Speakers
Day 1,
Friday | 23rd February 2024
Session Time | Topic | Speaker | Professional Title | Organisation
Day 1
10.30 AM – 11.00 AM
Welcome Address &
Overview & Status of Compostable BioPolymers Industry in India & World
Dr Sunder Balakrishnan
Managing Director,
Natur-Tec India, Chennai, Asia & USA
( Conference Co-Host, Speaker & Panel Moderator )
Day 1
11.00 AM to 11.30 AM
Regulatory Aspects Of Compostable Polymers In India
By
Dr Suneel Kumar Nigam
Ex Additional Director
Central Pollution Control Board ( CPCB )
Government of India, New Delhi
Day 1
11.30 AM to 12.00 PM
Corporate Presentation
TotalEnergies Corbion’s Luminy® PLA BioPlastics for a brighter future
by
Mr Chow Pin Tan
Senior Director, Asia Pacific Region
TotalEnergies Corbion
Netherlands, Thailand & India
Sponsors BIOPLASTEX 2019, 2023 & 2024
Day 1
12.00 PM – 12.30 PM
“Smart And Sustainable Packaging”
by
Professor Dr N C Saha
Founder Chairman & Director,
Foundation For Innovative Packaging & Sustainability ( FIPS)
Former Director, Indian Institute of Packaging, (IIP ) Government of India.
Chairman, 3 Sectional Committees, Bureau of Indian Standards, Govt of India
Chair, Natural Packaging Committee under NPNP, APEDA, Govt of India.
Expert Panel Member, BIRAC, Ministry of Biotechnology, Govt of India
Expert Panel Member, Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission ( IPC), Govt of India
Visiting Faculty at IIT, Delhi, IIM- Mumbai and BHU, Varanasi.
Former Vice President, World Packaging Organization ( WPO)
Former Secretary General, Asian Packaging Federation ( APF)
Day 1
12.30 PM – 1.00 PM
Globus Status of Standardization related to
Biodegrdability- ISO / BIS ( Bureau of Indian Standards )
by
Shri Rajeev Kumar Dwivedi
Director
Lohia Technical Training & Research Centre ( TTRC ), Lohia Corp Limited, Kanpur
&
Member of ISO Working Group on BioDegradablity & Plastics ReCycling
Ex-CIPET & India Institute for Plastics
Awarded UNIDO Fellowship in 1997 for advance training in the field of plastics processing.
Experts Working Committee Member – FSSAI on Food Safety Standards for packaging materials.
Day 1
1.00 PM – 1.30 PM
Corporate Presentation
by
Mrs Carmen Michels
Member of Board & Managing Director
and
Mr Patrick Zimmermann
Member of Board & Managing Director
FKuR Kunststoff GmbH, Germany
&
Sponsors
BIOPLASTEX 2019, 2022 & 2024
Day 1
1.30 PM – 2.00 PM
“Unleashing India’s Potential : Crafting Cost-effective BioPlastics Solutions”
by
Dr. Ashvini Shete
Strategy & Technology Lead – Renewable Chemicals & Materials
Praj Industries Ltd
India
Day 1
2.00 PM – 2.30 PM
Plastics : Growth with Responsibility
Shri Jayeshbhai Rambhia
Former President, The All India Plastics Manufacturers Association (AIPMA)
Co-Chairman of Environment Committee ( AIPMA )
Co- Chairman AIPMA’s Arvind Mehta Technology and Entrepreneurship Centre ( AMTEC )
Member Board Of Directors, PlastIndia Foundation
Managing Director, Premsons Plastics P Ltd, Mumbai
Chairman, PlastiVision India 2026
Day 1
2.30 PM to 3.00 PM
Announcement of the launch of India’s first domestic PolyLactic Acid ( PLA ) Plant.
Ms Avantika Saraogi
Executive Director
And
Mr Stefan Barot
President ( Chemicals )
Balrampur Chini Mills Limited, Kolkata, West Bengal
Day 1
3.00 PM – 3.30 PM
Testing & Certification Procedures for Sustainable Packaging and
Current Research on Green Packaging Materials.
