Alacero Summit 2024the main event of the industry steel from all over Latin America, will gather this October 29 and 30 at the Hilton Hotel Buenos Aires to CEOs, corporate directors, government authorities and international organizations to speak about the challenges of the sector.
“The steel industry is synonymous with growth, employment and development for Latin America, and today we have the opportunity to promote this path. Alacero Summit 2024 will be the ideal space to address common challenges, share learning and find solutions,” he said. Ezequiel TavernelliExecutive Director of Alacero.
At the meeting organized by Steelwingthe non-profit civil entity that brings together the Latin American steel value chain, three major themes of the present and future of the industry will be addressed by international speakers.
Themes of Alacero Summit 2024
under the shaft “Markets and Geopolitics in Steel”the renowned economist Ricardo Amorim will address the challenge of competitiveness for LATAM in the face of the Chinese threat, with special focus on Brazil. Andrés Malamudsenior researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon, will present the socio-political panorama, and the American economist Shannon K. O’Neil will delve into the trend towards regionalization of global supply chains. At the end of the first day, Paolo RoccaCEO of the Techint Group, will give a keynote lecture.
Within the approach to “Competitiveness of the LATAM value chain”, Rafael Lucchesipresident of the Board of Directors of the BNDES, will analyze the paths that Brazil is taking towards reindustrialization as a commitment to economic and social development. In turn, on the panel “Regionalization and nearshoring”the Mexican economist Gerardo Esquivel and Francisco Cervantes DíazPresident of the CCE, will discuss the Mexican industrial experience and the factors that led to its success.
Understanding the importance of building integrated and increasingly competitive value chains, Vagner Loyola de Vale and Rafael Chang of Toyota will bring vision about the shared expectations and challenges. To finalize and complete the analysis on the perspectives and challenges of the regional steel industry, Paula Jeffersonfrom ArcelorMittal, Gustavo Werneck of Gerdau and Maximo Vedoya of Ternium will close the day with the panel of CEOs.
Sustainability in the industry
As a novelty for this year, the Decarbonization Forumwhich will present the technological and environmental challenges for the industry of the future. In this block of “Sustainability”international speakers will discuss the path, advances and challenges of the Latin American industry for low CO2 emissions steel.
The steel industry in Latin America mobilizes 1.4 million direct and indirect jobs and is key in different strategic economic sectors such as construction, the automotive industry and the manufacturing of machinery and household appliances. However, it is threatened by the growing import of steel from China, which does not comply with market rules. Last year they reached a historical record, close to 10 million tons, which represents a growth of 45% and creates a critical situation for the local industry.
The reconfiguration of value chains and the trend towards regionalization open new possibilities for Latin America, which produces steel with one of the smallest carbon footprints in the world and which has a competitive and integrated metalworking value chain.
Since 1962, the Alacero congress became the main meeting for the value chain of the Latin American steel industry.
Source: Ambito
