Day 1 - Wednesday 17 September 2008

9:30 REGISTRATION 10:00 Welcome Inauguration Mr. V. S. Sampath, Secretary, DCPC, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 10:15 Keynote Address: Mr. Raju Shroff, Chairman, UNITED PHOSPHOROUS LTD 10:40 Vote of Thanks 10:45 NETWORKING & REFRESHMENT BREAK 11:00 The changing world of speciality chemicals - a look at developments in key western markets Marcus Huebel , Partner, ACCENTURE 11:30 Overview of the Indian speciality chemicals industry Mr. S. N. Singh, Executive Director, JUBLIANT ORGANOSYS LTD 12:00 Specialty Chemicals - Emerging trends and Opportunities Dr. Ramesh Ramachandran, President & CEO, DOW CHEMICAL INTERNATIONAL PVT LTD. 12:30 Indian fine chemicals industry - charting new territory Mr. Jai Hiremath, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, HIKAL LTD

13:00 LUNCH 14:00 The Internationalisation of Indian Specialty Chemicals: The Merits of Acquisition What drivers internationalisation? What are the challenges, barriers and risks? What are the strategic alternatives? What are the arguments for and against acquisition? What are the main pitfalls? What can be done to limit the risks? Steve Butler , Managing Director, Cerebra Consulting & Cogency Chemical Consultants Ltd 14:30 Speaker from Sohar, Oman, SEZ for Speciality Chemicals to present on investment opportunities 15:00 Azelis - Partnering in European supply chain solutions The demands of the European Supply Chain for specialty chemicals Adding value via partnership in a complex, changing environment Peter Fields , COO, Azelis 15:30 NETWORKING & REFRESHMENT BREAK 15:45 Chemical investment clusters - opportunities in India's PCPIRs Mr. D. P. Misra, Director General, INDIAN CHEMICAL COUNCIL 16:15 Chemical investment clusters - the European experience Clusters Bring Real Bottom Line Benefits Clusters should be based on a broadly defined industry Engagement and developing a Learning-to-learn together culture are key to success Dr. Stan Higgins , Chief Executive Officer, NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND PROCESS INDUSTRY CLUSTER (NEPIC) 16:45 The changing world of regulations - what's new and how should companies prepare for the changes Phil Hollowood , North East (England) REACH Ambassador, REACHReady Ltd Mr. S. Ganesan, ICC COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL TREATIES Prashant Yagnik, FORMERLY OF ORGANISATION FOR THE PROHIBITION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS (OPCW) 17:45 Chairman's closing remarks

Day 2 - Thursday 18 September 2008

10:00 Pharma & APIs - Chairman's opening remarks 10:15 Restructuring in the pharmaceutical industry and opportunities for the fine chemicals sector Marc Hennebert, Senior Partner, IMS 10:45 How do I become a preferred supplier to global pharmaceutical majors? Speaker invited, LUPIN PHARMA LTD 11:15 NETWORKING & REFRESHMENT BREAK 11:30 India's CRAM sector - in search of new opportunities Speaker invited, SHASUN CHEMICALS & DRUGS LTD 12:00 Financing of Projects Mr. Anil Chandramani, Principal Investment Officer, INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION 12:30 Chairman's closing remarks 12:45 LUNCH

14:00 Speciality chemicals session - Chairman's opening remarks 14:15 India - An investment destination - Rohm & Haas experience Harish Badami, President & Managing Director, ROHM & HAAS (INDIA) PVT LTD 14:45 Speciality chemicals for textiles Dr. Kishore M.Shah, Chairman & President, SAURADIP CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PVT LTD & INDIAN SPECIALITY CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION 15:15 Advances in speciality coatings Mamta Wadhwa , Director - Chemicals, Materials & Foods, Frost & Sullivan 15:45 NETWORKING & REFRESHMENT BREAK 16:00 Opportunities in India's soaps and detergents sector Speaker invited, HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LTD 16:30 Agrochemicals - coping with value chain uncertainty Mr. Ashwin C. Shroff, Chairman, EXCEl INDUSTRIES LTD 17:00 Contract manufacturing and research opportunities for Indian agrochemical companies Mr. Satish Soni, Vice President, Agrochemicals, HIKAL LTD 17:30 Developments in construction chemicals Mr. Jairaj Hegde, Vice President, PIDILITE INDUSTRIES LTD Mr. Padmakar , Senior General Manager - Tech & Marketing, PIDILITE INDUSTRIES LTD 18:00 Valedictory address: Mr. B.P. Pandey, Joint Secretary, Dept of Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

The organisers reserve the right to change the programme, speakers or venue should circumstances require.