares, Leonardo José Silva de Oliveira e
Marco Túlio Dias Lima
6:50 pm - Motivational lecture: The art of being light, by Leila Ferreira - Journalist
7:50 pm - End of the ceremony
8:00 pm - Cocktail - Sponsor: 
Panel: May 21st (Monday) - from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Main theme: Technologies at steelmaking for energetic efficiency
Coordinators: Aristidis Betzios (Danieli do Brasil) e/and Sérgio W. Garcia Scherer (Minitec)
President: Wilson Ferreira de Souza (Consultor/Consultant)
- Luca Mottes - Danieli do Brasil
- Décio F. Catharino - SMS Concast
- Nicola Rondini - Tenova
- Jörg Schwelberger - Siemens VAI
- Henrique C. Pfeifer - Minitec
8:30 pm - Barbecue - Sponsor:
Round table: May 22nd (Tuesday) - from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Main theme: Training appropriate engineers for steelmaking processes
Coordinators: José Flávio Viana (Tecnosulfur) and Wilson Ferreira de Souza (Consultant)
Moderator: Wilson Ferreira de Souza
- Bruno Veiga Fontana - UFF e Votorantim Siderurgia
- Cristóvam Paes de Oliveira - Fundação Gorceix
- Clarisse Pires e Albuquerque Drummond - ArcelorMittal Brasil
- Jadir Dadalto - ArcelorMittal Tubarão
- Márcio Frazão Guimarães Lins - UFF e CSN
Technical sessions – May 21st and 22nd (Monday and Tuesday) – from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
It will be presented 72 technical papers, approaching the themes: electric steelworks, oxygen steelmaking, secondary refining and solidification/casting.
Coordinators: Aristidis Betzios (Danieli do Brasil) e Sérgio W. Garcia Scherer (Minitec)
Technical visits: May 23rd (Wednesday) - (to be confirmed)
- Fiat
- Gerdau Açominas
- V&M do Brasil
Values (US$)
| ABM / IAS Category |
Seminar
|
Course
|
Seminar + Course |
| Member |
690
|
410
|
940
|
| Member (presenting a paper, professor, student towards master's or doctor's degree (*) |
480
|
410
|
730
|
| Nom Member |
1.030
|
650
|
1.440
|
| Non member (presenting a paper, professor, student towards master's or doctor's degree (*) |
820
|
650
|
1.220
|
Include in the registration fee
Course:
Coffee-breaks, lunch, emends, briefcase and course certificate.
Seminar:
Participation in the opnening ceremony, technical sessions, lectures, exhibition area, internet acess at internet point, coffee-breaks, lunch,social events (cocktail and barbecue), briefcase, booklet of abstracts, CD-ROM and seminar certificate.
Observations:
1) The status of ABM member is valid for the individual person category only;
2) Employees of ABM member companies will be entitled to an additional rebate of 10% over
total registration fee;
3) Even though a paper has several authors, only one of these may register as the free
speaker;
4) Professor, student towards master's or doctor's degree will be required, as previously
mentioned, to submit written proof of their status by fac simile (55 11) 5534-4330 - c/o:
Margareth Nunes.
Deadline
Registration in advance to the Seminar shall be accepted up to May 17th., 2012 - thursday. After this date and time, registration will be accepted only at the venue of the event.
Registration at the secretariat of the Seminar
• Form for payment: cash or credit card;
• Payment is being made by a company, via a bank, the participant shall be required to present
a letter from said company, authorizing that payment.
Registration at the secretariat of the Seminar
- Form for payment: cash or credit card;
- Payment made by a company, via bank, the participant shall
be required to present a letter from said company, authorizing that
payment.
Secretariat - Hours of operation
May 20th - (Sunday) - from 5:00pm to 9:00pm
May 21th - (Monday) - from 7:00am to 7:00pm
May 22th - (Tuesday) - from 7:00am to 7:00pm
Proof of registration
Presentation of a photo I.D. shall be mandatory in order to receive the Seminar material at the venue of the meeting
Cancellation
It must be submitted in writing by e-mail. In case of cancellation requested up to 10 days in advance of the begining of the meeting, that is May 10th 2010, 80% of the total registration fee paid will be returned. After that date, only substitutions will be accepted. No-shows will not be considered to imply automatic cancellation of any registration.
