13-14 Mar, 2006 - Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
Bellevue Hall
Bellevue Hall
| DAY 1 - 13th March - Monday | |
| 8:00 | Morning Registration and Coffee |
| 9:00 | Chairman’s Welcome & Remarks |
| Miron I.Gorilovskiy, President & CEO | |
| Eurotrubplast Holding Co. | |
| 9:10 | MACRO-ECONOMIC OUTLOOK IN RUSSIA & CEE |
| • Implications of EU enlargement | |
| • Adoption of Euro & its Impact on economic development | |
| • Political risk | |
| Peter Brezinschek | |
| Head of Raiffeisen RESEARCH | |
| RZB Group | |
| 9:45 | POLYMER MARKET OUTLOOK IN RUSSIA/CEE REGION |
| • Energy price uncertainties and its impact on resin prices | |
| • HDPE expansion plans & availability of Ethylene | |
| • Filling the gap for PVC shortage in Russia | |
| • Supplying the plastic pipes industry | |
| Kalman Wappel | |
| Senior Consultant | |
| ECEBD | |
| 10:20 | Discussion followed by Coffee |
| 10:50 | GROWING PLASTIC PIPES IN THE EAST |
| • Where are we today? | |
| • Can we grow? | |
| • What can we do to grow even faster? | |
| • What are our competitors up to? | |
| Zoran Davidovski | |
| VP – Innovation | |
| Pipelife International | |
| 11:25 | PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE OF PE GAS NETWORK IN POLAND |
| Andrzej Roszkowski | |
| - private consultant to water & gas authorities, pipe manufacturers | |
| Joanna Pindelska | |
| Technical Director | |
| Mazovian Gas Distribution Company | |
| 12:00 | CE MARKING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING A QUALITY MARK |
| Arpad Veress | |
| Central & Eastern Europe Coordinator | |
| TEPPFA | |
| 12:35 | Discussion followed by Lunch |
| Afternoon Chairman : Davidovski Zoran, VP Product Marketing & Technology | |
| Pipelife International | |
| 2:00 | FACILITATING THE PIPE SYSTEM CHOICE |
| Ulrich Schulte | |
| Vice President - Marketing | |
| PE100+ Association | |
| 2:30 | LATEST HDPE PIPES TECHNOLOGY & TRENDS IN INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS (TELECOMMUNICATION SECTOR) |
| Ing. Jaroslav Šuranský | |
| Chairman & Vice President Corporate Business Development | |
| Dura-Line Corporation | |
| 3:00 | EUROPEAN MARKET FOR LARGE DIAMETER PE PRESSURE & NON- PRESSURE PIPES |
| • Montpellier Case Study | |
| David Walton | |
| Market Development Manager Gas & Water | |
| Borealis AB | |
| 3:30 | Discussion followed by Tea |
| 4:00 | WORKING TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE PVC PIPING SYSTEMS |
| • Examining developments in markets for PVC piping systems | |
| • Assessing the future of PVC piping systems | |
| • Cost effective way of working towards better environmental standards and more sustainable methods of production | |
| • An examination of the Vinyl 2010 commitment : current status and progress. What will it mean for the plastic pipes industry ? | |
| Joël Fumire | |
| Technical Market Development, Pipes & Fittings | |
| SolVin | |
| 4:30 | POTENTIAL OF PVC PRESSURE PIPE SYSTEMS FOR HIGH QUALITY DRINKING WATER |
| Thomas Hülsmann | |
| Head of Conference/Communication Working Group | |
| PVC4Pipes | |
| 5:00 | HOT/COLD WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM |
| Jacek Sobkowiak | |
| Managing Director | |
| Wavin Ekoplastik s.r.o | |
| 5:30 | Discussion followed by End of Day One |
| 1745 – 1845 hrs. Networking Reception for Speakers & Delegates | |
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| DAY 2 - 14th March - Tuesday | |
| 9:00 | Chairman’s Remarks |
| David Walton, Market Development Manager - Gas & Water | |
| Borealis AB | |
| 9:05 | PLANS TO UPGRADE WATER PIPING AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN HUNGARY |
| Attila Sinka | |
| Technological Chief Contributor | |
| Hungarian Water Utility Association | |
| 9:30 | OUTLOOK OF PLASTIC PIPES MARKET IN RUSSIA, UKRAINE & BYELORUSSIA |
| • Demand/supply projections | |
| • Major applications and growth sector | |
| • Prospect of pipe extrusion industry & main players | |
| M. Gorilovskiy | |
| President | |
| Eurotrubplast Holding Co. | |
| 10:10 | PE-RT, a New Class of Polyethylene for Industrial Pipes. |
| Detlef Schramm | |
| Application Technology Leader for Pipes and Geomembranes | |
| Dow Europe GmbH | |
| 10:40 | Discussion followed by Coffee |
| 11:10 | UNDER-FLOOR HEATING APPLICATION IN EASTERN EUROPE |
| Piotr Serafin | |
| Product Manager Wirsbo | |
| Uponor Polska Sp. z o.o. | |
| 11:40 | PROSPECT OF PEX SYSTEMS IN CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE |
| • Demand/supply outlook | |
| • Growth drivers & trends | |
| • Technology innovations to penetrate new sectors | |
| Andreas Savvides | |
| Sales & Marketing Manager | |
| Solvay Padanaplast | |
| 12:10 | LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN ADDITIVE CONCENTRATES FOR PIPE MARKET |
| Fabien Resweber | |
| Technical Service Engineer - Additives | |
| Polyone | |
| 12:40 | Final Discussion followed by Closing Lunch |
| 2:00 | End of Conference |
