Welcome / Opening Remarks:

 Paul Mason, Publisher, PTQ / Digital Refining

Keynote Address:

Sanjiv Singh, Group President & Member, O2C Team, RIL

Ms. Vartika Shukla, CMD, EIL

S M Vaidya, Chairman, IOCL

Dinesh Pissurlenkar, President, Worley, Asia

Vote of Thanks:

Adarsh Soni, Chairman, Organising Committee

Chairman: Rajiv Agarwal, Director (Tech), EIL

10:10 – 10:30 Energy Transition via Green Technology                   

Speaker: Dr. Partha Maitra, President (S&I), RIL Mumbai

10:30 – 10:50 Grassroot Complex Aligning Feed Product Streams  between Refinery & Petchemical Blocks for Higher Return

Speaker: Abhijit Kumar Ram, GM, EIL

10:50 – 11:10 Circular Polymer through Chemical Recycling of Waste Plastics – Concept to Commercialisation     Speaker: Biswajit Shown, AVP (R&D), RIL Jamnagar

11:15 – 11:35 Decarbonisation by Maximizing Energy Efficiency

Speaker: Dhruv Joshi, Country Manager, Nexson

11:35 – 11:50 Refining of future : Potential archetypes                   

Speaker: Arjun Balakrishnan, Asia Sector Sales Lead F&C, Worley

11:50 – 12:00 Q&A Session

Chairman: Dr. Jagadesh Donepudi, Director-BD, KBC Advance Tech

12:30 – 12:50   Ethanol – Sustainable Clean & Green Fuel in India

Speaker: Asheesh Chaturvedi, CTSM, IOCL RHQ

12:50 – 13:10  Waste Heat Recovery – Decarbonisation Applications in Refining & Petrochemical

Speaker: Sachine Maine, Thermax Global

12:50 – 13:10 Demonstration of indigenously developed Mixed Metal Oxide Catalyst – IVIZOMax in Light Naphtha Isomerization unit

Speaker: Dr. S.K. Das, GM (LE&HEP), IOCL R&D Dr. Chaitanya S., MD, Viridis Chemical

13:10 – 13:30   Capacity Enhancement by In-house Modification in ISOM & CRU

Speaker: V. Raja, CM (TS-PE), CPCL

13:30 - 13:40 Q&A Session

Chairman: Sanjay Khanna, Director Ref., BPCL

14:30 – 14:50 AI & ML-based Hybrid Model of Fuel Blending Control & Optimization System

Speaker: Dr Suresh Agrawal, CEO, Offsite Management Systems LLC

14:50 – 15:10 APC & Digital Twin Integration for Maximization of Profits

Speaker: K.M. Tonge, CM, BPCL MR

15:10 – 15:30 Digitalization to Focus on Top Quartile Performance in Energy, Reliability & Decarbonisation

Speaker: Jagadesh Donepudi, KBC (A Yokogawa Company)

15:30 – 15:50 How to get most out of Modelling Reciprocating Compressor Parts – Combining Digitalization & AI-based Condition Monitoring

Speaker: Magnus Terner, Hoerbiger

15:50 – 16:00 Q&A Session

Chairman: Dr Jagadesh Donepudi, KBC Advance Technology

16:30 - 16:50 Produce SAF sustainably with Axens: ATJ and E-Fuels pathways’

Speaker: Harshit Agarwal, Country Sales Manager, Axens

16:50 - 17:10 Accelerating Deployment of Carbon Capture Technologies                  

Speaker: Dr. Muhammad Ismail Shah, MD, Tech Centre, Mongst

17:10 - 17:30 H2 Generation and Blending in Natural Gas                  

Speaker: Praveer Kumar, ED, GAIL or Amol R Pachghare, DGM, GAIL

17:30 - 17:50 Long Distance Transportation of Clean H2 by Leveraging Existing Refining Assets & Infrastructure

