AGENDA – DAY 1 WEDNESDAY  1ST MARCH 2023

8:00 AM-9:00 AM REGISTRATION / WELCOME

SESSION – 1 Inaugural Session - Laying out the Aspiration & Growth Roadmap
Mr. Kamal P. Nanavaty
Chairman, Conference & Exhibition Committee, ICC &
9:00 AM-9:05 AM Opening Remarks
President - Strategy Development, Reliance Industries
Ltd
Mr. Bimal Goculdas
Welcome Address & Perspective
9:05 AM-9:10 AM President, ICC and Managing Director & CEO, DMCC
Vision For Indian Chemical Industry
Specialty Chemicals Ltd
Key Note Address I: Indian
Mr. Erik Fyrwald
9:10 AM-9:30 AM Agrochemicals - How MNCs Are
Global CEO, Syngenta
Shaping Their Global Play?
Key Note Address II: Emerging World Mr. Nikhil R. Meswani
9:30 AM-9:50 AM Of Oil To Chemicals & Sustainability - Executive Director, Reliance Industries Ltd.
Challenges & Opportunities
Key Note Address III: Growing Bigger Mr. Chris Musso
9:50 AM-10:10 AM & Getting Stronger: Where Is Global Sr. Partner, Denver - Rocky Mountains,
Chemicals Headed? McKinsey & Company, USA
Key Note Address IV: India-UAE Dr. Srikar K. Reddy, I.F.S.
10:10 AM-10:30 AM Partnership: Evolving Opportunities Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce & Industry,
For Indian Chemical Companies Government of India
Address By Guest Of Honour: Shri Arun Baroka, I.A.S.
10:30 AM-10:45 AM Policy Enablers To Propel Growth - Secretary – Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Ministry of
Initiatives By Govt. of India Chemicals & Fertilizers, Government of India
Dr. Mansukh L. Mandaviya
Address By ‘Chief Guest’ &
Hon’ble Minister for Health & Family Welfare and
10:45 AM-11:00 AM Whitepaper Launch: India - The Next
Hon’ble Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers,
Chemical Manufacturing Hub
Government of India*
11.00 AM-11.05 AM Signing of MoU of ICC with ICT, Mumbai on establishing Centre of Excellence
Concluding Remarks & Vote of Mr. Rajen Mariwala
11:05 AM-11:10 AM
Thanks Vice President, ICC & CEO, Eternis Fine Chemicals Ltd.
11.10 AM-11.15 AM Inauguration of the Exhibition
11.15 AM-11.35 AM COFFEE / TEA BREAK

SESSION – 2 Opportunity for India in a Challenging World - Enabling Growth Through Investments
Session Chairman: Mr. Ravi Goenka, Chairman & Managing Director, Laxmi Organic Industries Ltd.
From Mission To Reality - How Can Mr. Avinash Goyal
11:35 AM-11.55 AM
Indian Chemicals Make 1 Tn Happen? Sr. Partner, Mumbai, McKinsey & Company
Volatility For The World,
11.55 AM-12:15 PM Opportunity For India: Chemical Mrs. Sandra Shroff, Vice Chairman, UPL Ltd.
Industry Under Transition
Chemicals & Capital Markets: Mr. Jayant V. Dhobley
12:15 PM-12.35 PM Searching The Way Back To The Business Head and CEO - Global Chemicals, Fashion Yarn
Winner's Podium & Insulators, Aditya Birla Group
12.35 PM-12.40 PM Q&A Session Led by Session Chair
SESSION – 3 Panel Discussion: Mission Atmanirbhar
Moderator: Mr. Deepak C. Mehta, Chairman & Managing Director, Deepak Nitrite Ltd.
Mr. Kartik Bharat Ram, Joint Managing Director, SRF
Ltd; Mr. U Shekhar, Managing Director, Galaxy
Liberating The Next Wave For Indian
Surfactants Ltd; Mr. Kaushal Soparkar, Managing
Chemicals
12.40 PM-1.15 PM Director, Meghmani Finechem Ltd; Mr. Kapil Malhotra,
Global Business Unit Head-Fluoropolymers, Gujarat
Fluorochemicals Ltd; Mr. Adhip Nath Palchaudhuri,
Director (Service Businesses), Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd.