Booking
OPCO Tours and Events
Turism official agency of the event
Contact: Hellen Rebelo
Phone: (55 21) 2545-5748 / Fax: (55 21) 2235-7427
eventos4@opcotours.com - http://www.opcotours.com/eventos/aciaria2012/index_ing.htm
Attendance 24h by phone: (55 21) 7822-7900
Booking up date, therefore the number of the apartments blocked for the event is limited.
Special fees for booking in the Ouro Minas Palace Hotel, from April 2nd, 2012:
Single Standard - R$ 376,00
Double Standard - R$ 432,00
Triplo Standard - R$ 500,00
Observations:
- Special fees valid only from May 20th to 23rd , with breakfast;
- There will be enclosed 5% of ISS and R$ 4,00 of tourism fee;
- There will be necessary to inform the name of this event to garantee these fees.
Others services: aerial tickets, transfer and city tours
Prizes
The best papers presented at the Seminar by members of ABM, will be running for prize awarded by ArcelorMittal Tubarão - Steelmaking.
Publication
Papers presented at the Seminar, besides being published in the proceedings of the event.
New international ABM journal in partnership with Elsevier publisher
The best papers presented at 43rd Steelmaking Seminar will be running for publication in the new technical-scientific journal to be indexed in international databases.
Held by
Brazilian Metallurgical, Materials and Mining Association - ABM
Press office of Brazilian Metallurgical, Materials & Mining Association
Responsible journalist: Maria Izilda Ferreira Bueno (Mtb 12.995)
Fatma M. Thorlay Gomes (Mtb 10.738)
Phone: (55 11) 5534-4333 - Fax: (55 11) 5534-4330
E-mail: imprensa@abmbrasil.com.br
Site: www.abmbrasil.com.br
Information about paper
Phone.: (55 11) 5534-4333 - Fax: (55 11) 5534-4330
Margareth Nunes - extension 124 - margareth.nunes@abmbrasil.com.br
Information about sponsorship
Phone.: (55 11) 5534-4333 - Fax: (55 11) 5534-4330
Maria Lúcia de Araújo Castro - extension 133 - maria.lucia@abmbrasil.com.br
Marli Ferreira - extension 175 - extension 175 - marli@abmbrasil
Important!
Foreigners need visa to enter in Brazil.
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Further information
Phone.: (55 11) 5534-4333 - Fax: (55 11) 5534-4330
Cristina Okuma - Events Auxiliar - extension - 167 - cristina.okuma@abmbrasil.com.br
Sandra Ap. Feraccini - Events Analyst - extension 111 - sandra.feraccini@abmbrasil.com.br
Expedient:
C.E.O: Nelson Guedes de Alcântara
Vice-president: Alfredo Huallem
Chairman of the board: Karlheinz Pohlmann
Asset director: Hideyuki Hariki
Executive director: Horacídio Leal Barbosa Filho
Directors:
Antenor Ferreira Filho
Antonio Siqueira Viana
Carlos Alberto Briganti
Carlos Cunha Dias Henriques
Carlos de Moura Neto
Delmar Barros Ribeiro
Evando Mirra de Paula e Silva
Hermenio Pinto Gonçalves
Márcio Frazão Guimarães Lins
Marcos Alexandre Stuart Nogueira
Renato Cesar Brito de Moura
Rogério Tales Silva Carneiro
Sérgio Leite de Andrade
Sérgio Neves Monteiro
Simone Kaukal Valladares
ABM Regional Minas Gerais
Director:
Vice-director:
Supervision:
Steelmaking Technical Division
Director: Wilson Ferreira de Souza
Vice-director: Venâncio Carlos de Oliveira Neto
Event manager: Rosangela Ziliotte
Event organization:
Events Analysts - Sandra Ap. Feraccini and Margareth Nunes
Support: Cristina Okuma and Cíntia Viana Ramos
Proceedings edition: Cristina Fleury Leitão
Held by: Brazilian Metallurgical, Materials and Mining Association - ABM
Photo yelded by DANIELI DO BRASIL
