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10 Feb 2025

09:00 | Exhibition open

09:00 | Registration open

INVESTMENT AND COMMERCIAL PROGRAMME

10:00 - 10:10

Investment

Chair Welcoming Address

Products:

Chris Lawson
Head of Fertilizers, CRU

10:10 - 10:40

Investment

Keynote Address

Navigating the global net-zero investment landscape. Outlook 2025 and beyond.

Products:

Matti Leppälä
Secretary General, CEO, PensionsEurope

10:40 - 11:30

Investment

Investors Panel Discussion

Unlocking the potential - Focus on future assets     

  • What are the current allocations in emerging asset class - ammonia and hydrogen?
  • Nitric acid global projects pipeline: Where are the new frontiers? NACAG
    What is the risk threshold?
  •  

Products:

Nina Fahy
Executive Director, Senior Energy Transition Specialist, Rabobank

Peter-Paul Ekelschot
Managing Director, Global Lead Low Carbon Solutions, ING Bank N.V.

Dr Katja Yafimava, DPhil Geography, MPhil REES Oxon
Senior Research Fellow, The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Olivier Musset
Global Head of Energy Plus Group, Societe Generale

Anny Carolina Santodomingo Rojas
Technical Advisor- Nitric Acid Climate Action Group (NACAG), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
CERTIFIED OPERATOR TRAINING

10:00 - 13:00

Training

Hazards identification techniques for risks associated with green ammonia and urea

Case studies from electrolysers, ammonia synthesis loops, ammonia storage tanks operation and urea high pressure synthesis sections

  • What is HAZID (HAZardous Identification) ?
  • Electrolyser technologies to produce hydrogen
  • Gas (H2 and O2) cross over risks in electrolysers
  • Loss of containment risks in ammonia synthesis loops
  • Loss of containment risks
  • Ammonia storage tanks
  • Release of ammonia during loading/unloading operation
  • Urea high pressure synthesis sections
  • Managing leaks
  • Reliable instrumentation
  • State of the Art ammonia detection technologies
  • Training tools
  • New operators

Products:

Dan Cojocaru
Director , Fertilizer Academy

Kevin Rouwenhorst
Industrial Fellow, University of Twente

Maksym Selianynov
Principal Process Engineer at Fertilizer Academy, former Technical Manager at Odessa Port Plant, Fertilizer Academy

Mark Brouwer
Director, UreaKnowHow.com
Nitrogen+Syngas Technical Showcases

10:00 - 10:15

Technical Showcases

Biogas reforming for sustainable fuel production

Products:

Christian Schulz
New Business Development & Sustainability Manager | Global Chemical Catalysts & Adsorbents, BASF

10:15 - 10:30

Technical Showcases

Meta Master and Meta dynamics - Digital solutions for methanol plants

Products:

Kei Fukuzawa
Program Leader, Toyo Engineering corporation

10:30 - 10:45

Technical Showcases

2.25Cr-1Mo enhanced low alloy steel for high pressure ammonia equipment

Products:

Diego Lazzari
Head Of Sales , Belleli Energy CPE

10:45 - 11:00

Technical Showcases

BASF OASE® Connect - a digital platform for gas treatment applications, providing resources and a simulation tool for plant operation optimisation

Products:

Mohammed Grerifa
Technical Marketing Manager , BASF

11:30 - 12:00

Investment

Fostering investment in emerging assets - future of the ammonia supply in Europe

Products:

Bernd Haveresch
Chief Technical Advisor, Business Development, Clean Ammonia & Hydrogen, KBR, Inc.

11:00 - 11:15

Technical Showcases

Reducing the environmental impact of the nitric acid production

Products:

Carmen Perez
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

Sayujya Shah
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

11:15 - 11:30

Technical Showcases

Revolutionary pressure measurement sensor solution for high temperature applications

Products:

Christoph Wöber
Application Specialist Pressure, WIKA Alexander Wiegand SE & Co. KG

11:30 - 11:45

Technical Showcases

OMEGA®technology to improve efficiency of stream reformer furnaces

 

Products:

Dominique Flahaut
Group Technical Director, PARALLOY Group

11:45 - 12:00

Technical Showcases

Experiences with MicroMist™ and Jet Venturi scrubbing systems

Products:

Murad Ismayilov
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

12:00 | Networking Lunch Break

12:00 - 12:15

Technical Showcases

Revamping NH3 plants for CO2 emission reduction: hybridisation and retrofit for blue/green ammonia production

Products:

Sergio Panza
Ammonia Technology Manager, Casale SA
INVESTMENT AND COMMERCIAL PROGRAMME

13:50 - 14:00

CommercialInvestment

Welcome Address

Products:

Nicola Coslett
Chief Executive Officer - Communities , CRU Group

14:00 - 14:30

CommercialInvestment

Industry Keynote Address

Drive meaningful change toward achieving future net-zero industry infrastructure

Products:

14:30 - 15:00

CommercialInvestment

Global Nitrogen Market Outlook

Geopolitical risks, regulation implications, curtailments and closures, cost, prices, exports, new capacities. Is the industry ready to face the challenges and capitalise on the opportunities, and how different will it look on the other side?

Products:

Charlie Stephen
Senior Analyst, Fertiliser Costs and Emissions, CRU

15:00 | Networking Coffee Break

15:30 - 16:00

CommercialInvestment

A Dose of Realism

Assessing the market potential of low emission ammonia and hydrogen

Products:

Charlie Stephen
Senior Analyst, Fertiliser Costs and Emissions, CRU

Chris Lawson
Head of Fertilizers, CRU

16:00 - 16:45

CommercialInvestment

Industry Keynote Panel

Transforming the nitrogen and syngas industry

  • Pathways to future transformation- Infrastructure, novel technologies and new market applications
  • Managing the challenges associated with the transition to net-zero
  • Advancements in production - focusing on sustainable practices
  • Collaborative efforts and partnerships for industry transformation. INITIATE: industrial symbiosis between steel and fertilizer industry

Products:

Jahangir Piracha
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited

Aviv Bar Tal
Global Vice President Commercial Nitrogen, OCI Global

Joey Dobree
Head of Innovation Portfolio Management, NextChem S.p.A.

Marian Flores Granobles, PhD
Technical Advisor, Arcelor Mittal

16:45 - 17:15

CommercialInvestment

The EU CBAM: Implications for fertilizer costs and emissions

Products:

Halima Abu Ali
Analyst, Fertilizer Costs and Emissions, CRU Group

17:30 | Welcome Reception

19:00 | End of Day 1

11 Feb 2025

08:00 | Registration and Exhibition Open

Track One
Plant Reliability & Troubleshooting

09:00 - 09:30

Plant reliability & troubleshooting

Cracking the code: a decade-long journey to enhance plant reliability

Products:

Sania Ejaz
Process Engineer, Engro Fertilizer

09:30 - 10:00

Plant reliability & troubleshooting

MOC - Management of change

Products:

Vincent Duponchel
VP Process Safety, Yara Belgium S.A./N.V.
Track Two
Green Ammonia Technology

09:00 - 09:30

Ammonia

PEM electrolyser for green NH3 industrial pilot - Experience and requirements for technology development for full scale applications

Products:

Markus Dietzen
Process Engineer, Linde GmbH

09:30 - 10:00

Ammonia

Impact of pressure and temperature variation due to intermittent renewable energy on pressure components in green ammonia facilities

Products:

Guglielmo Deodato
Senior Mechanical Engineer, Casale SA

Silvia Cincera
Principal Piping Material Engineer, Casale SA
Track Three
Nitric Acid : catalyst and equipment

09:00 - 09:30

Nitric Acid

How to achieve higher gauze efficiency and lower costs in nitric acid plants: a practical guide

Products:

Florian Knaus
Manager Applied Technology, Umicore AG & Co. KG

Swetlana Romanenko
Senior Sales & Business Development Manager, Umicore AG & Co. KG

09:30 - 10:00

Nitric Acid

Explosion welded applications in nitric acid equipment realise superior safety and reliability levels

Products:

Mukesh Ahlavadi
Global Director of Chemical Applications and Markets, NobelClad

10:00 - 10:30

Plant reliability & troubleshooting

Investigating syngas piping failure - a root cause analysis

Products:

Tayyab Ejaz
Inspection Engineer, Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited

10:00 - 10:30

Ammonia

Beyond the trend: challenges in green ammonia economy

Products:

Bernd Keil
Senior Process Engineer, thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH

10:00 - 10:30

Nitric Acid

Getting the most out of your gauze

Products:

Matthew Wilson
Senior Technical Expert, Johnson Matthey

10:30 | Networking Coffee Break

Track One
Urea Plant Design

11:00 - 11:30

Urea

Self-stripping plant revamping with HYPER-U

Products:

Matteo Fumagalli
Urea Technology Manager, Casale SA

11:30 - 12:00

Urea

Ultra-low energy plant and mechanical design pool condenser/pool reactor

Products:

Veronica Rivas
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon
Track Two
Ammonia, Methanol and Urea Operations

