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CatCon2003
"Gas-to-Liquids: When the Rubber Meets the Road"
May 5-6, 2003, Westin Oaks Hotel, Houston, Texas, USA
DAY ONE AGENDA

Monday, May 5, 2003

7:30am - 9:00am Registration, Welcome Coffee & "Visit the Exhibits"
9:00am Opening Remarks
Mr. Clyde F. Payn, The Catalyst Group
9:15am Keynote Presentation, - Commercialization of the Sasol Slurry Phase Distillate Process, Dr. Alex Vogel, Sasol Technology
SESSION I: Refining
10:00am - 10:30am FCC Additive Technologies to Meet Environmental Regulations, Dr. Marius Vaarkamp, Engelhard Corporation
10:30am - 11:00am Morning Break & "Visiting the Exhibits"
11:00am - 11:30am Upgrading Petroleum Residues and Heavy Oils with EST Process, Dr. Alberto Delbianco, EniTecnologie
11:30am - 12:00pm Global Refining Developments Through 2015 - Implications for Investments and Technology,
Dr. Martin Tallett, EnSys Energy & Systems, Inc.
12:00pm - 1:45pm GROUP LUNCHEON
1:45pm - 2:15pm Zero Sulfur: Issues and Challenges, Dr. Geoff Dolbear, G.E. Dolbear & Assoc., Inc.
2:15p m - 2:45pm Capital Free Paths to Cleaner Air and Fuels Using FCC Additives, Dr. Adrian Humphries, Akzo Nobel Chemicals, Inc.
2:45pm - 3:15pm Afternoon Break & "Visiting the Exhibits"
SESSION II: Special Session on GTL
3:15pm - 3:45pm Progress on More Efficient Ways of Producing Syngas for GTL Applications. Dr. Dennis Brown, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
3:45pm - 4:15pm Syngas Production for GTL Using Gas Heated Reforming - A Highly Efficient, Environmentally Friendly Process
Mr. Jim Abbott, Johnson MattheySynetix
4:15pm - 4:45pm Intensification of Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis in Microchannel Reactors. Dr. Yong Wang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
5:00pm - 6:30pm GROUP RECEPTION
Click Here for Day Two Agenda

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