Day 1 - Thursday 24 June 2010

8:00

Registration

9:00

SESSION ONE: Chlor-alkali Dynamics in a Post-Recession World

Chairperson: Janet Wright - Tecnon OrbiChem

► World balance between caustic soda and chlorine and correlation with price
trends; effect of the uneven economic recovery across the world
► Steps to reduce transport of liquid chlorine: small local bleach plants,
distribution of concentrated bleach, regeneration of chlorine from by-product HCI
► Mechanics to compensate for local surpluses and deficits of chlorine, moving
EDC, conversation to calcium chloride, etc
► Partnering HCI with acetylene: the unique Chinese approach

Charles Fryer
Chairman, TECNON ORBICHEM, UK

9:30

Economic Outlook – What it means to the Chlor-alkali market

Speaker to be confirmed
 

10:00

Discussion

10:15

Refreshments


 

10:45

SESSION ONE Cont’d

The Chlor-alkali Market – A Producers Perspective

Speaker to be confirmed

11:30

Global Alumina Update

Speaker to be confirmed

12:00

Discussion

12:15

Lunch

14:00

SESSION TWO

Chairperson: Charles Fryer - Tecnon OrbiChem

Global Chlor-alkali Review

►Recent developments in the chlor-alkali supply/demand balances including the
impact of the economic downturn on chlorine demand
►What has happened to the caustic soda global market as a result of the
economic downturn & how has this affected trade flows?
►How has the recent economic downturn affected the longer term outlook for the
industry and how has this impacted project developments?

Janet Wright
Business Manager - Chlor-alkali, TECNON ORBICHEM, UK

14:30

Outlook for the South Asia Chlor-alkali market


► Supply and demand situation in South Asia
►Indian Chloralkali market and the issue of safeguarding duties

Ajay Todi, *not yet confirmed
CMO Group Chlor Alkali Business-India, ADITYA BIRLA GROUP

15:00

Discussion

15:15

Refreshments

15:45

SESSION TWO Cont’d

Trade Flows in the Asia Vinyls Market

► China's fluctuating appetite for PVC imports
► Impact of new ethylene capacity on Asia's PVC export capacity

Ng HunWei
Markets Editor, ICIS Pricing
 

16:15

The Chinese PVC Market During the Recovery of Global Economic Crisis



Dong Ping
Sales Manager, SINOCHEM

16:45

Discussion

17:00

Cocktail reception

Hosted by Basic Chemical Solutions LLC

Day 2 - Friday 25 June 2010

9:00

SESSION THREE: Seabourne Salt Supply for the Asian Chlor-alkali Industry

Chairperson: Prema Viswanathan - ICIS PRICING

Seabourne Salt Supply for the Asian Chlor-alkali Industry

► World salt supply and demand
► Asian salt supply and demand for the Chlor-Alkali industry
► Sea freight review for bulk shipping
► Update on Dampier Salt’s operations

Michael Le Page
Vice President Sales and Marketing, Salt and Gypsum, RIO TINTO

10:00

Discussion

10:15

Refreshments

10:45

SESSION THREE Cont’d

Solvay strengthens its Epicerol ® leadership in Asia
 
► The Epicerol® process in a nutshell
► The Epicerol® project of Advanced Biochemical (Thailand)
► The Solvay's Epicerol® project in China
  

Arnaud Valenduc
VP Allylic Business Manager Asia-Pacific

Bruno Jestin
Senior VP Head of the Business Unit Chlorinated Organic Products
SOLVAY

11:15

Market Scenario of Epichlorohydrin


K.Sendhil Naathan
Vice President (Materials Management), ADITYA BIRLA CHEMICALS
(THAILAND) LTD. CHLOR ALKALI AND EPOXY DIVISION

11:45

New Developments in Chlor-Alkali Technology

► NaCl-electrolysis: Oxygen Depolarized Cathode Technology - Experiences from the pilot phase
► HCI - electrolysis: Oxygen Depolarized Cathode Technology

Wolfgang Friedl
Senior Manager Sales Electrolysis Division, UHDE

12:15

Discussion

12:30

Lunch - End of Conference


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