11:00 - 11:30

Ammonia

Optimising ammonia plant operations: Chemical injection for fouling control to address elevated vacuum pressure. A case study of efficiency improvement from ammonia PSP-2B condenser 103-JTC

Products:

Raymond Gusrinaldi Tambunan
Process Engineer, PT Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang

Winandyo Mangkoto
Process Engineer, PT Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang

11:30 - 12:00

AmmoniaMethanol

Challenges & Solutions: Ammonia and methanol plants operating beyond full capacity - How we achieved this milestone

Products:

Muhammad Imran Idris
Team Lead Process Engineering, OQ Salalah Cluster

Muayad Qatan
Lead Process Engineer, OQBI
Track Three
Nitric Acid and Ammonium Nitrate Technology and Plant Reliability

11:00 - 11:30

Nitric Acid

Innovating our way to sustainability: 3D printed catalysts for N2O decomposition in nitric acid production

Products:

Matthias Müller
Research Scientist - Catalysis for Monomers, Intermediates and Fine Chemicals , BASF SE

11:30 - 12:00

Ammonium Nitrate

Lesson learned of changing the defected carrying beams for the granulator of an ammonium nitrate plant at Abu-Qir Fertilizers Company, Alexandria, Egypt

Products:

Ahmed Mokhtar Afify
Ammonium Nitrate Maintenance General Manager, Abu Qir Fertilizer Company

12:00 - 12:30

Urea

Enhancement of urea production through utilisation of an energy-efficient post combustion carbon capture process for reformer flue gas, and installation of a bulk flow cooler in a new fertilizer plant in Bangladesh

Products:

Junji Asahara
Senior Deputy Manager, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Yuji Higashi
Deputy Manager, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd

12:30 - 13:00

Urea

Corrosion Ray, EC-Pen, portable metallography & microscopy: a smart combination of different non-destructive test methods allows quick and reliable on-site assessment of critical process equipment at the manufacturer's workshop and the end-user's plant

Products:

Manuel Prohaska
CEO, MPC2 e.U.

12:00 - 12:30

Urea

Employing simulation for urea plant to improve operational conditions and reduce utility usage (water, energy, and others) to achieve sustainability goals

Products:

Ahmed Hanafi Mahmoud
Sr.Process Engineer, Helwan Fertilizers Company

12:30 - 13:00

Asset integrityMethanol

Lifecycle integrity management of outlet pigtails

Products:

Olivia Chung
Senior Engineer, Quest Integrity

12:00 - 12:30

Ammonium NitrateNitric Acid

Cutting-edge approaches in fertilizer technology: CASALE's expanded product portfolio

Products:

Iacopo Cerea
Nitric Acid & ANS Technology Manager, Casale SA

12:30 - 13:00

Ammonium NitrateNitric Acid

Optimisation of labyrinth seal design in Turbo Train 3-in-1 air compressor to address high thrust bearing temperature issues in ammonium nitrate and nitric acid plants

Products:

Hendra Novi
Project Manager, Pupuk Kalimantan Timur

12:30 | Networking Lunch Break

Track One
GHG Emissions Reduction

14:00 - 14:25

AmmoniaGHG emissionsHydrogen

Membrane-based ammonia purge gas hydrogen recovery units: a fresh look at an established technology

Products:

Geir Arne Johansen
Product Manager – Process Gas Systems, Air Products

14:25 - 14:50

GHG emissionsNitric Acid

Plant and process conditions for effective reduction of N2O emissions from nitric acid production

Products:

Oliver Henkes
Senior Technical Service Manager, Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG

14:50 - 15:15

AmmoniaCarbon Capture & UtilisationCommercialGHG emissionsHydrogen

The optimum carbon capture rate in H2 & NH3 plants: it is not 99%

Products:

Klemens Wawrzinek
Project Manager BD & Sales, Linde
Track Two
Digitalisation: technology and innovation

14:00 - 14:25

Digitalisation

Clariant´s PLUS series and Clarity – Drop-in solutions and digital catalyst insights to enhance the profitability and sustainability of existing syngas assets

Products:

Christian Berchthold
Global B2B Marketing Manager Syngas, Clariant

14:25 - 14:50

Digitalisation

Elevate your plant operations: The future of process monitoring

Products:

Ali El Sibai
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

14:50 - 15:15

Digitalisation

Advancements in TOYO’s DX-PLANT®

Products:

Akiko Ushifusa
Process Engineer, Toyo Engineering corporation
Track Three
Sustainable Fertilizer Production

14:00 - 14:30

Fertilizers

Pioneering sustainable nitrogen technology: from green ammonia to integrated fertilizer plant

Products:

Rolf Postma
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

14:30 - 15:00

Fertilizers

Optimising fertilizer processing: comparative analysis of cooling technologies for enhanced operational efficiency

Products:

Igor Makarenko
Chief Sales Officer, Solex Thermal Science

15:15 - 15:40

GHG emissionsMethanol

Sustainable methanol production powered by novel BASF SYNSPIRE™ methanol catalysts

Products:

Alexander Higelin
Team Lead New Business Development, BASF SE

15:15 - 15:40

Digitalisation

Access the wealth of knowledge through Topsoe's new digital learning solution

Products:

Tommy Allan Jensen
Senior Business Manager, Digital Service Transformation, Topsoe A/S

15:00 - 15:30

FertilizersNitric Acid

High-Fidelity operator training simulator for greenfield green fertilizer plants

Products:

Mayank Patel
Industry Strategy Director, Chemicals, Siemens Industry Software Limited

15:40 | Coffee Networking Break

Track One
CO2 Removal and Carbon Capture and Utilisation

16:10 - 16:35

AmmoniaCarbon Capture & Utilisation

Optimisation potential for existing CO2 removal unit of ammonia plants with BASF’s OASE® white low-low pressure (LLP) flash configuration

Products:

Mohammed Grerifa
Technical Marketing Manager , BASF

16:35 - 17:00

Carbon Capture & Utilisation

Effect of maldistribution on CO2 absorber performance

Products:

Simon Weiland
Product Manager, Optimized Gas Treating, Inc.
Track Two
Ammonia Plant Operations

16:10 - 16:40

Ammonia

JGC's green ammonia demonstration project and ammonia cracking development project status update

Products:

Kenji Kawabata
Group Manager, Technical Group, JGC Corporation

Osamu Toyokawa
Assistant Manager, Technical Group, JGC Corporation

16:40 - 17:10

Ammonia

Reduction in environmental footprint via installation of Hydrogen Recovery Unit (HRU)

Products:

Shawala Azhar
Process Engineer , Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited
Track Three
Fertilizer Finishing

16:10 - 16:35

FertilizersUrea

Production technologies for urea + AS/sulphur fertilizers

Products:

Mark Brouwer
Director, UreaKnowHow.com

16:35 - 17:00

FertilizersUrea

Stamicarbon granulation technology: from urea to UAS

Products:

Bruno Teixeira
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

17:00 - 17:25

Carbon Capture & Utilisation

Carbon capture energy balance. Can heat pumps solve the equation?

Products:

Andrea Orsetti
Senior Process Engineer, Nextchem Tech

17:25 - 17:50

Carbon Capture & UtilisationMethanol

Carbon capture and green methanol production potential in the pulp and paper industry

Products:

Thor Gallardo
Technology Manager – e-Methanol, KBR

17:10 - 17:40

Ammonia

Development of low temperature ammonia cracking technology utilizing exhaust heat

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Products:

17:00 - 17:25

Fertilizers

HDAN prill tower gas combined treatment, with WESP finishing implementation to Agropolychim unit in Bulgaria

Products:

Alessandro Gullà
Sales Manager, A.W.S. Corporation SRL

17:25 - 17:50

Ammonium NitrateFertilizersUrea

AN / CAN & enhanced urea finishing technologies

Products:

Ken Monstrey
Granulation Technology Manager, Casale SA

18:00 | Networking Reception

19:00 | End of Day 2

12 Feb 2025

08:00 | Registration and Exhibition Open

Track One
Urea Plant Safety and Integrity

09:00 - 09:30

Urea

Evaluation of a urea plant leakage resulting in an emergency shutdown, safety issues and loss of production

Products:

Mohamed Mostafa Shams
Urea maintenance manager , Misr Fertilizers Production Company “MOPCO”

09:30 - 10:00

Urea

Syn turbine casing integrity and operational continuity: addressing cracks in a high-pressure turbine

Products:

Khalid Farooq Khattak
Head of Machinery Maintenance, Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited

Shuja Hameed Butt
Machinery Maintenance Engineer, Fauji Fertilizer Company
Track Two
From Green Ammonia to Green Hydrogen - the Journey

09:00 - 09:30

Ammonia

Safe, sustainable and profitable ammonia production

Products:

Esben L. Sørensen
VP, Product Management & Strategy, Plug Power

09:30 - 10:00

Ammonia

Ammonia terminal on gravity based structure: a key asset for the energy transition

Products:

Andrea Zambianco
Low Carbon Solutions Product Development Manager, Saipem S.p.A.
Track Three
Energy Transition and Future Fuels

09:00 - 09:30

Future Fuels

Designing a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production process from methanol: towards a greener future in the aviation sector

Products:

Kirsten Braunsmann
New Business Development & Sustainability | Global Chemical Catalysts & Adsorbents, BASF SE

09:30 - 10:00

Future Fuels

Unleashing the power of blue hydrogen: Topsoe's innovations for a clean energy future

Products:

Adam Samir Kadhim
Product Line Director, Topsoe A/S

10:00 - 10:30

Urea

Thermowell design and Inspection

Products:

Giulio Paci
Principal Materials Engineer, Yara International

10:00 - 10:30

AmmoniaHydrogen

Cracking it back: the most promising technology on the horizon to produce hydrogen from ammonia

Products:

Laurent Prost
Head of HyCO Process Solution Development, Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH

Michael Lutz
Senior Process Engineer Innovation, Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH

10:00 - 10:30

Hydrogen

Blue H2: ROX (recuperative and oxidative reforming)

Products:

Pietro Moreo
Technology Manager, Syngas Process Dept., Casale SA

10:30 | Networking Coffee Break

Track One
Urea Production: Materials of Construction

11:00 - 11:30

Urea

Boosting the lifetime of urea HP equipment

Products:

Luca Edoardo Viganò
Urea Technology Leader, Saipem S.p.A.

