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9-11 September 2007 Grand Hyatt, Dubai, UAE

PLUS! • Packed exhibition

• Optional field trips toDubai Aluminium andGulf Extrusions

• Exciting socialprogramme

• Abundant networkingopportunities

• Hedging Workshop

• Technology Sessions

Including presentations from:Keynote Address: Abdullah Kalban, Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Aluminium, Dubai, UAE

• Steven Demetriou, President & CEO, Aleris International, USA• Torstein Dale Sjøtveit, President, Hydro Aluminium Metal, Norway• Yvon D’Anjou, Vice-President Business Development, Alcan Primary Metal, Canada• Vladimir Kremer, Managing Director Sales & Marketing, United Company Rusal, Russia• Arnaud de Weert, President, Novelis Europe, Switzerland• Svein Richard Brandtzæg, President, Hydro Aluminium Products, Norway• Sayed El Wahab, Chairman & CEO, Egyptalum, Egypt• Benby Chan Yiu Tsuan, Deputy Chairman/CEO, Asia Aluminium Holdings, China• Roy Hammer, Managing Director, Elkem Aluminium ANS, Norway• Claude Vanvoren, Vice President Technology, R&D, Alcan Primary Metal Group, France• Lutz-Eike Elend, Audi AG, Germany• Jean-Marc Segaud, BMW Landshut, Germany

Conference 2007

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Consolidation, energy and supply: shaping the new world order

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You don’t have to look very far to see the reasons forthe location of our 22nd International AluminiumConference. Dubai and Bahrain, with the world-classsmelters of Dubal and Alba, are today the centre ofgravity of a rapidly emerging, modern and low-costaluminium smelting community that stretches fromEgypt to India. With abundant energy resources and adesire to industrialise, create jobs and maximise exportrevenues, the region could see aluminium productionrise to 5-6m tpy compared with just under 2m tpy atpresent.

From Moscow in 2006, to Dubai in 2007, the location of ourInternational Aluminium Conference increasingly mirrors theglobal shift in market dynamics east and southwards. Naturally

the conference programme will also examine this trend, withinsight into emerging markets such as China and India.

As an international conference, it will also analyse and reviewthose issues that are common to the industry worldwide. This isan industry that is rapidly reshaping to meet the challenges of thefuture. A wave of consolidation is sweeping through thealuminium world, driven by the need to keep costs competitive,to secure cheaper energy and raw materials, and to accessgrowth marketplaces wherever they are around the globe.

Aluminium has a healthy future, but to participate successfully inthis, you need to be sure you know where the businessopportunities lie, or your competitors will get there first. If youwant to know who is doing what, what is driving the market, andhow these dynamics are changing, then join us for our 22ndInternational Aluminium Conference in Dubai.

Field TripsAll registered delegates are also invited to take part in these optional field trips:

Dubai Aluminium and Port facilitiesSunday 9 September 2007From a relatively small smelter with three potlines producing136,000 tpy of aluminium during the early 1970s, Dubal hasexpanded its operations to encompass eight potlines that producemore than 861,000 metric tonnes of quality hot metal aluminiumfor clients in more than 44 different countries. Extrusion ingot -primarily 6063 grade - represents roughly 55% of Dubal's totalproduction, though the company is also currently one of theworld's largest suppliers of foundry alloys for automotive wheelmanufacturers.

The Dubal complex is situated approximately an hour’s drivealong the coast from Dubai City, adjacent to the Jebel Ali FreeZone. From Jebel Ali, Dubal’s aluminium products are exported tosome 56 different ports around the world, while the port is alsoused for the importing of Dubal's main raw material - alumina.

Delegates will have the opportunity to visit both the Dubalcomplex and the loading/unloading facilities in the Jebel Ali FreeZone.

09.00 Depart conference hotel by bus10.00 Arrive Dubal for presentation and plant visit 11.45 Depart for Jebel Ali Free Zone12.00 Arrive at Jebel Ali Free Zone for visit to Dubal alumina

unloading and aluminium loading facilities 13.00 Depart port13.30 Lunch at local restaurant Madinat Jumeirah Hotel, Al Qasr 15.30 Arrive back at conference hotel

Price: US$170Fee includes all ground travel, lunch and beverages.

Gulf ExtrusionsSunday 9 September 2007Gulf Extrusions is one of the largest extrusion plants in the Gulfwith a 20-year history of top quality production. Located at JebelAli, it is close to its raw material supplier, Dubal, and minutesaway from one of the busiest sea ports in the Gulf. The plant canproduce aluminium sections in mill, silver and colour anodized,gold dyed and powder coated finishes. The modern processingequipment and techniques permit the company to produce arange of over 7,000 profiles. These vary from architecturalsections to components for household items, AC grills andcustomised products. Nearly 70% of the output generated by GulfExtrusions is used in the local market to support building andconstruction projects. Export markets include Singapore, SaudiArabia, Lebanon and the CIS Republics.