1.15 PM-1.55 PM LUNCH/ NETWORKING /INTERACTION WITH BOOTHS

SESSION - 4 Panel Discussion: Beyond Borders

Moderator: Mr. Namitesh Roychoudhary, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Lanxess India Pvt. Ltd.
 Mr. Rajendra Gogri, Chairman & Managing Director,
Aarti Industries Ltd; Mr. Vinod Paremal, President &
Managing Director - India Region, Evonik India Pvt. Ltd;
Asserting Global Dominance In
1.55 PM-2:30 PM Mr. Janardhanan Ramanujalu, Chairman, Sabic India;
Chemical Value Chains
Dr. Achala Danait, Managing Director, Clariant India
Ltd; Mr. S Ganesan, Vice President – Policy Affairs, UPL
Ltd
SESSION – 5 Inspiration from Parallels - Leveraging Learnings from Alike Growth Journeys
Session Chairman: Mr. Avinash Goyal, Sr. Partner, Mumbai, McKinsey & Company
Learnings From The North-East:
Dr. Marco Moder
2.30 PM-2.50 PM Rejuvenating Indian Chemicals With
Partner, Seoul, McKinsey & Company
International Collaboration
Building Resilience In The Chemical Mr. Alexander Gerding, Managing Director, BASF India
2.50 PM-3.10 PM
Industry Through Sustainability Ltd.
What Has Changed For Chemicals
Mr. Chandrakant Nayak
3:10 PM-3.30 PM Globally & The USA: Taking A Step-
Country President & CEO, Dow India
Back
Europe's Darkest Winters: How Are
Mr. Ravi Kapoor
3.30 PM-3.50 PM Chemical Mega-Giants Dealing With
Chairman & Managing Director, Heubach Colour Pvt. Ltd.
Unprecedented Times?
3.50 PM-3.55 PM Q&A Session Led by Session Chair
3.55 PM-4:10 PM COFFEE / TEA BREAK / INTERACTION WITH BOOTHS

SESSION - 6 Post Break Talk on Integrating Resilience in Spec Chem Growth

Navigating Margin Pressures In Volatile Mr. Radhesh R. Welling
4.10 PM-4.30 PM
Scenarios Managing Director, Navin Fluorine International Ltd.
SESSION – 7 Panel Discussion: Feedstock Strategy For Sustainable Growth
Moderator: Mr. Sridhar Venkiteswaran, CEO, Avalon Consulting
Mr. Sujoy Choudhury, Director - P&BD, Indian Oil
Corporation Ltd.; Mr. Amit Chaturvedi, Head SCM,
Implications On Long Term Capacity Petrochemicals, Reliance Industries Ltd; Mr. Chandan
4:30 PM-5:05 PM
Planning Sengupta, Senior Advisor- Marketing & Commodity
Business, Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd; Mr. B Vivek
Shetty, Chairman, Viswaat Chemicals Ltd.
SESSION – 8 Panel Discussion: Embracing People Transformation & Powering Innovation
Moderator: Ms. Nitika Nathani, Partner, McKinsey & Company
Mr. Samir Somaiya, Chairman & Managing Director,
Godavari Biorefineries Ltd.; Mr. Prakash Raman,
Managing Director, Silox India Pvt. Ltd.; Mr. Ajay Shah,
Key Learnings For The Chemical President – Polymers, Elastomers & Cracker, Reliance
5:05 PM-5:40 PM
Industry Industries Ltd; Mr. Anand Srinivasan, Managing
Director, Head of Engineering Plastics ISC, Covestro
(India) Pvt. Ltd.; Mr. Vikram Singhal, President,
Gulbrandsen Technologies, Inc.
SESSION – 9 Start-up Boot-camp
Moderator: Ms. Rupali Jain, Partner, McKinsey & Company
Mr. Karthikeyan KS, CEO, Proklean Technologies Pvt.
Ltd; Mr. Ashish Kulkarni, Chairman, Board of Directors,
Kebotix; Mr. Kunal Godambe, Founder, GreenShift
5:40 PM-6:10 PM Disruption In The Space: Elevator Energy Pvt. Ltd. (Incubated at S.M.Mokashi Incubator at
Pitch By Start-Up Founders ICT); Dr. Saugandha Das, Director and Co-founder,
Edhaa Innovations Private Limited (Incubated at SINE,
IIT Bombay); Mr. Punit Krishna, CEO, Chemarc
SESSION – 10 Criticality Of Bio-Diversity & Environment Conservation: It’s Now Or Never!
Biodiversity Conservation and Dr. Erach Bharucha, Director, Bharati Vidyapeeth
6.10 PM-6.30 PM
Climate Action University Inst. of Environment Education and Research
7.00 PM Onwards NETWORKING DINNER FOR ALL DELEGATES
 AGENDA – DAY 2 THURSDAY  2ND MARCH 2023
Opening Remarks by Guest of
Shri Susanta Kumar Purohit
Honour:
9:00 AM-9:10 AM Joint Secretary, Department of Chemicals &
Indian Chemicals: Unravelling The Tn
Petrochemicals, Government of India
Dollar Opportunity
9.10 AM-9.15 AM Awarding of Responsible Care (RC) Logos

