| 08:15 | Registration & refreshments |
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| 09:10 | Chairman’s opening remarks |
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| 09:15 | European olefins – survival and profitability Richard Sleep, Vice President
NEXANT GROUP |
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| 10:00 | The impact of volatile oil markets and tight refining capacity on global olefins market - Marginal changes in global supply/demand are creating greater volatility in crude oil markets
- US and Asian refining capacity is expected to remain tight, impacting feedstock availability for olefins
Paul Hodges, Chairman
INTERNATIONAL eCHEM |
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| 10:45 | |
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| 11:15 | Propylene challenges in EU - a leading PP producers view - Will ME capacity addition have an impact on EU propylene ?
Thomas Van De Velde, Commercial Manager Olefins & Co-products
BOREALIS POLYMERS NV |
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| 12:00 | China economic outlook and market for olefins Yu Jing, Project Manager, Petrochemicals
CHINA INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL CONSULTING CORPORATION (CICCC) |
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| 12:45 | |
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| 14:00 | The changing world of olefins and polyolefins Yves Bonte, Senior Vice President Polyolefins Products
BASELL POLYOLEFINS EUROPE |
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| 14:45 | Price risk management and LME futures Neil Banks, Director of Exchange Development
LONDON METAL EXCHANGE |
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| 15:10 | LME plastics prices - review and forecast - An analysis of LME PP and LL plastics prices over the past year
- Supply and demand drivers
- Price forecast for 2007
Sebastian Castelli, Plastics Analyst
SOCIETE GENERALE |
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| 15:30 | |
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| 16:00 | Shipping of olefins – the impact of ageing fleet / high fleet rates Steve Wilson
BRAEMAR SEASCOPE |
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| 16:45 | Ethylene Producer Perspective – Facing Changes in a Global Market Yuri Carreno
PMI TRADING LTD |
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| 17:30 | |
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