Provisional itinerary:09.15 Depart conference hotel by bus10.15 Arrive Gulf Extrusions for presentation and plant visit 13.15 Depart Gulf Extrusions13.30 Lunch at local restaurant Madinat Jumeirah Hotel, Al Qasr 15.30 Arrive back at conference hotel

Price: US$170Fee includes all ground travel, lunch and beverages.

The field trips are optional and open to all registereddelegates. To register for the field trips, please tick therelevant box on the back page

(Please note that we must have a copy of your passport inorder to secure your booking)

Metals Trading & Hedging WorkshopSunday 9 September 2007, 9am to 4pm Presenter: Paddy Crabbe (author of the Metals Trading Handbook)

This one-day, interactive training workshop is designed to provide anin-depth understanding of the structure of the London MetalExchange and its workings, metals risk identification, managementand trading techniques, internal controls, accounting and regulation.

• The LME today - who uses it, why and how it is used• LME contracts, the trading day, exchange structure• The physical metals link - pricing, physical delivery• Identifying risk - and managing it

• Practical futures and options exercises• Regulation, matching, clearing and internal accounting

Who should attend: refiners • smelters • traders • mills andfabricators • fund managers • controllers • accountants • trafficmanagers

Price US$550 including lunch. Spaces strictly limited. To registerplease tick the appropriate box on the registration form.

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VenueDubai’s luxury city conference hotel, Grand Hyatt Dubai, towersmajestically by the edge of Dubai’s historic creek. Set within 37 acres oflandscaped gardens, the hotel is an outstanding combination of resortfacilities, luxury hotel guest rooms and suites, residential apartmentsand one of the most advanced conference centres in the Middle East.

Sunday 9 September 200709.00 Optional field trips to Dubai Aluminium Smelter or Gulf

Extrusions

09.00 Optional Metals Trading & Hedging Workshop

15.30 Field trips return to conference hotel. Venue - Grand Hyatt Dubai

15.30 Registration desk opens

16.00 Close of Metals Trading & Hedging Workshop

18:00 Welcome reception hosted by Dubai Aluminium

Monday 10 September 200708.00 Registration desk opens

08.45 Chairman’s opening remarks

08.50 Welcome AddressRepresentative of the Dubai government

08.55 Keynote address: The Gulf as a global aluminium player: thenext phaseAbdullah Kalban, Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Aluminium, Dubai

09.20 Session 1:Executive Industry PanelModerator: Malcolm McHale, General Manager Projects, DubaiAluminium, Dubai

Your opportunity to ask senior industry decision-makers their viewson key issues such as:• Energy costs and availability• Longer-term aluminium consumption growth• Substitution and materials choices• The importance of downstream• The changing role of the LME• R&D as a key to market growth

Panellists include: • Steven Demetriou, President & CEO, Aleris International,

USA• Torstein Dale Sjøtveit, President, Hydro Aluminium Metal,

Norway• Yvon D’Anjou, Vice-President Business Development, Alcan

Primary Metal, Canada• Nelson Silva, President Strategy, Business Development &

South America, BHP Billiton, UK

10.40 Refreshment break

Session 2: Changing players, changing marketsModerator: Ann-Marie Moreno, Senior Conference ProgrammeManager, Metal Bulletin Events, UK

11.10 Structural changes to the basics of the industryWim Plaizier, Partner, A T Kearney Benelux, Netherlands

11.30 Examining the impact of Russian aluminium consolidation:what implications for global market dynamics?Vladimir Kremer, Managing Director Sales & Marketing, UnitedCompany Rusal, Russia

11.50 The aluminium industry from a European trade policyperspectiveRafal Lapkowski, DG Trade G2 - Steel, Coal, Non-ferrous Metalsand Raw Materials, European Commission, Belgium

12.10 The alumina market - where to next?Nikhil Shah, Senior Consultant, CRU International, UK

12.30 Aluminium market drivers: new realities for the decade aheadJulian Kettle, Metals Service Manager and Manager AluminiumResearch, Brook Hunt, UK

12.50 Lunch sponsored by Natixis Commodity Markets

Session 3:Assessing the Gulf as an aluminium supplier Moderator: Raju Daswani, Managing Director and GlobalPublisher, Metal Bulletin, UK

