The
Middle East Petrochemical
Conference
4th - 5th November 2008, Intercontinental Dubai Festival City, Dubai

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Day 1 - Tuesday 4 November 2008

9:00 Chairman’s Welcome 9:15 Middle East petrochemicals in perspective Hamad Al Terkait , CEO, EQUATE 10:00 A global perspective on the petrochemical outlook Alastair Hensman , Marketing Manager - ChemSystems, NEXANT LIMITED 10:45 Break and refreshments 11:15 The role of the private sector in driving ports infrastructure in the ME & Africa Mohammed Al-Mazeedi , Chairman & CEO, KGL PORTS INTERNATIONAL 11:50 Feedstock pricing and availability in the Gulf Phil Parker , General Manager New Business Development, QATAR SHELL 12:25 Olefins and polyolefins - the end game? Roger Green , Principal, NEXANT

13:00 Lunch 14:15 Toward performance chemicals Zuhair Allawi , Commercial Director India, Middle East and Africa (IMEA), DOW CHEMICAL IMEA GmbH 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 16:00 Break and refreshments 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

Day 2 - Wednesday 5 November 2008

9:00 Chairman's opening remarks 9:05 Destination next - India S K Ray , Senior Vice President, RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD 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 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

13:10 Close of conference and lunch

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