11:30 - 12:00

Urea

Advanced material solutions for optimised urea production - A portfolio overview

Products:

Oscar Öhlin
Senior R&D Engineer, Alleima
Track Two
Ammonia and Methanol Plant Operations and Optimisation

11:00 - 11:30

Ammonia

Accelerating ammonia plant cold start-up by optimising the primary reformer heating path - A case study at PT Petrokimia Gresik

 

Products:

Alfin Ferdiawan
Process Engineer, PT Petrokimia Gresik

11:30 - 12:00

Methanol

How OQ has improved the reliability of methanol steam methane reformer tubes

Products:

Muhammad Faisal Faraz
Senior Process Engineer, OQBi

Abdullah Al Balushi
Asset Integrity Engineer, OQBi
Track Three
Low Carbon Hydrogen Production

11:00 - 11:30

AmmoniaHydrogen

Challenges of hybrid ammonia plants – innovative ways to close the nitrogen gap and cope with fluctuating green hydrogen profiles

Products:

Johannes Distler
Senior Sales Manager, thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH

11:30 - 12:00

Hydrogen

Key performance indicators of CPO, SMR and ATR in low carbon hydrogen production

 

Products:

Leonardo Falbo
Senior Technology Process Engineer, NetxChem Tech. SPA

12:00 - 12:30

Urea

Weldability of high performance super-duplex seamless tube material used in classic & modern urea process units

Products:

Denise Caspar
Business Development Manager, CPI & Energy, DMV GmbH

12:30 - 13:00

Urea

The first successful installation of mechanical plugs in a pool condenser

Products:

Shufen Wen
Product & Market Analysis Manager, Stamicarbon

Tareque Iftekhar
Sr. Mechanical Inspection Engineer, Stamicarbon

12:00 - 12:30

Ammonia

Successful decommissioning, inspection and recommissioning of ammonia storage tank - a record breaking feat


Products:

Hassam Khalid
Deputy Manager Operations, Engro Fertilizers Limited

12:30 - 13:00

Ammonia

Successful start-up of a European ammonia plant following replacement of obsolete bayonet and fire-tube boilers with Casale-Arvos double-tube design

Products:

Marco Mazzamuto Carlucci
Ammonia Technology Leader, Casale SA

12:00 - 12:30

AmmoniaHydrogen

Flexible decarbonisation: navigating energy transition with hydrogen and ammonia

Products:

Sayan Dasgupta
Head of Technology Syngas, Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany

12:30 - 13:00

Ammonia

Ammonia cracking catalyst: what is in your tubes? Optimising fundamentals of ammonia cracking catalyst starting from the support

                                    

Products:

Adrien Serve
Technical Sales Manager, UNICAT Catalyst Technologies, LLC

12:30 | Networking Lunch Break

Track One
Decarbonising Urea Production

14:00 - 14:30

Urea

Valorisation of excess LP steam for reduced carbon footprint of urea plants

Products:

Damiano Visciotti
Technology Manager, Tecnimont Spa

14:30 - 15:00

Urea

Technical solutions to decarbonise urea plants

Products:

Marc Wieschalla
Head of Process Group Urea, thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH
Track Two
Ammonia Plant Operations

14:00 - 14:30

Ammonia

Drying out for success: Engro’s experience of effective HTSC dry-out and resuming ammonia production

Products:

Mohammad Arslan Qureshi
Senior Process Engineer, Engro Fertilizers

14:30 - 15:00

Ammonia

Excellence in catalyst performance monitoring: Indorama's digital transformation with CLARITY™ prime

Products:

Sushansi Agarwal
Technical Service Lead, Indorama Fertilizers Limited

Muhammad Umar Riaz
Sr. Applied Catalyst Technology Engineer - MEA, Clariant
Track Three
Asset Integrity

14:00 - 14:30

Asset integrity

Application of Level 3 fitness-for-service assessment for understanding hot collector integrity

Products:

Daniel Blanks
Senior Structural Integrity Engineer and Team Lead, Quest Integrity Group

14:30 - 15:00

Asset integrity

Catalyst tubes after 10 years in service: correlation between operating history and remaining lifetime

Products:

Rafael Andrade
Engineering Manager, ENGEMASA Engenharia e Materiais Ltda

15:00 - 15:30

Urea

TOYO decarbonises urea production for modern and vintage urea plants, and next-gen g-Urea® plants

Products:

Kazuki Kamikubo
Process Engineer, Toyo Engineering Corporation

15:00 - 15:30

Ammonia

N2C - circulating nitrogen to reduce cooling time of secondary reformer catalyst replacement using LTS start-up-blower (173-J) on KBR Purifier ammonia Plant Pusri 2B, Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang

Products:

Giar Pradipta
Process Engineer, PT. Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang

15:00 - 15:30

Asset integrity

Increasing process efficiency and service life of syngas reformers, amine and Benfield vessels - Four case studies

IGS Europe

 

Products:

Johannes Poth
Senior Technologist, IGS

16:00 | End of Conference

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09:00 | Exhibition open

09:00 | Registration open

INVESTMENT AND COMMERCIAL PROGRAMME

10:00 - 10:10

Investment

Chair Welcoming Address

Products:

Chris Lawson
Head of Fertilizers, CRU

10:10 - 10:40

Investment

Keynote Address

Navigating the global net-zero investment landscape. Outlook 2025 and beyond.

Products:

Matti Leppälä
Secretary General, CEO, PensionsEurope

10:40 - 11:30

Investment

Investors Panel Discussion

Unlocking the potential - Focus on future assets     

  • What are the current allocations in emerging asset class - ammonia and hydrogen?
  • Nitric acid global projects pipeline: Where are the new frontiers? NACAG
    What is the risk threshold?
  •  

Products:

Nina Fahy
Executive Director, Senior Energy Transition Specialist, Rabobank

Peter-Paul Ekelschot
Managing Director, Global Lead Low Carbon Solutions, ING Bank N.V.

Dr Katja Yafimava, DPhil Geography, MPhil REES Oxon
Senior Research Fellow, The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Olivier Musset
Global Head of Energy Plus Group, Societe Generale

Anny Carolina Santodomingo Rojas
Technical Advisor- Nitric Acid Climate Action Group (NACAG), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
CERTIFIED OPERATOR TRAINING

10:00 - 13:00

Training

Hazards identification techniques for risks associated with green ammonia and urea

Case studies from electrolysers, ammonia synthesis loops, ammonia storage tanks operation and urea high pressure synthesis sections

  • What is HAZID (HAZardous Identification) ?
  • Electrolyser technologies to produce hydrogen
  • Gas (H2 and O2) cross over risks in electrolysers
  • Loss of containment risks in ammonia synthesis loops
  • Loss of containment risks
  • Ammonia storage tanks
  • Release of ammonia during loading/unloading operation
  • Urea high pressure synthesis sections
  • Managing leaks
  • Reliable instrumentation
  • State of the Art ammonia detection technologies
  • Training tools
  • New operators

Products:

Dan Cojocaru
Director , Fertilizer Academy

Kevin Rouwenhorst
Industrial Fellow, University of Twente

Maksym Selianynov
Principal Process Engineer at Fertilizer Academy, former Technical Manager at Odessa Port Plant, Fertilizer Academy

Mark Brouwer
Director, UreaKnowHow.com
Nitrogen+Syngas Technical Showcases

10:00 - 10:15

Technical Showcases

Biogas reforming for sustainable fuel production

Products:

Christian Schulz
New Business Development & Sustainability Manager | Global Chemical Catalysts & Adsorbents, BASF

10:15 - 10:30

Technical Showcases

Meta Master and Meta dynamics - Digital solutions for methanol plants

Products:

Kei Fukuzawa
Program Leader, Toyo Engineering corporation

10:30 - 10:45

Technical Showcases

2.25Cr-1Mo enhanced low alloy steel for high pressure ammonia equipment

Products:

Diego Lazzari
Head Of Sales , Belleli Energy CPE

10:45 - 11:00

Technical Showcases

BASF OASE® Connect - a digital platform for gas treatment applications, providing resources and a simulation tool for plant operation optimisation

Products:

Mohammed Grerifa
Technical Marketing Manager , BASF

11:30 - 12:00

Investment

Fostering investment in emerging assets - future of the ammonia supply in Europe

Products:

Bernd Haveresch
Chief Technical Advisor, Business Development, Clean Ammonia & Hydrogen, KBR, Inc.

