Associate Members


Speaker History


January 25, 2012:
Rick Blume
, General Manager, Commercial Steelmaking Group, Nucor Corporation

November 30, 2011:
Scott Jones
, President and CEO, Nova Steel Inc.

October 26, 2011:
Brian R. Hedges
, President and Chief Executive Officer, Russel Metals Inc.

April 27, 2011:
Mr. Brad Davey
, Vice President,Sales & Marketing, Arcelor Mittal Dofasco

March 23, 2011:
Mr.Rob Kopf
, General Manager North American Flat Marketing, United States Steel Corporation

February 23, 2011:
Mr. Steven Robert Wasil
, Director of National Sales, ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA

January 26, 2011:
Mr. Jeff Moskaluk
, Vice President Northern Business Unit, SSAB Americas Inc.

November 24, 2010:
Mr. Rob Whistle
, Buyer Raw Materials N.A., Gerdau Ameristeel

October 27, 2010:
Mr. Wayne Bassett
, President and Chief Executive Officer, Samuel,Son &Co.,Ltd.

April 28, 2010:
Juergen G. Schachler
, President and Chief Executive Officer, ArcelorMittal, Dofasco Inc

March 24, 2010:
Michael Willemse
, Director Equity Research, CIBC World Markets Inc.

February 17, 2010:
Rick Blume
, Director of Marketing, Nucor

January 27, 2010:
John Alma
, Executive VP, AM Stainless International Canada Inc.

November 25, 2009:
Pramod Shukla
, Chief Operating Officer, Essar Steel

October 28, 2009:
Jim Kerkvliet
, Vice President, Commerical Sales, Gerdau Ameristeel

April 22, 2009:
Brad Davey
, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, ArcelorMittal, Dofasco

March 25, 2009:
Michael Willemse
, Director Equity Research, CIBC World Markets

February 25, 2009:
David Britten & Olof Faxander
, President & CEO, SSAB

January 28, 2009:
Wayne Bassett
, President & CEO, Samuel, Son and Co.

November 26, 2008:
Butch Mandel
, Exec. Vice President, Welded Tube of Canada

October 22, 2008:
Ron Maciejowski
, Exec. Vice President, Worthington Steel

April 23, 2008:
Jurgen Schachler
, President & CEO, Dofasco Inc.

March 26, 2008:
Scott Buckiso
, Plant Manager, Stelco Inc.

February 27, 2008:
Doug Porter
, Senior Economist, BMO Nesbitt Burns

January 23, 2008:
John Nolan
, VP/GM Struct./Rail, Steel Dynamics

November 28, 2007:
Mike Gray
, Director of Sales/Distrib., Castle Metals

October 24, 2007:
Dan Ardila
, CFO, Algoma Steel Inc.

April 25, 2007:
Brian Aranha
, VP Commercial, Dofasco Inc.

March 27, 2007:
Gerry Fedchun
, President, APMA

February 28, 2007:
Claude Dubois
, Vice President, Arcelor

January 24, 2007:
Rodney Mott
, President & CEO, Stelco Inc.

November 22, 2006:
Wayne Bassett
, President & CEO, Samuel, Son and Co.

October 25, 2006:
Scott Jones
, President, Novamerican Steel

April 26, 2006:
Allen Root
, Exec. VP & COO, Dofasco Inc.

March 22, 2006:
Ronald Nock
, President & CEO, Severstal

February 22, 2006:
John Tulloch
, VP & COO, Ipsco Enterprises Inc.

January 25, 2006:
Courtney Pratt
, President & CEO, Stelco Inc.

November 23, 2005:
Randy Cousins
, Man. Dir. Ind. Products, BMO Nesbitt Burns

October 26, 2005:
Denis Turcotte
, President & CEO, Algoma Steel Inc.

April 27, 2005:
Brian Aranha
, VP Commercial, Dofasco Inc.

March 23, 2005:
Butch Mandel
, VP Commercial, Welded Tube of Cda.

February 23, 2005:
Jerry Nelson
, VP Sales/Marketing, ISG

January 26, 2005:
Courtney Pratt
, President & CEO, Stelco Inc.

November 24, 2004:
Bryan Jones
, President & CEO, Novamerican Steel

October 27, 2004:
Wayne Bassett
, President & CEO, Samuel, Son and Co.

April 28, 2004:
Allen Root
, Exec. VP & COO, Dofasco Inc.

March 24, 2004:
Denis Turcotte
, President & CEO, Algoma Steel Inc.

February 25, 2004:
Gerry Fedchun
, President , APMA

January 28, 2004:
Bud Siegel
, President & CEO, Russel Metals Inc.

November 26, 2003:
William Missen
, Sr. VP Commercial, Stelco Inc.

October 22, 2003:
David Sutherland
, President & CEO, Ipsco Enterprises Inc.

April 23, 2003:
Don Pether
, President and COO, Dofasco Inc.

March 26, 2003:
Hy Akerman
, President, Metro Recycling

February 26, 2003:
Randy Cousins
, Managing Director, BMO Nesbitt Burns

January 22, 2003:
John Leskew
, Gen. Sales/Market Mgr., Stelco Inc., Flat Rolled

November 11, 2002:
Bryan Jones
, President and CEO, Novamerican Steel

October 23, 2002:
Mark Bortolotto
, President, Arcelor Canada

April 24, 2002:
John Mayberry
, President and CEO, Dofasco Inc.

March 27, 2002:
Mr. J. Montgomery
, Mgr. Const. Marketing, Bethlehem Steel

February 27, 2002:
Mr. S. Roger
, VP Sales/Marketing, Inland Steel Inc.

January 23, 2002:
Jim Alfano
, President and CEO, Stelco Inc.

November 28, 2001:
Sandy Adams
, President and CEO, Algoma Steel Inc.

October 24, 2001:
Wayne Bassett
, President and CEO, Samuel, Son and Co.