Matthew Moggridge has been editor of Steel Times International since January 2014, having previously edited Aluminium International Today, both published by the UK-based Quartz Business Media. During his time on both titles he has travelled extensively around the world interviewing and writing about leading figures in the metals industry and covering international steel and aluminium conferences. In addition to working as a journalist in many different industrial sectors, he is also the creator and driving force behind the development of the Future Steel Forum.

Matthew’s career as a business journalist has spanned many leading titles covering other industrial sectors including food processing, foodservice, foreign direct investment, bulk handling and transportation and computers.

Michael Eder is global chief digital officer of HPM (High Performance Metals) and the managing director of voestalphine High Performance Metals Digital Solutions GmbH.

He started his career as an automation engineer in the iron and steel industry, being responsible for implementing technological control systems for rolling mills at a world leading plant building company.

Before his transition to voestalpine, he worked for a leading management consultancy, performing operational improvement as well as strategy engagements.

He holds an engineering degree in telecommunication engineering, as well as a master’s degree in business science from Johannes Kepler University. He also earned his PhD degree from Leopold-Franzens University with his research on ‘The impact of family influence on company volatility and performance: the case of German public companies’.

Philipp Horner is chief sustainability officer at voestalpine's HPM division. With over a decade of experience in logistics, automotive sector, and metals, Philipp has held his current role since 2022.

Philipp is a member of multiple advisory boards, and completed his education at the Technical University, Graz, specialising in industrial engineering and automotive technology.

Dr. Jeasook Chung is the group leader of the control and instrumentation research group at POSCO. He has studied the steelmaking process for over two decades.

With his domain expertise, he has been trying to shift its focus from traditional knowledge-and-experience-based improvements to AI-based smart manufacturing in the steelworks.

Jeasook received his PhD in mechanical engineering from POSTECH. He has been a researcher at the POSCO Technical Research Labs for 26 years.

Dr. Thiago Turchetti Maia is the executive vice president for SMS digital’s Center of Excellence.

He has 20+ years of experience in leading technology companies focused on industrial digitalization. He founded Vetta and Viridis, two companies later incorporated by the SMS group. He has led software industry associations and served on different supervisory boards.

He holds a PhD and an MSc in Electrical Engineering, a BSc in computer science, and an MBA in finance.

Dr Klaus Peters qualified as Doctor of Engineering in 1993 and gained a state doctorate (Habilitation) in 1998 (RWTH Aachen), starting his industrial career with thyssenkrupp Steel Europe (tkSE).

His senior experiences include production, sales, quality and R&D both on national and international level. From 2011, Dr. Peters joined several working groups and committees of the European Steel Technology Platform (ESTEP) and was in charge of international research projects and European funding of tkSE. He became in secretary general of ESTEP in 2015.

Amongst others, he is member of the Steel Advisory Group (SAG) of the Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS) and board member of the public-private partnership Processes4Planet. He is the executive director of the Horizon Europe Clean Steel Partnership.

In 2021, ESTEP was again appointed as member of the High-Level Group on Energy Intensive Industries.

Constanzo started his career at Centro Sviluppo Materiali S.p.A. in 1979, becoming department manager and director in 1992. He has significant experience in the fields of finite element analysis and modelling, fracture mechanics, and plant erection management and quality control.

Constanzo is currently a research and development project evaluator at the RFCS (Research Fund of Carbon and Steel), a chairman of the Smart Factory Focus Group of the European Steel Technology Platform (ESTEP) and a member of the task force and the implementation group of the Clean Steel Partnership. Since May 2015, he has held the position of senior consultant in the steelmaking sector for Danieli Automation.

Valentina Colla is the assistant professor of metallurgy and responsible for the Information and Communication Technologies for Complex Industrial Systems and Processes research team (ICT-COISP) of the TeCIP Institute of Scuola Superiore Sant’Aanna. Her research activity concerns simulation, modelling, management, and control of industrial processes via traditional and Artificial Intelligence-based techniques.

She holds considerable experience in the development of solutions to improve energy and resource efficiency in the steel sector, including by-products characterization treatment and valorisation. She participated in 75 EU-funded projects (11 as project co-ordinator) as well as many projects funded by private companies.

She is an active member of the European Steel Technology Platform (ESTEP), where she is vice-chair of the focus groups entitled ‘smart factory’ and ‘circular economy’. She has co-authored about 400 papers published in international journals and conferences.

Carlos Russell is the business conduct compliance and cybersecurity director for Ternium.

Over the last 10 years he has built Ternium’s cybersecurity programme, including industrial cybersecurity, privacy and technology risk management concerns.

