Program

Day One

National Anthem Recitation of the Holly Koran ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------09:00 - 09:15

“Welcoming Address”

• Mohammad Hassan Peyvandi
  Director for Planning & Development, NPC, I. R. Iran & Forum Chairman
  
  
  11:00 – 12:

Opening Addresses ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------09:15 - 10:30

• Gholam Hossein Nozari
  Minister of Petroleum, I. R. Iran

• Tahmasb Mazaheri
  Governor, Central Bank of Iran, I. R. Iran

• Gholam Hossein Nejabat
  Deputy Minister of Petroleum & NPC President, I. R. Iran

Coffee Break & Exhibition Opening---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10:30 - 11:00


Session One--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:00 - 12:30

Chairman: Mohammad Hadi Rahbari
Managing Director, NPC International, I. R. Iran

                                                                            Refinery & Petrochemical Industries
 

• Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh
  Deputy Minister of Petroleum & President, NIORDC, I. R. Iran

• Fazlollah Reza
  Iranian Academic Association,Canada
  "Energy for the World's Next Generation“

• Gary Adams
  President, CMAI, USA
  "State of the Petrochemical Industry Leveraging the Rest of the Cycle"

Q & A

Lunch & Exhibition Visiting-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12:30 - 14:00


Session Two

Chairman: Gary Adams
President, CMAI, USA

                                                                          Petrochemical Industry: Future Trends

• Jean Sentenac
  President & CEO, Axens, France
  "Resid to Propylene Technology"

• Yousef Al-Benyan
  SABIC's Corporate VP for HR, Saudi Arabia
  Opportunities and Challenges:
  “The promising future of the Petrochemical Industry in the Middle East"

• Anton de Vries
  President Polymers Division, Lyondellbasell Industries, Germany
  "Global Polyolefin Industry Opportunities & Challenges"

Q & A

Coffee Break & Exhibition Visiting----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15:30 - 16:00


Session Three-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------16:00 – 18:00

Chairman: Anton de Vries
Group General Manager, Sasol, South Africa

                                                                     Challenges of Petrochemicals and Environment

• Reiner Groh
  Group General Manager, Sasol, South Africa

• Daniel Champlon
  Director of International Affairs, IFP, France
  "High Oil Prices and Environmental Issues; a New Context for Petrochemicals"

• Sascha Wenzel
  Head of Dehydrogenation Process Group, Uhde GmbH, Germany
  "Star Uhde’s Dehydrogenation, an Alternative Route to Propylene Production"

• Weixi – Gong
  Representative in Iran, UNIDO
  "The Role of UNIDO in Cleaner Production, Energy Efficiency,
   

Q & A

Day Two

Session Four------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9:00 – 10:30

Chairman: Yousef Al-Benyan
SABIC's Corporate VP for HR, Saudi Arabia

                                                                                     Petrochemicals Outlook

• Andrew Nicholson
  Vice President, De Witt Inc, France
  "Aromatics and Derivatives Outlook”

• Andrea Borruso
  Senior Consultant, SRI Consulting, Switzerland
  "The Petrochemical New Era"

• Jens Rostrup Nielsen
  Director of Special Projects, Haldor Topsoe A/S, Denmark
  "From Nano to Mega: the Challenge for Industrial Catalysis"

Coffee Break & Exhibition Visiting---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10:30 - 11:00


Session Five--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:00 - 12:30

Chairman: Akbar Torkan
Deputy for Planning, Ministry of Petroleum, I.R. Iran

                                                                                Olefin & Polyolefin Outlook
 

• Kaspar Evertz
  Senior Vice President Licensing, Lyondellbasell Industries, Germany
  "Technology Serving the Global Polyolefin Industry"

• Steve Tan
  Acting Managing Editor, ICIS, Singapore
  "Asian Olefins Outlook"

• Patrick Rooney
  Managing Director, CMAI Middle East, UAE
  "Global Ethylene Market Outlook”

Q & A

Lunch & Exhibition Visiting----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12:30 - 14:00


Session Six----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:00 - 12:30

Chairman: Jean Sentenac
President and CEO, Axens, France

                                                                                 Methanol Technologies
 

• Federico Zardi
  Deputy Managing Director, Ammonia Casale, Switzerland
  "Latest Casale Technologies for Grass – Root Fertilizer and Methanol Plants"

• Kunio Hirotani
  General Manager, Toyo Engineering Corporation, Japan
  "Toyo's Jumbo Methanol Technology"

• Waldemar Liebner
  Director – GTC Technology, Lurgi, Germany
  LURGI’S METHANOL TO PROPYLENE (MTP®) REPORT ON A
  SUCCESSFUL COMMERCIALISATION

Q & A

Coffee Break & Exhibition Visiting---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15:30 - 16:00


Session Seven-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------16:00 - 17:00

Chairman: Alinaghi Mashayekhi
Professor, Management Faculty, Sharif Industrial University & President, Rahbaran Petrochemical Co, I. R. Iran

                                                                         Petrochemical Technologies

• Jim Beaton
  Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Use, Consultant, Canada
  "Sulfur Coated Urea: A Slow Release Source of N for Improving Fertilizer Efficiency
  and Protecting the Environment"

• Marcus Michel
  Vice President of Sud-Chemie's Business Unit Catalytic Technologies, Germany
  "Methanol value chain: Empowering the chemical and petrochemical industries"
   

Q & A

Roundtable & Closing ceremony------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15:30 - 16:00

• Gary Adams
  President, CMAI, USA

• Anton de Vries
  President Polymers Division,
  Lyondellbasell Industries, Germany

• Alinaghi Mashayekhi
  Professor, Management Faculty,
  Sharif Industrial University & President,
  Rahbaran Petrochemical Co, I. R. Iran

• Federico Zardi
  Deputy Managing Director,
  Ammonia Casale, Switzerland

• Mohammad Hadi Rahbari
  Managing Director, NPC International, I. R. Iran

• Mohammad Hassan Peyvandi
  Director for Planning & Development, NPC, I. R. Iran & Forum Chairman