11:00 - 11:15

Technical Showcases

Reducing the environmental impact of the nitric acid production

Products:

Carmen Perez
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

Sayujya Shah
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

11:15 - 11:30

Technical Showcases

Revolutionary pressure measurement sensor solution for high temperature applications

Products:

Christoph Wöber
Application Specialist Pressure, WIKA Alexander Wiegand SE & Co. KG

11:30 - 11:45

Technical Showcases

OMEGA®technology to improve efficiency of stream reformer furnaces

 

Products:

Dominique Flahaut
Group Technical Director, PARALLOY Group

11:45 - 12:00

Technical Showcases

Experiences with MicroMist™ and Jet Venturi scrubbing systems

Products:

Murad Ismayilov
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

12:00 | Networking Lunch Break

12:00 - 12:15

Technical Showcases

Revamping NH3 plants for CO2 emission reduction: hybridisation and retrofit for blue/green ammonia production

Products:

Sergio Panza
Ammonia Technology Manager, Casale SA
INVESTMENT AND COMMERCIAL PROGRAMME

13:50 - 14:00

CommercialInvestment

Welcome Address

Products:

Nicola Coslett
Chief Executive Officer - Communities , CRU Group

14:00 - 14:30

CommercialInvestment

Industry Keynote Address

Drive meaningful change toward achieving future net-zero industry infrastructure

Products:

14:30 - 15:00

CommercialInvestment

Global Nitrogen Market Outlook

Geopolitical risks, regulation implications, curtailments and closures, cost, prices, exports, new capacities. Is the industry ready to face the challenges and capitalise on the opportunities, and how different will it look on the other side?

Products:

Charlie Stephen
Senior Analyst, Fertiliser Costs and Emissions, CRU

15:00 | Networking Coffee Break

15:30 - 16:00

CommercialInvestment

A Dose of Realism

Assessing the market potential of low emission ammonia and hydrogen

Products:

Charlie Stephen
Senior Analyst, Fertiliser Costs and Emissions, CRU

Chris Lawson
Head of Fertilizers, CRU

16:00 - 16:45

CommercialInvestment

Industry Keynote Panel

Transforming the nitrogen and syngas industry

  • Pathways to future transformation- Infrastructure, novel technologies and new market applications
  • Managing the challenges associated with the transition to net-zero
  • Advancements in production - focusing on sustainable practices
  • Collaborative efforts and partnerships for industry transformation. INITIATE: industrial symbiosis between steel and fertilizer industry

Products:

Jahangir Piracha
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited

Aviv Bar Tal
Global Vice President Commercial Nitrogen, OCI Global

Joey Dobree
Head of Innovation Portfolio Management, NextChem S.p.A.

Marian Flores Granobles, PhD
Technical Advisor, Arcelor Mittal

16:45 - 17:15

CommercialInvestment

The EU CBAM: Implications for fertilizer costs and emissions

Products:

Halima Abu Ali
Analyst, Fertilizer Costs and Emissions, CRU Group

17:30 | Welcome Reception

19:00 | End of Day 1

08:00 | Registration and Exhibition Open

Track One
Plant Reliability & Troubleshooting

09:00 - 09:30

Plant reliability & troubleshooting

Cracking the code: a decade-long journey to enhance plant reliability

Products:

Sania Ejaz
Process Engineer, Engro Fertilizer

09:30 - 10:00

Plant reliability & troubleshooting

MOC - Management of change

Products:

Vincent Duponchel
VP Process Safety, Yara Belgium S.A./N.V.
Track Two
Green Ammonia Technology

09:00 - 09:30

Ammonia

PEM electrolyser for green NH3 industrial pilot - Experience and requirements for technology development for full scale applications

Products:

Markus Dietzen
Process Engineer, Linde GmbH

09:30 - 10:00

Ammonia

Impact of pressure and temperature variation due to intermittent renewable energy on pressure components in green ammonia facilities

Products:

Guglielmo Deodato
Senior Mechanical Engineer, Casale SA

Silvia Cincera
Principal Piping Material Engineer, Casale SA
Track Three
Nitric Acid : catalyst and equipment

09:00 - 09:30

Nitric Acid

How to achieve higher gauze efficiency and lower costs in nitric acid plants: a practical guide

Products:

Florian Knaus
Manager Applied Technology, Umicore AG & Co. KG

Swetlana Romanenko
Senior Sales & Business Development Manager, Umicore AG & Co. KG

09:30 - 10:00

Nitric Acid

Explosion welded applications in nitric acid equipment realise superior safety and reliability levels

Products:

Mukesh Ahlavadi
Global Director of Chemical Applications and Markets, NobelClad

10:00 - 10:30

Plant reliability & troubleshooting

Investigating syngas piping failure - a root cause analysis

Products:

Tayyab Ejaz
Inspection Engineer, Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited

10:00 - 10:30

Ammonia

Beyond the trend: challenges in green ammonia economy

Products:

Bernd Keil
Senior Process Engineer, thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH

10:00 - 10:30

Nitric Acid

Getting the most out of your gauze

Products:

Matthew Wilson
Senior Technical Expert, Johnson Matthey

10:30 | Networking Coffee Break

Track One
Urea Plant Design

11:00 - 11:30

Urea

Self-stripping plant revamping with HYPER-U

Products:

Matteo Fumagalli
Urea Technology Manager, Casale SA

11:30 - 12:00

Urea

Ultra-low energy plant and mechanical design pool condenser/pool reactor

Products:

Veronica Rivas
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon
Track Two
Ammonia, Methanol and Urea Operations

11:00 - 11:30

Ammonia

Optimising ammonia plant operations: Chemical injection for fouling control to address elevated vacuum pressure. A case study of efficiency improvement from ammonia PSP-2B condenser 103-JTC

Products:

Raymond Gusrinaldi Tambunan
Process Engineer, PT Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang

Winandyo Mangkoto
Process Engineer, PT Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang

11:30 - 12:00

AmmoniaMethanol

Challenges & Solutions: Ammonia and methanol plants operating beyond full capacity - How we achieved this milestone

Products:

Muhammad Imran Idris
Team Lead Process Engineering, OQ Salalah Cluster

Muayad Qatan
Lead Process Engineer, OQBI
Track Three
Nitric Acid and Ammonium Nitrate Technology and Plant Reliability

11:00 - 11:30

Nitric Acid

Innovating our way to sustainability: 3D printed catalysts for N2O decomposition in nitric acid production

Products:

Matthias Müller
Research Scientist - Catalysis for Monomers, Intermediates and Fine Chemicals , BASF SE

11:30 - 12:00

Ammonium Nitrate

Lesson learned of changing the defected carrying beams for the granulator of an ammonium nitrate plant at Abu-Qir Fertilizers Company, Alexandria, Egypt

Products:

Ahmed Mokhtar Afify
Ammonium Nitrate Maintenance General Manager, Abu Qir Fertilizer Company

12:00 - 12:30

Urea

Enhancement of urea production through utilisation of an energy-efficient post combustion carbon capture process for reformer flue gas, and installation of a bulk flow cooler in a new fertilizer plant in Bangladesh

Products:

Junji Asahara
Senior Deputy Manager, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Yuji Higashi
Deputy Manager, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd

12:30 - 13:00

Urea

Corrosion Ray, EC-Pen, portable metallography & microscopy: a smart combination of different non-destructive test methods allows quick and reliable on-site assessment of critical process equipment at the manufacturer's workshop and the end-user's plant

Products:

Manuel Prohaska
CEO, MPC2 e.U.

