Program Details
Day 18th November 2022
08:00 onwards
Registration & Coffee
OPENING SESSION
08:50 – 09:00
Welcome & Opening Remarks
09:00 – 09:30
Keynote Address:
A vision for growth & development of Indian petrochemicals industry
Mr. Sergey Denisov
Chief Development Officer
Nayara Energy
09:30 – 10:00
Energy transition: Through the looking glass
Mr. Sanjay Sharma
Vice President – Consulting
S&P Global Commodity Insights, UAE
10:00 – 10:30
Sustainability: The way forward
Dr. Partha P. Maitra
President – Strategy & Initiatives
Reliance Industries
10:30 – 11:00
Special Address
Mr. A.V. Raghunadhan
Chief General Manager (PCM)
IndianOil Corporation
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break
BUSINESS SESSION – I
11:30 – 12:00
Oil and Energy in War torn World
Mr. Gaurav Moda
Energy Sector Leader
Ernst & Young Services
Senior Editor
12:00 – 12:30
Pivoting to sustainable fuels and chemicals
Mr. Ian Woodcock
Global Commercial Licensing Manager – Chemicals
Johnson Matthey, UK
12:30 – 13:00
Accelerating ESG journey for petrochemical players
Mr. Divy Malik
Associate Partner
McKinsey & Co.
13:00 – 13:30
Supply chain disruptions – How do we sustain?
Mr. Ravikumar Nair
Sr. Vice President – Logistics (Petrochemicals)
Reliance Industries
13:30 – 14:45
Lunch Break
BUSINESS SESSION – II
14:45 – 15:10
Emerging trend & our readiness – Roadmap for polymer warehousing In India
Mr. Dibyendu Deepak
CEO
Repono
15:10 – 15:35
India’s feedstock diversity amid upstream volatility
Ms. Stuti Chawla
Senior Analyst, Price Assessments/Pricing
S&P Global Platts
15:35 – 16:00
Styrene outlook & overview
Mr. Saugata Chaudhuri
Head – Petrochemicals
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation
16:00 – 16:25
India – Challenges for growing petrochemicals demand
Mr. Vinayak Marathe
Head – India Business Operations
Phillip Townsend Associates
16:25 – 16:50
BASF’s approach towards making chemicals industry sustainable
Mr. Amit Bansal
Director Sales – Process Catalysts (India, ASEAN, Oceania)
BASF
16:50 – 17:20
Coffee Break
TECHNOLOGY SESSION – I
17:20 – 17:45
Advancing catlysts & polyolefin technologies
Mr. Giovanni Galetti
Senior Licensing Manager AFMEI
LyondellBasell, Germany
Mr. Manish Saraswat
Sales Manager Catalyst
LyondellBasell, UAE
17:45 – 18:10
UNIPOL® PP technology – Grace solutions for polypropylene innovation
Mr. Yogesh Mishra
Commercial Director – Specialty Catalysts
W. R. Grace & Co.
18:10 – 18:35
INcat™ Polyolefins Catalysts by INEOS – Solutions for Multiple Processes
Dr. Fabian Siberdt
Business Development Sales Manager
INEOS Polyolefins, Belgium
18:35 – 19:00
Safety, Sustainability & Services: Essential elements for successful manufacturing delivered by UNIPOL™ polyethylene process
Dr. Ayush A. Bafna
Sales Director
Univation Technologies, USA
19:00 onwards
Cocktails & Networking Dinner
Day 29th November 2022
TECHNOLOGY SESSION – II
09:00 – 09:25
Axens’ AlphaHexol Technology to produce high purity Hexene-1 comonomer for high value PE production
Mr. Avik Chatterjee
Technical Services Manager
Axens India
09:25 – 09:50
Presentation by ExxonMobil
09:50 – 10:15
Grace technology empowering growth and sustainability amid global uncertainty
Mr. Gangadhar Jadhav
Tech Service Manager – Specialty Catalysts
W. R. Grace & Co.
10:15 – 10:40
Novel guard bed materials to extend lifetime, improve efficiency and help the environment
Dr. Lothar Karrer
BASF
10:40 – 11:15
Coffee Break
BUSINESS SESSION – III
11:15 – 11:40
Cracker & polymers markets outlook
Mr. Makarand Dixit
Head – Marketing (Petrochemicals)
Nayara Energy
11:40 – 12:05
Indian polyolefins markets
Mr. Matthew Rajendra
South Asia Polymer Lead
Argus Media
12:05 – 12:30
From Pandemic to Russia-Ukraine Crisis – Seesaw of Demand, Margins and potential impact on Global Petchem investments
Mr. Parjanya Rao
Consultant
ICIS
12:30 – 12:55
Closed loop technologies for Epichlorohydrin & Epoxy Resins based on renewable glycerine feedstock
Mr. Florian Kanzler
Managing Director
Kanzler Verfahrens Technik, Austria
12:55 – 14:00
Lunch Break
BUSINESS SESSION – IV
14:00 – 14:25
Intermediates for pharma, dyes & agrochemicals
Mr. Hrisheekesh Sabnis
Head – Business Development
Aarti Industries
14:25 – 14:50
Refinery petrochemical integrations and value additions
Dr. Jagadesh Donepudi
Director
KBC Advanced Technologies
14:50 – 15:15
Valorisation of olefin refinery offgases
15:15 – 15:45
Coffee Break
BUSINESS SESSION – V
15:45 – 16:10
Flat world, circular plastics – Globalization of sustainability thoughts and strategies in petrochemicals
Mr. Raghunath V. Iyer
Consulting Manager
Chemicals, Petrochemicals, Oil & Gas
Frost & Sullivan
16:10 – 16:35
Circularity and sustainability solutions of Lummus
Mr. Manoj Mittal
Business Development Manager
Lummus Technology
16:35 – 17:00
Recycling in India: Market trends, regulations, challenges & opportunities – Flexibles and rigids
Mr. Rajesh Kumar Gera
Packaging & Recycling Consultant
17:00
Closing Remarks