Introduction

• Find out where the best prospects for demand growth are – what products, what regions, and make sure your company is best placed to take advantage of these
• Get a better insight into how the global economic crisis has impacted on the industry – at all stages of the supply chain – and learn what other companies are doing to overcome the credit squeeze
• Get a handle on smelter and downstream investment – which projects are back on track, when will they produce and how much, and what will they need in terms of raw materials, equipment and other inputs
• Hear experts from key areas of supply and demand in the emerging and established markets give you their take on the near and longer-term picture for aluminium industry strength
• Network with up to 500 aluminium industry executives from around the globe to share news and views and maybe do some business. 

• Laurent Schmitt, CEO, Alba, Bahrain
• Dwight Anderson, President, Ospraie Management, USA
• John Thuestad, Executive VP, Alcoa and Group President, Alcoa Global Primary Products, USA
• Vladislav Soloviev, First Deputy CEO, UC Rusal, Russia
• Rick Press, Senior Partner, Apollo Management LP, USA
• Gagnesh Gupta, Director Risk Management – Global Raw Materials, Whirlpool Corp, USA
• Ken Wisnoski, President, Global Primary Products - GEBA, Alcoa, USA
• Stefan Broek, Director, Hatch Technologies, Canada
• Abdullah Busfar, VP Aluminium SBU and Project Development, Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden), Saudi Arabia,
• Hamid Al Zayani, Managing Director, Midal Cables, Bahrain
• Adel Hamad, CEO, Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill (GARMCO) Bahrain
• Phil Martens, President & COO, Novelis, USA
• Shanker Gopalkrishnan, President, Madras Consultancy Group, India
• Arvid Moss, Executive Vice President, Norsk Hydro ASA, Norway
• Rhodri Harries, Senior Vice President, Commercial, Energy and Carbon Products, Rio Tinto Alcan, Canada
• Max Layton, Senior Analyst, Macquarie Securities, UK
• Hans-Walter Gräb, Sales Manager, Heat Treatment Equipment, Otto Junker GmbH, Germany
• Ali Mohamed Al Zarouni, VP Smelter Operations, Dubai Aluminium, Dubai
• Martin Desmeules, Global Director – Aluminium, Hatch, Canada
• Jan-Arve Haugan, CEO, Qatalum, Qatar
• N K Ramachandran, VP (Sales & Marketing) Primary Metal, Hindalco, India
• Daniel Brebner, Director, Commodities Research, Deutsche Bank, UK
• Gayle Berry, Vice President, Commodities Research, Barclays Capital, UK
• Stuart Clough, Industry Manager – Aluminium, WorleyParsons, UAE
• Maarten Meijer, Sales Manager, Hencon, Netherlands
• Li Ai Zeng, Deputy General Manager, Shenhuo International, China
• Subodh Das, President & CEO, Phinix LLC, USA
• Svein-Tore Holsether, BA President, Sapa Asia, Hong Kong/Sweden
• Hans Bohner, Managing Director, K + T Engineers, Switzerland
• Arash Shojaee, Research & Technology Manager, Hormozgan Aluminium Complex (Hormozal), Iran
• Christina Sund, Business Development Director, Veolia Environnement Industrie, Denmark