Program Details
Day 130th October 2014
08:00
Registration & Coffee
09:00 – 09:30
Future Ready
Mr. Harish Davey
President – Strategy & Business Development
Reliance Industries
09:30 – 10:00
IHS petrochemical outlook
Mr. Tony Potter
Vice President, Asia Pacific
IHS Chemical, Singapore
10:00 – 10:30
Petrochemical Technology: Vision 2030
Mr. Mike Millard
Senior Vice President & General Manager
UOP, USA
10:30 – 11:00
The outlook for energy: A view to 2040
Mr. Mark Healey
Global Catalyst / Venture Manager
Exxon Mobil Chemical,USA
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:15
India’s economic & investment outlook
Mr. Abhay Laijawala
Head of Research
Deutsche Asset Management
12:15 – 12:45
Petchem feedstocks overview
Mr. Charu Kapoor
Principal
TATA Strategic Management Group
12:45 – 13:30
Global olefin markets & projects – What fundamental changes can we expect?
Mr. Shahrin Ismaiyatim
Chief Content Officer
The Petrochemical Standard, Singapore
13:30 – 15:00
Lunch Break
SESSION I
15:00 – 15:45
Px–PTA – Polyester in India: Growth & margins
Mr. Y. J. Kim
Senior Consultant
PCI Xylenes & Polyesters Asia, Malaysia
15:45 – 16:30
Global Benzene & Toluene market
Mr. Andy Nicholson Vice-President Aromatics EMEI Argus Media
16:30 – 17:00
Phenol Asian scenario
Mr. Settawat Takulpakdeechoumpon
Head of Aromatics Trading Book
PTT International Trading, Singapore
17:00 – 17:30
Coffee Break
SESSION II
17:30 – 18:00
CNT and Graphene: Is the future happening now?
Dr. Joseph Berkmans
Manager – Business Development, New Platforms
Reliance Industries
Mr. Adarsh Khare
Manager – Business Development, New Platforms
Reliance Industries
18:00 – 18:30
Recent developments in polyethylene for pipe applications
Dr. Fabian Siberdt
General Manager – PE Technology
INEOS Technologies, Hong Kong
18:30 – 19:00
Pathways to profit – UOP Dehydrogenation Technology
Mr. Anish Paunwala
Lead Sales Account Manager – Process Technology & Equipment
UOP
19:00 – 19:30
Need of Infrastructure for storage and handling of chemical in India and safe handling of chemicals in bulk
Mr. Anand Marathe
Head – Operations, Liquid Terminal
Adani Ports and SEZ
19:30
Networking Cocktails & Dinner
Day 231st October 2014
SESSION III
09:00 – 09:30
Opportunities & challenges for petro-chemicals in South Asia
Mr. Mathew George
Chief Manager & Head – Petrochemical Exports
Indian Oil Corporation
09:30 – 10:00
Indian polyolefins markets
Mr. Makarand Dixit
Head – Marketing
OPaL
10:00 – 10:15
Building & powering cluster C3/C4 feedstock & derivatives at MSEZ
Mr. Rajiv Banga
Managing Director & CEO
Mangalore SEZ
10:15 – 10:45
UNIPOL™ PE technology – Strategic solutions for the Indian PE producer
Ms. Sharon E.F. Peterson
Commercial Director – China & India
Univation Technologies
10:45 – 11:15
On-purpose Propylene through CATOFIN® Technology
Mr. Mohd. Tahir Khan
Process Engineering Manager
Lummus Technology
11:15 – 11:45
Coffee Break
SESSION IV
11:45 – 12:15
Acetic Acid outlook & overview
Ms. Khevna Shah
Senior Consultant
IHS Chemical Consulting
12:15 – 12:45
Polyurethanes markets in India
Mr. Chandrakant Nayak
Vice President – Business Development and Senior Sales Director – India SEA
Dow Chemical International
12:15 – 12:45
Chlor-Alkali markets outlook & overview
Mr. Ramakant Bhat
Trader
Tricon Energy
13:15 – 13:30
Dynamics of the Asian methanol market
Ms. Yu Guo
Senior Editor
ICIS Pricing, Singapore
13:30 – 13:45
Cloud: Future of technology for enterprises?
Mr. R. V. Selvam
CEO
Singapore Infotech, Singapore
Mr. Suraj Ramesh Business Development Executive Singapore Infotech
13:45 – 15:00
Lunch Break
SESSION V
15:00 – 15:30
Licensing technology for BDO
Mr. Ryan Beltramini
Associate Director – Business Development
Genomatica, USA
15:30 – 16:00
KBR Olefins Technology: Responding to the changing market needs of tomorrow
Mr. Sourabh Mukherjee
Chief Technical Professional Leader
KBR Technology
16:00 – 16:30
GRACE latest advanced catalyst innovations for polypropylene production
Mr. Yogesh Mishra
Business Manager (South, SE Asia & ANZ) – Specialty Catalysts
W. R. Grace & Co.
16:30
Closing Remarks