Final Thoughts
August 26, 2021
We Rode the Bull, and We Succeeded: 2021 SMU Steel Summit Conference Wrap-Up
Written by John Packard
In the face of tough circumstances, the SMU and CRU teams proved once again that we could conduct a safe, energetic, entertaining and informative Steel Summit conference. We did it despite suffering a power outage at the Georgia International Convention Center that lasted the entire afternoon on Monday.
Our team was quick to react, and the show continued as scheduled. My hat’s off to Michael Smerconish, pictured at bottom, who went on with no sound system and spoke to a packed audience for an hour. By the time we got to Lourenco Goncalves at the end of the afternoon, we had jerry-rigged a microphone and his one-on-one interview was one of the highlights of the conference.
