Open Forum 2023

Åsa Ekdhal, Head, Environment and Climate Change, worldsteel

This year’s Open Forum was held in Antwerp, Belgium on 12-13 September 2023.

The Open Forum is intended to be a conversation about climate involving the entire steel value chain and all its stakeholders to share ideas on how to accelerate the decarbonisation of the steel industry.

The presentations delivered at this event can be downloaded below.

Presentations

Day 1 – Tuesday, 12 September:

1. Opening Session

Keynote speech, Jeong-Woo CHOI, CEO, POSCO Holdings, worldsteel Chair

Climate change and steel’s reputation, Bradley FORDER, Head, Communications, worldsteel (pdf | 1.13 MB) Climate Action at worldsteel, Åsa EKDAHL, Head, Environment and Climate Change, worldsteel (pdf | 3.10 MB)

2. Climate Policy Implementation

This is a panel session with an introductory presentation followed by a discussion. For more details on the panel participants, please check the programme accessible on the right of this page.

Heterogeneity of steel decarbonisation pathways: Scene setting presentation, Cécile SEGUINEAUD, Analyst - Steel Decarbonisation, OECD (pdf | 631.14 KB)

3. Financing the Transition

This is a panel session with introductory presentations followed by a discussion. For more details on the panel participants, please check the programme accessible on the right of this page.

Financing the Transition: Scene setting presentation, Soo Jung KIM, Head, Sustainability Communications, worldsteel (pdf | 409.09 KB) The scale of the challenge, Kwasi AMPOFO, Head of Metals and Mining, Bloomberg New Energy Finance (pdf | 973.76 KB) Gabriel DE LAVAL, Head of Hydrogen Sector, Credit Agricole (pdf | 303.46 KB) Alfredo BANO LEAL, Senior Energy Specialist, Asia Development Bank (pdf | 922.39 KB) Elizabeth DYKSTRA-MCCARTHY, Climate & Energy Policy Analyst, Climate Investment Funds (pdf | 592.08 KB)

4. Raw Material Requirements

This is a panel session with introductory presentations followed by a discussion. For more details on the panel participants, please check the programme accessible on the right of this page.

Raw materials: Scene setting presentation, Dr. Baris ÇIFTÇI, Director, Industry Analysis, worldsteel (pdf | 622.35 KB) Green energy and hydrogen availability and cost, Paul BUTTERWORTH, Research Manager, CRU Sustainability (pdf | 710.40 KB) About GravitHy, José NOLDIN, Chief Executive Officer, GravitHy (pdf | 783.60 KB) The Role of Steel Scrap in Decarbonization, Jeremy JONES, Managing Partner, CIX Inc (pdf | 1.03 MB)

Day 2 – Wednesday, 13 September:

5. Energy Availability

This is a panel session with introductory presentations followed by a discussion. For more details on the panel participants, please check the programme accessible on the right of this page.

Energy availability: Scene setting presentation, Rizwan JANJUA, Head, Technology, worldsteel (pdf | 729.25 KB) 1.5 °C steel energy transitions _Valentin VOGL, Analyst, ARIA (pdf | 1.06 MB) Decarbonizing the Steel Industry, Cyril DUCHANOIS, Vice President - OneB2B Solutions - Metals Segment, TotalEnergies (pdf | 2.93 MB) CCS – status and trends, Bruno GERRITS, Client Engagement Manager, Europe, Global CCS Institute (pdf | 2.57 MB)

6. Steel Using Sectors

This is a panel session with introductory presentations followed by a discussion. For more details on the panel participants, please check the programme accessible on the right of this page.

Reducing the environmental footprint in construction, Olivier VASSART, Chief Executive Officer, Steligence (pdf | 1.83 MB) Perspectives for steel in the mobility sector, Ingo OLSCHEWSKI, Head of Strategy & Consulting, FKA Germany (pdf | 2.30 MB) CO2-reduced Steel for the Energy Industry, Marcel HILGERS, Head of Sales, Technical Customer Service – Communications,ThyssenKrupp AG (pdf | 3.16 MB)

7. Chain of Custody

This is a panel session with an introductory presentation followed by a discussion. For more details on the panel participants, please check the programme accessible on the right of this page.

Chain of custody systems: Claims and impacts, Matthew WENBAN-SMITH, Director, OneWorldStandards (pdf | 3.89 MB)