Program Details
Day 111th October 2017
08:00
Registration & Coffee
KEYNOTE SESSION
08:50 – 09:00

Opening Remarks

09:00 – 09:30

Keynote Address – I
Transforming Volume to Value
Mr. David Bergeron
Vice President, Global Marketing – Catalyst & Licensing
ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing

09:30 – 10:00

Keynote Address – II
Transformation of Refinery
Dr. Partha P. Maitra
President – Strategy &Initiatives
Reliance Industries

10:00 – 10:30

Keynote Address – III
Mr. Doug Kelly
Sr. Vice President, Technology & Consulting
KBR, USA

10:30 – 11:00
Coffee Break
FEEDSTOCK / GLOBAL PETCHEM & ENERGY MARKETS
11:00 – 11:30

Global Petrochemical Industry Outlook
Mr. Sanjay Sharma
Vice President – MDE and India
IHS Chemical Consulting, UAE

11:30 – 12:00

Global crude and energy markets
Mr. Mayur Patil
Associate Director – CRISIL Research
CRISIL

12:00 – 12:30

Dynamics of petchem feedstocks amidst
changing energy outlook
Mr. Balasubramaniam Ramani
Senior Consultant
ICIS Consulting, Singapore

12:30 – 13:00

Coal to olefins – Relative economics in
low crude oil regime & status of projects in China
Mr. Tin Duy Nguyen
Senior Consultant,
Energy and Chemicals Advisory
Nexant

13:00 – 14:30
Lunch Break
TECHNOLOGY REVIEW – I
14:30 – 15:00

The Profitable Path to Olefins using UOP Oleflex™ Process
Mr. Pawan Gupta
Technology Manager – Olefins
Honeywell UOP

15:00 – 15:30

Maximizing Refinery Margins by
Petrochemicals Integration
Mr. Michael Tallman
Chief Technical Advisor – Process
KBR Technology & Consulting

Presentation by CB&I

15:30 – 16:00

Paraxylene Production via Double Reslurry Crystallization
Mr. Abishek Agrawal
Senior Process Engineer
CB&I

16:00 – 16:30

SD and India – Shared Vision of Excellence
Dr. Ashok Padia
Vice President, Catalyst Sales
Scientific Design Company

16:30 – 17:00
Coffee Break
AROMATICS & RUBBER MARKETS
17:00 – 17:30

A case for development of benzene value chain in India – Lessons from China
Mr. Andy Nicholson
VP, Market Development Petrochemicals
Argus Media

17:30 – 18:00

Development of Synthetic Rubber &
Latex markets in India
Mr. Abhiraj Choksey
Managing Director
Apcotex Industries

18:00 – 18:30

Polyester raw material overview
Mr. Sanjay Sinha
Sector Head – Aromatics
Reliance Industries

18:30 – 19:00

Is India ready to embrace Value added
chemicals?
Mr. Gaurav Gupta
Senior Consultant
PricewaterhouseCoopers

19:00 onwards
Networking Cocktails & Dinner
Day 212th October 2017
TECHNOLOGY REVIEW – II
09:00 – 09:30

UNIPOL™ PE TECHNOLOGY – Enhancing Everyday Life In India
Dr. Rakesh Kumar
Sr. Product Technology Leader
Univation Technologies, USA

09:30 – 10:00

Ineos Polyolefin catalyst: Make in India
A world of opportunities for Indian Polyolefins producers
Mr. Sanjeev Rai
Regional Manager
Ineos Polyolefin Catalyst

10:00 – 10:30

Polypropylene technologies that create value
Mr. Maurizio Bacci
A.Dir. Licensing Sales EMEAI
LyondellBasell, The Netherlands

10:30 – 11:00

Opportunities & challenges​ in Indian polyethylene market
Mr. Kamal Tandon
Chief General Manager (Mktg.)
GAIL (India)

11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break
POLYMER MARKETS
11:30 – 12:00

The Changing Global C2 landscape
Mr. Clement Choo
Markets Editor
S&P Global Platts, Singapore

12:00 – 12:30

Should India think beyond PP as propylene end use?
Mr. Charu Kapoor
Principal
TATA Strategic Management Group

12:30 – 13:00

Alternative routes for C3 – In the shale era
Mr. Kishor Jhalaria
President – Business Planning & Project Development
Reliance Industries

13:00 – 13:30

Petrochemical feedstock outlook in India over the next decade
Mr. Mathew George
General Manager (Petrochemical Sales)
Indian Oil Corporation

13:30 – 14:30
Lunch Break
EMERGING TRENDS IN PETROCHEMICALS
14:30 – 15:00

Monetizing Coal & Petcoke for petrochem import substitution: viability analysis
Mr. Vineet Bakshi
Dy. Process Manager
Strategy & Business Development
Engineers India

15:00 – 15:30

Bio Plastics
Ms. Priyanka Khemka
Consultant, Energy & Chemicals Advisory
Nexant, USA

15:30 – 16:00

End to end Supply chain Solutions for
delivering Products to Consumers in Oil
Industry
Ms. Shalini Tiwari
Dy. Manager – Corporate Strategy & Business Development
Engineers India

16:00
Closing Remarks