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CONFERENCE DAY ONE
TUESDAY, 13 OCTOBER 2009

08:00 Registration and coffee

09:00 Opening welcome address and business card exchange

09:15 Keynote address: Developing the world’s largest integrated chemical complex in ChemaWEyaat Industrial City

Creation of ChemaWEyaat and its role in accelerating Abu Dhabi’s drive to diversify its investment portfolio and add value to its natural resources. Development of the world’s largest fully integrated grass roots chemical complex.

Mohamed Al Azdi, Chairman, Development Committee, ABU DHABI NATIONAL CHEMICALS COMPANY (CHEMAWEYAAT)

09:35 Market forecast: Middle East petrochemicals outlook for 2010 – 2030

Chairman: Dr Mohammed Yousef Al Mulla, Board Member and General Manager, QATAR PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY (QAPCO)

• Addressing the market saturation issue and decreasing demand for petrochemicals:
• When this will turn around and where the most lucrative markets are for future growth.
• Assessing the current environment in China and its impact on Gulf producers. How the landscape will change over the next four years.
• Current and future outlook on Saudi Arabia and its impact on the global petrochemicals sector.
• Industry outlook from a global player’s perspective on the situation and opportunities of Middle East petrochemicals players

Anand Rangachary, Managing Director, South Asia and Middle East, FROST AND SULLIVAN
Syed Rashid Husain, Vice President, AL AZZAZ
Mitchell Killeen, Vice President, Middle East and North Africa, LYONDELLBASELL

15:30 Coffee break sponsored by:

11:00 Mega projects: Market positioning for the next upturn

• Capitalising on growth in the Middle East and Asian polyolefin markets: Borouge expansion project to increase its polyolefin capacity by 2013.
• Abu Dhabi Polymers Park case study: Building the first and largest specialised industry park in the Gulf.
• Introduction to the Two Energy Cities Master Plan at Al Brega and Ras Lanuf:
  Development plan for comprehensive refining, petrochemical, infrastructure and urban developments lead by the Economic and Social Development Fund of Libya.

Abdulaziz Alhajri, Chief Executive Officer, ABU DHABI POLYMERS COMPANY (BOROUGE)
Gustaf Akermark, Vice President, ABU DHABI POLYMERS PARK (ADPP)
Anwar Sassi, Project Director, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FUND (ESDF)
Amir Nemr, Director of Technology, FLUOR

12:30 Lunch

14:00 Project finance: How the landscape has changed and its impact on petrochemical producers

• A Gulf producer’s perspective on the deterioration in the global financial market and its impact on petrochemicals producers.
• Assessing alternative options to capitalise on expansion opportunities.
• Restoring confidence in the project finance sector. What the market will look like in the next 3-4 years.
• The future of the petrochemicals sector from a regional investment perspective: rethinking the business model and assessing the regional opportunity, public/private partnerships, role of GCC governments and role of the entrepreneur.
• How to make petrochemical projects happen: project finance and driving longterm product uptake.

Suliman Al Khliwi, Project Manager, NATIONAL INDUSTRIALIZATION COMPANY (TASNEE)
Darren Davis, Managing Director and Head of Resources and Energy Group, MENA, HSBC BANK MIDDLE EAST LIMITED
Alan Yeap, Head, Polymers Section, CJP INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD
Serge Verma, President, VINMAR PROJECTS LTD

15:30 Coffee break sponsored by:

16:00 Future outlook panel discussion: Is the current model sustainable?
This timely and interactive panel discussion will assess the business case for moving and/ or developing additional production facilities in international markets, such as India and China to capitalise on the close proximity to the market and minimise transport costs. We will assess the pros and cons of continuing to export from the Gulf region and how this business model will evolve in the future.

Khalid Alagil, Director, Joint Ventures, SAUDI ARAMCO
Alan Yeap, Head, Polymers Section, CJP INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD
Laurence Jones, Vice President, Corporate Support, ABU DHABI POLYMERS COMPANY (BOROUGE)

17:00 Close of day one and social networking reception

CONFERENCE DAY TWO
WEDNESDAY, 14 OCTOBER 2009

08:00 Registration and coffee

09:00 Opening welcome address and business card exchange

09:15 Feedstocks: Availability and alternative options

• Addressing the decline in ethane availability and the implications on producers’ needs to source alternative feedstock.
• Examining more complex feedstock options and why integration might be the answer.
• Feedstock liberation: alternative energy sources and their practical application in the Middle East.

Glyn Johnson, Director, Middle East and Eastern Europe, KLINE MANAGEMENT CONSULTING
Hassan Awad, Senior Officer and Investments Manager, ARAB POTASH COMPANY
Mohammad Fatemi, President and Managing Director, MIDDLE EAST PETROCHEM ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (MEPET)

15:30 Coffee break sponsored by:

11:00 Downstream integration: Is this the future of the Middle East petrochemical sector?

• Sipchem phase 3 expansion case study: Construction of ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) and poly vinyl acetate (PVA) plants and key challenges faced. Lessons learnt from phase 1 and 2 implementations.
• Case study: The role of refinery and petrochemical integration in diversifying PIC’s investments and extending its global reach.
• Strategies and technology for adding downstream products to the cracker.
• Future of downstream and the importance of synergy in the GCC. Lessons learnt from the crisis and how the private sector can survive the downturn. Impact of mega projects in the Gulf on the competitiveness of global producers.

Mehdi Adib, Vice President, SAUDI INTERNATIONAL PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY (SIPCHEM)
Yousef Al Ateeqi, Deputy Managing Director, Olefins, PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES COMPANY (PIC)
Heinz Zimmermann, Vice President, Business Development, LINDE ENGINEERING
Matouq Hasan Jannah, Senior Vice President, Projects, SAFRA COMPANY LIMITED

12:30 Lunch

14:00 Asset management and technology optimisation: Sustaining profitable operations through the downturn and beyond

• Using assets as growth platforms and capitalising on new technologies. Case study.
• Combining the collaborative development of business and operations with enabling technologies to improve the rate of capital return on new and existing projects.
• How to maintain market competitiveness by optimising the capital in your projects. Analysis and conclusions from the research of 3000 petrochemical projects worldwide.
• Deploying the latest technology to improve supply chain management and customer relationship management in the polymers business.

Aslam Moola, Business Development Manager, SHELL CHEMICALS MIDDLE EAST
William Dennison, Global Director, International Projects, HONEYWELL PROCESS SOLUTIONS
Patricia Griffith, Managing Director, INDEPENDENT PROJECT ANALYSIS (IPA)
Alan Yeap, Head, Polymers Section, CJP INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD

15:30 Coffee break sponsored by: 

16:00 Roundtable discussions: Overcoming project finance and knowledge transfer challenges

This session will be devoted to interactive open discussions providing the opportunity for informal information exchange and relationship building.

TABLE 1: Skills and knowledge transfer across international JVs and partnerships – creating and sustaining high performance teams
Roundtable Leader: Khalid Alagil, Director, Joint Venture Development, SAUDI ARAMCO

TABLE 2: Project finance: Options for attracting and securing investment in the current climate
Roundtable Leader: Darren Davis, Managing Director and Head of Resources and Energy Group, MENA, HSBC BANK MIDDLE EAST LIMITED

17:30 Closing remarks and end of conference

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