Program Details
Day 1 17 th November 2005
09:30
Registration
10:00 – 11:30

Key Note Session
Changing Landscape of Petrochemical Industry
Mr. Just Jansz
PresidentTechnology Business
Basell

10:00 – 11:30

Indian Economy : Outlook 2015
Mr. R. Gopalakrishnan
Executive Director
Tata Sons

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

Diminishing M & A opportunities in global petrochemicals
Mr. Anthony Fitzpatrick
Managing Director
Bank of America, UK

12:45 – 13:30

Petrochemicals in Asia – Impact of ME capacities and Chinese demand
Mr. John King
VP & Director
Nexant Chem Systems, Thailand

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

Global Olefins Markets & Competitiveness
Mr. Prem Choila
Group Manager
Jacobs Consultancy Inc., USA

15:45 – 16:30

Global Aromatics business – outlook for the cycle
Mr. John Page
Director, Fibre and Fibre Int
CMAI, UK

16:30 – 17:45
Coffee Break
SESSION II
17:45 – 18:30

Future and Current Trends in the Polyethylene Industry: Emerging Markets and New Technologies
Dr. Daryll Harrison
Director Polyethylene R & D
Nova Chemicals, USA

18:30 – 19:15

Boom or Bust? – A review of China’s petchem projects
Ms. Vanessa Taylor
Managing Editor – Asia
ICISLOR, ICIS News

19:15

Networking Cocktails & Dinner

Day 2 18 th November 2005
SESSION III
09:00 – 09:45

Asian PTA-MEG: Trends and Outlook
Mr. Salmon Lee
Editor
ICIS-LOR, Singapore

09:45 – 10:30

Petrochemicals from Refinery – the Way Forward
Dr. P. P. Maitra
Sr. Vice President
Reliance Industries

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

Global and Indian Polyester/PET Markets outlook
Mr. John Page
Director, Fibre and Fibre Int
CMAI, UK

11:45 – 13:15

Indian Polyolefins and Plastics – Markets and Margins
Mr. Sujit Banerji
President
Polymers & Olefins Business
Reliance Industries

13:15 – 14:45
Lunch Break
SESSION V
14:45 – 15:30

Polyolefin Consumption in India & Strategies for Consumption growth
Mr. Ujjal De
Vice President & Head – Marketing
Haldia Petrochemicals

15:30 – 16:15

p-Xylene Technology Development
Dr. S. Raghuram
Technology Manager
UOP LLC

16:15 – 16:45
Coffee Break
SESSION VI
16:45 – 17:30

Low Cost Commercial Routes for Polymer Grade Propylene
Mr. Kerman N. Dukandar
Process Design Manager
ABB Lummus Global

17:30 – 18:00

Growth Prospects for PET markets – Global & Indian scenario
Mr. R. K. Gera
Sr. Mgr. Tech. Services
Reliance Industries

18:00
Closing Remarks