SESSION – 1 Building Adherence Towards Safety & Sustainability

Session Chairman: Mr Ravi Kapoor, Chairman & Managing Director, Heubach Colour Pvt. Ltd.
Carbon Neutrality Assessment: Dr. Ing. Raoul Meys, Managing Director, Carbon Minds &
9.15 AM-9.35 AM Future Roadmap For Chemical Mr. Bala Ramani, Director of Sustainability Consulting,
Industry ICIS
Chemical Safety – A Cost Or
Mr. Suresh Ramachandran, Country Head & Managing
9.35 AM-9.50 PM Investment? Ushering In Global Best
Director, Arkema India
Practices
9.50 AM-9.55 AM Q&A Session Led By Session Chair
SESSION – 2 Unleashing the Wave of Growth Across Chemical Verticals: The Sectoral Standpoint
Session Chairman: Mr. Ashwin C Shroff, Chairman, Excel Industries Ltd.
Precious Metal Recovery From
Catalysts And Electronic Waste: Mr. Paul Hameleers
9.55 AM-10.15 AM
How Can The Chemical Industry Play President, Abington Reldan Metals, USA
Its Role?
Realizing The Full Potential:
Mr. Pinak Dattaray
10.15 AM-10.35 AM Leveraging Technology To Achieve
Founder, Ripik.AI
Global Competitiveness
From Coal To Chemicals: Mr. Debashis Nanda
10.35 AM-10.55 AM
How Can India Adapt? Director BD, Coal India Ltd
10.55 AM-11.00 AM Q&A Session Led By Session Chair
SESSION – 3 Exclusive Chat: Thinking Back & Looking Ahead
Coordinator: Mr. Avinash Goyal, Sr. Partner, Mumbai, McKinsey & Company
Mr. Nadir Godrej, Chairman & Managing Director, Godrej
Talking Through The Growth
Industries Ltd.;
11:00 AM-11:45 AM Trajectory And The Underlying
Mr. R. Mukundan, Managing Director & CEO, Tata
Journey
Chemicals Ltd.
SESSION – 4 Critical Role of Supporting Enablers in Unlocking Value
Session Chairman: Mr. Samir Somaiya, Chairman & Managing Director, Godavari Biorefineries Ltd.
Value Creating Partnerships
Mr. Luc Arnouts
Through Chemical Clusters: What
11.45 AM-12.05 PM Vice President, International Relations & Networks,
Will It Take To Build A World-Class
Port of Antwerp-Bruges
Chemical Hub?
FTAs, Non-Tariff Barriers, Duty
Mr. Vivek Gadre
12.05 PM- 12.25 PM Drawbacks: Implications On Cross-
President – Corporate Strategy, Atul Ltd.
Border M&As and Scale of Operations
The Future – Energy, Mobility & Mr. Saiprasad Jadhav
12.25 PM-12.45 PM
Chemicals Executive Director & CEO, Epsilon Carbon Pvt. Ltd.
12.45 PM- 12.50 PM Q&A Session Led By Session Chair
12.50 PM-1.30 PM LUNCH/ NETWORKING /INTERACTION WITH BOOTHS

