Program Details5th August 2014
08:00
Registration & Coffee

SESSION – I
08:50

Inaugural Lamp Lighting

09:00

Economic Overview & Outlook
Mr. Anil Uttamchandani
Head – Investment Research & Portfolio Counseling
Citibank

09:30

India: The next big frontier for textiles
Mr. Prashant Agarwal
Jt. Managing Director
Wazir Advisors

10:00

Global polyester overview – Supply explosion in China
Mr.Wei Ding
Director
PTA and Derivatives, Aromatics & Fibers
IHS Chemical, China

10:30

Overcapacity in Xylenes chain
Mr. Steve Jenkins
Head – Global Paraxylene & Derivatives Business
PCI Xylenes & Polyesters, Malaysia

11:00

Global & Indian glycol industry
Mr. Kamlesh Parwani
Commercial Director – METIP
MEGlobal International, UAE

11:30

Coffee Break

SESSION – II
12:00

Indian PTA markets
Mr. Amitava Banerjee
General Manager – Marketing & Raw Materials
MCCPTAIndia Corp.

12:30

MEG: Will Shale Gas & Coal based projects solve the supply crunch?
Mr. Ashish Pujari
Senior Director – Aromatics & Fibres
IHS Chemical, Singapore

13:00

Indian polyester markets – How should Indian industry cope with capacity explosion?
Mr. Gunjan Sharma
Staple Business Head, Polyester Sector
Reliance Industries

13:30

From Melt to Yarn
Mr. Atul Vaidya
General Manager – Sales
Oerlikon Textile India

14:00
Lunch Break

SESSION – III
15:00

Polyester Markets – Effect of upstream developments
Mr. Jeffery Ong
Markets Editor
ICIS

Mr. Samuel Wong
Senior Markets Editor
ICIS

15:30

Global cotton scenario – Chinese cotton policy & impact on Polyester
Mr. Bharat Desai
Senior Executive Vice President
Reliance Industries

16:00

PSF Overview
Mr. Suresh Khurana
CEO – Polyester
The Bombay Dyeing & Mfg. Co.

16:30

PET downstream developments
Mr. Vimal Kedia
Managing Director
Manjushree Technopack

17:00
Coffee Break

Session – IV
17:30

Coloration and Functional Property Improvement of Polyester through Masterbatches
Dr. Achintya Sen
General Manager – BU Masterbatches
Clariant Chemicals (India)

18:00

New technologies in Staple Fibre
Mr. Tilman Reutter
Head of Development – Staple Fiber Process
Oerlikon Neumag

18:30

PET Recycling – A potential game changer?
Ms. Pavitra Mohan
Associate Manager – Chemicals
Beroe Consulting

Mr. Ujwal Jalali
Research Analyst – Petrochemicals & Fibres
Beroe Consulting

19:00

Closing Remarks

19:30

Networking Cocktails