Schedule - SteelMint Events

Tentative Schedule

08:30 – 09:30 l Registration & Tea/Coffee
09:30 – 10:45 l Inaugural Session
Government’s and Industry’s perspective about the need and issues to reduce carbon footprints in Indian steel industry
Welcome Address Mr. Rahul Mittal, Chairman, SIMA & MD, Janki Corp Ltd. Theme Address Mr. Deependra Kashiva, Director General, SIMA Address by Guest of Honour Mr. Amitava Mukherjee, CMD, NMDC Ltd Mr. Ashish Anupam, VP, Tata Steel Long Products Ltd. Mr. Bimlendra Jha, MD, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. Mr. Jayant Acharya, Jt.MD, JSW Steel Ltd. Mr. Abhay Bakre, DG, BEE Mr. Nagendra Nath Sinha, Secretary, Ministry of Steel Address by Chief Guest* Dr. V.K. Saraswat, Member, NITI Aayog Vote of Thanks Mr. Gajraj Singh Rathore, Whole Time Director & Group COO, JSW Steel Ltd.
Session – 2 \| Technical Advances in Gas Based DRI and DRI Based Steel Production
10:45 -11:45 \| Moderator – Mr. Gajraj Singh Rathore, Vice Chairman, SIMA and Whole Time Director & Group COO, JSW Steel Ltd.
Presentation by Mr. Sean Boyle, Director -Plant Sales, Midrex Technologies Inc Presentation on Energiron ZR: Fit-for-Future Direct Reduction Technology by Mr. M Zampa, Deputy CTO, Danieli India Ltd. Presentation by SMS Group Presentation by Mr. Biswadeep Bhattacharjee, Primetals Technologies Presentation on use of syn gas in DRI production by Mr. Naveen Ahlawat, Head – Power to X, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd
11:45 – 12:00 \| Tea/Coffee Break
Session – 3 \| Multi Pathways to Reduce CO2 Emissions
12:00 – 13:00 \| Moderator – Ms. Ruchika Chaudhry Govil, Addl. Secretary, Ministry of Steel
Presentation on Gas based DRI as a future metallic by Mr. Ravi Singh, CEO, Sulb, Bahrain, UAE Presentation on Hydrogen – enriched Syngas Production from Biomass by Prof. Shabina Khanam, IIT Roorkee Presentation on Tenova’s approach towards Green Pig Iron Production through Direct Reduction Technology: Tenova iBLUE® by Mr. Praveen Chaturvedi, VP & Head, Tenova HYL. Presentation on Measures taken by Tata Steel to reduce carbon footprints in Coal based DRI production by Dr. T. Bhaskar, Chief Technology Officer, Tata Steel Limited
13:00 – 14:00 \| Lunch Break
Session – 4 \| Panel Discussion on Availability of Raw Materials and Their Role in Reduction of Carbon Footprints
14:00 – 15:45 \| Moderator – Mr. P K Murugan, President, JSW Steel Ltd, Vijayanagar
Role of Iron Ore Mr. Rajesh Gupta, MD, Lloyds Metals and Energy Ltd., NMDC Mr. Swapnil Patil, Head, Iron Ore & Sponge Iron, Tata International Ltd Role of Pellets Mr. K. Prasad, Director, Star Global LLC Mr. T. Saminathan, CMD, KIOCL Mr. Souvik Bhattacharjya, Associate Director, TERI Role of Coal Mr. Amita Khurana, Group Chief- Raw Materials Procurement, Tata Steel Ltd, Mr. Suneet Kochhar, RawMet Resources Pvt Ltd Role of Refractories Mr. Parmod Sagar, MD&CEO, RHI Magnesita India Ltd and President World Refractories Association
15:45 – 16:00 \| Tea/Coffee Break
Session – 5 \| Policy Advocacy Issues
16:00 – 17:00 \| Moderator: Mr. Rahul Mittal, Chairman, SIMA & MD Janki Corp Ltd.
Carbon Credit Trading Scheme Mr. Saurabh Diddi, Director, BEE Mr. S.K. Khandare, Director, BEE (on PAT Scheme) AI software based CO2 emissions reporting mechanism Mr. Harsh Choudhry, Co-founder & CEO, Sentra World Mr. Yogesh Mandhani, President AIIFA (on Cross Border Subsidy Charges & scrap related issues) Sustainability Issues Mr. Girish Sethi, Senior Director, TERI (on the Indian Initiatives to Decarbonization of Steel Industry) Latest Developments to Reduce CO2 Emissions and Use of Green Hydrogen Mr. Prakash Tatia, Director, Welspun Specialty Solutions Ltd Opportunity and Challenges for Sustainable growth of Secondary Steel Sector Mr. Parmjeet Singh, Addl Indl. Advisor, Ministry of Steel Concluding Remarks by DG, SIMA
18:30 \| Dinner