POLYETHYLENE th WORLD CONGRESS Swissotel, Zurich, Switzerland. Global Technology & Business Forum. February 1-2-3,2005 Zurich, Switzerland

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1 February 1-2-3,2005 Zurich, Switzerland 10th WORLD CONGRESS Swissotel, Zurich, Switzerland POLYETHYLENE 2005 Global Technology & Business Forum ALBEMARLE (USA) ARKEMA (FR) ASPENTECH (USA) BASELL(DE&IT) BASF (DE) BOREALIS (AT) BP (FR) BRABENDER (DE) CHEVRON PHILLIPS (USA) CIBA SC (CH) COPERION WAESCHLE(DE) COPERION WERNER & PFLEIDERER (DE) *CROMPTON (DE) DOVER (USA) DYNEON (CA) EASTMAN - VORIDIAN DIV. (USA) PRESENTING COMPANIES EQUISTAR (USA) IPCOS (NL) IPIRANGA (BR) LONDON METAL EXCHANGE (GB) MAACK BUSINESS SERVICES (CH) MILLIKEN (USA) NON LINEAR SOLUTIONS (BR) NOVA CHEMICALS (CA) POLITENO (BR) PROGRESSION (USA) RELIANCE (IN) SABIC PE (NL) SUMITOMO (JP) UNIVATION (USA) W. R. GRACE (GB) EVENING HOSPITALITY FUNCTIONS: INDUSTRY PANEL SESSION j ASPENTECH BRABENDER COPERION IPCOS PAVILION PROGRESSION UNIVATION GLOBAL CONFERENCES, STUDIES, PROJECTS AMCOR FLEXIBLES ITW MIMA FILMS ORBITA FILM RKW SEALED AIR TETRAPAK MAACK BUSINESS SERVICES Maack & Scheidl Partnership Plastics Technology and Marketing CH-8804 Au/near Zurich, Switzerland Tel: , Fax: MBSpolymer@bluewin.ch

2 POLYETHYLENE th World Congress February 1-2-3, 2005 Zurich, Switzerland, Swissotel SESSION 1 : PE GLOBAL BUSINESS REVIEW Global PE Business Report 1 /1 Maack Business Services (CH): Dr. Konrad Scheidl, Executive Vice President Introduction of LME 1 12 London Metal Exchange (GB): Neil Banks, Director of Strategy Indian Polyethylene Industry-A Perspective 1 /3 Reliance (IN): Jayant Bhaskar Kamat, Sr. Executive Vice President Global Developments, European Challenges SABIC EuroPetrochemicals B.V. (NL): Huub Meessen, Business Unit Director LDPE/LLDPE 11A Commercial Success with Advanced SCLAIRTECH Technology 1 / 5 Nova Chemicals Corporation (CAN): Paul D. Clark, Vice President, Research & Technology SESSION 2 : PE ENGINEERING Advances in Process NMR for Polyethylene Analysis 2 /1 Progression, Inc. (USA): Scott Marino, President Bulk Solids Flowmeters and Additive Feeders in PE-Plants 2 / 2 Brabender Technologie KG (DE): Rolf Welsch, Sales Manager Co-Rotating Twin Screw Extruders in Compounding of Polyethylene 2 / 3 Coperion Werner & Pfleiderer GmbH & Co. KG (DE): Klaus Kapfer, Business Unit Manager, Polyolefins Value Engineering Downstream of the Reactor 2 14 Coperion Waeschle GmbH & Co. KG (DE): Andreas Weber, GM, BU Bulk Materials Plants & Components

