Agenda

AGENDA BRIEF

THURSDAY, 17th November, 2022 INAUGURAL SESSION

SESSION 1 10:30 - 11:45	Inaugural Session
11:30 – 10:40	Welcome Address	Mr. Bimal L. Goculdas President, ICC and, MD & CEO, DMCC Speciality Chemicals Ltd.
10:40 – 10:50	ICC Perspective on Sustainability	Mr. Ravi Kapoor Conclave Chairman; Chairman, Sustainability Committee, ICC and, MD, Heubach Colour Pvt. Ltd.
10:50 – 11:00	Special Address	Ms. Jacqueline Alvarez Chief, Chemicals & Health Branch, UNEP
11:00 – 11:10	Sustainability Address	Mr. Ashwin C. Shroff Chairman & MD, Excel Industries Ltd.
11:10 – 11:20	Keynote - Address	Mr. Nitin Desai Chairman, Governing Council TERI; Fmr. Under Secretary General for Economic & Social Affairs, United Nations
11:20 – 11:35	Address by Chief Guest	Mr. Nitin Desai Secretary, Dept. of Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Govt. of India

Release of Knowledge Paper

11:40– 11:45 10:30 - 11:45	Vote of thanks	ICC
11:30 – 10:40	Welcome Address	Mr. Bimal L. Goculdas President, ICC and, MD & CEO, DMCC Speciality Chemicals Ltd.

10:45 – 11:00 10:30 - 11:45	NETWORKING TEA
12:00 – 12: 30	Thematic Presentation Key Sustainability Challenges - Drivers of Chemical Industry	Mr. Jaydeep Sathaye Partner, ERM India

SESSION CHANGEOVER

SESSION 2 12:35 – 13:30	ESG in Boardrooms – Vision and Strategies for value creation Chair: Shri Arun Baroka, IAS – Secretary, Dept. of Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Govt. of India Co-Chair: Mr. Ravi Kapoor, Conclave Chairman; Chairman, Sustainability Committee, ICC; & MD, Heubach Colour Pvt Ltd.
	Opening remarks by Chair
12:35 - 13:15	CEO’s PANEL DISCUSSION: Mr. Anil Khubchandani, CO-CEO & Whole Time Director, Jubilant Ingrevia Ltd. Mr. Mukesh Malhotra, Country Manager & Managing Director, Solvay, India Mr. Ranjeet Singh, CEO, Kanoria Chemicals Mr. Ravi Goenka, Imm. Past President, ICC and, CMD, Laxmi Organic Industries Ltd. Mr. Sagar Kaushik, Global Head, Corporate Affairs, UPL
13:15 – 13:25	Q&A
13:25 – 13:30	Concluding Remarks

13:30 – 14:15	NETWORKING LUNCH

SESSION 3 14:15 – 15:20	Decarbonizing the Chemical Sector: Reflections to Actions Chair: Mr. S. R. Deo, Managing Director, NOCIL Ltd.
14:15-14:20	Opening remarks by Chair
14:20-14:35	Confluence of Circularity and Climate Action towards Industry Decarbonisation	Mr. Ananda Kumaran SekarSr. Mgr., Operations Support, SABIC
14:35-14:50	Carbon Neutrality Assessment & Decarbonisation Roadmap for Chemical Industry	Dr. Mritunjay ChoubeyGlobal VP-Environment & Sustainability, UPL Ltd.
14:50-15:05	Lubrizol’s holistic Sustainability Journey	Mr. Nikhil MundraHead- Strategic & Transformation, TempRite, Lubrizol
15:05-15:15	Q&A
15:15-15:20	Concluding Remarks

SESSION CHANGEOVER

SESSION 4 15:30 – 16:35	Product Stewardship – Going beyond Regulatory Landscape Chair: Mr. Susanta Kumar Purohit*, Joint Secretary (Chemicals), DCPC, Govt. of India Co-Chair: Mr. Shisher Kumra, Chief Executive, GPC
15:30-15:35	Opening remarks by Chair
15:35-15:50	Greater Chemistry – Safe and Sustainable by design@Clariant	Dr. (Ms.) Erika KunzHead – Global Product Stewardship, Clariant
15:50-16:05	Product Stewardship – Going beyond Regulatory Landscape	Mr. Rahul YadavChief Manager, Regulatory Compliance, Gujarat Fluorochemicals Ltd.
16:05-16:20	Setting Standards to decarbonize the chemical industry	Mr. Kushal SinghDirector-CSR & Sustainability, Merck India
16:20-16:30	Q&A
16:30-16:35	Concluding Remarks

16:35 – 16:50	NETWORKING TEA

SESSION 5 16:50 - 17:50	Unlocking the potential of Digital Transformation for Sustainability
	Opening remarks by Chair
15:35-15:50	Panellists: Mr. Prakash Raman,MD, Transpek Silox India Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Parthapratim Bhaumik,Regional Leader End User, Rockwell Automation, India Mr. Ranajit Sahu,Vice President, Accenture Strategy & Consulting Mr. Ramnath Vaidyanathan,AVP- Good and Green, GILAC TBC
	Q&A
17:45 – 17:50	Concluding Remarks

