Program Details
12th March 2019
08:00
Registration & Coffee
BUSINESS SESSION I – Feedstock Markets
09:00
Inaugural Lamp Lighting
09:15
Keynote Address
Mr. R. D. Udeshi
President – Polyester Chain
Reliance Industries
09:45
Global polyester markets
Mr. Ashish Pujari
Senior Director, Aromatics & Fibers
IHS Markit, Singapore
10:15
PX overview – Impact of Chinese PX on global market
Mr. Tokio Sudo
Team Leader – PX
Aromatic Chemicals Dept.
Mitsubishi Corporation, Japan
10:45
Asian MEG: 2018 market review and outlook for 2019
Mr. Eric Su
Senior Editor Manager
ICIS, Singapore
11:30
Coffee Break
BUSINESS SESSION II – Polyester Markets
12:00
Polyester feedstock overview
Mr. Mathew George
General Manager (Petrochemicals)
Indian Oil Corporation
12:30
PET opportunity in India
Mr. Shrinath Kasi
CEO
TPAC Packaging
13:00
Textile fibres – India
Mr. Amit Damani
Vice President, Business Head – POY
Reliance Industries
13:30
What does the next decade hold for India’s PTA industry?
Mr. Ian Woodcock
Licensing Manager
INVISTA Performance Technologies, UK
14:00
Lunch Break
BUSINESS SESSION III – Emerging trends and innovations
15:00
Melt to yarn
Mr. D. Ghosh
General Manager – Sales, Oerlikon Barmag Division
Oerlikon Textile
15:30
BP PX & PTA: Advantaged proven technologies
Mr. Timothy H. Keyes
Senior Petrochemicals Technology Advisor
BP
16:00
The fibre story – Opportunities & challenges
Mr. R. K. Vij
Advisor
Indo Rama Synthetics
16:30
Polyester film growth trends
Mr. B. N. Gupta
Vice President & Head (Technical Services, APD & QA)
SRF
17:00
Coffee Break
17:30 – 18:30
PANEL DISCUSSION
“How should we develop India’s latent growth potential in polyester?”
Factors driving a shift in the mindset of Indian manufacturers
Orientation of domestic market towards increasing consumption of polyester
Promotion of synthetic textiles
Sourcing pattern of global buyers from India
Moderator:
Mr. Prashant Agarwal, Jt. Managing Director, Wazir Advisors
Panelist:
Mr. Ashish Pujari, Senior Director – Aromatics & Fibers, IHS Markit, Singapore
Mr. D. Ghosh, General Manager – Sales, Oerlikon Barmag Division, Oerlikon Textile
Mr. Amit Damani, Vice President, Business Head – POY, Reliance Industries
18:30
Closing Remarks
18:35
Mind Matters – Meditation
Mr. Mayur Arora
Faculty, Art of Living Foundation
19:00 onwards
Networking Cocktails & Dinner