12:00 - 12:30

Urea

Employing simulation for urea plant to improve operational conditions and reduce utility usage (water, energy, and others) to achieve sustainability goals

Products:

Ahmed Hanafi Mahmoud
Sr.Process Engineer, Helwan Fertilizers Company

12:30 - 13:00

Asset integrityMethanol

Lifecycle integrity management of outlet pigtails

Products:

Olivia Chung
Senior Engineer, Quest Integrity

12:00 - 12:30

Ammonium NitrateNitric Acid

Cutting-edge approaches in fertilizer technology: CASALE's expanded product portfolio

Products:

Iacopo Cerea
Nitric Acid & ANS Technology Manager, Casale SA

12:30 - 13:00

Ammonium NitrateNitric Acid

Optimisation of labyrinth seal design in Turbo Train 3-in-1 air compressor to address high thrust bearing temperature issues in ammonium nitrate and nitric acid plants

Products:

Hendra Novi
Project Manager, Pupuk Kalimantan Timur

12:30 | Networking Lunch Break

Track One
GHG Emissions Reduction

14:00 - 14:25

AmmoniaGHG emissionsHydrogen

Membrane-based ammonia purge gas hydrogen recovery units: a fresh look at an established technology

Products:

Geir Arne Johansen
Product Manager – Process Gas Systems, Air Products

14:25 - 14:50

GHG emissionsNitric Acid

Plant and process conditions for effective reduction of N2O emissions from nitric acid production

Products:

Oliver Henkes
Senior Technical Service Manager, Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG

14:50 - 15:15

AmmoniaCarbon Capture & UtilisationCommercialGHG emissionsHydrogen

The optimum carbon capture rate in H2 & NH3 plants: it is not 99%

Products:

Klemens Wawrzinek
Project Manager BD & Sales, Linde
Track Two
Digitalisation: technology and innovation

14:00 - 14:25

Digitalisation

Clariant´s PLUS series and Clarity – Drop-in solutions and digital catalyst insights to enhance the profitability and sustainability of existing syngas assets

Products:

Christian Berchthold
Global B2B Marketing Manager Syngas, Clariant

14:25 - 14:50

Digitalisation

Elevate your plant operations: The future of process monitoring

Products:

Ali El Sibai
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

14:50 - 15:15

Digitalisation

Advancements in TOYO’s DX-PLANT®

Products:

Akiko Ushifusa
Process Engineer, Toyo Engineering corporation
Track Three
Sustainable Fertilizer Production

14:00 - 14:30

Fertilizers

Pioneering sustainable nitrogen technology: from green ammonia to integrated fertilizer plant

Products:

Rolf Postma
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

14:30 - 15:00

Fertilizers

Optimising fertilizer processing: comparative analysis of cooling technologies for enhanced operational efficiency

Products:

Igor Makarenko
Chief Sales Officer, Solex Thermal Science

15:15 - 15:40

GHG emissionsMethanol

Sustainable methanol production powered by novel BASF SYNSPIRE™ methanol catalysts

Products:

Alexander Higelin
Team Lead New Business Development, BASF SE

15:15 - 15:40

Digitalisation

Access the wealth of knowledge through Topsoe's new digital learning solution

Products:

Tommy Allan Jensen
Senior Business Manager, Digital Service Transformation, Topsoe A/S

15:00 - 15:30

FertilizersNitric Acid

High-Fidelity operator training simulator for greenfield green fertilizer plants

Products:

Mayank Patel
Industry Strategy Director, Chemicals, Siemens Industry Software Limited

15:40 | Coffee Networking Break

Track One
CO2 Removal and Carbon Capture and Utilisation

16:10 - 16:35

AmmoniaCarbon Capture & Utilisation

Optimisation potential for existing CO2 removal unit of ammonia plants with BASF’s OASE® white low-low pressure (LLP) flash configuration

Products:

Mohammed Grerifa
Technical Marketing Manager , BASF

16:35 - 17:00

Carbon Capture & Utilisation

Effect of maldistribution on CO2 absorber performance

Products:

Simon Weiland
Product Manager, Optimized Gas Treating, Inc.
Track Two
Ammonia Plant Operations

16:10 - 16:40

Ammonia

JGC's green ammonia demonstration project and ammonia cracking development project status update

Products:

Kenji Kawabata
Group Manager, Technical Group, JGC Corporation

Osamu Toyokawa
Assistant Manager, Technical Group, JGC Corporation

16:40 - 17:10

Ammonia

Reduction in environmental footprint via installation of Hydrogen Recovery Unit (HRU)

Products:

Shawala Azhar
Process Engineer , Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited
Track Three
Fertilizer Finishing

16:10 - 16:35

FertilizersUrea

Production technologies for urea + AS/sulphur fertilizers

Products:

Mark Brouwer
Director, UreaKnowHow.com

16:35 - 17:00

FertilizersUrea

Stamicarbon granulation technology: from urea to UAS

Products:

Bruno Teixeira
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

17:00 - 17:25

Carbon Capture & Utilisation

Carbon capture energy balance. Can heat pumps solve the equation?

Products:

Andrea Orsetti
Senior Process Engineer, Nextchem Tech

17:25 - 17:50

Carbon Capture & UtilisationMethanol

Carbon capture and green methanol production potential in the pulp and paper industry

Products:

Thor Gallardo
Technology Manager – e-Methanol, KBR

17:10 - 17:40

Ammonia

Development of low temperature ammonia cracking technology utilizing exhaust heat

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Products:

17:00 - 17:25

Fertilizers

HDAN prill tower gas combined treatment, with WESP finishing implementation to Agropolychim unit in Bulgaria

Products:

Alessandro Gullà
Sales Manager, A.W.S. Corporation SRL

17:25 - 17:50

Ammonium NitrateFertilizersUrea

AN / CAN & enhanced urea finishing technologies

Products:

Ken Monstrey
Granulation Technology Manager, Casale SA

18:00 | Networking Reception

19:00 | End of Day 2

08:00 | Registration and Exhibition Open

Track One
Urea Plant Safety and Integrity

09:00 - 09:30

Urea

Evaluation of a urea plant leakage resulting in an emergency shutdown, safety issues and loss of production

Products:

Mohamed Mostafa Shams
Urea maintenance manager , Misr Fertilizers Production Company “MOPCO”

09:30 - 10:00

Urea

Syn turbine casing integrity and operational continuity: addressing cracks in a high-pressure turbine

Products:

Khalid Farooq Khattak
Head of Machinery Maintenance, Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited

Shuja Hameed Butt
Machinery Maintenance Engineer, Fauji Fertilizer Company
Track Two
From Green Ammonia to Green Hydrogen - the Journey

09:00 - 09:30

Ammonia

Safe, sustainable and profitable ammonia production

Products:

Esben L. Sørensen
VP, Product Management & Strategy, Plug Power

09:30 - 10:00

Ammonia

Ammonia terminal on gravity based structure: a key asset for the energy transition

Products:

Andrea Zambianco
Low Carbon Solutions Product Development Manager, Saipem S.p.A.
Track Three
Energy Transition and Future Fuels

09:00 - 09:30

Future Fuels

Designing a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production process from methanol: towards a greener future in the aviation sector

Products:

Kirsten Braunsmann
New Business Development & Sustainability | Global Chemical Catalysts & Adsorbents, BASF SE

09:30 - 10:00

Future Fuels

Unleashing the power of blue hydrogen: Topsoe's innovations for a clean energy future

Products:

Adam Samir Kadhim
Product Line Director, Topsoe A/S

10:00 - 10:30

Urea

Thermowell design and Inspection

Products:

Giulio Paci
Principal Materials Engineer, Yara International

10:00 - 10:30

AmmoniaHydrogen

Cracking it back: the most promising technology on the horizon to produce hydrogen from ammonia

Products:

Laurent Prost
Head of HyCO Process Solution Development, Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH

Michael Lutz
Senior Process Engineer Innovation, Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH

10:00 - 10:30

Hydrogen

Blue H2: ROX (recuperative and oxidative reforming)

Products:

Pietro Moreo
Technology Manager, Syngas Process Dept., Casale SA

10:30 | Networking Coffee Break

Track One
Urea Production: Materials of Construction

11:00 - 11:30

Urea

Boosting the lifetime of urea HP equipment

Products:

Luca Edoardo Viganò
Urea Technology Leader, Saipem S.p.A.

11:30 - 12:00

Urea

Advanced material solutions for optimised urea production - A portfolio overview

Products:

Oscar Öhlin
Senior R&D Engineer, Alleima
Track Two
Ammonia and Methanol Plant Operations and Optimisation

11:00 - 11:30

Ammonia

Accelerating ammonia plant cold start-up by optimising the primary reformer heating path - A case study at PT Petrokimia Gresik

 

Products:

Alfin Ferdiawan
Process Engineer, PT Petrokimia Gresik

11:30 - 12:00

Methanol

How OQ has improved the reliability of methanol steam methane reformer tubes

Products:

Muhammad Faisal Faraz
Senior Process Engineer, OQBi

Abdullah Al Balushi
Asset Integrity Engineer, OQBi
Track Three
Low Carbon Hydrogen Production

11:00 - 11:30

AmmoniaHydrogen

Challenges of hybrid ammonia plants – innovative ways to close the nitrogen gap and cope with fluctuating green hydrogen profiles

Products:

Johannes Distler
Senior Sales Manager, thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH

11:30 - 12:00

Hydrogen

Key performance indicators of CPO, SMR and ATR in low carbon hydrogen production

 

Products:

Leonardo Falbo
Senior Technology Process Engineer, NetxChem Tech. SPA

12:00 - 12:30

Urea

Weldability of high performance super-duplex seamless tube material used in classic & modern urea process units

Products:

Denise Caspar
Business Development Manager, CPI & Energy, DMV GmbH

12:30 - 13:00

Urea

The first successful installation of mechanical plugs in a pool condenser

Products:

Shufen Wen
Product & Market Analysis Manager, Stamicarbon

Tareque Iftekhar
Sr. Mechanical Inspection Engineer, Stamicarbon

12:00 - 12:30

Ammonia

Successful decommissioning, inspection and recommissioning of ammonia storage tank - a record breaking feat


Products:

Hassam Khalid
Deputy Manager Operations, Engro Fertilizers Limited

12:30 - 13:00

Ammonia

Successful start-up of a European ammonia plant following replacement of obsolete bayonet and fire-tube boilers with Casale-Arvos double-tube design

Products:

Marco Mazzamuto Carlucci
Ammonia Technology Leader, Casale SA

12:00 - 12:30

AmmoniaHydrogen

Flexible decarbonisation: navigating energy transition with hydrogen and ammonia

Products:

Sayan Dasgupta
Head of Technology Syngas, Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany

12:30 - 13:00

Ammonia

Ammonia cracking catalyst: what is in your tubes? Optimising fundamentals of ammonia cracking catalyst starting from the support

                                    

Products:

Adrien Serve
Technical Sales Manager, UNICAT Catalyst Technologies, LLC

12:30 | Networking Lunch Break

Track One
Decarbonising Urea Production

14:00 - 14:30

Urea

Valorisation of excess LP steam for reduced carbon footprint of urea plants

Products:

Damiano Visciotti
Technology Manager, Tecnimont Spa

14:30 - 15:00

Urea

Technical solutions to decarbonise urea plants

Products:

Marc Wieschalla
Head of Process Group Urea, thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH
Track Two
Ammonia Plant Operations

14:00 - 14:30

Ammonia

Drying out for success: Engro’s experience of effective HTSC dry-out and resuming ammonia production

Products:

Mohammad Arslan Qureshi
Senior Process Engineer, Engro Fertilizers

14:30 - 15:00

Ammonia

Excellence in catalyst performance monitoring: Indorama's digital transformation with CLARITY™ prime

Products:

Sushansi Agarwal
Technical Service Lead, Indorama Fertilizers Limited

Muhammad Umar Riaz
Sr. Applied Catalyst Technology Engineer - MEA, Clariant
Track Three
Asset Integrity

14:00 - 14:30

Asset integrity

Application of Level 3 fitness-for-service assessment for understanding hot collector integrity

Products:

Daniel Blanks
Senior Structural Integrity Engineer and Team Lead, Quest Integrity Group

14:30 - 15:00

Asset integrity

Catalyst tubes after 10 years in service: correlation between operating history and remaining lifetime

Products:

Rafael Andrade
Engineering Manager, ENGEMASA Engenharia e Materiais Ltda

15:00 - 15:30

Urea

TOYO decarbonises urea production for modern and vintage urea plants, and next-gen g-Urea® plants

Products:

Kazuki Kamikubo
Process Engineer, Toyo Engineering Corporation

15:00 - 15:30

Ammonia

N2C - circulating nitrogen to reduce cooling time of secondary reformer catalyst replacement using LTS start-up-blower (173-J) on KBR Purifier ammonia Plant Pusri 2B, Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang

Products:

Giar Pradipta
Process Engineer, PT. Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang

15:00 - 15:30

Asset integrity

Increasing process efficiency and service life of syngas reformers, amine and Benfield vessels - Four case studies

IGS Europe

 

Products:

Johannes Poth
Senior Technologist, IGS

16:00 | End of Conference

09:00 | Exhibition open

09:00 | Registration open

INVESTMENT AND COMMERCIAL PROGRAMME

10:00 - 10:10

Investment

Chair Welcoming Address

Products:

Chris Lawson
Head of Fertilizers, CRU

10:10 - 10:40

Investment

Keynote Address

Navigating the global net-zero investment landscape. Outlook 2025 and beyond.

Products:

Matti Leppälä
Secretary General, CEO, PensionsEurope

10:40 - 11:30

Investment

Investors Panel Discussion

Unlocking the potential - Focus on future assets     

  • What are the current allocations in emerging asset class - ammonia and hydrogen?
  • Nitric acid global projects pipeline: Where are the new frontiers? NACAG
    What is the risk threshold?
  •  

Products:

Nina Fahy
Executive Director, Senior Energy Transition Specialist, Rabobank

Peter-Paul Ekelschot
Managing Director, Global Lead Low Carbon Solutions, ING Bank N.V.

Dr Katja Yafimava, DPhil Geography, MPhil REES Oxon
Senior Research Fellow, The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Olivier Musset
Global Head of Energy Plus Group, Societe Generale

Anny Carolina Santodomingo Rojas
Technical Advisor- Nitric Acid Climate Action Group (NACAG), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
CERTIFIED OPERATOR TRAINING

10:00 - 13:00

Training

Hazards identification techniques for risks associated with green ammonia and urea

Case studies from electrolysers, ammonia synthesis loops, ammonia storage tanks operation and urea high pressure synthesis sections

  • What is HAZID (HAZardous Identification) ?
  • Electrolyser technologies to produce hydrogen
  • Gas (H2 and O2) cross over risks in electrolysers
  • Loss of containment risks in ammonia synthesis loops
  • Loss of containment risks
  • Ammonia storage tanks
  • Release of ammonia during loading/unloading operation
  • Urea high pressure synthesis sections
  • Managing leaks
  • Reliable instrumentation
  • State of the Art ammonia detection technologies
  • Training tools
  • New operators

Products:

Dan Cojocaru
Director , Fertilizer Academy

Kevin Rouwenhorst
Industrial Fellow, University of Twente

Maksym Selianynov
Principal Process Engineer at Fertilizer Academy, former Technical Manager at Odessa Port Plant, Fertilizer Academy

Mark Brouwer
Director, UreaKnowHow.com
Nitrogen+Syngas Technical Showcases

10:00 - 10:15

Technical Showcases

Biogas reforming for sustainable fuel production

Products:

Christian Schulz
New Business Development & Sustainability Manager | Global Chemical Catalysts & Adsorbents, BASF

10:15 - 10:30

Technical Showcases

Meta Master and Meta dynamics - Digital solutions for methanol plants

Products:

Kei Fukuzawa
Program Leader, Toyo Engineering corporation

10:30 - 10:45

Technical Showcases

2.25Cr-1Mo enhanced low alloy steel for high pressure ammonia equipment

Products:

Diego Lazzari
Head Of Sales , Belleli Energy CPE

10:45 - 11:00

Technical Showcases

BASF OASE® Connect - a digital platform for gas treatment applications, providing resources and a simulation tool for plant operation optimisation

Products:

Mohammed Grerifa
Technical Marketing Manager , BASF

11:30 - 12:00

Investment

Fostering investment in emerging assets - future of the ammonia supply in Europe

Products:

Bernd Haveresch
Chief Technical Advisor, Business Development, Clean Ammonia & Hydrogen, KBR, Inc.

11:00 - 11:15

Technical Showcases

Reducing the environmental impact of the nitric acid production

Products:

Carmen Perez
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

Sayujya Shah
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

11:15 - 11:30

Technical Showcases

Revolutionary pressure measurement sensor solution for high temperature applications

Products:

Christoph Wöber
Application Specialist Pressure, WIKA Alexander Wiegand SE & Co. KG

11:30 - 11:45

Technical Showcases

OMEGA®technology to improve efficiency of stream reformer furnaces

 

Products:

Dominique Flahaut
Group Technical Director, PARALLOY Group

11:45 - 12:00

Technical Showcases

Experiences with MicroMist™ and Jet Venturi scrubbing systems

Products:

Murad Ismayilov
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

12:00 | Networking Lunch Break

12:00 - 12:15

Technical Showcases

Revamping NH3 plants for CO2 emission reduction: hybridisation and retrofit for blue/green ammonia production

Products:

Sergio Panza
Ammonia Technology Manager, Casale SA
INVESTMENT AND COMMERCIAL PROGRAMME

13:50 - 14:00

CommercialInvestment

Welcome Address

Products:

Nicola Coslett
Chief Executive Officer - Communities , CRU Group

14:00 - 14:30

CommercialInvestment

Industry Keynote Address

Drive meaningful change toward achieving future net-zero industry infrastructure

Products:

14:30 - 15:00

CommercialInvestment

Global Nitrogen Market Outlook

Geopolitical risks, regulation implications, curtailments and closures, cost, prices, exports, new capacities. Is the industry ready to face the challenges and capitalise on the opportunities, and how different will it look on the other side?

Products:

Charlie Stephen
Senior Analyst, Fertiliser Costs and Emissions, CRU

15:00 | Networking Coffee Break

15:30 - 16:00

CommercialInvestment

A Dose of Realism

Assessing the market potential of low emission ammonia and hydrogen

Products:

Charlie Stephen
Senior Analyst, Fertiliser Costs and Emissions, CRU

Chris Lawson
Head of Fertilizers, CRU

16:00 - 16:45

CommercialInvestment

Industry Keynote Panel

Transforming the nitrogen and syngas industry

  • Pathways to future transformation- Infrastructure, novel technologies and new market applications
  • Managing the challenges associated with the transition to net-zero
  • Advancements in production - focusing on sustainable practices
  • Collaborative efforts and partnerships for industry transformation. INITIATE: industrial symbiosis between steel and fertilizer industry

Products:

Jahangir Piracha
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited

Aviv Bar Tal
Global Vice President Commercial Nitrogen, OCI Global

Joey Dobree
Head of Innovation Portfolio Management, NextChem S.p.A.

