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Agenda
*Agenda is subject to change
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
Pre Registration
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Wednesday, 13 June 2012
Registration and Welcome Refreshments
8:00 am - 9:00
Opening Remarks
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Global Soda Ash Outlook
9:10 am - 9:40 am
Marguerite Morrin, Director - Global Soda Ash Services, IHS Inc.
Prospects for Natural Soda Ash
9:40 am - 10:10 am
Zsig Schneider, Director of Business Development, Tata Chemicals
Panel Discussion and Questions & Answers
10:10 am -10:25 am
Networking and Refreshment Break
10:25 am - 11:00 am
Natural Soda Ash in Turkey
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Kamil Akar, General Manager, Eti Soda
Global Logistics and Shipping Markets
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Michael Jones, Markets Editor, Fairplay Shipping Weekly, IHS Inc.
Panel Discussion and Questions & Answers
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
Networking Lunch
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
Global Gas Markets
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Shankari Srinivasan, Sr. Director Research, IHS Inc.
Coal Market Outlook
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
John Howland, Publisher, McCloskey Publications, IHS Inc.
Panel Discussion and Questions & Answers
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm
Networking and Refreshment Break
2:45 pm - 3:15 pm
The Global Economic Outlook: Bright Spots Among Clouds of Uncertainty
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Ralf Wiegert, Principal Economist, Country Analysis and Forecasting Group, IHS Inc.
Soda Ash Regional Production Cost Comparisons
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm
Michael Beal, Director, Chemical Consulting, IHS Inc.
Panel Discussion and Questions & Answers
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm
Cocktail Reception
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Thursday, 14 June 2012
Opening Remarks
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Outlook for China Soda Ash
9:10 am - 9:40 am
Bernard Law, Consultant - Chlor-alkali/Vinyl, Asia, IHS Inc.
Detergents Outlook
9:40 am - 10:10 am
Pinolo Fontanari, Project Manager, A.I.S.E.
Panel Discussion and Questions & Answers
10:10 am - 10:25 am
Networking and Refreshment Break
10:25 am - 11:00 am
Bicarbonate Growth- Thinking In and Out of the Box
11:00 am - 11:30 am
W. Patrick Fiedler, VP/Sales & Marketing, Church & Dwight
Soda Ash Demand in the Chemical Markets
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Stefan Schlag, Sr. Manager, IHS Inc.
Panel Discussion and Questions & Answers
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
Networking Lunch
12:15 pm - 1:45 pm
PET and Packaging Markets – Competition with Glass
1:45 pm - 2:15 pm
Martin Wiesweg, Director PET, PS & EPS - EMEA, IHS Inc.
Glass Recycling: Challenges and Opportunities
2:15 pm -2:45 pm
Haluk Şardağ, Director of Development, Şişecam
Prospects and Challenges for Glass Replacement by Polycarbonate in the Auto Industry
2:45 pm - 3:15 pm
Adrian Beale, Sr. Director–Global Engineering Plastics, IHS Inc.
Panel Discussion and Questions & Answers
3:15 pm - 3:35 pm
Closing Remarks
3:35 pm - 3:45 pm
Conference Concludes
3:45 pm
Participants at The World Soda Ash Conference 2012 should be mindful of relevant antitrust laws, and avoid any discussion of present or projected prices, customer information or future business plans, production, or any other element of competition.
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