Day 0: Tuesday, 24 September 2019 - GPCA Fertilizer Convention · 2019-09-16 · 14:10 – 14:30...
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*Please note the speakers and topics were confirmed at the time of publishing; however, circumstances beyond the control of the organizers may necessitate substitutions, alterations or cancellations of the speakers and/or topics PROGRAM Day 0: Tuesday, 24 September 2019 08:00 – 09:00 Registration and welcome coffee Sponsored by: Workshop: Human capital – Making the workforce ready for the future 09:00 – 09:10 Opening and welcome remarks Rene Thumbran, Director, Leadership Development and Organizational Effectiveness, Ma’aden 09:10 – 10:00 New world of HR and what it means for HR Marjo Louw, Director, Majolo Global Solutions Adaptive HR 10:00 – 10:20 How to transform HR Marjo Louw, Director, Majolo Global Solutions Rene Thumbran, Director, Leadership Development and Organizational Effectiveness, Ma’aden 10:20 – 10:40 Ma’aden case study Abdulelah Al-Ghanem, Senior Specialist, Organizational Effectiveness, Ma’aden 10:40 – 11:00 Panel discussion and Q&A 11:00 – 11:30 Networking break Sponsored by: Diversity and inclusion 11:30 – 11:50 The latest thinking in D&I and how it can be applied in the Gulf Marjo Louw, Director, Majolo Global Solutions 11:50 – 12:10 Ma’aden D&I strategy case study Rana Al-Babtain, Manager CoE, Ma’aden
Transcript of Day 0: Tuesday, 24 September 2019 - GPCA Fertilizer Convention · 2019-09-16 · 14:10 – 14:30...
*Please note the speakers and topics were confirmed at the time of publishing; however, circumstances beyond the control of the organizers may necessitate substitutions, alterations or cancellations of the speakers and/or topics
PROGRAM
Day 0: Tuesday, 24 September 2019
08:00 – 09:00 Registration and welcome coffee
Sponsored by:
Workshop: Human capital – Making the workforce ready for the future
09:00 – 09:10 Opening and welcome remarks
Rene Thumbran, Director, Leadership Development and Organizational Effectiveness, Ma’aden
09:10 – 10:00 New world of HR and what it means for HR
Marjo Louw, Director, Majolo Global Solutions
Adaptive HR
10:00 – 10:20 How to transform HR
Marjo Louw, Director, Majolo Global Solutions
Rene Thumbran, Director, Leadership Development and Organizational Effectiveness, Ma’aden
10:20 – 10:40 Ma’aden case study
Abdulelah Al-Ghanem, Senior Specialist, Organizational Effectiveness, Ma’aden
10:40 – 11:00 Panel discussion and Q&A
11:00 – 11:30 Networking break
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Diversity and inclusion
11:30 – 11:50 The latest thinking in D&I and how it can be applied in the Gulf
Marjo Louw, Director, Majolo Global Solutions
11:50 – 12:10 Ma’aden D&I strategy case study
Rana Al-Babtain, Manager CoE, Ma’aden
*Please note the speakers and topics were confirmed at the time of publishing; however, circumstances beyond the control of the organizers may necessitate substitutions, alterations or cancellations of the speakers and/or topics
PROGRAM
Day 1: Wednesday, 25 September 2019
08:00 – 09:00 Registration and welcome coffee
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09:00 – 09:10 Opening remarks
Dr. Abdulrahman Jawahery, President, GPIC and Vice Chairman, GPCA
12:10 – 12:20 Panel discussion and Q&A
12:20 – 12:30 Wrap up and closure
Rene Thumbran, Director, Leadership Development and Organizational Effectiveness, Ma’aden
Andrew Irons, Strategic HR Business Partner, Manager, Ma’aden
12:30 – 13:30 Networking lunch
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Technical workshops
13:30 – 13:50 Ammonia – methanol co-production – environmental benefits
Tim Lyng Sønderby, Licensing Manager, Haldor Topsoe
13:50 – 14:10 Green ammonia production via water hydrolysis and implications on the fertilizer industry
Dr. Ing. Ireneusz Pyc, Manager – Technology Innovation, Siemens AG
14:10 – 14:30 Supply chain challenges in the agri-nutrients industry
Imthiyas Mohammed Karamal, Supply Chain Manager, Muntajat
