The document announces the 23rd annual FlexPO conference organized by Chemical Market Resources and the China National Chemical Information Center. The conference will take place from October 22-24, 2014 at the Majesty Plaza Hotel in Shanghai, China. The conference will focus on trends in the global polyolefins and derivatives industry influenced by shale gas developments. It will include keynote speeches and panels on topics such as the impact of U.S. shale gas on polyolefin markets and technologies, developments in China's polyolefin industry, and new catalyst technologies. The document provides the full conference agenda and registration information.

1. CHEMICAL MARKET RESOURCES AND
CNCIC PRESENT THE 23RD ANNUAL FLEXPO
MAJESTY PLAZA HOTEL -SHANGHAI, CHINA
SHALE GAS INSPIRED TRENDS IN
GLOBAL POLYOLEFINS & DERIVATIVES
• GLOBAL REGIONS IN TRANSITION - U.S. SHALE GAS DEVELOPMENTS
• HOW TO COMPETE AGAINST UPCOMING U.S ONSLAUGHT CAPACITY
• GLOBAL POLYOLEFIN CATALYST MARKETS/TECHNOLOGIES
• NEW EMERGING TECHNICAL LEADERS FROM CHINA, KOREA AND THAILAND
EVENT ORGANISED BY CO-ORGANISER
Chemical Market Resources Inc
560 Blossom Street, Suite C, Houston-Webster, TX 77598
Call: +1 281-557-3320 Email: FlexPO@cmrhoutex.com
Over Two Decades of Excellence
In Marketing Research For
Polyolefi ns and Elastomers

2. OCT 22-24 / 2014 PROGRAM
DAY 1 OCTOBER 22
07:00 REGISTRATION
SESSION 1: KEYNOTE Moderator: DR. Deepak Parikh,
CMR
08:30 Welcome and Opening
Remarks
Dr. Balaji B. Singh, President
Chemical Market Resources, Inc.
(CMR), USA
08:50 Welcome and Opening
Remarks
Ms. Gong Yangling, Editor in Chief
CCN & CCR
China National Chemical
Information Center(CNCIC),
China
09:00 Shale gas Global
Developments and Impact
on Petrochemical and
Polyolefi n Industries
Mr. Nao Muneyoshi
CMR, USA
09:30 Coff ee Break
10:15 Status and Outlook of
Polyolefi ns in China
Ms. Gao Liping, Sr. Consultant,
CNCIC, China
10:45 TBD Dr. Xin Chen, Research Team Lead,
Product Fundamentals
ExxonMobil, USA (Shanghai)
11:15 DMTO Technology
Industrialization Progress and
Economic Analysis
Prof. Ma Xingmei, Vice GM
SYN Energy Technology Co.
China
11:45 Lunch
SESSION 2: PLENARY Moderator: Mr. Gregg Goodnight,
TZMI
13:15 Global Developments
in Shale Gas - Ethylene
Derivatives
Mr. Gregg Goodnight, Principal
Consultant
TZMI, Inc, USA
13:45 TBD Dr. Suracha Udomsak, R&D
Director
SCG Chemical, Thailand
14:15 Coal to Petrochemicals
Current Status
Prof. Zhou Hongjun, Deputy Dean
Institute of New Energy, China
University of Petroleum,
Beijing, China
14:45 Coff ee Break
15:30 Impact of Global Shale Gas
Market Growth on China
Petrochemical Market
Ms. Qi Min, Director, ICIS, China
16:00 Biorefi naries-Status, Trends
and Impacts for Bio-based
Polymers in Asia
Dr. Wolfgang Baltas, Sr. Project
Manager, National Innovation
Agency(NIA), Thailand
16:30 MOLEFIN-Paradigm Shift in
Selective Catalyst R&D and
Quality Control
Dr. Micheal Schneider,
Chemspeed, France
17:00 Adjourn
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Marketing/technical representatives from the polymer
industry, government and academia.
All persons involved in marketing, business developments,
R&D, TS&D, and application developments.
The previous annual FlexPO programs have received
excellent reviews from all attendees.
THE ORGANIZER
Chemical Market Resources, Inc. is a reputable full service
consulting fi rm serving petrochemical and chemical
industries for over 24 years of unmatched excellence and
penchant for details.
We have successfully selected, evaluated, and
implemented licensing opportunities and positioned a
number of materials in the fl exible applications market
on a proprietary basis for our global clients. We have had
a role in most of the new olefi nic materials introduced in
the past two decades worldwide.