Prior to joining Ternium, Carlos spent 20 years dealing with complex business and technology transformation programmes in various industries, working for global management consulting companies such as PwC, Capgemini Consulting and EY in the UK.

Carlos holds a BSc in computing and information systems from Goldsmiths College (University of London) and is certified in Cybersecurity (CISSP, CISM), IT Audit (CISA) and IT Governance (CGEIT).

Osamu Yamaguchi worked in JFE Steel’s steel laboratory from 1992 to 2022, focusing on process control and optimization for production schedules and logistics in steelworks.

Currently, he is working in the data science project department of the company on planning, installing and education in data science technologies. Osamu graduated from Kyoto University, and holds a master's degree in control theory.

Stefan has worked for more than 20 years in the manufacturing industry and IT with a focus on the metals industry. He has a wide knowledge of supply chain and manufacturing solutions and their use throughout the metals industry.

Dr. Falk-Florian Henrich is the founder and CEO of Smart Steel Technologies. The company offers AI-based software products to optimize steel production.

Prior to founding Smart Steel Technologies, Dr. Henrich built the high-tech company CeleraOne (2011-2018), and established it as the market leader in the paid content sector and then sold it to Axel Springer SE.

Dr. Henrich holds a PhD in mathematics and contributed substantial research to the theory of loop spaces of Riemannian manifolds and artificial intelligence.

Stanislav Zinchenko is the CEO of GMK Center, chair of the Committee for Environment and Sustainable Development of the European Business Association, and president of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ Ukraine Roundtable.

For the last five years, Stanislav has provided consulting services for Ukrainian iron and steel companies, specializing in sustainability issues, supply chains, CAPEX policy, and market analysis. Stanislav has 15-years of experience in consulting for manufacturing companies.

He has expertise in operational management and supply chains as a team leader, consultant and analyst in international projects in the field of entrepreneurship, operational efficiency and logistics infrastructure.

Stanislav has a master’s in international economics from Kyiv National Economic University.

Caroline is the inaugural director of Steelwatch, the first international civil society organisation exclusively focused on driving decarbonization and transformation in the steel sector.

She is an experienced leader, systems-thinker and change-maker. A socio-economist by background, her career has spanned work in INGOs, policy research, policy making, consultancy, community development, business innovation and impact investment.

Prior to SteelWatch, Caroline led global programmes at Forum for the Future, exploring the transformations needed for a just and regenerative future, including how businesses can be future-fit. As Economic Justice strategic lead at Oxfam GB she led a global team supporting communities and challenging business around the world for socio-economic transformation and climate resilience.

Rooted in international development, Caroline has lived and worked in multiple African and Asian countries. She worked in the Namibian government shaping post-apartheid environmental management, initiated approaches to address poverty within the tourism industry internationally, catalysed innovation with over 100 businesses in DFID-funded challenge funds, and worked with multiple development banks on their development impact.

Caroline is the inaugural director of Steelwatch, the first international civil society organisation exclusively focused on driving decarbonization and transformation in the steel sector.

She is an experienced leader, systems-thinker and change-maker. A socio-economist by background, her career has spanned work in INGOs, policy research, policy making, consultancy, community development, business innovation and impact investment.

Prior to SteelWatch, Caroline led global programmes at Forum for the Future, exploring the transformations needed for a just and regenerative future, including how businesses can be future-fit. As Economic Justice strategic lead at Oxfam GB she led a global team supporting communities and challenging business around the world for socio-economic transformation and climate resilience.

Rooted in international development, Caroline has lived and worked in multiple African and Asian countries. She worked in the Namibian government shaping post-apartheid environmental management, initiated approaches to address poverty within the tourism industry internationally, catalysed innovation with over 100 businesses in DFID-funded challenge funds, and worked with multiple development banks on their development impact.

Jean-Paul Nauzin began his career as a metallic material expert at ArcelorMittal France in 1996, where he worked for five years, before becoming a metallic material expert at PSA Peugeot Citroën (France). Jean-Paul Nauzin held this position for over a decade, before he joined Fives as an automotive steel expert and CEO of Fives KEODS, Fives subsidiary. Today, he is Innovation & Technology Director of the Steel & Glass Division at Fives.

Jean-Paul obtained a Master’s degree in Materials Science and Forming from the Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, France, as well as an Engineering degree in Materials Science and Processing from the École des Mines de Nancy, France.

Osamu Yamaguchi worked in JFE Steel’s steel laboratory from 1992 to 2022, focusing on process control and optimization for production schedules and logistics in steelworks.

Currently, he is working in the data science project department of the company on planning, installing and education in data science technologies. Osamu graduated from Kyoto University, and holds a master's degree in control theory.

