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SteelOrbis is a media partner for Pipe & Tube Istanbul 09 technical conference

As well as providing an expert speaker, Marina Lozovaya, for the market overview session of the Istanbul conference SteelOrbis and the ITA have concluded an agreement for the ‘market intelligence service provider and e-commerce platform for the global steel industry’ to be a media partner for the event.

Bookings for Pipe & Tube Istanbul 09 technical conference are going well

The ITA is already taking advance bookings for its Istanbul based international technical conference on 2 November 2009. Table top exhibits for Pipe & Tube Istanbul 09 are proving very popular and any organisation interested in securing a prime location is advised to apply very soon to avoid disappointment. Discounts apply to registrations and table tops booked and paid for before 31 July 2009. The brochure has been updated to include the latest provisional speaker programme as well as the list of conference sponsors whose support is essential in the ITA's endeavours to offer the event at the lowest possible price. For the latest edition of the brochure please click here (PDF).

Advance copy of Istanbul conference brochure now available!

Preparations for Pipe & Tube Istanbul 09 technical conference are well advanced. Jointly organised by Boru and the ITA the event has attracted an impressive panel of expert speakers from around the world. A provisional list of speakers appears on page 2 and more will be added soon. Regular updates will appear on this conference website. Delegates booking early will receive a discounted rate.

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World-leading expert keynote speaker:

Dr Heinz-Jürgen Büchner is Vice-President, Economics and Research, at the IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG in Düsseldorf. He has been with IKB since September 2000 having previously been at the Landesbank Rheinland-Pfaltz at Mainz. From 1981-1987 he was an assistant professor at the Economics Department of the University of Bonn, having received his Ph.D with a dissertation on the ‘Economic theories of tax evasion’. His important keynote address is entitled: “Recovery of the world economy: consequences for capacities and prices of metals”. This presentation will provide all delegates with vital expert opinion on how the severe economic downturn of 2008/2009 is expected to impact on the metal industry.

Pipe & Tube Istanbul 09: International Technical Conference

"Technology for Quality, Productivity and Profit"

In 2009 the ITA will be celebrating its 30th anniversary of service to the industry. Co-inciding with this landmark in the ITA’s history will be its major biennial conference that will take place in Istanbul in late autumn 2009 and which will be jointly organised with the Boru company.

Since its foundation the ITA has organised over 40 technical conferences, seminars and symposiums. Istanbul will join a distinguished list of recent venues like Dnipropetrovsk, Prague, Vera Cruz, Bilbao and Toronto for the most important conference in the association’s two-year timetable of technical events.

An important part of the Istanbul conference will be a celebration and recognition of the ITA’s 30th anniversary. Details of this will appear on this website in due course.

In preliminary discussions with leading organisations in the Turkish industry there has been an enthusiastic welcome for the choice of Istanbul. Its geographical location, with a foot in both Europe and Asia and ease of travelling to and from makes Istanbul ideal to attract potential delegates from Europe, the CIS and former Soviet Union republics, the Arab States and the Middle East, India and Africa. It is expected that the conference will be conducted in Turkish, Russian and English.

There are important and developing industries in the tube and pipe sectors, which should result in a healthy local attendance, notwithstanding the anticipated high level of interest from other countries in the region. The growth rate in the Turkish economy was approaching 10% last year and recent tube industry data indicates that exports by Turkish companies increased significantly in 2007, particularly in the energy sector. The market potential for prospective speakers and tabletop exhibitors will be excellent.

There are excellent prospects for local sponsorship and support, in particular from the enormous Ihlas Group with its extensive media resources, including the trade magazine Boru. Its daughter company Ihlas Fuar runs the Boru tube exhibition and has offered its full support for the conference as joint organiser. Local costs are competitive with other major European cities and good quality hotel accommodation is certainly better value than in many other major cities. The city of Istanbul itself is an attractive venue to visit with ample opportunities for sightseeing tours.

The ITA will be issuing a call for papers later this year but any tube or pipe organisations wishing to record an early interest in participating by offering a paper, reserving a tabletop exhibit or sponsoring the conference are invited to contact the Secretariat.