18:00 – 19:15	CEOs’ ROUNDTABLE (BY INVITATION)
1930 onwards	NETWORKING DINNER

SESSION 1 10:00–10:45	FRIDAY, 18th November 2022 OPENING SESSION
10:00-10:05	Welcome Address	Mr. Rajen Mariwala Vice President, ICC and, Managing Director, Eternis Fine Chemicals Ltd.
10:05-10:10	Context Setting	Mr. Ravi Kapoor Conclave Chairman; Chairman, Sustainability Committee, ICC; & MD, Heubach Colour Pvt. Ltd.
10:10-10:20	Special Address	Mr. Prabh Das MD & CEO, HPCL – Mittal Energy Ltd.
10:20-10:30	Address by Guest of Honour	Ms. Neelkamal Darbari Chairperson, National Authority–CWC, Govt. of India
10:30-10:40	Address by Chief Guest	Shri Bhagwanth Khuba Hon’ble Minister of State for Chemicals & Fertilizers and, New and Renewable Energy. Govt. of India
	Distribution of RC Certificates
10:40 – 10:45	Vote of thanks	ICC
10:45 – 11:00	NETWORKING TEA

SESSION 2 11:00 – 12:10	Exploring Green Growth Opportunities: Solutions & Technologies Chair: Shri Sujit Kumar Bajpayee, Joint Secretary, MoEF&CC, Govt. of India Co-Chair: Mr. Sridhara Narasimha Sastry, President and Unit Head, Aditya Birla Chemicals for Grasim Industries Ltd (Renukoot)
11:00-11:05	Opening remarks by Chair
11:05-11:20	Bio-Based Chemicals-A Sustainable Future	Dr. Sangeeta Srivastava Executive Director, Godavari Biorefineries Ltd.
11:20-11:35	Chemours Sustainability Insights	Mr. Premal Shah Sales Leader Asia Pacific & Country Leader, Chemours India
11:35-11:50	Green Hydrogenation	Mr. Rahul Singh Vice President-Technology & Engineering, Hygenco
11:50-12:00	Q&A
12:00-12:10	Concluding remarks
	SESSION CHANGEOVER

SESSION 3 12:20–13:25	Leveraging Cleaner Energy Transitions Chair: Mr. Gireesh Pradhan, Fmr. Chairman, CERC, and Fmr. Secretary, MNRE, Govt. of India Co-Chair: Mr. Rajeev Sharma, Fmr. CMD, Power Finance Corp. Ltd.
12:20-12:25	Opening remarks by Chair
12:25-12:40	Accelerating your decarbonization Journey - Fast greening your electricity	Mr. Naveen Khandelwal COO, & CFO-India, BrightNight Power
12:40-12:55	Biotechnology: An Enabler for a Cleaner Energy Transition for Chemicals	Dr. Johnathan Holladay Vice President - Govt. Programs, LanzaTech
12:55-13:10	Financing Cleaner Energy Transition	Mr. Rajeev Sharma Fmr. CMD, Power Finance Corp. Ltd.
13:10-13:20	Q&A
13:20-13:25	Concluding remarks by Co-Chair
13:25–14:15	NETWORKING LUNCH

SESSION 4 14:15-15:00	Safety Promotes Sustainability Chair: Mr. Srinivasan Ramabhadran, Board Member & MD-Asia Pacific, dss+ Co-Chair: Dr. Vishal Choudhary, Dy. Industrial Advisor, DCPC, Govt. of India
14:15-14:20	Opening remarks by Chair
14:20-14:30	Presentation of ERM Safety Survey	Mr. Abhijit Rajput Technical Director, ERM
14:30-14:45	Industry Collaboration for a Safer Chemical Ecosystem	Mr. Mahendra Shelke (AGM -Head of Logistics & Warehousing) &Mr. Bharat Meesala(PTSE - Occupational Safety, Xact, RC and Trade Compliance) Lanxess India
14:45-14:55	Q&A
14:55-15:00	Concluding remarks by Co-Chair

SESSION CHANGEOVER

SESSION 5 15:05–16:10	Embracing Net-Zero Transition: Risks & Opportunities Chair: Mr. Ramkumar Shankar, Managing Director, Chemplast Sanmar Ltd.
15:05-15:10	Opening remarks by Chair
15:10-15:25	Net-Zero: Enabler for Sustainable Change	Mr. Vinod Paremal Chairman, ICC Western Region; President & Managing Director, Evonik India
15:25-15:40	Embracing Net-Zero Transition: Risks & Opportunities	Mr. Kapil Malhotra Co-Chair, ICC NR; President, AMAI and, Global BU Head-Fluoropolymers, Gujarat Fluorochemicals Ltd.
15:40-15:55	Plastic Circularity and Net-Zero	Mr. Jonny Goyal Director, Research & Analysis, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS (A Dow Jones Company)
15:55-16:05	Q&A
16:05-16:10	Concluding remarks by Co-Chair

SESSION CHANGEOVER

SESSION 6 15:05–16:10	Session by UNEP - Plastic Pollution: Strengthening the Role of the Industry Moderator: Ms. Jacqueline Alvarez, Chief, Chemicals & Health Branch, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
	Panellists: Representative from MoEF&CC, Government of India / Central Pollution Control Board(CPCB)* Representative from Norwegian Embassy* Indian Plastic Pact / Indian Chemical Council (ICC)* Representative from International Forum for Environment, Sustainability & Technology (iFOREST)* Representative from Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology (CIPET)*
	Q&A
17:15-17:25	Way Forward and Vote of Thanks – ICC