Program Details
Day 115th November 2016
08:00
Registration & Coffee
INAUGURAL SESSION
09:00 – 09:15

Opening Remarks

09:15 – 09:45

Special Speaker
Refinery-Petrochemical integration – Way forward
Mr. A. N. Jha
Executive Director (Petrochemicals)
Indian Oil Corporation

09:45 – 10:15

Keynote Address – I
Global petrochemical industry status
Mr. Sanjay Sharma
Vice President – MDE and India
IHS Chemical Consulting, UAE

10:15 – 10:45

Keynote Address – II
Strategies for Indian petrochemicals
Dr. Partha P. Maitra
President – Strategy & Initiatives
Reliance Industries

10:45 – 11:15

Keynote Address – III
Road to self-sufficiency in petrochemicals – How to leverage Indian refinery backbone?
Mr. S. K. Handa
Executive Director (Technical)
Engineers India

11:15 – 11:45
Coffee Break
MARKET OVERVIEW & FEEDSTOCKS
11:45 – 12:15

Global crude and energy markets
Mr. Johnny Stewart
Senior Research Analyst EMEARC
Wood Mackenzie, UAE

12:15 – 12:45

Overview of the PX and PTA market in China
Mr. Karl Li
Sinopec Chemical

12:45 – 13:15

Petrochem feedstocks overview
Mr. Ee Foong
Vice President, Asia
ICIS Consulting, Singapore

13:15 – 14:45
Lunch Break
PETROCHEMICAL STRATEGY
14:45 – 15:15

The contribution of technology to manufacturing excellence
Mr. Joy Shah
Sr. Vice President (Technical)
Reliance Industries

15:15 – 15:45

Bridging the gap in intermediates in India
Mr. Charu Kapoor
Principal
TATA Strategic Management Group

15:45 – 16:15

Supply chain management – Cutting edge tips
Mr. K. K. Sharma
General Manager, Petrochemicals – Mktg. Operation
Indian Oil Corporation

16:15 – 16:45

GST – Perspective for Indian petrochemical industry
Mr. Pratik Shah
Partner – Indirect Tax
SKP Business Consulting

16:45 – 17:15
Coffee Break
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
17:15 – 17:45

More than 50 years of petrochemical and downstream catalyst development
Ms. Kimberly Torti
Global Licensing Manager, Alkylation
Catalysts &Licensing Global Business
Exxon Mobil Corporation,USA

17:45 – 18:15

CB&I’s Novolen® PP technology –
Continuing development & investment in the future
Mr. Gijs ten Berge
Director Polyolefins Licensing
Lummus Novolen Technology, Germany

18:15 – 18:45

Adsorbents for olefins production
Mr. Jayant Gorawara
Leader
UOP, USA

18:45 – 19:15

Oxychlorination Process
Dr. Christian Bartosch
Global Product Technology Manager – Oxidation Catalysts
BASF, Germany

19:30
Networking Cocktails & Dinner
Day 216th November 2016
OLEFINS, POLYOLEFINS & PLASTICS MARKETS
09:00 – 09:30

Global Olefins & Polyolefins Markets
Ms. Anu Agarwal
Vice President – Petrochemicals, Asia
Argus Media, Singapore

09:30 – 10:00

Olefins presentation by UOP
Mr. Sachin Agarwal
Lead Sales Account Manager – Process Technology & Equipment
UOP

10:00 – 10:30

Indian plastics downstream markets
Presentation by Reliance Industries

10:30 – 11:15

Univation-Linde Alliance – Connecting Leading Technologies.
Delivering Proven Solutions.
Ms. Sharon Peterson
Global Marketing Director
Univation Technologies, USA

Dr. Thomas Winkler
Process Design Engineer, Petrochemical Plants
Linde, Germany

11:15 – 11:45
Coffee Break
AROMATICS & INTERMEDIATES MARKETS
111:45 – 12:15

EO based specialty chemicals
Mr. M. S. Sriganesh
Head – Sourcing & Global Key Accounts
Galaxy Surfactants

12:15 – 12:45

Outlook for Aromatics: Understanding the Changing Landscape
Mr. Tiankanok Sirichayaporn
Regional Manager – Asia Pacific, NexantThinking
Energy & Chemicals Advisory
Nexant, Bangkok

12:45 – 13:15

Styrene markets overview
Mr. Clive Ong
Senior Editor
ICIS, Singapore

13:15 – 13:45

BP PTA – Advantaged Proven Technology
Ms. Pria Young
Licensing Analyst
BP Petrochemicals, USA

Mr. Cosimo Cannalire
Head of Win-it Alliances
Technip EMIA

13:45 – 14:45
Lunch Break
EMERGING TRENDS
14:45 – 15:15

Presentation by CLARIANT

15:15 – 15:45

LyondellBasell Polyolefin Technologies:
Creating Value Innovation
Dr. Maurizio Bacci
Associate Director, Licensing Sales, EMEAI
Basell Sales And Marketing, The Netherlands

15:45 – 16:15

Pathway to Biorenewable economy in India
Ms. Priyanka Khemka
Consultant, Energy & Chemicals Advisory
Nexant, USA

16:15 – 16:45

Disruptive idea’s for chemical industry

Mr. Rajesh Amba
Chemical Industry Consultant

16:45
Closing Remarks