Thursday, 30 October 08.00 – 12.30 Hospitality Desk and Displays – Pre Function 1 (level 1) 09.00 – 12.30 Session on the East Asian Market – Oriental Ballroom 1 (level 1) Session chair: Patrick Heffer, IFA, France Outlook for the Chinese phosphate and sulphur markets Isaac Zhao, CRU Group, China P.R. Trend and outlook for oil palm cultivation in Southeast Asia Makhdzir Mardan, Malaysian Palm Oil Association - MPOA, Malaysia 10.15 – 10.45 Coffee break – Pre Function 1 (level 1) The use of fertilizers in aquaculture in China Zhi-ping Peng, Agricultural Resources and Environment Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences (GDAAS), China P.R. Outlook for agriculture and fertilizer market in Thailand Supuk Laudee, Thai Central Chemical Public Company Ltd., Thailand 12.30 End of the Conference ACCESSING YOUR CONFERENCE DOCUMENTATION For the delegates only, the papers will be available online on Friday, 31 October 2014 on our conference web site: www.ifa-singapore2014.org. Your username and password will give you exclusive access to the conference documentation until January 2015. Please share your views on the conference with us by completing the Evaluation Survey available on the conference web site. IFA 28 rue Marbeuf, 75008 Paris, France Tel: + 33 1 53 93 05 00 - Fax: + 33 1 53 93 05 46 [email protected] www.fertilizer.org Photo Credits Cover © XtianFer, BIGSTOCK - insert © Ray Shiu, 123RF / Pages 2-3 © Yury Zap, Fotolia.com, © Neale Cousland, BIGSTOCK Coﬀee corners are kindly sponsored by Interna onal Raw Materials Ltd. IFA Mobile Applica on is kindly sponsored by Ma'aden (Saudi Arabian Mining Company). Delegates bags are kindly sponsored by Petrovietnam Fer lizer and Chemicals Company (PVFCCo). Wednesday, 29 October 08.00 – 18.00 Registration and Displays – Pre Function 1 (level 1) 09.00 – 10.00 Opening Session – Oriental Ballroom 1 (level 1) Final Programme Session chair: Arifin Tasrif, P.T. Pupuk Indonesia (Persero) Holding Company, Indonesia and member of the IFA Executive Board All sessions and events will be held at: MANDARIN ORIENTAL, SINGAPORE 5 Rafﬂes Avenue, Marina Square Singapore 039797 Tel: + 65 6338 0066 Fax: + 65 6339 9537 www.mandarinoriental.com Keynote address: Maintaining healthy soils: challenges and opportunities to the fertilizer industry Bijay Singh, Punjab Agricultural University, India 10.00 – 10.30 Coffee break – Pre Function 1 (level 1) 10.30 – 12.30 Session on the South Asian Market – Oriental Ballroom 1 (level 1) Session chair: Kapil Mehan, Coromandel International Ltd., India and member of the IFA Board Tuesday, 28 October Outlook for fertilizer demand in India: what scenarios? Satish Chander, FAI - The Fertiliser Association of India, India 12.00 – 18.00 Registration and Displays – Pre Function 1 (level 1) Fertilizer market in Pakistan, its dynamics and issues Syed Aamir Ahsan, Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Ltd., Pakistan 14.00 – 17.00 Panel Session on Safety: Opportunities and Beneﬁts Atrium Suites 1 & 2 (level 1) Session chair: Patrick Heffer, IFA, France Why safety matters? Patrick Heffer, IFA, France Protect & Sustain certiﬁcation – improving your product stewardship performance Jeff Dowson, SGS S.A., United Kingdom Beneﬁts of Protect & Sustain certiﬁcation – experience of Yara companies in Asia Wei Siong Chan, Yara Asia Pte Ltd., Singapore Employee Safety Perceptions Benchmark: principles and experience of GPIC Yasser Abdulrahim Alabassi, GPIC - Gulf Petrochemical Industries Co., Bahrain 19.00 – 21.00 Opening Reception kindly hosted by Ameropa Asia Pte Ltd. & IFA Harbour Terrace (level 5) With the kind support of: Urea trade in South and Southeast Asia Frances Wollmer, Argus FMB, United Kingdom 12.30 – 14.00 Lunch kindly hosted by Phosagro Asia Pte Ltd. – Melt, The World Café (level 4) 14.00 – 17.00 Session on the Use of Special Products in Asia – Atrium Suites 1 & 2 (level 1) Session chair: Charlotte Hebebrand, IFA, France Trend and prospects for drip irrigation and fertigation in Asia Stephan Titze, Netaﬁm, China P.R. Characteristics and effects of coated fertilizers in Japan Kentaro Iimori, JCAM Agri Co., Ltd., Japan Application of secondary nutrient water-soluble fertilizers in potato John Wei, Hebei Monband Water Soluble Fertilizer Co., Ltd., China P.R. Micronutrient markets evolution (and revolution?) in the Asia-Paciﬁc region Kevin Moran, Kingenta Ecological Engineering Group Co., Ltd., China P.R.