Middle East Downstream Week

Day 1: Technology Advancement Day

Monday 26 March 2012

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7:45  MEDW Breakfast Briefing: Project and Execution

08:00 MEDW 2012 registration and coffee

09:00 Official opening and welcome address: MEDW 2012 – Shifting the paradigm from bottom up

09:10 Keynote Address: Luther C. “Luke” Kissam, President and CEO, ALBEMARLE

09:40 Session One: Embracing change and innovation

• A proactive approach to the sector’s endemic crisis

Chairman: Ali Hussain, Independent Consultant
 
Mutlaq Al Azmi, Operations Manager, KUWAIT NATIONAL PETROLEUM COMPANY (KNPC)
 
Dr Abdelhakim Koudil, Manager, TAKREER RESEARCH CENTRE
 
Eugenio Macaluso, Refinery Business Manager, Middle East, INTERCAT
10:25 Speed exchange networking activity followed by coffee break sponsored by:

10:55 Session Two: Research and Development.  The strategic role of R&D for the inudstry

• The strategic shift towards in-house R&D centres

Chairman: Dr Haitem Hassan Beck, Senior Process Engineer, TAKREER RESEARCH CENTRE

Dr Mohamed Nader Amin Abdel Sammad, Quality Control and Lab Department Manager,
ADNOC DISTRIBUTION

Stefano Riva, EMEA Technical Service Manager, BASF

Dr Abdulazim Marafi, Research Scientist, KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (KISR)
12:00 Lunch sponsored by:

13:00 Session Three: Exclusive Production Focus

Ryan Qirbi, Supply and Logistics Manager, Middle East and South Asia, AIR BP

Christian Dupraz, Executive Vice President, Marketing, Technology and Tech Service, AXENS
 
Nathan Ergonul, Regional Technical Services Manager, GRACE
14:30 Coffee break and pre-arranged meetings sponsored by:

15:00 Session Four: Dates and Arabic Coffee Roundtables: Catalyst Innoavtion, Project Execution and R&D

16:00 Session five: Be the Speaker: A look at Tomorrow’s Smart Refineries - New for MEDW 2012!

Ali Mohammed Al Jaberi, Senior Vice President, Ruwais Refinery Division,
ABU DHABI OIL REFINING COPMANY (TAKREER)

17:00 Close of day one

19:00 MEDW 2012 Gala Dinner hosted by and Awards Ceremony

View the MEDW programme for: Day 2: Strategy Insight Day