Master Organizing Committee

General Coordinator

Sergio Leite de Andrade - chairman of ABM's board of directors; vice-chairman of strategic affairs at Usiminas and member of Usiminas' board of directors.

Vice general coordinator

Marcelo Chara - vice-chairman of the ABM Board of Directors and CEO of Usiminas.

Host company representatives

Juliana Machado - general manager of corporate communications and institutional relations at Arcelormittal

Technical coordinator

André Luiz Vasconcellos da Costa e Silva - professor at UFF - Universidade Federal Fluminense and consultant in materials selection and specification, failure analysis, process design and improvement in steel production.

Vice technical coordinator

Antônio Cezar Faria Vilela - professor in the metallurgy department, coordinator of LASID at the School of Engineering at UFRGS - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul.

Invited Members

Aloisio Simões Ribeiro - general manager marketing & solution ironmaking at RHI Magnesita

André Chaves de Andrade - corporate director of sustainability, social responsibility and institutional relations at Usiminas

Andrezza Cecília Leal Gonçalves - manager at CBMM

Ayrton Filleti - president emeritus, technical director and coordinator of ABAL's technology and standardization committee

Carlos Humberto Sartori - specialist at Villares Metals

Daniele Fonseca de Lima - M&T director advanced refractories south america at Vesuvius

Danielli Gaiotti - corporate communications at Samarco

Denise Veiga - manager - Technical area at ABAL

Erika Arnaut - specialist at Ternium

Patrícia Cardoso - IR analyst at ArcelorMittal 

Rogério Carneiro - director of development and application of ferrous products at Vale

Samantha Lima - press officer at Aço Brasil

Tamara Lapa - senior analyst at Gerdau

Tarcisio Reis de Oliveira - executive manager of Aperam's Research Center

 

Members of the Technical Committees

Mineral Agglomeration

José Murilo Mourão - consultant

Lindaura de Souza Candido d Ávila - master engineer at Vale

Automation and IT   

Renato Cesar Braga - automation and electrical project engineering coordinator at Vallourec 

Leandro Rodrigues Ramos - automation and process control specialist at ArcelorMittal

Metal Forming and Products   

José Herbert Dolabela da Silveira - consultant

Júlio César Enge Raele - director at Raele Consultoria

Circular Economy and Sustainability   

Luiz Claúdio Pinto Oliveira  - consultant

Leila Kauffmann de Souza Oliveira Ribeiro - R&D and new business manager for coproducts at ArcelorMittal Brasil

Energy and utilities

Eder Quental de Araújo - specialist in energy management, planning and efficiency at Gerdau Açominas

Carlos Sadao Shiratsu - consultant

Metallurgical Fundamentals and Processes 

André Luiz Vasconcellos da Costa e Silva - professor at UFF - Fluminense Federal University

Milton Sergio Fernandes de Lima - professor at ITA - Technological Institute of Aeronautics

Melting, Refining and Solidification

José Flávio Viana - consultant

Magno Levi Araújo Mendes - operations and new business manager at Alkegen

Scientific and Technological Initiantion   

Flávio Beneduce Neto - professor in the metallurgical and materials engineering department at USP - University of São Paulo

Willy Ank de Moraes - assistant professor at Unisanta

Logistics, Supplies and PCP   

Delmi Vicente de Carvalho - consultant for CRAMG - Regional Administration Council of Minas Gerais

Vitor José Melo de Soares - general logistics manager at Usiminas

Maintenance and Engineering    

Thiago Norio Nakata - technical maintenance manager at Gerdau

Ricardo Sodré - reliability and asset management manager at ArcelorMittal

Ceramic, Composite and Polymeric Materials  

José Geraldo Melo Furtado - professor at CEPEL - Electric Energy Research Center

Afonso Rangel Garcez de Azevedo - professor at UENF - Universidade Federal Norte Fluminense

Mining   

Vania Lúcia de Lima Andrade - consultant

Rita Virgínia Gabriel da Silva - consultant

Molds, Dies and Tools 

Carlos Alberto Pinedo - technical director at Heat Tech

Carlos Humberto Sartori - specialist at Villares Metals

Reduction of Ores and Raw Materials   

Helênio Resende Silva Junior - senior coking technology consultant at SMS Paul Wurth

Beatriz Fausta Gandra - full specialist researcher at Usiminas

 

Regional members

North Central Regional          

Geraldo Iran de Souza Lima Cardoso - consultant

Milton Carlos de Almeida Lima - industrial director at Sinobras

Espírito Santo Regional             

Francisco Coutinho Dornelas - consultant

Minas Gerais Regional

Gilvander Fontes Carvalho - senior project specialist at Usiminas

Bruno Roberto de Moraes Barbosa - business analyst at Vale

Northeast Regional        

Marcelo Girotto de Mattos - executive manager of Gerdau

Eugênio Pacelli - technology manager at ArcelorMittal Pecem

Rio de Janeiro Regional 

Iêda Maria Vieira Caminha - director of INT - National Institute of Technology

Eduardo Cortes de Castro - manager at CSN - Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional

São Paulo Regional 

Aristidis Bétzios - director of Danieli do Brasil

Jose Roberto Bolota - director-partner of Leanfox

South Regional

Pedro Bruno Closs Neto - senior technical manager for steelmaking and process and product technology in long steel at Gerdau

Wagner Viana Bielefeldt - professor at UFRGS - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Steel Valley Regional 

Geraldo Arruda Maia

Luciano AlcântaraTeixeira - full production engineer at Usiminas, Ipatinga