Program Details
Day 1 8 th November 2011
08:00
Registration & Coffee
KEYNOTE SESSION
09:00 – 09:30

Integrated approach for upstream oil & gas to downstream petrochemicals
Mr. K. S. Jamestin
Director – OPaL, I/C BD & JV
OPaL

09:30 – 10:00

Indian chemicals & petrochemicals industry Mega trends and emerging opportunities
Mr. Warren Wilder
President – Polymer Business
Reliance Industries

10:00 – 10:30

Indian Oil’s role in growth & development of petrochemical markets in India
Mr. S. Mitra
Executive Director – Petrochemicals
Indian Oil Corporation

10:30 – 11:00

Global chemical industry outlook
Mr. Dave Witte
Vice President – Chemical Industry Consulting
IHS/CMAI, USA

10:30 – 11:00
Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:00

The outlook for Energy – a view to 2030
Ms. Jennifer A. Dunphy
General Manager – Technology Licensing Global Technology
ExxonMobil Chemical Company, USA

12:00 – 12:30

Will feed-stocks drive petrochemical growth?
Mr. T. Srinivas
Head (International Supply & Trading)
Essar Oil

12:30 – 13:00

Market drivers and dynamics in Asian aromatics
Mr. Ihsan Rahim
Managing Editor – Petrochemicals
Platts

13:00 – 14:30
Lunch Break
SESSION I
14:30 – 15:10

PX & PTA: Light in the darkness
Mr. Philip Gibbs
Chairman and Owner
PCI Xylenes & Polyesters, UK

15:10 – 15:50

Perspective of the global EO MEG sector
Mr. Philip Gibbs
Chairman and Owner
PCI Xylenes & Polyesters, UK

15:30 – 16:00

Indian polyester chain – An Overview
Mr. R. D. Udeshi
President – Polyester Chain
Reliance Industries

16:30 – 17:00
Coffee Break
SESSION II
17:00 – 17:30

UNIPOLâ„¢ PE process: Flexibility & Capability for the Indian PE markets
Mr. Simon J. White
Technology Associate
Univation Technologies, USA

17:30 – 18:00

Olefins purification for polyolefins production
Dr. Edwin Wong
Product Technology Manager, Asia GBUProcess Catalysts & Technologies/Adsorbents
BASF East Asia, Hong Kong

18:00 – 18:30

Indian petrochemical projects:Areview
Mr. P. M. Dharmadhikari
Vice President – Petrochemicals Business Hydrocarbon Mid&Downstream, E&CDivision
Larsen & Toubro

18:30 – 19:00

Advances in Innovene S Polyethylene technology
Mr. Malcolm Millar
Project Group Manager

INEOSTechnologies,UK

19:00
Networking Cocktails & Dinner
Day 2 9 th November 2011
SESSION III
09:00 – 09:30

Global olefins & polyolefins – An overview
Mr. Mazlan Razak
Vice President – Olefins & Derivatives, Asia
Dewitt and Co. Inc., Malaysia

09:30 – 10:00

Driving growth through product innovation
Mr. Prakash Saurkar
Managing Director
Basell Polyolefins India LyondellBasell

10:00 – 10:30

New technology and innovation in the Phenolics and Styrenics businesses
Mr. Mark Healey
President
Badger Licensing, USA

10:30 – 11:00

Catalysts innovations to drive leadership in petrochemicals
Ms. Jennifer A. Dunphy
General Manager – Technology Licensing Global Technology
ExxonMobil Chemical Company, USA

11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break
SESSION IV
11:30 – 12:00

TBenzene and derivatives markets in India
Mr. S. B. Dutta
Sr. General Manager – Chemicals Marketing
Haldia Petrochemicals

12:30 – 12:30

Downstream polyester markets – “An outlook for India”
Mr. Anant Kishore
Chief Operating Officer
Indo Rama Synthetics

12:30 – 13:00

Closing the petrochemical gap through innovation
Mr. Michael Cleveland
TGlobal Business Director – Petrochemicals Process Technology & Equipment
UOP, USA

13:00 – 13:30

Global Caprolactam industry outlook and investment opportunities
Mr. Dilip Chandwani
Vice President, Manufacturing Economics
Kline & Company, USA

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

Modern methods of Isoprene production
Dr. Arkady Dykman
General Manager SPS EUROCHIM, Russia

15:30 – 16:00

Recovery of valuable Olefin products from refinery off-gas streams
Dr. Dieter Kaufmann
Project Manager Sales, Olefin Plants
Linde Engineering, Germany

16:00 – 16:30

SUPERFLEX Advanced Catalytic Olefins (ACO )
Mr. Sanjay Bineewale
Manager – Sales
KBR Technology

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

PET recycling
Mr. K. S. Ravikumar
Head – Marketing Technical Services PET Business Group
Reliance Industries

17:30 – 18:00

Plastic waste management in India
Mr. Tushar Bandopadhyay
Sr. Technical Manager ICPE

18:00
Closing Remarks