Marian Flores Granobles, PhD
Technical Advisor, Arcelor Mittal

16:45 - 17:15

CommercialInvestment

The EU CBAM: Implications for fertilizer costs and emissions

Products:

Halima Abu Ali
Analyst, Fertilizer Costs and Emissions, CRU Group

17:30 | Welcome Reception

19:00 | End of Day 1

08:00 | Registration and Exhibition Open

Track One
Plant Reliability & Troubleshooting

09:00 - 09:30

Plant reliability & troubleshooting

Cracking the code: a decade-long journey to enhance plant reliability

Products:

Sania Ejaz
Process Engineer, Engro Fertilizer

09:30 - 10:00

Plant reliability & troubleshooting

MOC - Management of change

Products:

Vincent Duponchel
VP Process Safety, Yara Belgium S.A./N.V.
Track Two
Green Ammonia Technology

09:00 - 09:30

Ammonia

PEM electrolyser for green NH3 industrial pilot - Experience and requirements for technology development for full scale applications

Products:

Markus Dietzen
Process Engineer, Linde GmbH

09:30 - 10:00

Ammonia

Impact of pressure and temperature variation due to intermittent renewable energy on pressure components in green ammonia facilities

Products:

Guglielmo Deodato
Senior Mechanical Engineer, Casale SA

Silvia Cincera
Principal Piping Material Engineer, Casale SA
Track Three
Nitric Acid : catalyst and equipment

09:00 - 09:30

Nitric Acid

How to achieve higher gauze efficiency and lower costs in nitric acid plants: a practical guide

Products:

Florian Knaus
Manager Applied Technology, Umicore AG & Co. KG

Swetlana Romanenko
Senior Sales & Business Development Manager, Umicore AG & Co. KG

09:30 - 10:00

Nitric Acid

Explosion welded applications in nitric acid equipment realise superior safety and reliability levels

Products:

Mukesh Ahlavadi
Global Director of Chemical Applications and Markets, NobelClad

10:00 - 10:30

Plant reliability & troubleshooting

Investigating syngas piping failure - a root cause analysis

Products:

Tayyab Ejaz
Inspection Engineer, Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited

10:00 - 10:30

Ammonia

Beyond the trend: challenges in green ammonia economy

Products:

Bernd Keil
Senior Process Engineer, thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH

10:00 - 10:30

Nitric Acid

Getting the most out of your gauze

Products:

Matthew Wilson
Senior Technical Expert, Johnson Matthey

10:30 | Networking Coffee Break

Track One
Urea Plant Design

11:00 - 11:30

Urea

Self-stripping plant revamping with HYPER-U

Products:

Matteo Fumagalli
Urea Technology Manager, Casale SA

11:30 - 12:00

Urea

Ultra-low energy plant and mechanical design pool condenser/pool reactor

Products:

Veronica Rivas
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon
Track Two
Ammonia, Methanol and Urea Operations

11:00 - 11:30

Ammonia

Optimising ammonia plant operations: Chemical injection for fouling control to address elevated vacuum pressure. A case study of efficiency improvement from ammonia PSP-2B condenser 103-JTC

Products:

Raymond Gusrinaldi Tambunan
Process Engineer, PT Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang

Winandyo Mangkoto
Process Engineer, PT Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang

11:30 - 12:00

AmmoniaMethanol

Challenges & Solutions: Ammonia and methanol plants operating beyond full capacity - How we achieved this milestone

Products:

Muhammad Imran Idris
Team Lead Process Engineering, OQ Salalah Cluster

Muayad Qatan
Lead Process Engineer, OQBI
Track Three
Nitric Acid and Ammonium Nitrate Technology and Plant Reliability

11:00 - 11:30

Nitric Acid

Innovating our way to sustainability: 3D printed catalysts for N2O decomposition in nitric acid production

Products:

Matthias Müller
Research Scientist - Catalysis for Monomers, Intermediates and Fine Chemicals , BASF SE

11:30 - 12:00

Ammonium Nitrate

Lesson learned of changing the defected carrying beams for the granulator of an ammonium nitrate plant at Abu-Qir Fertilizers Company, Alexandria, Egypt

Products:

Ahmed Mokhtar Afify
Ammonium Nitrate Maintenance General Manager, Abu Qir Fertilizer Company

12:00 - 12:30

Urea

Enhancement of urea production through utilisation of an energy-efficient post combustion carbon capture process for reformer flue gas, and installation of a bulk flow cooler in a new fertilizer plant in Bangladesh

Products:

Junji Asahara
Senior Deputy Manager, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Yuji Higashi
Deputy Manager, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd

12:30 - 13:00

Urea

Corrosion Ray, EC-Pen, portable metallography & microscopy: a smart combination of different non-destructive test methods allows quick and reliable on-site assessment of critical process equipment at the manufacturer's workshop and the end-user's plant

Products:

Manuel Prohaska
CEO, MPC2 e.U.

12:00 - 12:30

Urea

Employing simulation for urea plant to improve operational conditions and reduce utility usage (water, energy, and others) to achieve sustainability goals

Products:

Ahmed Hanafi Mahmoud
Sr.Process Engineer, Helwan Fertilizers Company

12:30 - 13:00

Asset integrityMethanol

Lifecycle integrity management of outlet pigtails

Products:

Olivia Chung
Senior Engineer, Quest Integrity

12:00 - 12:30

Ammonium NitrateNitric Acid

Cutting-edge approaches in fertilizer technology: CASALE's expanded product portfolio

Products:

Iacopo Cerea
Nitric Acid & ANS Technology Manager, Casale SA

12:30 - 13:00

Ammonium NitrateNitric Acid

Optimisation of labyrinth seal design in Turbo Train 3-in-1 air compressor to address high thrust bearing temperature issues in ammonium nitrate and nitric acid plants

Products:

Hendra Novi
Project Manager, Pupuk Kalimantan Timur

12:30 | Networking Lunch Break

Track One
GHG Emissions Reduction

14:00 - 14:25

AmmoniaGHG emissionsHydrogen

Membrane-based ammonia purge gas hydrogen recovery units: a fresh look at an established technology

Products:

Geir Arne Johansen
Product Manager – Process Gas Systems, Air Products

14:25 - 14:50

GHG emissionsNitric Acid

Plant and process conditions for effective reduction of N2O emissions from nitric acid production

Products:

Oliver Henkes
Senior Technical Service Manager, Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG

14:50 - 15:15

AmmoniaCarbon Capture & UtilisationCommercialGHG emissionsHydrogen

The optimum carbon capture rate in H2 & NH3 plants: it is not 99%

Products:

Klemens Wawrzinek
Project Manager BD & Sales, Linde
Track Two
Digitalisation: technology and innovation

14:00 - 14:25

Digitalisation

Clariant´s PLUS series and Clarity – Drop-in solutions and digital catalyst insights to enhance the profitability and sustainability of existing syngas assets

Products:

Christian Berchthold
Global B2B Marketing Manager Syngas, Clariant

14:25 - 14:50

Digitalisation

Elevate your plant operations: The future of process monitoring

Products:

Ali El Sibai
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

14:50 - 15:15

Digitalisation

Advancements in TOYO’s DX-PLANT®

Products:

Akiko Ushifusa
Process Engineer, Toyo Engineering corporation
Track Three
Sustainable Fertilizer Production

14:00 - 14:30

Fertilizers

Pioneering sustainable nitrogen technology: from green ammonia to integrated fertilizer plant

Products:

Rolf Postma
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

14:30 - 15:00

Fertilizers

Optimising fertilizer processing: comparative analysis of cooling technologies for enhanced operational efficiency

Products:

Igor Makarenko
Chief Sales Officer, Solex Thermal Science

15:15 - 15:40

GHG emissionsMethanol

Sustainable methanol production powered by novel BASF SYNSPIRE™ methanol catalysts

Products:

Alexander Higelin
Team Lead New Business Development, BASF SE

15:15 - 15:40

Digitalisation

Access the wealth of knowledge through Topsoe's new digital learning solution

Products:

Tommy Allan Jensen
Senior Business Manager, Digital Service Transformation, Topsoe A/S

15:00 - 15:30

FertilizersNitric Acid

High-Fidelity operator training simulator for greenfield green fertilizer plants

Products:

Mayank Patel
Industry Strategy Director, Chemicals, Siemens Industry Software Limited

15:40 | Coffee Networking Break

Track One
CO2 Removal and Carbon Capture and Utilisation

16:10 - 16:35

AmmoniaCarbon Capture & Utilisation

Optimisation potential for existing CO2 removal unit of ammonia plants with BASF’s OASE® white low-low pressure (LLP) flash configuration

Products:

Mohammed Grerifa
Technical Marketing Manager , BASF

16:35 - 17:00

Carbon Capture & Utilisation

Effect of maldistribution on CO2 absorber performance

Products:

Simon Weiland
Product Manager, Optimized Gas Treating, Inc.
Track Two
Ammonia Plant Operations

16:10 - 16:40

Ammonia

JGC's green ammonia demonstration project and ammonia cracking development project status update

Products:

Kenji Kawabata
Group Manager, Technical Group, JGC Corporation

Osamu Toyokawa
Assistant Manager, Technical Group, JGC Corporation

16:40 - 17:10

Ammonia

Reduction in environmental footprint via installation of Hydrogen Recovery Unit (HRU)

Products:

Shawala Azhar
Process Engineer , Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited
Track Three
Fertilizer Finishing

16:10 - 16:35

FertilizersUrea

Production technologies for urea + AS/sulphur fertilizers

Products:

Mark Brouwer
Director, UreaKnowHow.com

16:35 - 17:00

FertilizersUrea

Stamicarbon granulation technology: from urea to UAS

Products:

Bruno Teixeira
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

17:00 - 17:25

Carbon Capture & Utilisation

Carbon capture energy balance. Can heat pumps solve the equation?