SESSION – 5 Panel Discussion: Embedding Enterprise within Indian Chemicals

Moderator: Mr. Alok Sharman, Regional Director – South Asia & Managing Director – India, Brenntag Ingredients India Pvt
Ltd.
Mr. M. Ponnuswami, Chairman & Managing Director,
Role Of Distributors In Shaping The Pon Pure Chemicals India Pvt Ltd; Mr. Robert Styut,
1.30 PM-2.05 PM
Path Forward Secretary General, ICTA; Mr Taketo Kimura, General
Manager, Mitsui & Co India P. Ltd.

SESSION – 6 Building The Industry Think-Tank: What’s the Latest Development?

Session Chairman: Mr. S. R .Deo, Managing Director, NOCIL Ltd.
Powering The R&D Transformation:
Dr. Aniruddha B. Pandit
2.05 PM-2.25 PM Building India's Innovation Strategy &
Vice Chancellor, ICT Mumbai
Global Compliance
Global Factors Align To Create
World Class Industrial
Possibilities: Affordable & Abundant
2.25 PM-2.45 PM Mr. Nathan Lord, President, Shale Crescent, USA.
Energy, Central to Major US Markets,
Reduced Emissions and Increased
Profitability
2.45 PM-2.50 PM Q&A Session Led By Session Chair

SESSION – 7 Panel Discussion: Leadership Re-visited

Moderator: Mr. Dinesh Mirchandani, Managing Partner, Boyden Global Executive Search

Ms. Nita Keswani, Partner, Boyden Global Executive

Search – Presentation on CEO Survey

Presentation on CEO survey Panelists:

& Panel Discussion Mr. Jayant Dhobley, Business Head and CEO – Global
2.50 PM-3.25 PM Chemicals, Fashion Yarn & Insulators, Aditya Birla
Group; Mr. Chandrakant Nayak, CEO, Dow India; Mr.
Sanjeev Kaul, Chairman & Managing Director, Lubrizol
India Pvt. Ltd.; Mr. Suresh Ramachandran, Country
Head & Managing Director, Arkema India

SESSION – 8 Key Enablers To Propel Growth: Infrastructure & Regulation

Session Chairman: Dr. Prakash Trivedi, Chief Advisor – High Performance Polymers, Gharda Chemicals Ltd.

Evolving Global Regulatory Mr. Shisher Kumra, Founder & Executive Director
3.25 PM-3.45 PM Scenario: Implications For Indian Global Product Compliance (GPC) / Dr. Jayachandran
Chemical Industry Nair, CEO, Global Product Compliance (GPC) – India
Industrial Park For Inclusive &
Mr. Virender Kumar, Group Marketing Head – Arete
3.45 PM-4.00 PM Sustainable Growth For Indian
Group (PIP)
Chemical Industry
4.00 PM-4.05 PM Q&A Session Led By Session Chair
SESSION – 9 Concluding Session
Dr. Prakash Trivedi, Chief Advisor – High Performance
4.05 PM-4.10 PM Closing Remarks
Polymers, Gharda Chemicals Ltd.
4.10 PM-4.20 PM Summing-up and Vote of Thanks Mr. D Sothi Selvam, Director General, ICC
4.15 PM COFFEE / TEA BREAK / INTERACTION WITH BOOTHS
* Awaiting Confirmation