Program Details
Day 11st November 2018
08:00
Registration & Coffee
KEYNOTE SESSION
09:00 – 09:15
Opening Remarks
09:15 – 09:45
Keynote Address – I
India’s Petrochemical Vision: Challenges and Path forward
Mr. S. M. Vaidya, Executive Director (Operations), RHQ Indian Oil Corporation
09:45 – 10:15
Keynote Address – II
Crude oil to chemicals
Mr. T. Srinivas, COO (Trading & MOPS), Reliance Industries
10:15 – 10:45
Keynote Address – III
Global Petrochemical Industry Outlook
Mr. Sanjay Sharma, Vice President – MDE and India, IHS Chemical Consulting, UAE
10:45 – 11:30
Coffee Break
FEEDSTOCK / GLOBAL PETCHEM & ENERGY MARKETS
11:30 – 12:00
Key forces impacting global petrochemical markets
Dr. Peter Callais, Sr. VP – Global Sales, Townsend Solutions
12:00 – 12:30
Global energy and petrochemical outlook
Mr. Ashish Chitalia, Principal Analyst – Polyolefins, Wood Mackenzie, USA
12:30 – 13:00
Feedstock changes and the implications for product flows and prices
Mr. Andy Nicholson, VP – Market Development, Petrochemicals, Argus Media, France
13:00 – 13:30
M&A in petrochemicals
Mr. Ranu Vohra, Co-Founder, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Avendus Capital
13:30 – 15:00
Lunch Break
OLEFINS MARKETS & FUTURE TRENDS
15:00 – 15:30
Indian polyolefins overview
Mr. Mukul Khanna, Business Head – Polypropylene, Reliance Industries
15:30 – 16:00
The Great Indian Petrochemical Conundrum
Mr. Bala Ramani, Senior Consulting Manager, ICIS Analytics & Consulting, Singapore
16:00 – 16:30
Multizone Catalytic Cracking: A new platform for Crude to Chemicals in single step
Mr. Sukumar Mandal, Vice President (R&D), Reliance Industries
16:30 – 17:00
Rising uncertainty in the global polymer trade
Mr. Sanjay Moolji, Global Director – Business Development, Tricon Energy, USA
17:00 – 17:30
Coffee Break
TECHNOLOGY REVIEW – I
17:30 – 17:55
LD PAREX technology
Dr. Leo Bresler, Sr. Manager, Aromatics Business, Honeywell UOP, USA
17:55 – 18:20
KBR Olefins Technology Solutions
Mr. Partap Vijay Singh, Director, Olefins & Chemicals Technologies, KBR Technology
18:20 – 18:45
Value additions through PDH PP
Mr. Gijs ten Berge Director – Polyolefins Licensing McDermott Technology, Germany
18:45 – 19:10
IndianOil’ Novel High Activity Ziegler-Natta Catalyst for Polyethylene and Polypropylene
Dr. G. S. Kapur, Chief General Manager – I/C (Chemical Technology), Indian Oil Corporation
19:10 – 19:35
Lyondellbasell leading polypropylene technologies
Mr. Maurizio Bacci, A.Dir. Licensing Sales EMEAI, LyondellBasell, The Netherlands
19:45 onwards
Networking Cocktails & Dinner
Day 22nd October 2018
TECHNOLOGY REVIEW – II
09:00 – 09:25
Alphahexol: Road to self-reliance in comonomer for polyethylene
Mr. Siddhartha Saha, Country Head, Sales & Marketing, Axens India
09:25 – 09:50
Advantaged metallocene films from UNIPOL™ PE technology
Dr. Michael Zum Mallen, Global Catalyst Product Manager & Metallocene LLDPE Market Manager, Univation Technologies, USA
09:50 – 10:15
Newly developed high performance light stabilizer for greenhouse films
Mr. Shinichi Ishikawa, Head of Technical Services, General Manager, Additives Solution Dept., Polymer Additives, R&D ADEKA Corporation, Japan
10:15 – 10:40
Grace advanced donors for polypropylene production
Dr. Gerwin Wijsman, Snr. Tech. Service Mgr., Polyolefin Catalyst, Grace, Germany
10:40 – 11:30
Coffee Break
AROMATICS MARKETS
11:30 – 12:00
Polyester chain outlook
Mr. Bohan Loh, Senior Petrochemical Markets Editor, Argus Media, Singapore
12:00 – 12:30
Is India ready for SM plant?
Mr. V. T. Nandkumar, Chief Executive, Supreme Petrochem
12:30 – 13:00
Phenol / Acetone – The road ahead
Mr. Suresh Kalra, Sr. Sales Director – Asia Pacific, SI Group
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch Break
SESSION II – PANEL DISCUSSION
14:00 – 14:45
Projects – Conception to Completion
Moderator – Mr. Sanjay Sharma,Vice President – MDE & India, IHS Markit, UAE Panelists –

  • Mr. Aniruddha Poddar, Sr. Executive Vice President, Reliance Industries
  • Dr. Craig Colling, pX Process Technology Advisor, BP Petrochemicals, USA
  • Mr. Abhishek Agrawal, Principal Process Engineer, McDermott Technology
VALUE ADDED CHEMICALS
14:45 – 15:15
Monetizing the C4/C5 streams (Emerging trend across to increase margins)
Mr. Gaurav Gupta, Manager- Chemicals, PricewaterhouseCoopers
15:15 – 15:45
Polyurethanes – Market & overview
Dr. Mahesh N Gopalasamudram, Chairman, Indian Polyurethane Association
15:45 – 16:00
Coffee Break
EMERGING TRENDS IN PETROCHEMICALS
16:00 – 16:30
Coal for petrochemical production in India: Options & Viability
Mr. Vineet Bakshi, Process Manager, Strategy & BD, Engineers India
16:30 – 17:00
Improving project profitability by partnering with expert through BOO
Mr. Anish Paunwala, Assistant Vice President – Investment, Projects, South Asia Linde India
17:00 – 17:15
Innovation in automation of trade finance processes using Artificial Intelligence
Mr. Suraj Ramesh, VP – Marketing, Singapore Infotech
17:30
Closing Remarks