Sanjeev Manocha is the business development director of LanzaTech Inc headquartered in Chicago, USA.

Sanjeev joined LanzaTech earlier this year, having developed a passion to decarbonize industries. He is leading the steel, cement and energy intensive industry sectors.

In terms of his wider career, Sanjeev is a metallurgical engineer with an executive MBA, who started his working life in the iron and steel industry, having served in various executive positions across Europe, Asia pacific and North America.

In the later part of his career, Sanjeev moved to the lime industry. Sanjeev also served as a board member with various businesses and institutes.

Dr. Valentin Vogl works as a steel industry analyst at ARIA, an organisation doing research and analysis on climate and energy issues.

Before joining ARIA, Dr. Vogl completed his PhD thesis titled 'Steel Beyond Coal: Socio-Technical Change and the Emergent Politics of Steel Decarbonisation' at Lund University. Dr. Vogl's current research interests are the industrial politics of green steel and of coal industry decline.

Dr. Vogl has published widely on matters of steel decarbonisation and has been advising the steel industry work of the International Energy Agency, among others.

Maria Salamero Sansalvado has worked within the Abgar Group, a water utility business, for 25 years. She has undertaken different functions and positions in the fields of operations, technology, research and innovation and communication in the water sector. Maria has led the creation of technology centres and knowledge transfer and training at an international level. In the last five years, Maria has been the director of sustainability at Aigües de Barcelona, activating, among others, the first Sustainability Committee of the Board of Directors and the company's 2030 Agenda.

Since September 2022, she has held the role of head of sustainability at Celsa Group, a family business created in 1967 that produces circular and low carbon steel, being the first industrial company in the steel sector in Spain and the second in recycling in Europe.

Maria is currently the president of the Industrial Engineering Association of Catalunya, holding the role of engineering for sustainable progress.

Rutger Gyllenram is a Swedish metallurgist and entrepreneur. He has an MSc in process metallurgy and materials science and a licentiate degree (Dr-ing) in metal production technology from the Royal Institute of Technology, KTH, in Stockholm.

He is the founder and CEO of Kobolde & Partners AB, working with raw material and process assessment, which is crucial for decarbonization in the steel industry.

Professor Mini C. Rai is the global chair in robotic engineering and heads space engineering research at the University of Lincoln.

In partnership with industries and stakeholders, she leads various projects on robotics, AI, automation and control within the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems.

Matthew Moggridge has been editor of Steel Times International since January 2014, having previously edited Aluminium International Today, both published by the UK-based Quartz Business Media. During his time on both titles he has travelled extensively around the world interviewing and writing about leading figures in the metals industry and covering international steel and aluminium conferences. In addition to working as a journalist in many different industrial sectors, he is also the creator and driving force behind the development of the Future Steel Forum.

Matthew’s career as a business journalist has spanned many leading titles covering other industrial sectors including food processing, foodservice, foreign direct investment, bulk handling and transportation and computers.

Anna Domènech is an experienced industrial engineer with a master’s degree in international business management.

With over 12 years in funding and innovation management, she has held the position of corporate innovation manager at CELSA Group since 2020. In this role, Anna co-ordinates innovation initiatives across all business units spanning Spain, France, UK, Poland and the Nordic countries.

Previously, Anna gained valuable expertise during her six-year tenure as a consultant in Brussels, assisting industrial clients in navigating the European innovation ecosystem. Before joining CELSA, she spent four years managing Nissan Europe's participation in public funding programmes, supporting innovation initiatives across their factories, research centres, and business units throughout Europe.

Anna's passion for driving innovation and fostering collaboration fuels her commitment to making a positive impact within the industry.

Ion is responsible for project development in the research and development department at BM Group Polytec S.p.A.

He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electronics and automation engineering from the University of Brescia.

During his employment he followed the design and commissioning of innovative robotic installations in different applications at several steel plants around the globe. Currently he manages the development of the ongoing research and development projects at BM Group Polytec S.p.A.

As part of the AMI team based in Europe, Emmanuel is responsible for business development in Europe, Middle East and Asia.

After graduating from the Monterrey Institute of Technology with a master’s degree from the Czech Technical University in Prague for mechatronics and control engineering, he focused his career in the steel industry, particularly in the fields of electrode regulation and EAF optimization.

Starting first as a regulation engineer for several years, he then began working on developing business opportunities for AMI.

Bikash is a metallurgical engineer from NIT Durgapur, with 18 years of experience in iron ore sintering and pelletization, operation, design and engineering.

