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- Monday, 14 June 2010
- 4:00 PM Pre-registration
- Day One Tuesday, 15 June 2010
- 8:15 AM Registration/Welcome Coffee and Tea/Exhibits Open
- Moderator: Lyn Tattum, Group VP and Publisher, Chemical Week
- 9:00 AM Welcome Address
- Moayyed I. Al Qurtas, Chairman of Plastics Committee, GPCA
- 9:10 AM Keynote Address
- Ray Hammond, Futurist
- 9:40 AM Growth Drivers: Successful Innovations and Value Chain Collaboration
- 10:10 AM Networking Refreshment Break
- 10:40 AM Growth Opportunities for Plastics Conversion in the Gulf
- Khaled Al Mana, Vice President Polymers, SABIC
- 11:10 AM Polyolefins Technology Development Fostering Innovation and Sustainability
- Massimo Covezzi, President/R&D, LyondellBasell
- 11:40 AM Growing in Fast Moving Consumer Goods in Middle East and Africa
- Javier Echevarria, Associate Director/Global Packaging and Hygiene Purchasing, Procter & Gamble
- 12:10 PM Panel Session
- Morning Speakers
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- 12:40 PM Networking Lunch
- Hosted by: Advanced Petrochemical Company
- 2:00 PM Growth Through Innovation in Plastic Products
- Filipe de Botton, CEO, Logoplaste
- 2:20 PM Requirements for Growth of the Plastics Value Chain: A Converter’s Perspective
- Manfred Klepacz, CEO/Industrial Sector, Al Rajhi Holding Group
- 2:40 PM Competitiveness, Structure and Future of the Gulf Converter Industry: Initiatives for Growth, Innovation and Education for
- Plastics in the Gulf
- 3:00 PM Developing a Globally Competitive Export-Oriented Conversion Industry in the Gulf: Opportunities & Challenges
- 3:20 PM Panel Discussion
- Growth through Collaboration Opportunities
- Afternoon speakers
- 3:50 PM Day One Conclusions and actions of GPCA to promote growth and innovation
- Abdulwahab Al Sadoun, Secretary General, GPCA
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- Day Two 16 June 2010
- Moderator: Koos Van Haasteren, Vice President BU LD/LL SABIC
- 8:15 AM Coffee and Tea/Exhibits Open
- 9:00 AM Day Two Opening Remarks
- 9:10 AM Day Two Keynote
- The Concept of Sustainability From Cradle to Cradle
- Michael Braungart, founder of concept and co-author of Cradle to Cradle
- 9:40 AM Plastics as a Means of Reducing Carbon Footprint
- Wilfried Haensel, Executive Director PlasticsEurope
- 10:10 AM Networking Refreshment Break
- 10:40 AM Green Initiatives: Clean Up The Gulf
- 11:10 AM Panel Discussion
- Defining the Concept of Sustainability and Translating into Business Strategy
- Panelists of morning speakers
- 11:40 AM The Plastic Bag War
- Hugo Verlomme, author of the Plastic Bar War
- 12:10 PM Networking Lunch
- 1:30 PM Best Practices in Waste Management
- 2:00 PM The Image of Plastics: The Real Story
- Muayad Al Faresi, Regional Sales Manager, EQUATE Petrochemical
- 2:30 PM Conclusions of Day 2
- Abdulwahab Al Sadoun, Secretary General, GPCA
- 2:45 PM Summit Concludes