14.15 Is the Middle East is the next aluminium super power? Aglobal analysisA representative of Metal Bulletin Research, UK

14.35 Natural gas to fuel the aluminium industry in the GulfDr Naji Abi-Aad, Qatar Petroleum, Qatar

14.55 Aluminium Bahrain - world-class, growing and transforming

15.15 The potential for building an aluminium industry in Saudi ArabiaCampbell Smith, Vice President Projects Development, WesternWay for Industrial Development Co (WWIDC), Saudi Arabia

15.35 Refreshment Break

15.55 Session 4:Downstream growth in the Middle East: whereare the gaps?Introduction and moderator: Shambhu Prasad, Senior Expert,GOIC, Qatar

16.05 Aluminium industry growth in Northern Africa and Egypt as akey to jobs, wealth and marketsSayed Abd El Wahab, Chairman & CEO, Aluminium Company ofEgypt, Egypt

16.25 Building a market for aluminium in construction in the MiddleEastModar Mohammed Al Mekdad, General Manager, GulfExtrusions, Dubai

16.45 Aluminium rolling in the Middle East - supply base, localdemand and export marketsAdel Hamad Rahman, Chief Executive Officer, Gulf AluminiumRolling Mill, Bahrain

17.10 Close of Day 1

19.00 Arabian Theme Night and Dinner at the Al Madinat ArenaBallroom, Mina A’Salam, hosted by Dubai Aluminium

Event: Arabian Theme NightVenue: Al Madinat Arena Ballroom

- Mina A’SalamDate: Monday 10 September

2007Time: 19:00 - 23:00Transport: Coaches provided from

and returning to the GrandHyatt Hotel

nference 9-11 September 2007

Note: This programme is provisional only and both timings and content may be subject to change

Tuesday 11 September 2007

Stream A08.15 Registration desk opens

09.00 Chairman’s remarks

09.05 Consumption keynote: Can emerging markets offset maturegrowth elsewhere?

Session 5a:Rolled products under review

09.35 Aluminium rolling: product mix and profitabilityArnaud de Weert, President, Novelis Europe, Switzerland

10.05 The changing global landscape in aluminium rolling Svein Richard Brandtzæg, President, Hydro AluminiumProducts, Norway

10.35 Is aerospace taking off? - implications for the aluminium platebusinessKevin Lowery, Alcoa, USA

11.05 Refreshment break

Session 6a:Automotive - is it still driving growth?

11.30 Advanced aluminium casting alloys for automotiveapplicationsRüdiger Franke, Chief Operating Officer, Aluminium Rheinfelden,Germany

11.55 The Audi-ASF technology - a way for saving weight, reducingfuel consumption and cutting CO2 emissionsLutz-Eike Elend, Head of Dept, Lightweight Technology &Technology Options, Audi AG, Germany

12.20 Aluminium as the material of choice in BMW automotiveengine components for efficient dynamicJean-Marc Segaud, Dept Manager, Product Engineering andToolmaking/Light Metal Casting Technology, BMW Landshut,Germany

12.45 Discussion period

13.00 Lunch sponsored by C Steinweg Handelsveem

Session 7a:Aiming for manufacturing excellence

14.30 Structural change and market challenge in the aluminiumprofiles businessPaul Warton, Business Area President, North Europe, Sapa, Sweden

15.00 The market for aluminium products in China: applications anddrivers for growthBenby Chan Yiu Tsuan, Deputy Chairman/CEO, Asia AluminiumHoldings, China

15.30 Manufacturing excellence improvement concept in extrudingTomas Lindheim, Manufacturing Director Extrusion Europe, HydroAluminium, Switzerland

16.00 The global war for talent - implications and solutions for theburgeoning aluminium industryErrol van Staden, Industrial Psychologist & Managing Director,Profiled Appointments, South Africa

16.30 Close of Conference

Tuesday 11 September 2007

Stream B09.00 Chairman’s remarks

Session 5b:Taking smelter technology a step forward

09.05 The 400-500 kA pot: is it a mature technology?Claude Vanvoren, Vice President Technology, R&D, Alcan PrimaryMetal Group, France

09.30 Søderberg technology - is it dead, or not?Roy Hammer, Managing Director, Elkem Aluminium ANS, Norway

09.55 Inert anode technology: still betting on its eventual successRené von Kaenel, President, Moltech, Switzerland

10.20 Reducing costs through effective in-house treatment andrecycling of dross, slags and anodesUlrich Kohaupt, Director of Sales, Steinert ElektromagnetbauGmbH, Germany