Bikash specializes in the sintering process, controlling stack emissions, pelletizing process, drying and grinding process, and has a wide understanding of plant machinery.

He has worked with Tata Steel Limited since 2010 as head of operation, sinter plant.

Vikas is an electrical and electronics engineer from BIT Sindri, with an MBA from IMT Gaziabad. Vikas has 18 years of experience in the IT sector of SAP.

He has worked for Tata Steel since 2005 as a head client partner in iron making, driving digital transformation in iron making.

Dr Aliyu Aliyu is a senior lecturer in sustainable energy at the University of Lincoln and is a member of the Sustainable Energy and Power Research Group within the School of Engineering.

He has interests in low-carbon technologies such as the production of biofuels and green hydrogen, and has worked with companies to assess the deployment of low-carbon technologies.

Professor Dirk Schaefer is the head of the School of Engineering at the University of Lincoln.

He is a professor of mechanical engineering and an international thought leader in research on cyber-physical systems for production engineering (Industry 4.0).

Schaefer also directs the Industrial Digitalisation and System Intelligence Research Group in the School of Engineering.

Vito Logar is an assistant professor at the faculty of electrical engineering, University of Ljubljana.

His research field consists of modelling, simulation, and optimization of electric arc furnaces processes. He has been involved in this field for 15 years and has published numerous papers in scientific journals and conferences describing different areas of EAF-process modelling as well as optimization approaches.

He was a leader of several projects (domestic, EU, and industrial) addressing different aspects of EAF efficiency, the latest being the EU Horizon 2020 SPIRE project: Inevitable (GA. 869815).

Giovanni Bavestrelli graduated from the Politecnico di Milano, Italy, with a master’s degree in software engineering, after attending high school in Johannesburg, South Africa, for five years. He joined Pomini Tenova in 1994, working on roll grinder automation, developing and commissioning software systems for running roll shops in steel plants. He later joined Unisys Corporation in the year 2000, leading the development team for the Hermes editorial system. He went back to Pomini Tenova in 2004 as software engineering director and has since worked for Pomini Tenova, leading the software development team.

In 2016 he contributed to Tenova’s Digital Transformation initiative and later joined the new Tenova Digital Team as director. He currently holds the position of Data Science Director, focusing on artificial intelligence applications, and working closely with all of Tenova’s business units.

Kurt Herzog completed his master’s degree in industrial automation at the Technical University of Vienna and his MBA at the Linz Management Academy.

In 1997, Kurt began working for VAI, a predecessor company of Primetals Technologies, in the area of process automation, and held several management functions in electronics and automation as well as in engineering. Since 2016, he has been responsible for the Industry 4.0 portfolio of Primetals Technologies.

Pamir Ozbay is the head of operations and the co-founder of Fero Labs, an industrial machine learning software company based out of the US and Germany. His team of industrial data scientists is committed to maximizing customer value through the implementation of explainable ML. Pamir's career commenced in 2009 within GE's industrial automation division, following the completion of his M.S. in electrical engineering from Columbia University. Over the years, he has undertaken diverse roles across engineering, sales, and consulting at industry leaders including TMEIC and Siemens, with a primary focus on the steel industry. He remains heavily involved in Fero's steel deployments across the globe.

With an engineering degree in machine automation, Tony Leikas has held various positions in the technology industry areas of engineering, sales and management.

He has 25 years of working history in Pesmel and since 2011 has held the position of chief executive officer. His experience in sales combined with the firm technical background has given him a strong basis for leadership of the company.

Tony has been a member of the management group of Pesmel for over a decade. He is also chairman of the board in Pesmel Taiwan and the other subsidiary companies.

Luca Cestari is product portfolio manager at Danieli Automation Digi&Met, with a passion for developing digital solutions that leverage data-driven process and quality control in the steel industry.

Prior to this position, he gained considerable experience as software engineer and innovation manager on multiple R&D projects, introducing innovative concepts and technologies in the fields of smart sensors, robotics, data science, and mathematical modeling and simulation of industrial processes.

Luca holds a master's degree in electronic engineering from the University of Padova and a degree in metallurgical engineering from the University of Udine.

After working for four years as the head of production planning and IT at a PSI Metals customer, Stefan Albers joined PSI Metals in 2007, working in various positions as a software engineer, solution architect, project manager and business consultant for planning, scheduling, and execution.

Stefan holds a PhD in electrical engineering from TU Dortmund.

Alexandre Gauche has been working at Fives since 2017, starting as a digital and innovation director in the energy division, then becoming a service and digital director in the steel and glass division.

He has a master’s degree in engineering, science and technology from École Polytechnique, France and a master’s degree in science and executive engineering from École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, France.