08:45-08:50 Opening Remarks by Event Chairman

Stanislav Zinchenko, CEO, GMK Center

08:50 - 09:20 The decarbonisation of EU steel industry

Dr. Klaus Peters, Secretary General, European Steel Technology Platform (ESTEP)

09:20 - 09:50 MENA Steel Industry within the Context of the Sustainability Triple Bottom Line

Ramy Saleh, Chief Business Development & Sustainability Officer, El Marakby Steel

09:50 - 10: 20 Unlocking green steel - how the MENA can reinvigorate, decarbonize and futureproof the steel industry

Soroush Basirat, Energy Finance Analyst, IEEFA Asia Pacific

10:20 - 10:40 Tea Break & Networking

10:40 - 11:10 Decarbonization of Steel – ESA’s Achievements & Ambitions

Dr. Dimitrios Dimitriou, Vice President, ESG & Sustainability, Emirates Steel Arkan

11:10 - 11:40 Hard-to-Abate is Hard-to-Accelerate. How the Carbon Neutral Steel Plant is accelerating the decarbonization

of the steel industry and commitment to carbon neutrality

Anna Griffin, Chief People & Sustainability Officer, Arabian Gulf Steel Industries LLC

11:40 - 12:20 Panel Discussion: Advancing Sustainable Metal Production Infrastructure Worldwide

Moderator: Session Chairman

Panelists: Vahid Fouladkar, CEO, Metal Park

Ravi Ram Kashyap, GM, Steinweg Sharaf FZCO

Julian Skyrme, Vice President Commerical, AD Ports

12:20 - 13:20 Luncheon, Networking & Booth Visiting

13:20 - 13:50 The Role of AI and Blockchain in Green Steel

Harsh Choudhry, Co-founder & CEO, Sentra. World

13:50 - 14:20 Power4Steel: The decarbonization project of SAARSTAHL & DILLINGER

Dr. Michael Bott, Head of Decarbonization, SHS – Stahl-Holding-Saar GmbH & Co. KGaA

14:20 - 14:50 Green Microgrid — New Approach for Steel industry

Dr. Hany Hamed, Manager - Research & Development, Emirates Steel Arkan

14:50 - 15:30 Panel: Upstream Supply Chains Under Green and Decarbonization Pressure - Optimization of the iron and steel

value chain towards a low-carbon industry

Moderator: Isha Chaudhary, Global Head of Steel & Raw Materials,

Wood Mackenzie

Panelists:

Abhijit Sarkar, Executive Vice President, Dastur Energy

Vikas Bankar, Technical Manager for GHG and Climate Change Services, DNV

Leandro Dijon, Global Technical Manager – Direct Reduction, Vale

Roman Kurashev, Managing Director, Ussuri Capital, etc.

15:30 - 15:50 Tea Break & Networking

15:50 - 16:20 Clean Energy for Steel Decarbonization

Joachim von Scheele, Global Director Commercialization, LINDE

16:20 - 16:50 The Cost Competitiveness of Green Steel Production

Lloyd Hain, Research Chairman, AME Research

16:50 - 17:30 Decarbonization in Metal and Steel: Shaping a Sustainable Tomorrow

Fabio SILVA, Global Market Manager – Steel Industries,

TotalEnergies Lubrifiants SA

Rushdhan Nizar, Regional Industrial Manager, TotalEnergies

Marketing Middle East

17:30 - 17:50 How to Finance the Multi-trillion Steel Decarbonisation Challenge

William Husband, Global Head of Metals & Mining, Citi

08:55-09:00 Opening Remarks by Event Chairman

Stanislav Zinchenko, CEO, GMK Center

09:00 - 09:30 Climate Change and the Production of Iron and Steel: an Industry in transition

Andrew Purvis, Director, Sustainable Manufacturing, World Steel Association

09:30 - 10:00 Carbon-Free Energy Sources for the European Steel Industry

Karim Badr, Technical Director, MENA Region, RHI MAGNESITA

10:00 - 10:30 Era of Green Transformation- can the sustainable future of steel be GCC

Tanmoy Mandal, Director & Global Head- Metals & Mining, Research & Consulting (Deutschland) GmbH

10:30 - 10:50 Tea Break & Networking

10:50 - 11:20 Shaping the future of sustainable steel: Lessons from Europe's steel Industry

Chris Lilholm, Head of Global Key Account Management, DNV

11:20 - 12:00 Implementation of New Technologies in Steel Industry — Decarbonization Challenges and Solutions —

From the Perspectives of both Steel Producers and Solution Providers

Moderator: Igor Hulak, Global Lead, Metals and Mining, Kearney

Panelists:

Andrea Diasparro, Executive Vice President, Danieli

Andrea Bombardi, Executive Vice President, RINA

Shashi Prakash, Head, Regulation, Policy and Certification, Masdar

(Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company)

Narottam Behera, Steel Making Plant Expert, Emirates Steel Arkan

12:00 - 12:20 Green steel supply 2035 in Europe

Stanislav Zinchenko, CEO, GMK Center

12:20 - 13:20 Luncheon & Networking

13:20 - 14:00 Driving Sustainability in Flat Steel Manufacturing: Strategies for Achieving Carbon Neutrality

Ankur Dana, Chief Executive Officer, Dana Steel

14:00 - 14:30 Unlocking the firstwave of breakthrough steel investments - making clean hydrogen DRI financially viable at commercial scale

Atanu Mukherjee, CEO, Dastur Energy

14:30 - 15:00 Technologies to support CAPEX/OPEX reduction in gH2 production for Green Steel

Ronan Tregouet, VP Energies & Chemicals Schneider Electric

15:00 - 15:20 Tea Break & Networking

15:20 - 16:00 Panel Discussion: Global scrap and metallics markets dynamics- How Big a Role Scraps and Metallics Play

in Decarbonizing the Steel Industry

Moderator: Stanislav Zinchenko, CEO, GMK Center

Panelists:

Deepak Bhandari, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), Arabian Gulf Steel

Industries LLC

Roman Kurashev, Managing Director, Ussuri Capital, etc.

16:00 - 16:30 Evaluating the Turkish Steel Industry's Decarbonisation Performance and its implications for MENA Region

Dursun Bas, Researcher and Coordinator, Istanbul Policy Center

16:30 - 16:50 Leading the Change to Green Steel Future

Naveen Ahlawat, Head Power-to-X, Green Hydrogen, Green Steel & CCUS, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd.

16:50 Closing Remarks by Event Chairman

Stanislav Zinchenko, CEO, GMK Center

16:55 End of Conference