PROGRAMME

 

10 & 11 March, 2016  The Grand Hyatt, Goa
PROGRAMME OUTLINE​

 
(Registration desks will open at 04.00 pm on
9 March 2016 at the venue where there will be
a networking get-together and cocktails between
​06.30 pm and 8.30 pm at the venue)

Day 1: 

10 March, 2016
08.00 am - 09:45 am
 
Registration
 
10.00 am – 11.00 am
 
Inaugural session
 
Invocation  

Introduction and welcome speech

 

Dr. A. Jayathilak, IAS
Chairman, Rubber Board
& Chairman,
Organizing Committee, IRM 2016

Lighting the lamp & Inaugural address Mr Rajani Ranjan Rashmi
Additional Secretary
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Government of India  

 
 
Goan Cultural Dance with with rubber props

 

Vote of thanks

 

Mr. Vinod Simon,
Vice-Chairman
Organizing Committee, IRM 2016

 

National Anthem
 
 
11.00 am – 11.45 am
 
Refreshment break & networking
 

11.45 am – 12.30 pm

Talk 1 - Speaker 1
 


Topic: Global and Indian Economic Outlook
(Mr. Dharmakirti Joshi, Chief Economist, CRISIL, Mumbai)
 

12.30 pm – 12.45 pm
 

Presentation of mementos to sponsors
 

12.45 pm – 02.00 pm
 

Lunch break and networking
 

02.00 pm – 02.45 pm
Talk 2  - Speaker 2


Topic: The Design of Future Market and Price Volatility
( C. J. George, Managing Director, Geojit PNB Paribas )
 
 

02.45 pm – 03.30 pm
Talk 3  - Speaker 3

Topic: State of Indian Non-tyre Manufacturing  Industry
(Mr. Vinod Simon, Chairman, RSDC)

03.30 pm – 4.15 pm

Refreshment break and networking
04.15 pm – 05.30 pm
 

               International Panel Discussion
Theme:  Rubber Scenario: What lies ahead?


Chairman - Dr. A. Jayathilak IAS
                  Chairman, Rubber Board
                  & Chairman Organizing Committee,  
                  IRM 2016

Panelists

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

2.  Mr. Juan Ramon Salinas
    IISRP
    Managing Director & CEO
    International Institute of Synthetic Rubber 
    Producers, Houston, Texas, USA

3.  Dr. Tran Thi Thuy Hoa
    Collaborator 
    The Vietnam Rubber Association
    Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam 

4.  Dr. Zairossani Bin Mohd. Nor
     Deputy Director General (Research and Innovation), 
     Malaysian Rubber Board, 
     Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

 

5.  Dr Lekshmi Nair
     IRSG, Singapore​


05.30 pm – 06.00 pm

Networking & Joint meeting of  IRM Organizing Committee and Working Committee

06.00 pm – 10.00 pm

Cultural Programme and Dinner

06.00 pm – 08.00 pm:
Performance by the Arts Clubs of
Rubber Board & Spices Board

08.00 pm – 10.00 pm:
Performance by Goan Dancers
and Music Band 

Day 2 :  

11 March, 2016

09.30 am – 10.00 am
Talk 4 - Speaker 4


Topic: World Natural Rubber Production Scenario
(Ms. Sheela Thomas, IAS 
Secretary-General,  ANRPC, Malaysia)

 

10.00 am – 10.30 am
Talk 5 - Speaker 5

Topic: World Synthetic Production Scenario
(Mr. Juan Ramon Salinas
Managing Director & CEO
International Institute of Synthetic Rubber
Producers, Houston, Texas, USA)

 
10.30 am – 11.15 am
Talk 6 - Speaker 6

 

Topic: State of Indian tyre manufacturing industry
(Dr. Raghupati Singhania, Immediate Past Chairman, ATMA and CMD, JK Tyre & Industries Ltd.)


11.15 am – 12.00 noon
 
Refreshment break and networking
12.00  - 1.30 pm
 
            Indian Panel discussion
Theme: Rubber Scenario: What lies ahead?

Chairman: Ms. Sheela Thomas, IAS
                 Secretary-General,  ANRPC, Malaysia


1. Mr. N Dharmaraj, Persident, UPASI
2. Mr. Mohinder Gupta, President, AIRIA
3. Mr. PR Muraleedharan, Rubber grower
4. Mr. Rajiv Budhraja, Director General, ATMA
5. Mr. Sanjaya Bhatnagar, MD,
     Indian Synthetic Rubber Pvt .Ltd.
6. Mr. A. Unnikrishnan, MD, PCK


1.30 pm – 1.45 pm

Concluding session

1.45 pm – 2.30 pm

Lunch and networking