Optional events linked to the conference

Tuesday 6 October		Friday 9 October
Optional Field Trip to Boeing 13:30 Pick up by coach from the Hotel 1000 15:00 Boeing tour 16:30 Return to the hotel		Fundamentals of Titanium workshop Organized by the ITA 08:30 Start of workshop 12:30 Lunch 16:00 Workshop ends

Conference programme
 
16:00 Registration desk opens

18:00-20:00 Welcome reception
 
Wednesday 7 October
 
08:00 Registration desk opens
 
09:15 Welcome and opening remarks, Nigel Tunna Metal-Pages Ltd., United Kingdom
 
09:30 "The Outlook for the Aerospace Industry”: production forecasts, aftermarket forecasts, supply chain trends, and implications for material suppliers, Bill Bihlman, Associate Consultant, AeroStrategy Limited, U.S.A.

10:00 "Plan to Meet Future Air Travel Demands" - Michael Warner, Senior Manager, Market Analysis, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, U.S.A.

10:30 Coffee break

Light metal session

11:00 “Magnesium for aerospace” –  historical overview; economic rationale and latest alloy developments . Bruce Gwynne Vice President,Strategic Development, Magnesium Elektron, U.S.A.

11:30 Titanium – essential for aerospace – the new generation of aircraft use significantly more titanium than before, will the industry be able to meet future demand at a time when demand from the industrial, chemical and steel sectors has been growing. Polina Sparks, Editor, Metal-Pages

12:00 Lunch

14:00 “Rhenium – What’s Up!” Tom A. Millensifer, Vice President-Technical Director, PowMet, U.S.A.

14:30 “Merlin – The world’s first direct source of Rhenium to the Aerospace Industry” Peter Reeve MD & CEO of Ivanhoe Australia Limited, Australia

15:00 Coffee break

Nickel and Cobalt session

15:30 " Applications and advancement of nickel based superalloys in aviation", Lee Flower, Director of Marketing and Business, Haynes International. U.S.A.
 
16:00 "Cobalt for aerospace", Scott Bending, president, Formation Capital Corporation, Canada
 
16:30 Close of the first day’s session
 
19:00 Optional dinner – Lake Cruise dinner
 
Thursday 8 October
 
08:30 Registration desk opens
 
09:30 “Sourcing metals for aerospace a consumers viewpoint”, the challenges of dealing with volatile and inelastic markets, Mario Coracides, director of supply chain Pratt & Whitney, U.S.A.

10:00  " Using debt and capital markets for metals finance" Gregory Eck, Senior Vice President, GE Commercial Finance, U.S.A.

10:30 "Rare earth magnets - raw material supply and aerospace applications" David Kennedy – Managing Director, Metals and Alloys,Great Western Minerals Group, U.K.

11:00 Coffee break

11:30 "Rare Metals in aerospace (Beryllium, rare earths, tantalum, electronic metals and others)” David Trueman, Avalon Ventures Ltd., Canada

12:00 "Closed Loop Recycling: How Aerospace Companies Are Recovering, Reprocessing, and Reusing Critical  Metals", Jack Lifton, industry consultant, U.S.A.

12:30 Lunch  and conference close

*Programme subject to change