Inaugural session

10.00 am – 11.15 am

Audio visual show on natural rubber

Invocation

Introduction and welcome speech

Dr. A. Jayathilak, IAS
 

Chairman, Rubber Board
& Chairman, Organizing Committee,
IRM 2015

Lighting the lamp & Inaugural address

Padmavibushan. G. Madhavan Nair
 

Chairman, Centre for Management Development, Thiruvananthapuram & Former Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation and Space Commission

Vote of thanks

Mr. Vinod Simon, Vice-chairman
Organizing Committee, IRM 2015

National Anthem

Refreshment break & net working

11.15 am – 12.00 Noon

12 noon – 12.45 pm
 

Talk 1 - Dr. John Baffes
 

Senior Economist

Development Prospects Group, World Bank Washington

Topic: World economic scenario and commodity outlook

12.45 pm – 02.00 pm

Lunch break and net working

02.00 pm – 02.45 pm

Talk 2 - Mr. Frank Grothaus

Consultant, UNCTAD
Geneva

​Topic: Sustainable development and low carbon growth

02.45 pm – 03.30 pm

Talk 3 - Mr. Charu Kapoor

Principal
TATA Strategic Management
Group, Mumbai

Topic: Indian non-tyre industry: Current challenges and future prospects

03.30 pm – 4.15 pm

Refreshment break and net working

04.15 pm – 05.30 pm

Panel discussion  # 1
(Theme: Finite Resources – Infinite Opportunities)

Chair - Dr. A. Jayathilak IAS

Chairman, Rubber Board
& Chairman Organizing Committee IRM 2015

Panelists:

1. Ms. Sheela Thomas, IAS
    Secretary-General,
   ANRPC, Malaysia

2. Dr. Stephen V. Evans
    Secretary General, IRSG,
   Singapore

3. Datuk Dr. Abdul Aziz S.A. Kadir
     Secretary-General,
    IRRDB, Malaysia

4. Mr. Gunther Lottmann
     Manager
     Grupo Agroindustrial de Occidente
     Guatemala

5. Mr. N’ Diaye Oumar
     Ingénieur Agro-Economiste,
     Directuer du Department,
    Cote d’ Ivoire

6. Mr. Hla Myint
    Advisor, Myanmar Rubber Planters
    and Producers Association,
    Myanmar

05.30 pm – 06.30 pm

Net working & Joint meeting of the IRM Organizing

& Working Committees

06.30 pm – 09.00 pm

Cultural Programme and Dinner

09.30 am – 10.15 am

Talk 4 - Datuk Dr. Salmiah Ahmad

Director General
Malaysian Rubber Board
Malaysia

Topic: Addressing the impact of NR price volatility

10.15 am – 11.00 am

Talk 5 - Dr. Stuart Cook

Director
Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre,
UK

Topic: Natural rubber – material for the future

11.00 am – 11.45 am

Refreshment break and networking

11.45 am – 12.30 pm

Talk 6 - Mr. Shashank Tripathi

Strategy Leader
​PWC, Mumbai

Topic: Current status and outlook on Indian economy

12.30 pm – 2.00 pm

Lunch and net working

02.00 pm – 03.30 pm

Panel discussion  # 2
(Theme: Challenges Confronting Indian Rubber Sector)

Chair: Dr. A. K. Krishna Kumar
Executive Director & Head
IF&FS Clusters, Noida,
New Delhi

Panelists:
 

1. Mr. C.J. George
     Managing Director
   Geojit BNP Paribas, Kochi

2. Mr. Rajiv Budhraja
     Director General, ATMA,
    New Delhi

3. Mr. K. T. Thomas
     Director, Paragon Group
     & Former President, AIRIA,
      Mumbai

4. Mr. Virendra Rathod
     Reliance Industries Ltd.,
   Mumbai

5. Mr. Rajendra V Gandhi
    GRP Ltd., Mumbai

6. Mr. C. Vinayaraghavan
    President – Rubber Division
     Harrisons Malayalam Ltd.,
    Kochi

7. Adv. Siby J. Monippally,
   General Secretary
   Indian Rubber Growers Association
   Kochi

03.30 pm – 03.45 pm

Concluding session