10th Handelsblatt Annual Conference of the Chemicals and Petrochemicals Industry Chemistry 2009. The meeting place for industry and investors, policy makers, scientists and academics 5th and 6th May 2009, Dusseldorf (Germany)

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Tuesday, 5th May 2009          Program 2nd Day

 

Simultaneous German-English interpreting will be provided for all conference papers and discussions.

8.30-9.00
Reception with tea and coffee, distribution of conference papers

9.00-9.15
Opening of the conference by the chairman
Dr Gottfried Zaby, former board member, Bayer AG

The economic fallout in 2009 from the retailers’ perspective

9.15-9.45
The chemicals retail sector facing a threat to its existence

• The financial and economic crisis
• Implementing the REACH and GHS requirements
• Strategic developments

Carl Hugo Erbslöh, President, German Chemicals Trade
Association and C.H. Erbslöh KG

The role of plant engineering and construction in the chemicals industry

9.45-10.15
Plant Engineering and construction in a changing economy

• Project feasibility
• Project execution
• Scarcity of resources
• Cost drivers

Dr Aldo Belloni, Member of the Executive Board, Linde AG

10.15-10.45
Questions to speakers followed by discussion

10.45-11.15
Break for tea and coffee

M&A and post-merger integrations in the chemicals industry

11.15-11.45
CVC’s motivation to become a stockholder in Evonik

• Who are CVC capital partners?
• Evonik from an investor’s perspective: a company with three strong divisions that have excellent growth perspectives
• How can CVC support Evoniks growth?
• CVC’s role at Evonik – the shared vision of a new Dax company

Steven Koltes, Managing Partner and Co-Founder, CVC Capital Partners

11.45-12.15
Success factors for global chemical post-merger integration

Richard Forrest, Partner, A.T. Kearney Limited

12.15-12.45
Basell’s and Lyondell’s journey to LyondellBasell

Dr Volker Trautz, Chief Executive Officer, LyondellBasell Industries

12.45-13.15
Questions to speakers followed by discussion

13.15-14.30
Lunch

How energy policy impacts on energy-intensive industries

14.30-15.00
Outlook for energy: a view up to 2030

• global energy demand and CO2-emissions
• energy efficiencies requirements
• potential impact of regulatory activities on the industry

Dr Ralf Kuhlmann, Business Director Basic Chemicals Europe, ExxonMobil Chemicals Europe

15.00-15.30
Outlook and options for the greenhouse gas emissions of the global chemistry value chain

• Chemical industry process emissions
• LCA based GHG savings from chemical products
• Options for global industry sector to reduce carbon emissions
• Policy factors impacting sectoral approaches to climate change mitigation

Russel Mills, Global Director Energy & Climate Change Policy, Dow Chemical

15.30-16.00
Rising to the energy challenge: the chemicals response to feedstock and carbon constraints

• Growing slate of feedstock ranging from biological sources such as ethanol and agricultural biomass to coal
• The energy challenge is: more energy, less carbon dioxide
• The chemical industry will need to make revolutionary technological breakthroughs

Sven Royall, Vice President Global Intermediates, Shell Chemicals

16.00-16.30
Questions to speakers followed by discussion

16.30-17.00
Break for tea and coffee

Corruption, cartels and liability issues

17.00-17.30
A cross-section of third-party risks in the chemicals industry

• Pharmaceutical and chemical risks in the USA – no end in sight
• Specific third-party risks for subsidiaries
• Small mistake – major repercussions: the risk potential when product value is low
• New risk situation as it affects long-established products
• Emerging risks: what will surface tomorrow?

Alexander Mack, Global Head of Claims, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty AG

17.30-18.00
The Siemens Compliance Programme – a lever for achieving a competitive edge

• Compliance as a change management process
• Compliance benchmarking – an attractive proposition for clients and employees
• Compliance incentives for top managers
• Reducing compliance risks though collective action/integrity pacts
  

Dr Andreas Pohlmann, Chief Compliance Officer, Siemens AG

18.00-18.30
Discussion to conclude conference day one