14:30 – 15:00 Panel discussion and Q&A
12th GPCA Leaders of Tomorrow
14:20 – 17:00 Leaders of Tomorrow program (students only)
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PROGRAM
09:10 – 09:30 Inaugural address: The future of food security in GCC
H.E. Dr. Hamed Said Al Oufi, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Wealth, Oman
Session 1: Keynotes
09:30 – 09:50 Keynote 1: Creating value through innovation and horizontal integration in the agri-nutrient industry
Samir Al-Abdrabbuh, EVP – Agri-Nutrients, SABIC and Vice Chairman, Fertilizers Committee, GPCA
09:50 – 10:10 Keynote 2: Prospects and interaction of energy, fertilizer and agricultural markets
John Baffes, Senior Economist, World Bank (Development Prospects Group)
10:10 – 10:40 Panel discussion and Q&A
10:40 – 11:10 Networking break
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Session 2: Food security
11:10 – 11:30 Strengthening global food security
Dino Francescutti, Subregional Coordinator, GCC and Yemen (SNG), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
11:30 – 11:50 Ensuring long term food security in the GCC
Khaled Mohammed Al-Aboodi, MD, Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company (SALIC)
11:50 – 12:10 The role of GCC in strengthening global food security
Dr. Ismahane Elouafi, Director General, International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA)
12:10 – 12:40 Panel discussion and Q&A
12:40 – 14:10 Networking lunch
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Session 3: Technology trends and disruptions
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PROGRAM
14:10 – 14:30 Optimization of fertilizer plants by digitalization and automation
Dr. Johannes Franz, Process Engineer, Innovation and Sustainability Fertilizer and Methanol, ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG
14:30 – 14:50 Predictive agronomic model to generate precise crop prices
Moid Mohammed, Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company
14:50 – 15:10 Impact of nitrogen fixing technology on the agri-nutrient industry
Peter Blezard, CEO, Azotic Technologies
15:10 – 15:40 Panel discussion and Q&A
15:40 – 16:10 Networking break
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19:00 – 21:00 Gala dinner
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Day 2: Thursday, 26 September 2019
08:00 – 09:00 Registration and welcome coffee
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09:00 – 09:20 Opening remarks: The GCC fertilizer industry – Current landscape and future direction
Dr. Abdulwahab Al-Sadoun, Secretary General, GPCA
Session 4: Market trends in the fertilizer industry
09:20 – 09:40 Mapping fertilizer trends in major import markets
Thomas Heinrich, Senior Consultant, Energy and Chemicals Advisory, Nexant
09:40 – 10:00 Mapping fertilizer trends in major producing regions
Oliver Hatfield, VP, Business Development, Argus Media
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PROGRAM
10:00 – 10:20 Prospects, challenges and trends in the global ammonia market
Georgy Eliseev, Principal Analyst – Ammonia, IHS Markit
10:20 – 10:40 Key trends of nitrogen industry development in Russia
Valentina Kolodinskaia, Commercial Director, NIIK
10:40 – 11:10 Panel discussion and Q&A
11:10 – 11:40 Networking break
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Session 5: Producing enhanced quality fertilizers
11:40 – 12:00 Moving from commodity to balanced fertilizers: The state of fertilizer production in SSA
Grace Chilande, Fertilizer Market Specialist, International Fertilizer Development
Center (IFDC)
12:00 – 12:20 Ensuring sustainable agriculture in hot climate
Nasser Alkhalaf, MD, Agrico
Dr. Fahad Saleh Ibrahim, Chief Production Manager, Agrico
12:20 – 12:40 Panel discussion and Q&A
12:40 – 12:50 Closing remarks
Dr. Abdulwahab Al-Sadoun, Secretary General, GPCA
12:50 – 14:00 Networking lunch
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