Aluminum Industry Meeting Set for April 5-6
30 March 2000
Aluminum Industry Meeting Set for April 5-6; World Trade, e-Commerce, and Automotive Issues Are Focus
WASHINGTON, March 30 Aluminum industry executives from
around the country will gather for The Aluminum Association Spring Meeting on
April 5-6, 2000 in Washington, D.C. The meeting, entitled "The Aluminum
Industry: The Shape of Things to Come," will feature presentations by key
business and opinion leaders including:
* Ambassador Susan G. Esserman, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
* former Bush cabinet member Andrew H. Card, General Motors Corporation
* e-Commerce expert Leif Eriksen, AMR Research, Inc.
* Doug Harbrecht, Business Week
* Jim Cramer, The Greenway Group, Inc.
Additional information about the Spring Meeting and online registration is
available on The Aluminum Association's web site http://www.aluminum.org. There are
no registration fees for working press, but press must contact Beth Polichene
at (202) 862-5166 or bpoliche@aluminum.org to register to attend.
To make hotel reservations and receive the discounted room rate, contact
Loews L'Enfant Plaza Hotel directly at (202) 484-1000. Loews L'Enfant Plaza
Hotel is located at 480 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, D.C.
The Aluminum Association, based in Washington, DC with offices in Detroit,
MI, represents primary producers of aluminum, recyclers, and producers of
semi-fabricated products. Member companies operate almost 200 plants in 37
states.
The following presentations are open to the press:
Wednesday, April 5
12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m. Luncheon Presentation
"Use of Aluminum in Architectural Applications"
Speaker: Jim Cramer
Chairman, The Greenway Group, Inc.
6:00 - 9:00 p.m. Reception and Dinner Presentation
"Key Business Trends: What They Mean for the
Aluminum Industry"
Speaker: Doug Harbrecht
Online News Director and Washington
Editor, Business Week
Thursday, April 6
7:30 - 8:45 a.m. Breakfast Presentation
"Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Aluminum
Industry"
Speaker: Richard Kerr
Chairman of the Board, The Aluminum
Association and President and Chief
Operating Officer, IMCO Recycling, Inc.
"Executive Committee Report"
Speaker: Steve Fehling
Vice President, Planning and Business
Development, Alcan Aluminum Corporation
9:00 a.m. - noon General Session
"Critical Issues Facing the Automotive Industry"
Speaker: The Honorable Andrew H. Card
Vice President, Government Relations,
General Motors Corporation
"World Trade in the Post Seattle Environment"
Speaker: Ambassador Susan G. Esserman
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative,
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
"Integrating e-Commerce into your Business
Strategy"
Speaker: Leif Eriksen
Research Director, Process
Industries/Process Automation, AMR
Research, Inc.
12:00 noon PRESS LUNCHEON BUFFET
Press Briefing and Q&A Session with Richard Kerr
Chairman of the Board, The Aluminum Association
and President and Chief Operating Officer, IMCO
Recycling, Inc.