Join NASPD members in New York City for industry education, member networking and committee meetings
2026 Conference Schedule
Thursday • October 15
1:00 PM – 1:35 PM
Membership Committee
1:40 PM – 2:10 PM
Program Committee
2:15 PM – 3:00 PM
Strategic Planning Committee
3:10 PM – 3:50 PM
Finance Committee
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Board of Directors Meeting
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Welcome Reception
Friday • October 16
7:45 AM – 9:45 AM
Breakfast
8:30 AM – 9:15 AM
Andy Burns, Underpinning Foundation / Skanska "A Construction Outlook"
9:15 AM – 10:00 AM
Jon Olson, Sims "A Recycling Industry Update"
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Break
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM
Arda Yelkenci, Metals Analytics, Argus Media "The Premium Resilience: An Outlook on OCTG and Line Pipe"
11:00 AM – Noon
Panel Discussion: Narayan Bhargava, SDB Steel & Pipe Rusty Fisher, Axis Pipe and Tube Inc. Jacob Koressel, Schneider James O'Shea, Zekelman Industries Art Shelton, Kelly Pipe Co.,
LLC
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Networking Luncheon
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Roundtable Discussion:
Luke Crump, Vice President, Eastern Region, Trinity Products Inc.
Rod Glather, Vice President, Associate Region, Roscoe Moss Co.
Martin Hansen, Vice President, Western Region, Independent Pipe
2:45 PM – 5:45 PM
Optional Tour – Icons of Manhattan: Midtown & Central Park Walking Tour ($65.00)
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Closing Reception, Dinner & Comedian Entertainment
Conference Speakers
Arda Serhat Yelkenci
Metals Manager • Analytics & Consulting Argus Media
Presentation: "The Premium Resilience: An Outlook on OCTG and Line Pipe"
Arda Serhat Yelkenci has 9 years of experience in the US steel industry. At Argus Media, he leads the Pipe Logix OCTG Outlook and Line Pipe Outlook as part of the Argus Analytics and Consulting team. Both services focus on delivering analysis and forecasts
for the OCTG and line pipe markets.
Before joining Argus, he worked at Medtrade Inc., a Houston-based steel trading company, where he worked on sales operations and analytics. He holds a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Bilkent University and an M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
Arda enjoys playing music and is a big fan of tennis.
