Day 1 - Tuesday 3 June 2008

8:00

REGISTRATION

9:00

Welcome & Chairman's opening remarks

John Keeley , Chief Executive Officer, INTERNATIONAL eCHEM
9:15

Supply, demand and overview of the Phenol Acetone Industry

Stewart Hardy , Consultant , Nexant ChemSystems
10:00

Raw Material Flexibility = Market Competitiveness

 Making of “Mipa”: A History
 IPA to Acetone: Survival Mode
Werner Gurtner , Supply Chain Manager: Americas, Taminco
10:45

REFRESHMENT BREAK

11:15

Keynote address: Peak oil and its implications for the phenol /acetone industry

David Strahan , Writer, director, producer of The Last Oil Shock: A Survival Guide to the Imminent Extinction of Petroleum Man
12:45

LUNCH

14:00

Phenol production flexibility - controlling acetone imbalance

Jean-Marie Casamayou , Vice President, International Sales, Lummus Technology
14:45

Analysis and forecast of supply and demand in the Chinese Phenol and Acetone market

 Phenol and acetone supply and demand in China
 Review of the Chinese Phenol and Acetone market during 2002 - 2007
 Outlook of Chinese phenol and acetone market supply and demand in 2010 and import analysis
Cindy Wu , Phenol & Acetone Product Manager, CBI China
15:30

REFRESHMENT BREAK

16:00

Polycarbonate & BPA - Trends in selected Markets

Ben Lefebvre , Markets Editor, ICIS News
16:45

Lunatic Express

John Macdonald , CEO, JLM Industries
17:30

Closing remarks

17:35

Networking Reception

Day 2 - Wednesday 4 June 2008

8:40

Chairman's opening remarks

John Keeley , Chief Executive Officer, INTERNATIONAL eCHEM
8:45

The evolution of technology: Phenol/ Acetone from Cumene

Dr Markus Weber , Director of Intellectual Property, INEOS Phenol
Dr Manfred Weber , Senior Process Engineer, INEOS Phenol
James Wallace , Principal, Phenol Consults
9:30

Black Swans, Benzene and the Pitfalls of Forecasting

Peter Salisbury , Markets Editor, ICIS Pricing
10:15

Shaping The Future Together

Ilknur Gur , Regional General Manager for Emerging Markets, SABIC Innovative Plastics
11:00

REFRESHMENT BREAK

11:30

Cost of REACH for a company/ cost calculator of BASF Success

 Cost calculator
 Organisation of Consortia
Dr Andreas Kicherer , Head of Success Team, BASF SE
12:15

Influence of the Europe Phenol Chain supply and demand situation (Phenol, Acetone, BPA, Epoxy and PC) on the global market

Georg Buellesbach , Director Specialty Chemicals, Mitsui & Co, Deutschland
13:00

Chairman's closing remarks and close of conference

13:10

LUNCH


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