3. OCT 22-24 / 2014 PROGRAM
DAY 3 OCTOBER 24
SESSION 3-Cont’d.-
POLYOLEFIN TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENTS
Moderator: TBD
08:30 Present and Future
Polyolefi n Market in
China
TBD, ICIS, China
09:00 Copolymerization of
Polar Monomers and
alpha-Olefi ns via Late
Transition Meta
Dr. Fumihiko Shimizu, GM, R&D
Center, Mitsubishi Chemical, Japan
09:30 Coff ee Break
10:00 Smart and Global
Solution
Dr. Walter Ramirez, Global
Technology Director
Repsol, Spain
10:30 New Styrenic Block
Copolymer Update on
Product Development
and Marketing
Mr. Tometomo Hamaguchi,
Researcher Innovation Center
Denki Kagaku, Japan
11:00 New TPO Solutions for
Synthetic Leather in
Automotive and Other
Markets
Mr.Akira Sannomiya, Manager
Elastomer div.
Mitsui Chemical, Japan
11:30 Overview of Elastomer
Product Development
Mr. Pranav Bhupathi
CMR, USA
12:00 Adjourn
12:30 Lunch
DAY 2 OCTOBER 23
SESSION 3: POLYOLEFIN
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS
Moderator: TBD
08:30 Recent Developments
and Application
of Samsung Total
Polypropylene Catalyst
Dr. Eunil Kim, Team Leader, Catalyst
Development Team,
Samsung Total, South Korea
09:00 Sinopec Catalyst
Promoted New
Value-Added Product
Development
Dr. Jinlai Qin, GM AUDA Div.
Sinopec Catalyst Co., China
09:30 Novel PE with late
transition metal complex
Prof. Sun Wen-Hua
Chinese Academy of Science,
China
10:00 Coff ee Break
10:45 GRACE Latest
Advanced Catalyst
for Polypropylene
Production
Dr. Rego Manu, Sr.R&D Manager
WR Grace, USA
11:15 New MAO for
Metallocene Catalyst
Dr. Eiichi Kaji, Sr. Researcher
Tosoh Finechem, Japan
11:45 Novel Approach to
Metallocene Resin
though Innovative
Activation Technology
Dr. Yaungkook Kim, Technical,
Commercial Manager
Albemarle, USA (Seoul)
12:15 Lunch
13:45 Novel Stabilization
Solutions for Maximizing
Value Creation and
Product Diff erentiation
Dr. Hayder Zahalka. Global
Technology Manager
Addivant, USA
14:15 TBD Mr Matthias Wyzycki
Clariant, Switzerland
14:45 Booth Presentation
Session
Presentation of Booth Owner at
each Booth
15:15 Coff ee Break
16:00 PP Licensing Status and
Future Direction
Dr. Balaji Singh
CMR, USA
16:30 Innovene PE Products:
Full Market Coverage
Now and in Future
Dr. Fabian Siberdt,
PE product Manager
Ineos Technologies, UK
17:00 New Innovative
Polyolefi n Technologies
TBD
CB&I/LUMMUS, USA (Shanghai)
17:30 Adjourn

4. OCT 22-24 / 2014 REGISTRATION
Free Subscription to ‘Bi-weekly Plastics and Elastomers Strategic News’
REGISTRATION INCLUDES A FREE ONE YEAR SUBSCRIPTION PLUS+ MEALS, COFFEE & SNACK BAR / SPECIAL REQUEST MEETINGS /
CMR CONSULTANT MEETINGS / NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES
REGISTRATION FORM
Email completed form to: Flexpo@cmrhoutex.com
Online form available at: www.cmrhoutex.com
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CONFERENCE FEE
Registration $1,500 (USD)
The registration fee includes:
• Scheduled symposium sessions on October
22 – 24, 2014
• Meals during the symposium, the reception
and the conference proceedings
• A one year subscription to bi-weekly Plastics
and Elastomers Strategic News Analysis.
Cancellation fee after August 25th, 2014 is
$350 (USD).
Please call for group discounts.
THE VENUE
Majesty Plaza Shanghai
The fi ve-star rated Majesty Plaza Shanghai is ideally
located at the famed Nanjing Road Pedestrian Mall,
45 minutes drive from Pudong International Airport.
Participants may make their own room reservations
by visiting the hotel web site.
Majesty Plaza Shanghai
719 Nanjing road / Jiujiang Road No. 700. Shanghai
Tel: 86-21 6350 0000
E-mail: reservation@majestyplazashanghai.com
Web: http://www.majestyplazashanghai.com/en/
index.html#
Mention FlexPO to receive the Conference rate of
US$125/Night or 780 Yuan/Night
CONTACT
For further information and assistance, please
contact:
Dr. Balaji Singh
BSingh@cmrhoutex.com
Mr. Abbas Masum
Abbas@cmrhoutex.com
Or call: +1 281-557-3320
Chemical Market Resources Inc
560 Blossom Street, Suite C, Houston-Webster, TX 77598
Call: +1 281-557-3320 Email: FlexPO@cmrhoutex.com