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<strong><strong>ALU</strong>MINIUM</strong> INDUSTRY IN THE GULF<br />
17 th Arab International Aluminium Conference 2013<br />
Arabal is the premier trade event for the<br />
aluminium industry in the Middle East,<br />
and the only conference in the world attended<br />
by every single primary aluminium<br />
manufacturer in the region.<br />
The story began in 1983 with Kuwait Aluminium<br />
Co. bringing together the leading figures<br />
in Middle East Aluminium to strengthen ties<br />
and discuss the issues of the day to provide an<br />
overview about the entire aluminium industry.<br />
Over the past three decades, the Arabal Conference<br />
has grown to attract heads of industry<br />
from around the world to attend, speak, and<br />
exhibit, and by 2011 Arabal attracted more<br />
than 450 delegates.<br />
Since its foundation, and until 2009, the<br />
conference has been hosted in a different<br />
country in the Middle East region bi-annually.<br />
As of the 2010 conference in Oman, due to<br />
the impact and significant role of Arabal, the<br />
steering committee agreed to hold the conference<br />
on an annual basis. This year, the conference<br />
is hosted by Emirates Aluminium. International<br />
<strong><strong>ALU</strong>MINIUM</strong> Journal is the official<br />
media partner of the conference.<br />
Confirmed speakers<br />
Arabal 2013 is proud to confirm the following<br />
speakers, who will be participating at this<br />
year’s event: H. E. Juma Mohammed Ahmed<br />
Al Kait, Assistant Undersecretary for Foreign<br />
Trade Affairs, Ministry of Economy. Mohammed<br />
Al Naki, Chairman of Arabal. Tim Murray,<br />
CEO of Alba. Khalid Abdulla Al-Luhaidan,<br />
Vice President, Aluminum SBU, Ma’aden.<br />
Yousuf Bastaki, Vice President EHSSQ, Emal.<br />
Ali Al Zarouni, Vice President, Smelting Operations,<br />
Dubal. Vladislav Soloviev, First<br />
Deputy CEO of Rusal. Kamil Wlazly, Senior<br />
Metal Analyst, Metals Bulletin. Marco Georgiou,<br />
Head of Aluminium Primary and Products,<br />
CRU Group. Edgardo Gelsomino, Senior<br />
Analyst at Wood Mackenzie. David Wilson,<br />
Director, Metals Research and Strategy, Citi<br />
Research. Walid Al Attar, VP Marketing and<br />
Sales, Emal and Dubal. Joe Lombard, Group<br />
Managing Director, Hatch. Mudar Al Mekdad,<br />
General Manager, Gulf Extrusions Co. LLC.<br />
Hamid Al Zayani, Managing Director, Midal<br />
Cables. Khaled Salmeen, CEO and Managing<br />
Director, Kizad. Diran Apelian, Alcoa-<br />
Howmet Professor, Mechanical Engineering,<br />
Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Nick Madden,<br />
Senior Vice President and Chief Procurement<br />
Officer, Novelis Inc.<br />
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ARABAL CONFERENCE 2013 <strong>–</strong> Provisional agenda<br />
Tuesday, 5 November 2013<br />
10:00 Pre-conference workshop<br />
Dubai Aluminium (Dubai)<br />
12:00 Lunch<br />
14:00 Site tour to the Emal smelter complex<br />
18:00 Registration<br />
19:00 Welcome reception<br />
Wednesday, 6 November 2013<br />
8:30 Opening address:<br />
The Patron; Arabal host; Emal host<br />
9:00 Session 1<br />
The Global economy and its challenges<br />
Economic overview of GCC; European and global<br />
marketplace; featuring HE Jumaa Al Kait and his<br />
views on the European and GCC relationship<br />
Moderator: Mahmood Al Daylami, secretary<br />
general Gulf Aluminium Council<br />
10:30 Coffee break<br />
11:00 Session 2<br />
GCC smelters <strong>–</strong> opportunities, investments and<br />
future plans<br />
Panel discussion with representatives from Emal,<br />
Dubal, Qatalum, Maaden, Sohar and Alba<br />
Moderator: Raju Daswani, Metal Bulletin<br />
13:00 Lunch<br />
14:30 Session 3<br />
Warehousing, financing deals and future of<br />
metal exchanges<br />
Warehousing rules and the impact on aluminium<br />
inventory; featuring first deputy chief executive of Rusal<br />
15:30 Coffee break<br />
16:00 Session 4<br />
Aluminium market price outlook<br />
Panel discussion with industry pricing analysts from MB,<br />
CRU, Wood Mackenzie and Citi Research<br />
Moderator: Zaid Aljanabi, senior industry analyst, Emal<br />
17:15 End of Day<br />
18:30 Transportation to gala dinner premises<br />
19:00 Reception, followed by gala dinner<br />
Thursday, 7 November 2013<br />
9:00 Session 5<br />
Casthouse product mix and downstream initiatives<br />
in the Mena region<br />
Presentation by VP Marketing and Sales of Emal,<br />
Dubal and GMD of Hatch<br />
10:00 Coffee break<br />
10:30 Session 5 continued<br />
Casthouse product mix ...<br />
Presentations on successfully established downstream<br />
projects and on the industrial infrastructure in the<br />
Mena region<br />
12:00 Lunch<br />
13:30 Session 6<br />
Environmental drivers<br />
Presentations on R&D for aluminium products in the<br />
GCC and the future of recycling for the aluminium<br />
industry in the Middle East<br />
14:15 Coffee Break<br />
14:45 Session Six continued<br />
Environmental drivers<br />
Featuring presentations on the GCC smelters, the best<br />
supply partners for future generations and clean<br />
energy supplies to the aluminium sector<br />
15:15 Closing speech<br />
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