Program Details
Day 114th November 2019
08:00
Registration & Coffee
KEYNOTE SESSION
09:00 – 09:15
Opening Remarks
09:15 – 09:45
Keynote Address – I
A paradigm shift in petrochem industries – A new era unfolds
Mr. K. K. Sharma
CGM I/c (PCM)
Indian Oil Corporation
09:45 – 10:15
Keynote Address – II
Indian chemical renaissance via refining
Dr. Partha P. Maitra
President – Strategy & Initiatives
Reliance Industries
10:15 – 10:45
Keynote Address – III
Mr. Sanjay Sharma
Vice President – MDE & India
IHS Markit, UAE
10:45 – 11:30
Coffee Break
FEEDSTOCK / GLOBAL PETCHEM & ENERGY MARKETS
11:30 – 12:00
Feedstock / Global energy and petrochemical outlook
Ms. Vandana Hari
Founder
Vanda Insights, Singapore
12:00 – 12:30
Circular Economy: Impact on global Feedstocks strategies
Mr. Stefano Zehnder
Vice President
Refining & Petrochemical Feedstocks
ICIS Consulting, Italy
12:30 – 13:00
Global cracker additions – Impact of new capacities and changing feedstocks
Mr. Andy Nicholson
Vice President – Petrochemicals
Market Development
Argus Media, France
13:00 – 13:30
New feedstocks for the chemical industry
Mr. Roger Lee
Managing Director
Tecnon OrbiChem, UK
13:30 – 14:00
Mind Matters – Meditation
Ms. Puravi Hegde
Faculty
Art of Living
14:00 – 15:15
Lunch Break
OLEFINS & POLYOLEFINS MARKETS AND FUTURE TRENDS
15:15 – 15:45
Indian polyolefins outlook
Mr. Anand Makwana
Chief General Manager (Marketing)
Pricing & Policy
GAIL (India)
15:45 – 16:15
Mounting concerns in the polyolefins industry
Ms. Heng Hui
Senior Editor
S&P Global Platts, Singapore
16:15 – 16:45
Sustainability: The way forward
Mr. Nikhil Deshpande
Head – Sustainable Solutions, Petrochemicals
Reliance Industries
16:45 – 17:15
Coffee Break
TECHNOLOGY REVIEW – I
17:15 – 17:40
Maximize profitability using UOP olefin cracking process for light olefin production
Mr. Sachin Agarwal
Lead Sales Account Manager— Process Technology & Equipment
Honeywell UOP
17:40 – 18:05
Grace polyethylene catalysts – Delivering value through performance
Mr. Yogesh Mishra
Commercial Director – Specialty Catalysts
W. R. Grace & Co.
18:05 – 18:30
Advancing petrochemical and refining technologies in India
Dr. Matthew Vincent
Licensing Manager
ExxonMobil, USA
18:30 – 19:00
Beyond commodity polymers – Versatile technologies for the Indian market
Mr. Maurizio Bacci
A.Dir. Licensing Sales EMEAI
LyondellBasell, The Netherlands
19:00 onwards
Networking Cocktails & Dinner
Day 215th November 2019
TECHNOLOGY REVIEW – II
09:00 – 09:25
UNIPOL™ PE technology: Sustainable solutions for HDPE products
Dr. Brij Sinha
Commercial Director – India & South East Asia
UNIVATION Technologies, USA
09:25 – 09:50
Axens state of the art solutions for base chemical purification
Mr. Dinesh Kumar Khosla
Country Sales Manager, Catalyst & Adsorents
Axens Solutions
09:50 – 10:15
Innovative approach by advanced additives in expansion of applications of polyolefins
Mr. Ryo Yokoyama
Adeka Corporation
10:15 – 10:40
PX technology presentation
Mr. Abhishek Agrawal
Senior Manager, Process Engineering
Lummus Technology (McDermott)
10:40- 11:00
Coffee Break
KEYNOTE SESSION – II
11:00 – 11:45
Keynote Address – I
Emerging technologies for tackling future challenges
Dr. Ajit Sapre
Group President, Research and Development
Reliance Industries
11:45 – 12:15
Keynote Address – II
Mr. Pradeep Banerjee
Executive Director, Supply Chain
Hindustan Unilever Limited
12:15 – 12:45
Value creation from waste plastics – Novel initiatives from IndianOil
Dr. G. S. Kapur
Executive Director (Chemical Technology)
Indian Oil Corporation
12:45 – 13:30
Lunch Break
AROMATICS MARKETS
13:30 – 13:55
Chinese polyester chain outlook – Impact of mega refineries
Mr. Shangkun Hao
Product Manager
CCF Group, China
Ms. Grace Xu
Market Consultant
CCF Group, China
13:55 – 14:20
SGX petrochemical derivatives
Ms. Deepa Aggarwal
Country Head
SGX India
14:20 – 14:45
Market outlook – Phenol/
Acetone
Mr. Anil Khatri
General Manager – Corporate Planning
Deepak Phenolics
14:45 – 15:15
Future of logistics in India
Mr. Dibyendu Deepak
CEO
Repono Warehousing
15:15 – 15:30
Coffee Break
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN PETROCHEMICALS
15:30 – 15:55
Refinery of the future – A digital approach outlook
Mr. Akshay Gupta
Business Development Manager – Connected
Performance Services
Honeywell UOP
15:55 – 16:20
Polycarbonate technology opportunities for India
Mr. Karol Kerrane
Business Development Director
EPC Engineering & Technologies, Germany
16:20 – 16:45
Polypropylene catalyst technology – Enabling the circular economy
Dr. Gerwin Wijsman
Global Snr. Tech. Service Mgr. – PP
W. R. Grace & Co.
16:45 – 17:15
New developments in recycling technologies
Ms. Priyanka Khemka
Consultant, Energy & Chemicals Advisory
Nexant
17:15
Closing Remarks