| 9:00 |
Chairman’s Welcome
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| 9:15 |
Middle East petrochemicals in perspective
Hamad Al Terkait
, CEO, EQUATE
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| 10:00 |
A global perspective on the petrochemical outlook
Alastair Hensman
, Marketing Manager - ChemSystems, NEXANT LIMITED
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| 10:45 |
Break and refreshments
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| 11:15 |
The role of the private sector in driving ports infrastructure in the ME & Africa
Mohammed Al-Mazeedi
, Chairman & CEO, KGL PORTS INTERNATIONAL
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| 11:50 |
Feedstock pricing and availability in the Gulf
Phil Parker
, General Manager New Business Development, QATAR SHELL
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| 12:25 |
Olefins and polyolefins - the end game?
Roger Green
, Vice President, Energy & Chemicals, NEXANT
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| 13:00 |
Lunch
|
| 14:15 |
Toward performance chemicals
Zuhair Allawi
, Commercial Director India, Middle East and Africa (IMEA), DOW CHEMICAL IMEA GmbH
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| 14:50 |
Egyptian petrochemical opportunities
Mostafa Sami, ORIENTAL PETROCHEMICALS COMPANY (Egypt)
|
| 15:25 |
Ammonia and methanol: delivering value
Graham Hoar
, Manager, Gas Based Chemicals, NEXANT
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| 16:00 |
Break and refreshments
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| 16:30 |
Opportunities in a changing world
Martijn Vogelzang
, LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES
|
| 17:05 |
Global restructuring: opportunities and challenges
Dr. Andrew Spiers
, Senior Vice President Chemicals, NEXANT
|
| 17:40 |
Close of day one
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|
| 9:00 |
Chairman's opening remarks
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| 9:05 |
Destination next - India
S K Ray
, Senior Vice President, RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD
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| 9:45 |
Middle East polymer market outlook
Prema Viswanathan
, Deputy Managing Editor - Asia, ICIS
|
| 10:30 |
Break and refreshments
|
| 11:00 |
Price risk management / plastics futures contracts (a brief introduction)
James Bernard, Associate Director Commodities, DUBAI MULTI COMMODITY CENTRE - DMCC
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| 11:45 |
Asia and Middle East: changing times
Dr. Andrew Spiers
, Senior Vice President Chemicals, NEXANT
|
| 12:30 |
Specialty chemicals and polymers; the next major opportunity for the Middle East
Osman Aboul-Nasr
, Technical Director, FLUOR
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| 13:10 |
Close of conference and lunch
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The organisers reserve the right to change the programme, speakers or venue should circumstances require.
