Aluminum Week 2012 Details Revealed

by Jonathan McGaha | 9 August 2012 12:00 am

Aluminum Week will be hosted at the Renaissance Downtown Chicago from Monday, October 15 to Thursday, October 18, 2012. The co-located event features The Aluminum Association’s Annual Meeting, the Aluminum Extruders Council’s Management Conference and the Aluminum Anodizers Council’s 21st Annual International Anodizing Conference. The week-long event is composed of programming focused on “The Road Ahead”, addressing issues including: market opportunities, policy, the economy, the November election and the state of American manufacturing. The event can be followed on social media using the hashtag #AlWeek.

Speakers for Aluminum Week include:

• Jack Hockema, President, CEO and Chairman of Kaiser Aluminum
• Bernadette Budde, Senior Vice President of the Business & Industry Political Action Committee (BIPAC)
• Michael Robinet, Managing Director of IHS Automotive Consulting
• Richard Schultz, Managing Director for Automotive Materials Practice for Ducker Worldwide
• Mitch Bainwol, President & CEO, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
• Chad Moutray, Chief Economist, National Association of Manufacturers
• Ujjval Vayas, JD PhD, Principal at Alberti Group LLC
• Michael Stumo, CEO of the Coalition for a Prosperous America
• Timothy Hayes, Metals Equity Analyst, Davenport & Co.

AEC/AAC Breakout Sessions on Wednesday afternoon include topical tracks covering New Developments in Anodizing, Best Practices, and All About Extrusion, as well as a Mini-Workshop on Management & Strategy to help business owners and high-level managers to evaluate, develop, and execute business plans. Aluminum Week also will include networking events throughout the week and optional educational classes from AAC’s School for Anodizers Program on Monday and Tuesday.

Registration and additional program details can be found through AEC at www.AECmeets.org[1]

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