Speaker: Nishesh Garg, Lead, Technical Sales (UPT), Honeywell UOP

17:50 - 18:10 2G Bio-refinery Integration for Conversion of Lignin  Residue into Valuable Chemicals     

Speaker: Chitra Bhavsar, Technip Energies India

18:10 – 18:30 Q&A Session

Chairman: Arvind Kumar, Director Ref, IOCL 

09:00 – 09:20 Challenges and Strategies for enhancing Feed capacity of Diesel Hydrotreating Unit

Speaker: Neeraj Singh, CM, HPCL MR

09:20 – 09:40 Finding Key Profit Drivers for Sustainable Crude to Chemical Complexes

Speaker: John Melancon, Fluor

09:40 – 10:00 Optimized Process Control & Energy Saving Management

Speaker: Jochen Geiger, AMETEK Process Instruments

10:00 – 10:20 CC Key Processes for Boosting Probability

Speaker: Varsha Tambe, Alfa Laval Technologies

10:20 – 10:40 FCC Decarbonising Strategies

Speaker: Satyam Mishra, Chief Technical Leader, KBR

10:40 – 10:50 Q&A Session

Chairman: Dinesh Pissurlenkar, President, Worley, Asia

11:15 – 11:35 Precious Metal Catalysts: Control Points for Profit Protection

Speaker: Brad Cook, VP-Sales & Mktg., Sabin Metal

11:35 – 11:55 Catalyst Regeneration – Optimal Solution for achieving Higher Unit Performance without Cost Impact & Reduction in CO2 Footprint

Speaker: Siddhartha Sagar, Sales Manager, Eurecat India Catalysts

11:55 – 12:15 Improvement of Expansion Joint reliability in FCCU Reactor Overhead Line

Speaker: Dinesh Kumar, SRM, IOCL R&D

12:15 – 12:35 Studies for Production of Butadiene from Conventional & Renewable Feedstocks

Speaker: Dr. Chanchal Samanta, DGM, BPCL R&D

12:35 – 12:55 Enhancing Refinery Sustainability with EmulsionSENS in  Desalter Operations

Speaker: David Williams, VP-Sales & Mktg., Berthold

12:55 – 13:15 Towards a Greener Future: Decarbonisation Strategies for Ethylene Crackers

Speaker: Sushree Chaudhuri, Bechtel India

13:15 - 13:25 Q&A Session

Slido Code: RI2024 

Chairman: S. Bharathan, Director Ref., HPC

14:10 – 14:30 Role of Explainable AI (XAI) – A Case Study on Machine Learning based Cost Estimation of Process Equipment

Speaker: Debadutta Pahadsing, GM, EIL

14:30 – 14:50 Development & Implementation of Digital Platform across Refineries

Speaker: Chandan Kumar, CTSM, IOCL RHQ

14:50 – 15:10 Techno-Economic Studies for Refinery T/A Optimization using Aspen Custom Modeler

Speaker: Emad Gebesy, Principal Consultant, Aspen Tech

15:10 – 15:30 Driving Value Maximisation with Process Digital Twins and Data Analytics

Speaker: Sathiyanarayanan A, VP, Head-Sector Tech, RIL Jamnagar

1530 – 15:40 Q&A Session

Chairman: M.B. Gohil, Head (Ops.), HMEL

16:00 – 16:20 Transition to Sustainable Aviation Fuels : Indian Perspectives & Global Frameworks

Speaker: Dr. Tuhin Suvra Khan, Scientist, IIP Dehradun

16:20 – 16:40 A Broader Perspective on H2 Environment in Refining & A Case Study on Material Degradation in Natural Gas Pipeline

Speaker: Ms. P. Vijaya Chitti, AGM, EIL

16:40 – 17:00 Leveraging New H2 Separation Membrane Technology in Blue H2 Production

Speaker: Zachary Foss, Director-BD, Divigas

17:00 – 17:20 Q&A Session