10.45 In-house anode plants versus centralized anode plantsMarkus Meier, Vice President Technology Transfer, R&D CarbonLtd, Switzerland

11.10 Refreshment break

Session 6b:Innovation and challenge for the smelter andcasthouse

11.30 New aluminium materials in ingots, formats, shapes andplates for the industryJosef Wöhrer, Chairman & CEO, Salzburger Aluminium AG,Austria

11.55 Casting multiple alloy layers into a single rolling slabErwin Mayr, Vice President, Novelis Europe Automotive,Painted & Specialities, Switzerland

12.20 Innovative methods of improving furnace and melt efficiencyin aluminiumAlan Peel, Managing Director, EMP Technologies, UK

13.00 Lunch sponsored by C Steinweg Handelsveem

Session 7b:Where next for aluminium rolling technology?

14.30 Aluminium rolling: stronger, wider, faster - or what is thefuture?Axel Barten, Managing Partner, Achenbach Buschütten GmbH,Germany

15.00 Smelter metal to sheet aluminium via the Hazelett-SiemensVAI mini-mill routeDavid Hazelett, Executive Vice President, Hazelett Strip CastingCorp, USA

15.30 Performance counts: state-of-the-art slitting and cutting linesJörg Schröder, Managing Director, Danieli Fröhling, Germany

16.00 Latest developments in the cutting of aluminium: bandsawversus circular and the benefits of automationFranz Sachsenmaier, Managing Director, August Mössner GmbH& Co, Germany

16.30 Close of conference

Looking for New Business Opportunities?The 22nd International Aluminium Conference provides a uniqueopportunity for you to promote your products and services to theglobal aluminium marketplace. If you want to raise your companyprofile, be seen to be ahead of your competitors and be associatedwith one of the most prestigious events in the aluminium industry,then talk to us about becoming a sponsor or exhibitor.

Exhibitors include:• DUBAL• Natixis Commodity Markets • AJ Charnaud & Co• August Moessner GmbH• Brady PLC• Gulf Extrusions Co• Melba

• Calyon Financial• Eka Software Solutions• Sempra Metals• Alba• IBAU Hamburg• Alcan• Combilift

Lead Sponsor DUBAL’s multi-billion-dollar, state-of-the-art smelter complex comprises a 861,000 MT primary aluminiumsmelter, a 1,700 megawatt power station, a large carbon plant, three casthouses, a 30-million-gallon-per-daydesalination plant, laboratories and research facilities, port and storage facilities, maintenance areas, andassociated administration buildings. Dubal completed a $280-million expansion in late 2006, raising capacity by100,000 tpy to 861,000 tpy. Expansion of the two potlines began in November and December of 2005, adding

128 cells to potline 7B and 36 cells to potline 9B. Dubal is also developing a new $6-billion smelter in Abu Dhabi, jointly planned with stateinvestment company Mubadala Development, which is expected to reach full capacity of 1.4 million tpy by 2013. www.dubal.ae

Sponsors

As you can see from the chart belowof past delegate job titles, ourInternational Aluminium Conferenceattracts senior figures in the industry

13%

33%

17%

14%

11%

4%8% Chairman/CEO/President 13%

Senior VP/VP/MD 17%

Director 33%

Senior Managers 14%

Managers - various 11%

Traders/Analysts 8%

Other 4%

City Tour and visit to the SouksSunday 9 SeptemberThe tour will take you into both old and newDubai. Sights include local landmarks andbuildings and souks. Cost of the tour: $40 per person (Pricesinclude: transportation and guided tour for theduration of the trip)Provisional Itinerary:14.30 - Depart Grand Hyatt Hotel17:30 -Return to Grand Hyatt Hotel

East Coast TourMonday 10 SeptemberThis full day tour drives you through thebeautiful landscape of the UAE. It will take youaway from the busy city life to the more relaxedcountryside. Cost of the tour: $90 per person (Prices include:transportation, guided tour for the day, museumtickets and lunch (excluding alcoholic drinks)Provisional Itinerary:07.45 - Depart Grand Hyatt Hotel16:00 - Return to Grand Hyatt Hotel

Visit to SharjahTuesday 11 SeptemberSharjah is only 20 minutes drive from Dubai andthe cultural capital of the Middle East. It is saidto be the ‘Pearl of the Gulf’ and is also thecentre for museums and artists. Cost of the tour: $90 per person (Pricesinclude: transportation, guided tour for the day,museum tickets and lunch (excluding alcoholicdrinks)Provisional Itinerary: 09.30 - Depart GrandHyatt Hotel 14.30 - Return to Grand Hyatt Hotel

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