| DAY 1 - 13th March - Monday |
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8:00 | Morning Registration and Coffee |
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9:00 | Chairman’s Welcome & Remarks |
| Miron I.Gorilovskiy, President & CEO |
| Eurotrubplast Holding Co. |
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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 |
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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 |
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10:20 | Discussion followed by Coffee |
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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 |
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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 |
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12:00 | CE MARKING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING A QUALITY MARK |
| Arpad Veress |
| Central & Eastern Europe Coordinator |
| TEPPFA |
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12:35 | Discussion followed by Lunch |
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| Afternoon Chairman : Davidovski Zoran, VP Product Marketing & Technology |
| Pipelife International |
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2:00 | FACILITATING THE PIPE SYSTEM CHOICE |
| Ulrich Schulte |
| Vice President - Marketing |
| PE100+ Association |
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2:30 | LATEST HDPE PIPES TECHNOLOGY & TRENDS IN INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS (TELECOMMUNICATION SECTOR) |
| Ing. Jaroslav Šuranský |
| Chairman & Vice President Corporate Business Development |
| Dura-Line Corporation |
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3:00 | EUROPEAN MARKET FOR LARGE DIAMETER PE PRESSURE & NON- PRESSURE PIPES |
| • Montpellier Case Study |
| David Walton |
| Market Development Manager Gas & Water |
| Borealis AB |
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3:30 | Discussion followed by Tea |
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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 |
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4:30 | POTENTIAL OF PVC PRESSURE PIPE SYSTEMS FOR HIGH QUALITY DRINKING WATER |
| Thomas Hülsmann |
| Head of Conference/Communication Working Group |
| PVC4Pipes |
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5:00 | HOT/COLD WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM |
| Jacek Sobkowiak |
| Managing Director |
| Wavin Ekoplastik s.r.o |
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5:30 | Discussion followed by End of Day One |
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| 1745 – 1845 hrs. Networking Reception for Speakers & Delegates |
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| DAY 2 - 14th March - Tuesday |
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9:00 | Chairman’s Remarks |
| David Walton, Market Development Manager - Gas & Water |
| Borealis AB |
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9:05 | PLANS TO UPGRADE WATER PIPING AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN HUNGARY |
| Attila Sinka |
| Technological Chief Contributor |
| Hungarian Water Utility Association |
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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. |
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10:10 | PE-RT, a New Class of Polyethylene for Industrial Pipes. |
| Detlef Schramm |
| Application Technology Leader for Pipes and Geomembranes |
| Dow Europe GmbH |
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10:40 | Discussion followed by Coffee |
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11:10 | UNDER-FLOOR HEATING APPLICATION IN EASTERN EUROPE |
| Piotr Serafin |
| Product Manager Wirsbo |
| Uponor Polska Sp. z o.o. |
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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 |
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12:10 | LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN ADDITIVE CONCENTRATES FOR PIPE MARKET |
| Fabien Resweber |
| Technical Service Engineer - Additives |
| Polyone |
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12:40 | Final Discussion followed by Closing Lunch |
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2:00 | End of Conference |
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