Day 1 - Tuesday 17 April 2012

Stream 1
9:00	Registration
10:00	Opening Session, Auditorium Welcome and housekeeping messages David Reed, Chairman, UTECH Europe 2012
10:05	Opening Session, Auditorium ISOPA President Welcome Message Steven English, President, ISOPA, Belgium
10:15	Keynote Presentation Ding Jiansheng, Yantai Wanhua Polyurethanes Co Ltd, People's Republic of China
10:40	Plenary Session, Auditorium TDI: Where it all began Thorsten Dreier, Bayer MaterialScience AG, Germany
11:05	Plenary Session, Auditorium Expanding the Possibilities: MDI adds New Dimensions to the PU Industry Nick Webster, Huntsman Polyurethanes, Belgium
11:30	Plenary Session, Auditorium Progress in Propylene Oxide and Polyols: Key Building Blocks of the PU Industry Alberto Fangareggi, Dow Thermosets, Italy David Babb, Dow Thermosets, Italy William Koonce, Dow Thermosets, Italy
11:55	Plenary Session, Auditorium Developments in Processing Equipment and Techniques Carlo Fiorentini, Cannon, Italy
12:20	Plenary Session, Auditorium Catalysts and Surfactants: The Keys to Progress in Polyurethanes Georg Burkhart, Evonik Industries AG, Germany
12:45	Plenary Session, Auditorium 75 Years of Market Innovation and Development with PU Systems Uwe Hartwig, BASF Polyurethanes GmbH, Germany
13:00	Lunch
14:00	TECHNICAL PROGRAMME - Room A, Green Chemistry From Waste to Value: CO2-based Polyols Christoph Gürtler, Bayer MaterialScience AG, Germany
14:15	TECHNICAL PROGRAMME - Room A, Green Chemistry CO2-based Polyols: A Future New Product Class for the Flexible Foam Market? Hans-Georg Pirkl, Bayer MaterialScience AG, Germany
14:30	TECHNICAL PROGRAMME - Room A, Green Chemistry Sustainable Polyurethane Opportunities with Biosuccinium™ Marieke Smidt, Reverdia™ powered by DSM + Roquette - The Netherlands
14:45	TECHNICAL PROGRAMME - Room A, Green Chemistry Products Based on Renewable Materials with a Minimum Impact on CO2-Emission Erwin Honcoop, Purac, The Netherlands
15:00	Refreshments
15:30	TECHNICAL PROGRAMME - Room A, Green Chemistry Bio-based Priplast Polyols for High-Performance Polyurethane Elastomers Angela Smits, Croda, The Netherlands
15:45	TECHNICAL PROGRAMME - Room A, Green Chemistry Expanding the Use of Natural Oil Polyols in Urethane Foam Formulations Jeff Rowlands, Green Urethanes Ltd, UK
16:00	TECHNICAL PROGRAMME - Room A, Green Chemistry New Biopolyols from Non-Food Grade and Renewable Resources Minh Ta Ton-That, National Research Council of Canada, Canada
16:15	TECHNICAL PROGRAMME - Room A, Green Chemistry Polyurethane Foams and Composites Based on Renewable Raw Materials Aleksander Prociak, Cracow University of Technology, Poland
16:30	TECHNICAL PROGRAMME - Room A, Green Chemistry Innovative Bio-Based Aromatic Polyols: Polycard XFNTM Pietro Campaner, Cimteclab SpA, Italy
16:45	TECHNICAL PROGRAMME - Room A, Green Chemistry EU 7th FP project Forbioplast: Developing Bio-based polyurethane Foams Ugis Cabulis, Institute Of Wood Chemistry, Latvia
17:00	TECHNICAL PROGRAMME - Room A, Green Chemistry From Aminolysis Product of PET Waste to Novel Biodegradable Polyurethanes Gity Mir Mohamad Sadeghi, Amirkabir University of Technology, Dep Polymer Engineering, - Tehran, Iran Mahsa Sayaf, Amirkabir University of Technology, Dep Polymer Engineering, - Tehran, Iran Ramin Shamsi, Amirkabir University of Technology, Dep Polymer Engineering, - Tehran, Iran
17:15	TECHNICAL PROGRAMME - Room A, Green Chemistry Susterra® Propanediol – Evaluating the Structure-Property Relationship in CASE Applications Robert Miller, DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products, USA Joseph W DeSalvo, DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products, USA

Stream 2
14:00	Market Session - Room B Market Development John Marcantonio, IAL Consultants, UK
14:30	Market Session - Room B Development of the PU Industry In Indonesia Ruchijat Hidajat, Pt Nagase Impor Ekspor Indonesia
15:00	Refreshments
15:30	Innovation Session - Room B Innovative Method for the Production of Decorative Elements for the Construction Industry Max Taverna, Cannon SpA, Italy
15:45	Innovation Session - Room B Growth of Polyurethane Bridge-deck Waterproofing in Japan Kazuo Okuda, Mitsubishi Plastic Inc, Japan
16:00	Innovation Session - Room B Cross-linkable Aliphatic Thermoplastic Polyurethanes for Film and Sheet Applications Chris Lindsay, Huntsman Polyurethanes, Belgium
16:15	Innovation Session - Room B New Elastoline: Flexible Machine Processing of Massive and Cellular Polyurethane Elastomers Matthias Klahr, Hennecke GmbH, Germany
16:30	Innovation Session - Room B From Cold Cure Scrap to Reactive Nano-Scaled Compounds H D Hunger, Performance Chemicals H GmbH, Germany
16:45	Innovation Session - Room B Novel Polyurethane Composites for Selected Application Fields Andreas Hoffmann, Bayer MaterialScience, Germany
17:00	Innovation Session - Room B Latest Innovations in Post-Treatment Foam Stabilisers with Improved Environmental Characteristics Satoshi Nakagawa, Chemtura Europe GmbH, Switzerland Irfaan Foster , Chemtura Europe GmbH, Switzerland Thomas Schmutz, Chemtura Europe GmbH, Switzerland