Program Details
Day 13rd November 2015
08:00
Registration & Coffee
KEYNOTE SESSION – I
09:00 – 09:15

Opening Remarks

09:15 – 09:45

Keynote Address – I – Opportunities unlimited
Mr. Vipul Shah
COO – Petrochemicals
Reliance Industries

09:45 – 10:15

Keynote Address – II – Refinery-Petrochemical integration and the Indian petrochemical market – Constraints, imperatives and waypoints
Mr. K. K. Jain
General Manager (Petrochemical – Projects)
Indian Oil Corporation

10:15 – 10:45

Keynote Address – III – State of the global chemical industry
Mr. Sanjay Sharma
Vice President – MDE and India
IHS Chemical Consulting, UAE

10:45 – 11:15
Coffee Break
SESSION – I – MARKET OVERVIEW & FEEDSTOCK
11:15 – 11:45

India macro outlook – Resilient despite headwinds
Mr. K. Balasubramanian
Managing Director,
Head of Local Corporate Banking Group, India
Citi India

11:45 – 12:15

Petrochem feedstocks overview
Mr. Stefano Zehnder
Senior Consultant
Global Refining & Petrochemical Feedstocks
ICIS, Italy

12:15 – 12:45

“Coal /Pet-coke to chemicals”
Technology development & cost competitiveness overview
Mr. Rajesh Amba
Group Manager & Country Head (India) –
Petroleum, Chemicals & Energy, Jacobs Consultancy
Jacobs Consultancy

12:45 – 13:15

Benzene market in China
Mr. Luo Jian Fei
Trader
Sinopec Chemical Commercial Holding (Hong Kong) Company

13:15 – 15:00
Lunch Break
SESSION II – PANEL DISCUSSION
15:00 – 16:30

Logistics – Driving the growth of Petrochemical Industry
Moderator –
Mr. Subhasis Ghosh, Managing Partner, Apex Group
Panel –

  • Mr. Niraj Ambani, President – Group Logistics, Reliance Industries
  • Mr. Michael Loeffel, Chartering Manager, Tricon Energy, USA
  • Mr. Mathew George, Chief Manager & Head (Petrochemicals Exports), Indian Oil Corporation
  • Mr. Rajkiran Kanagala, Vice President & Group Head – Business Development, TCI Group
  • Mr. Rajiv Chohan, President (Business Development), Aegis Logistics

    • 16:30 – 17:00
    Coffee Break
    SESSION III – INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
    17:00 – 17:30

    Albemarle Catalysts: Refining and chemical catalyst developments of the Past, Present and Future
    Dr. Ludo Boot
    Technical Sales Manager – Chemical Catalysts
    Albemarle Catalysts Company, The Netherlands

    17:30 – 18:00

    UNIPOL™ PE Technology:
    Advanced solutions for the Indian HDPE & LLDPE markets
    Dr. Ayush A. Bafna
    Manager, Product R&D and Technical Service
    Univation Technologies, USA

    18:00 – 18:30

    LDPE/EVA market & revamp opportunities
    Mr. John Rogers
    Global Licensing Manager, Polymers
    ExxonMobil Chemical Technology Licensing, USA

    18:30 – 19:00

    Propylene Production Based on Propane Feedstock: Innovations in CATOFIN® Dehydrogenation Technology
    Mr. Matthias Wyzycki
    Head of Sales Region
    EMEA/CIS, Propylene & Aromatics BU Catalysts
    Clariant Produkte, Germany

    19:00
    Networking Cocktails & Dinner
    19:30

    Dinner Speech
    Effect of GST on Indian industry
    Mr. R. Sekar, IRS
    Principal Commissioner
    CESTAT (Authorised Representative)
    Government of India

    Day 24th November 2015
    SESSION IV – OLEFINS, POLYOLEFINS & PLASTICS MARKETS
    09:00 – 09:30

    Cracker & polyolefins markets in India
    Mr. Unmesh Nayak
    Sr. Vice President – Polymers &
    Business Head – Polypropylene
    Reliance Industries

    09:30 – 10:00

    Butadiene outlook & overview
    Mr. Makarand Dixit
    Head – Marketing

    OPaL

    10:00 – 10:30

    Polymer Additives – Excellent Solutions for Maximizing Polymers’ Performance
    Dr. Naoshi Kawamoto
    Head of R&D, General Manager – Polymer Additives R & D Laboratory
    Adeka Corporation, Japan

    10:30 – 11:00

    New horizons for downstream plastic industry
    Mr. Binay Agarwal
    Engagement Manager
    TATA Strategic Management Group

    11:00 – 11:30

    Polyolefins trends: A licensor’s perspective
    Dr. Godofredo Follmer
    Managing Director
    Lummus Novolen Technology, USA

    11:30 – 12:00
    Coffee Break
    SESSION V – C1 – C4 DOWNSTREAM
    12:00 – 12:30

    Methanol outlook & overview
    Mr. Mazlan Razak
    Managing Consultant – Energy & Chemicals
    Nexant, Malaysia

    12:30 – 12:55

    Toulene – Asian market perspective
    Mr. Settawat Takulpakdeechoumpon
    Head of Aromatics Trading Book
    PTT International Trading, Singapore

    12:55 – 13:20

    Acetic acid market outlook and challenges
    Mr. Paresh Patel
    Asst. Vice President – Procurement
    (Bulk Chemicals)
    Reliance Industries

    13:20 – 13:40

    Methanol to Olefin –
    Monetization of coal by conversion to polymer grade propylene and ethylene
    Mr. Sachin Agarwal
    Lead Sales Account Manager, PT&E
    UOP

    13:40 – 15:00
    Lunch Break
    SESSION V – BENZENE CHAIN & DOWNSTREAM MARKETS
    15:00 – 15:30

    Aromatics market dynamics:
    Gasoline strength, feedstock diversification and demand developments
    Ms. Anu Agarwal
    Vice President, Chemicals – Asia & Mideast Gulf
    Argus Media, Singapore

    15:30 – 16:00

    India emerging as the largest importer of Phenol/Acetone in Asia
    Dr. Rajeev Pandia
    Director – Business Development, Asia
    CSI

    16:00 – 16:30

    A new suite of catalysts & adsorbents for paraxylene manufacture
    Dr. Ernst Köhler
    Global Product Manager
    Aromatics, Business Unit Catalysts
    Clariant Produkte

    16:30 – 17:00

    Cutting-edge ethylbenzene technology
    Dr. James Cao
    Catalyst Product Manager
    ExxonMobil, USA

    17:00 – 17:30
    Coffee Break
    SESSION VI – BIO TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS
    17:30 – 18:00

    Opportunities for Bio-based chemicals in Asia/Global
    Ms. Priyanka Khemka
    Senior Analyst
    Nexant, USA

    18:00 – 18:30

    Transforming the cost of lactic acid and bio-propylene glycol
    Mr. Ian Woodcock
    Regional Licensing Manager
    INVISTA Performance Technologies, UK

    18:30
    Closing Remarks