Program Details
Day 1 28th October 2004
09:30
Registration
10:00 – 10:45

Key Note Session
Innovations in the petrochemical industry 
Dr. Stanley A. Gembicki
Vice President & Chief Technical Officer
UOP LLC, USA

10:45 – 11:30

Prospects for the petrochemical industry in India and valorization of different streams from refinery and petrochemical units Prof. M. M. Sharma
FRS , Emeritus Professor of Eminence, Mumbai 
University Institute of Chemical Technology

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

What is driving crude oil markets?
Mr. J. Rajaraman
Crude oil & feedstocks trading
Reliance Industries

12:45 – 14:15
Lunch Break
SESSION I
14:15 – 15:00

Petrochemical feedstocks – Supply/demand and pricing
Mr. John Russel
Vice President, Asia Pacific
PEL, Singapore

15:00 – 15:45

Global aromatics markets and margins – Is the upswing real?
Mr. John Page
Director
CMAI, London

15:45 – 16:30

Global and Asian olefins scenario
Dr. Thevarak Rochanapruk
General Manager, Asia business development
Nexant, Thailand

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

An introduction to ethylene OTC futures
Mr. Steve Tan
Senior Editor
ICIS LOR

17:45 – 18:30

SCC, OCT and PDH – Satisfying the Global Demand for Propylene
Mr. Gautam Phanse
Technology marketing manager
ABB Lummus Global, Houston

18:30 – 19:15

China – a threat or opportunity?
Mr. John Richardson
Editor
Asian Chemical News

19:15

Networking Cocktails & Dinner

Day 2 29 th October 2004
SESSION III
09:00 – 09:45

Global trends affecting India’s petrochemical industry
Mr. David Hanna
Global Editorial Director, Petrochemicals
Platts Asia, Japan

09:45 – 10:30

Benzene and derivatives markets in India
Mr. Arvind S. Didolkar
Chairman & Managing Director
Hindustan Organic Chemicals

10:30 – 11:00
Coffee Break
SESSION IV
11:00 – 11:45

Polyolefins and plastic markets in India
Mr. Jayant Kamat
Senior Executive Vice President
IPCL

11:45 – 12:45

Fifty years of commercial LDPE production – Latest developments
Dr. Dieter Littman
Technology manager LDPE
Basell Polyolefine GmbH

12:45 – 14:00
Lunch Break
SESSION V
14:00 – 14:45

Emerging scenario in Indian Petrochemicals
Mr. K. Govindarajan
General Manager (Petrochemicals)
Indian Oil Corporation

14:45 – 15:30

Petrochemicals Expansion strategy
Dr. Partha P. Maitra
>Sr. Vice President
Reliance Industries

15:30 – 16:00
Coffee Break
SESSION VI
16:00 – 16:45

Plastics downstream in India & their export potential.
Mr. Ujjal De
Head – Marketing & Vice President
Haldia Petrochemical Ltd.

16:45 – 17:15

Lurgi’s gas to chemicals (GTC)
Mr. A. K. Sarin
Lurgi Oel Gas Chemie

17:15 – 18:00

Polyester downstream business – prospects post quota phase-out.
Mr. Anant Kishore
Chief of Operations (Polyester & Projects)
Indorama Synthetics

18:00
Closing Remarks