Products:

Andrea Orsetti
Senior Process Engineer, Nextchem Tech

17:25 - 17:50

Carbon Capture & UtilisationMethanol

Carbon capture and green methanol production potential in the pulp and paper industry

Products:

Thor Gallardo
Technology Manager – e-Methanol, KBR

17:10 - 17:40

Ammonia

Development of low temperature ammonia cracking technology utilizing exhaust heat

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Products:

17:00 - 17:25

Fertilizers

HDAN prill tower gas combined treatment, with WESP finishing implementation to Agropolychim unit in Bulgaria

Products:

Alessandro Gullà
Sales Manager, A.W.S. Corporation SRL

17:25 - 17:50

Ammonium NitrateFertilizersUrea

AN / CAN & enhanced urea finishing technologies

Products:

Ken Monstrey
Granulation Technology Manager, Casale SA

18:00 | Networking Reception

19:00 | End of Day 2

08:00 | Registration and Exhibition Open

Track One
Urea Plant Safety and Integrity

09:00 - 09:30

Urea

Evaluation of a urea plant leakage resulting in an emergency shutdown, safety issues and loss of production

Products:

Mohamed Mostafa Shams
Urea maintenance manager , Misr Fertilizers Production Company “MOPCO”

09:30 - 10:00

Urea

Syn turbine casing integrity and operational continuity: addressing cracks in a high-pressure turbine

Products:

Khalid Farooq Khattak
Head of Machinery Maintenance, Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited

Shuja Hameed Butt
Machinery Maintenance Engineer, Fauji Fertilizer Company
Track Two
From Green Ammonia to Green Hydrogen - the Journey

09:00 - 09:30

Ammonia

Safe, sustainable and profitable ammonia production

Products:

Esben L. Sørensen
VP, Product Management & Strategy, Plug Power

09:30 - 10:00

Ammonia

Ammonia terminal on gravity based structure: a key asset for the energy transition

Products:

Andrea Zambianco
Low Carbon Solutions Product Development Manager, Saipem S.p.A.
Track Three
Energy Transition and Future Fuels

09:00 - 09:30

Future Fuels

Designing a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production process from methanol: towards a greener future in the aviation sector

Products:

Kirsten Braunsmann
New Business Development & Sustainability | Global Chemical Catalysts & Adsorbents, BASF SE

09:30 - 10:00

Future Fuels

Unleashing the power of blue hydrogen: Topsoe's innovations for a clean energy future

Products:

Adam Samir Kadhim
Product Line Director, Topsoe A/S

10:00 - 10:30

Urea

Thermowell design and Inspection

Products:

Giulio Paci
Principal Materials Engineer, Yara International

10:00 - 10:30

AmmoniaHydrogen

Cracking it back: the most promising technology on the horizon to produce hydrogen from ammonia

Products:

Laurent Prost
Head of HyCO Process Solution Development, Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH

Michael Lutz
Senior Process Engineer Innovation, Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH

10:00 - 10:30

Hydrogen

Blue H2: ROX (recuperative and oxidative reforming)

Products:

Pietro Moreo
Technology Manager, Syngas Process Dept., Casale SA

10:30 | Networking Coffee Break

Track One
Urea Production: Materials of Construction

11:00 - 11:30

Urea

Boosting the lifetime of urea HP equipment

Products:

Luca Edoardo Viganò
Urea Technology Leader, Saipem S.p.A.

11:30 - 12:00

Urea

Advanced material solutions for optimised urea production - A portfolio overview

Products:

Oscar Öhlin
Senior R&D Engineer, Alleima
Track Two
Ammonia and Methanol Plant Operations and Optimisation

11:00 - 11:30

Ammonia

Accelerating ammonia plant cold start-up by optimising the primary reformer heating path - A case study at PT Petrokimia Gresik

 

Products:

Alfin Ferdiawan
Process Engineer, PT Petrokimia Gresik

11:30 - 12:00

Methanol

How OQ has improved the reliability of methanol steam methane reformer tubes

Products:

Muhammad Faisal Faraz
Senior Process Engineer, OQBi

Abdullah Al Balushi
Asset Integrity Engineer, OQBi
Track Three
Low Carbon Hydrogen Production

11:00 - 11:30

AmmoniaHydrogen

Challenges of hybrid ammonia plants – innovative ways to close the nitrogen gap and cope with fluctuating green hydrogen profiles

Products:

Johannes Distler
Senior Sales Manager, thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH

11:30 - 12:00

Hydrogen

Key performance indicators of CPO, SMR and ATR in low carbon hydrogen production

 

Products:

Leonardo Falbo
Senior Technology Process Engineer, NetxChem Tech. SPA

12:00 - 12:30

Urea

Weldability of high performance super-duplex seamless tube material used in classic & modern urea process units

Products:

Denise Caspar
Business Development Manager, CPI & Energy, DMV GmbH

12:30 - 13:00

Urea

The first successful installation of mechanical plugs in a pool condenser

Products:

Shufen Wen
Product & Market Analysis Manager, Stamicarbon

Tareque Iftekhar
Sr. Mechanical Inspection Engineer, Stamicarbon

12:00 - 12:30

Ammonia

Successful decommissioning, inspection and recommissioning of ammonia storage tank - a record breaking feat


Products:

Hassam Khalid
Deputy Manager Operations, Engro Fertilizers Limited

12:30 - 13:00

Ammonia

Successful start-up of a European ammonia plant following replacement of obsolete bayonet and fire-tube boilers with Casale-Arvos double-tube design

Products:

Marco Mazzamuto Carlucci
Ammonia Technology Leader, Casale SA

12:00 - 12:30

AmmoniaHydrogen

Flexible decarbonisation: navigating energy transition with hydrogen and ammonia

Products:

Sayan Dasgupta
Head of Technology Syngas, Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany

12:30 - 13:00

Ammonia

Ammonia cracking catalyst: what is in your tubes? Optimising fundamentals of ammonia cracking catalyst starting from the support

                                    

Products:

Adrien Serve
Technical Sales Manager, UNICAT Catalyst Technologies, LLC

12:30 | Networking Lunch Break

Track One
Decarbonising Urea Production

14:00 - 14:30

Urea

Valorisation of excess LP steam for reduced carbon footprint of urea plants

Products:

Damiano Visciotti
Technology Manager, Tecnimont Spa

14:30 - 15:00

Urea

Technical solutions to decarbonise urea plants

Products:

Marc Wieschalla
Head of Process Group Urea, thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH
Track Two
Ammonia Plant Operations

14:00 - 14:30

Ammonia

Drying out for success: Engro’s experience of effective HTSC dry-out and resuming ammonia production

Products:

Mohammad Arslan Qureshi
Senior Process Engineer, Engro Fertilizers

14:30 - 15:00

Ammonia

Excellence in catalyst performance monitoring: Indorama's digital transformation with CLARITY™ prime

Products:

Sushansi Agarwal
Technical Service Lead, Indorama Fertilizers Limited

Muhammad Umar Riaz
Sr. Applied Catalyst Technology Engineer - MEA, Clariant
Track Three
Asset Integrity

14:00 - 14:30

Asset integrity

Application of Level 3 fitness-for-service assessment for understanding hot collector integrity

Products:

Daniel Blanks
Senior Structural Integrity Engineer and Team Lead, Quest Integrity Group

14:30 - 15:00

Asset integrity

Catalyst tubes after 10 years in service: correlation between operating history and remaining lifetime

Products:

Rafael Andrade
Engineering Manager, ENGEMASA Engenharia e Materiais Ltda

15:00 - 15:30

Urea

TOYO decarbonises urea production for modern and vintage urea plants, and next-gen g-Urea® plants

Products:

Kazuki Kamikubo
Process Engineer, Toyo Engineering Corporation

15:00 - 15:30

Ammonia

N2C - circulating nitrogen to reduce cooling time of secondary reformer catalyst replacement using LTS start-up-blower (173-J) on KBR Purifier ammonia Plant Pusri 2B, Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang

Products:

Giar Pradipta
Process Engineer, PT. Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang

15:00 - 15:30

Asset integrity

Increasing process efficiency and service life of syngas reformers, amine and Benfield vessels - Four case studies

IGS Europe

 

Products:

Johannes Poth
Senior Technologist, IGS

16:00 | End of Conference

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