Program Details
Day 1 6 th November 2006
09:00
Registration
09:00 – 09:15

Key Note Address – I
Mr. Mansour Al-Kharboush
Vice President
SABIC Corporate

10:45 – 11:30

Key Note Address – II
Mr. Swapan Kr. Bhowmik
Managing Director
Haldia Petrochemicals

11:15 – 11:45
Coffee Break
12:00 – 12:45

Oil Markets: overview & outlook
Steve Terry
itac Global, UK

12:45 – 13:30

Role of Trading and Distribution Companies in the Chemical Industry
Mr. Vijay Goradia
CEO
Vinmar International, USA

13:30 – 15:00
Lunch Break
SESSION I
15:00 – 15:45

Feedstock Issues Natural Gas & Naphtha
Jim Weinrauch
Managing Director
NIS,Singapore

15:45 – 16:30

Consolidation in Petrochemicals
Mr. John King
Vice President & Director
Nexant Chem Systems Thailand

16:30 – 17:15

Changing World of Polyolefins
Mr. Adrian Reincke
International Strategy and Project Management
Basell International, Hongkong

17:15 – 17:45
Coffee Break
SESSION II
17:45 – 18:15

Alternate routes for propylene production
Mr. Bipin Vora
Research Fellow
UOP

18:15 – 18:45

Price Transparency and the Rise of Paper Swaps in Asian Aromatics Markets
Mr. Thomas Giaever – Enger
Managing Editor
Platts

18:45 – 19:00

Alternative Feedstocks & Technology Advances for Olefins Production
Mr. Pooran Tripathi
President
Stone & Webster Rolta Ltd.

19:15
Networking Cocktails & Dinner
Day 2 7 th November 2006
SESSION III
09:15 – 10:00

Global Olefins Chain
Mr. Peter Jordan
Sr. Vice President
DeWitt & Co. Inc., UK

10:00 – 10:45

Benzene Asia Scenario
Mr. Naoki Tsukada
Business Manager, Benzene & Feedstock
Mitsubishi Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

10:45 – 11:30

Polyolefins Markets in India
Mr. Ujjal De Vice
President & Head – Marketing
Haldia Petrochemicals

11:30 – 12:00
Coffee Break
12:00 – 12:45

Polyester Chain Outlook
Mr. R. D. Udeshi
President
Reliance Industries

12:45 – 13:30

Polyolefins Technology
Dr. Daryll Harrison
Director Polyolefins R & D
Nova Chemicals, Canada

13:30 – 15:00
Lunch Break
SESSION V
15:00 – 15:45

BTX Chain Markets & Margins
Mr. Andy Nicholson
Vice President
DeWitt & Co. Inc., UK

15:45 – 16:30

Role of IT in the Chemical Industry
Mr. Ashish Chauhan
CIO
Reliance Industries Ltd.

16:30 – 17:00
Coffee Break
SESSION VI
17:00 – 17:45

Petrochemicals Projects Outlook
Ms. Malini Hariharan
Country Manager, India
ICIS

17:45 – 18:30

Polyester POY & Beyond
Mr. Anant Kishore
COO
Indorama Synthetics

18:30
Closing Remarks