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The
World Base Oils & Lubricants
Conference
19th - 20th February 2009, The Royal Lancaster Hotel London

Day 1 - Thursday 19 February 2009

8:00	Registration and refreshments
9:00	Welcome
9:05	Chairmen's opening remarks Geeta Agashe, Vice President, Petroleum & Energy, KLINE & COMPANY Brian Crichton, Global Industry Liaison Manager, INFINEUM INTERNATIONAL LTD
9:15	Winning in a downturn - how to survive and thrive in turbulent times Rohit Talwar, CEO, FAST FUTURE
10:00	Ethanol, hybrids, and diesels: how trends in fuels markets are changing base oil economics Blake Eskew, Senior Vice President, PURVIN & GERTZ INC.
10:45	Refreshment break
11:15	Another BRIC(K) in the Wall … - The NEXT ELEVEN (N-11) Challenge: emerging trends and opportunities for the base oil and lubricant industry Apu Gosalia, Head of Strategic Marketing, Fuchs Petrolub AG
12:00	Meeting new performance challenges - the additive contribution Marco Corradi, Development Technologist, INFINEUM
12:45	Lunch Sponsored by

14:00	Latest developments from Chevron, and the impact of the Pascagoula investment Brent Lok, Global Marketing & New Business Development Manager, CHEVRON
14:45	ATIEL and the ACEA 2008 sequences Mike Wharton, Secretary General, ATIEL
15:30	Refreshment break
16:00	Polyalphaolefins: the state of low viscosity PAO Jim Herman, Global Business Manager, Polyalphaolefins, CHEVRON PHILLIPS
16:45	Fuel economy – the role of engine oils Barry Hemans, Global Business Manager , LUBRIZOL
17:30	Close of day one
17:35	Drinks reception Sponsored by

Day 2 - Friday 20 February 2009

9:00	Chairmen's opening remarks Geeta Agashe, Vice President, Petroleum & Energy, KLINE & COMPANY Brian Crichton, Global Industry Liaison Manager, INFINEUM INTERNATIONAL LTD
9:15	The additives industry, present and future Dominique Fournier, CEO & President, INFINEUM INTERNATIONAL LTD
10:00	Heavy duty diesel engine oils – endurance requirements vs fuel economy Bengt Otterholm, Lubricants Co-ordinator, VOLVO TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
10:45	Refreshment break
11:15	REACH and its impact on base oils and lubricants markets Howard Hayes, Chairman of ATIEL REACH Special task force, SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS (UK)
12:00	Panel discussion The impact of the economic downturn on the worldwide base oils & lubricants market Stephen Ames - SBA Consulting Dominique Fournier - Infineum Alan Outhwaite - Chevron Bengt Otterholm - Volvo

13:00	Lunch Sponsored by
14:15	The new European waste framework directive and its impact on re-refining and base oils Christian Hartmann, CEO, PURALUBE HOLDING
15:00	The Petronas Hour
15:05	Group III Base Oil : 'The new European standard' Hans Groen, Managing Director, PETRONAS MARKETING (Netherlands)
15:35	Commissioning of superior quality base oil plant Ainor Syahril B Kamarudin, Commissioning Manager, PETRONAS
16:00	Chairmen’s closing remarks and close of conference

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

Sponsors

Official Airline

Silver sponsors

hocem

petronas

Universal Lubricants

S-Oil

Lunch sponsor

Lukoil

Silver/refreshment break sponsor

Elco

Cocktail reception sponsor

Feedco

Lubes n Greases

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