3 SESSION 3 : PE ADDITIVATION, INITIATION Additives, Service and Support-the Future Needs of the PE Industry 3 /1 Ciba Specialty Chemicals (CH): Dr. Florian Strieker, Head Business Development, Polyolefins Phosphite and Phosphite Blends for Polyethylene 3 / 2 Dover Chemical (USA): Dr. Michael Davies, Sales Manager Advances in Polymer Processing Additives (PPA) 3 / 3 Dyneon LLC / 3M Company (CA): Claude Lavallee, Senior Research Specialist t-amyl Peroxides for Higher Productivity and Improved Resin Quality 3/4 Arkema (Organic Peroxides Business Unit) (FR): Pascal Nicol, Polymerization Applications SESSION 4 : PE CATALYST UPDATE Albemarle Polyolefin Catalysts an even greater Force in the Industry Update on Single Site Catalyst Activation 4 /1 Albemarle Corporation (USA): Dr. Brian Kneale, Business Technology Manager Financial Impact of Catalyst Choice on Gas Phase Polyethylene Production 4 / 2 W.R. Grace Ltd. (GB): Neil Smith, Global Business Manager ENERGX : The Low Cost Alternative to Single-Sites and Solution Octenes 4 / 3 Eastman Chemical - Voridian Division (USA): Dr. Jeffrey Vanderbilt, Technology & Research Manager Taking Advantage of a Strong PE Market 4/4 Pavilion Technologies Inc. (USA): Rob Kranz, VP Sales, International SESSION 5 : CATALYST UPDATE, PROCESS TECHNOLOGY BASF Advanced Ethylene Purification Design - Benefits for Polyethylene Plant Operators 5 /1 BASF AG (DE): Dr. Wolf Spaether, Product Manager Catalyst Basell GmbH (DE): Dr. Wouter de Lange, Sr. Production Engineer Recent Advances to Basell's AVANT PE Catalyst Systems 5/2 Basell Poliolefine Italia SpA (IT): Jan-Dirk van Loon, Catalyst Marketing Manager Advances in Polyethylene Gas Phase Technology 5 / 3 Basell Polyolefine GmbH (DE): Dr. Kaspar Evertz, Sr. Vice President'Licensingi & Technology Transfer New Frontiers in Bimodal PE 5/4 Lyondell Chemical Company (USA): Venki Chandrashekar, Director Licensing

4 SESSION 6 : PE PROCESS TECHNOLOGY AND CONTROL Single Secondary Compressor 600 Kt/Year Autoclaves LDPE Plants 6 /1 NLS - Non Linear Solutions (BR): Jose Cavalcanti, President Technology Advances in Linear Polyethylene Technology 6/2 Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, LP (USA): Michael A. Smith, Licensing Manager Leading Edge PE Technology 6/3 BP (GB): Brent Walworth, Process Development Manager Application of a Manufacturing Execution System based on Aspentech Suite at SABIC Polyolefine GmbH 6/4 AspenTech (GB): Michael Mercer, Aspentech Polymer Team Leader Sabic EuroPetrochemicals (NL): Jan Versteeg, Operator Information Management Systems Consultant SESSION 7 : LLDPE AND PROCESS OPTIMISATION LLDPE Octene Market Development in Brazil 7 /1 Politeno Industria e Comercio S.A. (BR): Ricardo Pelegrini Fernandes, Sales Manager Metallocene Polyethylenes for the LD and LLDPE Markets: Current Status and Future Developments 7/2 Univation Technologies (USA): Dirk Van der Sanden, Market Planner DyMonT an Early Warning System for Agglomeration Detection 7/ 3 IPCOS Technology (NL): Professor Dr. Ton Backx, President Excellence in Flexible Polymer Manufacturing by First Principles Model Based Control and Optimization 7/4 IPCOS Technology (NL): Filip Loossens, Principal Consultant SESSION 8 : PE MARKET/PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Borstar Bimodal LLD Innovation Concepts - New Speciality Polyethylene for Extrusion Coating 8 /1 Borealis GmbH (AT): Manfred Kirchberger, Application Marketing Manager Novel Nucleation Technology for LLDPE Applications 8 / 2 Milliken Chemical (USA): Mrs. Heather Dolan, Market Manager Blow Molding HDPE for Small Size Containers with Enhanced Properties and South American Market Ipiranga Petroquimica S.A. (BR): Alessandro Cauduro Lima, Senior Researcher 8/3 Sumitomo Resins for Packaging Film and Japanese Market 8 / 4 Sumitomo Chemical Co. (JP): Kenzo Chikanari, Team Manager, Polyethylene Group

5 SESSION 9 : PE INDUSTRY DISCUSSION PANEL Polyethylene Price and Business Cyclically 9 /1 Maack Business Services (CH): Dr. Konrad Scheidl, Executive Vice President Managing Plastics Price Risk with the London Metal Exchange 9 / 2 London Metal Exchange (GB): Neil Banks, Director of Strategy