Dr K P Bhuvana,
Central Institute Of Petro Chemicals Engineering & Technology ( CIPET ),
Government of India, Kochi.
Day 2, Saturday | 24th February 2024
Session Time | Topic | Speaker | Professional Title | Organisation
Day 2
10.30 AM – 11.00 AM
Recap of Day 1 & Welcome Address – Day 2
by
Mr Vikram Bhanusali
Director,
SKYi- FKuR India, Pune, Maharashtra
( Conference Co-Host, Speaker & Panel Moderator )
&
BIOPLASTEX 2019, 2022 & 2024
Day 2
11.00 AM – 11.30 AM
Corporate Presentation
Mr Santosh Nagasamy
CEO
Phitons BioEngineering, Bangalore
&
Sponsors
BIOPLASTEX 2024
Mumbai, India
Day 2
11.30 AM – 12.00 PM
Topic Awaited
Dr Virender Kumar Gupta
Head, R & D Polymer & Sr. Vice President
Reliance Industries Ltd, Mumbai
Day 2
12.00 PM – 12.30 PM
DRDO Technology Transfer to the Industry for BioDegradable Plastics
Dr K Veera Brahmam
Senior Scientist,
Defence Research & Development Organisation, ( DRDO )
Government of India, Hyderabad
Day 2
12.30 PM – 1.00 PM
Opportunity of PHA BioPolymers in various Biodegradable Applications
Mr Hugo Vuurens
VP Business Development, PHA BioPolymers,
C J BioMaterials, Netherlands & Korea. ( Sponsors )
Day 2
1.00 PM – 1.30 PM
Shifting Towards Sustainable Packaging for a Greener Future
by
Dr Ajay Karmarkar
Director -Technical
Konkan Speciality Polyproducts Limited, Mangalore, Karnataka
Day 2
1.30 PM – 2.00 PM
Topic Awaited
Shri Swapan Ray
Honorary Secretary
Indian Centre for Plastics in Environment, ( ICPE )
& Ex Vice President, Reliance Industries, Mumbai
Day 2
2.00 PM – 2.30 PM
Opportunities Abound in BioPlastics Industry
by
Ms. Keshavi Mehta
Director,
Keshawin BioPolymers & Welset Plast Extrusions
Arvind Mehta Group Companies, Mumbai
Day 2
2.30 PM – 3.00 PM
BioDegradability Testing of Polymers – The Standard Test Methods at ERRL Lab
by
Dr Harsh Jadia
Senior Scientist & Technical Manager at ERRL
PhD in Life Sciences ( Specialization in Environmental Biotechnology )
&
Dr Deepali Jadia
Senior Lab Manager at ERRL
PhD in Life Sciences ( Specialization in Environmental Biotechnology)
ERRL BioDegradability & Compostability Testing Services, Mumbai
Day 2
3.00 PM – 3.30 PM
Incubating & Accelerating the growth of BioPolymers Industry through Technology Transfer & Translating R&D into commercial production by the Industry
by
Prof Dr Vimal Katiyar
Dean, Indian Institute of Science ( IIT ),
Government of India, Guwahati
&
Chair Professor, NRL- Center of Excellence for Sustainable Polymers & Materials.
Day 2
3.30 PM – 4.30 PM
Panel Discussions & Open House Q&A
Challenges, Opportunities, BioPolymers Future, RoadMap Ahead
And Concluding Remarks
Mr Mayur Jain
CEO,
Parshva Poly Impex, Mumbai
( Conference Anchor, Co-Host & Panel Moderator )
Mr Amol Pawar
Sr. Manager – Tech. Services and Business Development
Fine Organics Industries Ltd, Mumbai
( Conference Co-Host & Panel Moderator )
Panel Discussions | Topics of Discussion | Panelists | Moderators | Open House Audience Q&A
Day 1 | Panel Session 1 | 3.30 PM
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Day 1 | Panel Session 2 | 4.15 PM
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Day 2 | Panel Session 1 | 3.00 PM
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Day 2 | Panel Session 2 | 3.30 PM
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Open House Question & Answer Session :
Audience can ask any question to Panelists \ Moderators
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