Michael Cowden
Editor-in-Chief
Steel Market Update
Michael Cowden is editor-in-chief for Steel Market Update. Cowden has covered the steel industry since 2007. He has since 2014 specialized in flat-rolled steel but has previously reported on steel long products, steel pipe and tube, and aluminum. Before joining SMU, Cowden reported for Fastmarkets AMM in Chicago, the Associated Press in Pittsburgh, and the Cambodia Daily in Phnom Penh. He has also worked as a copy editor and in marketing at the University of Chicago Press. Cowden has a BA in English from the University of Chicago and an MSJ in journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.
Sessions by Michael
08/25/2025
1:00 PM - 1:20 PMOpening of the Conference: 2025 A Steel Odyssey
Salon 1-408/25/2025
3:25 PM - 4:10 PMFireside Chat with Barry Zekelman - From Tariffs to Talent: The Heavy Lift of Reviving US Manufacturing
Salon 1-408/26/2025
8:55 AM - 9:00 AMOpening Comments
Salon 1-408/26/2025
9:45 AM - 10:30 AMFireside Chat with Karla Lewis, Reliance Steel, Inc.
Salon 1-408/26/2025
1:00 PM - 1:45 PMFireside Chat with Nucor
Salon 1-408/27/2025
9:30 AM - 10:15 AMFireside Chat with Robert Kopf
Salon 1-408/27/2025
12:05 PM - 1:20 PMKeynote: What the Leading Indicators Are Saying About 2026
Salon 1-408/27/2025
1:20 PM - 1:30 PMFinal Thoughts
Salon 1-4Modern Marketing Summit Sydney 2018
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