EVENTS & INITIATIVES
Signature Events
Beef Up Your Breakfast.
Held about 10 times a year since 1984, Breakfast Briefings are a staple in the diets of Pittsburgh professionals. The morning events present visionaries whose work sets the standards for best business practices around the corner and around the world.
Next Up:
Huntington Bank Breakfast Briefing Featuring: Flemming B. Bjoernslev , President and CEO, LANXESS Corporation / Head, LANXESS North America Region
Thursday, June 27, 2013
7:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Location: Rivers Club, 301 Grant St #411, 15219
Join us on June 27 to hear from Flemming B. Bjoernslev, who was recently appointed President and CEO of LANXESS Corporation and Head of the LANXESS North America Region. Mr. Bjoernslev is based in Pittsburgh.
LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company with sales of EUR 9.1 billion in 2012 and currently employs approximately 17,100 employees in 31 countries. The company is currently represented at 48 production sites worldwide. The core business of LANXESS is the development, manufacturing and marketing of plastics, rubber, intermediates and specialty chemicals. LANXESS is a member of the leading sustainable indices Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) World and FTSE4Good Index, as well as the Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI).
Discover the many business and technology opportunities LANXESS brings to the Pittsburgh region and beyond from its chief executive.
Agenda:
7:00 a.m. Registration, Networking and Coffee
7:45 a.m. Breakfast
8:15 a.m. Presentation
9:00 a.m. Q&A
9:15 a.m. Adjourn
Title Sponsor: Huntington Bank
Supporting Sponsor: Lincoln Financial Group
Coffee Sponsor: The Webb Law Firm
Huntington Breakfast Briefing Featuring Mario Longhi, Executive Vice President and COO of United States Steel Corporation
Thursday, August 22, 2013
7:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Location: Rivers Club, 301 Grant St #411, 15219
Join us on August 22 to hear from Mario Longhi, Executive Vice President and COO of United States Steel Corporation. Mr. Longhi joined U. S. Steel in July 2012 and is responsible for U. S. Steel’s North American Flat-Rolled, Tubular and Central European operations, as well as global operations services.
U. S. Steel prides itself on being a leader in both process and product technology and has four research and development facilities dedicated to advancing the boundaries of steelmaking, including the Research and Technology Center in Munhall, Pa.; the Automotive Center, a research and sales facility in Troy, Mich.; the U. S. Steel Tubular Products Innovation and Technology Center in Houston, Texas; and USSE Research in Košice, Slovakia.
Get insight into U. S. Steel’s processes and business opportunities while discovering the technology that makes the steel!
Title Sponsor: Huntington Bank
Event Sponsor: Deloitte LLP
Supporting Sponsor: Lincoln Financial Group | Mascaro Construction Company, LP
Coffee Sponsor: The Webb Law Firm
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Past Breakfast Briefing Speakers
Our Breakfast Briefing series, running for 25 years strong, has featured a tremendous who's who list of world renowned thought and business leaders.
Business Leaders
Chris Donahue, President and CEO, Federated Investors; Dr. Attila Molnar, President and CEO, Bayer Corporation; Markos Tambakeras, President and CEO, Kennametal, Inc.; Edward W. (Ned) Hill, Professor and Distinguished Scholar of Economic Development, Cleveland State University; Jim Sinegal, CEO, Costco; Randy Dearth, CEO, LANXESS; John P. Surma, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Steel Corporation; Dave Barger, CEO, Jet Blue; Matt Preschern, Vice President of Industry Communications, IBM; Doug Hall, Eureka! Ranch Founder; Paul O’Neill, U.S. Treasury Secretary and retired CEO, Alcoa along with John G. Craig Jr., Former Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Editor; Rich Lunak, President and CEO, Innovation Works; Verne Harnish, Founder and CEO, Gazelles, Inc.
Government Leaders
Dan Onorato, Chief Executive of Allegheny County; Dennis Yablonsky, Secretary of Community and Economic Development, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Governor Edward G. Rendell, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Kathleen McGinty, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Have event-related questions? For more information, contact our Events Team at 412.918.4229.
