Steel Day – 14.11.2018 – Sheraton Hotel Warsaw
The first edition of Steel Day, which took place on November 14th at the Sheraton Hotel in Warsaw, was a great success. Over 120 participants representing very diverse branches of the construction industry appeared at the event. In addition to architects and designers, the meeting was attended by representatives of the steel constructions manufactures, representatives of institutes and industry associations as well as lecturers and students of technical universities. We invite you to watch an extensive photo gallery from first Steel Day!
The Steel Day began with a short presentation of the BUILDING WITHC STEEL program, which was made by Wioleta Barcewicz, PhD, from the Warsaw University of Technology.
During the all-day Conference a lot was said about innovations in the steel industry, presence of steel in modern architecture and protection of steel structures against corrosion.
Full agenda of the Steel Day is below:
9:00 – Participants registration
10:15 – 10:30 – Event opening and presentation of the BUILD WITH STEEL PROGRAM – Wioleta Barcewicz, PhD – Warsaw University of Technology – Member of the PIKS Council
10:30 – 11:05 – Innovation in steel for the architecture of tomorrow – Tomasz Plaskura, CMO Region East, ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products
11:05 – 11:25 – Light construction partitions – Piotr O. Korycki, Management Board Proxy for Implementation – PRUSZYŃSKI sp. z o.o.
11:25 – 11:45 – Development of the Galvanizing Industry in Poland in the last 20 years – Zbigniew Miodowski, Chairman of the Board, ZinkPower Szczecin sp. z o.o.
11:45 – 12:00 – Coffee break
12:00 – 12:20 – Bent elements in architecture – Bartłomiej Baudler, Managing Director, Kersten Europe sp. z o.o.
12:20 – 12:40 – New technologies in the galvanizing industry – Jacek Zasada, Polish Galvanizing Association President
12:40 – 13:00 – SHP plasma cutters in the 4.0 era of Industry – Marcin Rybicki, co-owner, AJAN Polska
13:00 – 13:45 – Lunch break
13:45 – 14:20 – Citius, altius, fortius – with steel and its cause – Ewa Kuryłowicz, Prof. DSc. Eng. Architect, Faculty of Architecture of Warsaw University of Technology, Kuryłowicz & Associates, Stefan Kuryłowicz Foundation
14:20 – 14:40 – Construction of the world’s largest mobile structure – the Chernobyl sarcophagus – Andrzej Kaczan, Chairman of the Board, Mostostal Kraków S.A.
14:40 – 15:00 – Engineering fire safety of construction and creativity of designers – Renata Obiała, PhD, ArcelorMittal Global R&D
15:00 – 15:20 – Modern steel and composite bridges – Wojciech Lorenc, PhD, DSc, PWr Professor, Warsaw University of Science and Technology
15:20 – 15:35 – Coffee break
15:35 – 15:55 – Selected technical and aesthetic aspects of steel application in contemporary architecture – Janusz Marchwiński Ph.D. Arch., University of Ecology and Managment in Warsaw, Faculty of Architecture
15:55 – 16:15 – Curtain walls made of steel profiles – Oleksij Kopyłow, Ph.D. Assistant professor at Building Research Institute
16:15 – 16:30 – Ending
