General Session (Chair: Marleen Pauwels)

08:30 – Welcome to the conference participants – Jürgen Baune (Chairman Euro Chlor Management Committee)

08:40 – The Euro Chlor Mid Century Strategy – Marleen Pauwels (Euro Chlor)

09:10 – Sustainability Programme results and future KPI’s – Ton Manders (Euro Chlor)

09:40 – The outlook for chlorine in Europe and the rest of the world – Lauren Zeiss (IHS MARKIT)

10:10 – Coffee break & visit of the exhibitors

Safety Leader Session part 1 (Chair: Ton Manders)

10:50 – How dry must chlorine be – Claudia Paarmann (DOW)

11:20 – Development of a training game – Linda van Veen (University of Delft)

11:50 – Accidental mixing: Case Studies & Prevention – Frank Reiner (Chlorine Insitute)

12:20 – Walking lunch & visit of the exhibitors

14:00 – How to Make Chlor-Alkali Plants Greener with Intelligent Safety System – Gilles Tremblay (R2)

14:30 – Safety around Hydrogen – Ko Roelofs (Nouryon)

15:00 – We need a HERO! – Marc Boeckx  (Vynova)

15:30 – Coffee break & visit of the exhibitors

Carbon Neutral Player Session part I (Chair: Kristof May)

16:10 – The Latest Electrolysis Technology Portfolio from Bluestar to EU – Wenjie Guo (Bluestar)

16:40 – Company presentation – Permascand

17:10 – Technology developments for energy saving in the chlor‐alkali process – Shinichi Kaihara (Asahi Kasei Corporation)

17:40 – End of sessions

Carbon Neutral Player Session part 2 (Chair: Kristof May)

08:30 – The Latest Developments on FLEMION^TM Membrane – Takayuki Kaneko (AGC Inc.)

09:00 – Energy saving and increased safety with the MERSEN hydrogen and chlorine burner (Sintaclor) – Mersen

09:30 – Today´s Energy Saving Solutions for the Chlor-Alkali Industry – Adrian Schervan (tkUCE)

10:00 – Coffee break & visit of the exhibitors

10:40 – Company Presentation: – Applitek 

11:10 – Dynamic Water Electrolysis as Key for a CO₂ Free Economy – Gregor Polcyn (tkUCE)

11:40 – Asahi Kasei’s business vision on a green hydrogen society – Hiroshi Kakihira (Asahi Kasei Europe GmbH)

12:10 – Walking lunch & visit of the exhibitors

Carbon Neutral Player Session part 3 (Chair: Catherine Birkner)

14:00 – The future of hydrogen – Ton Manders (Euro Chlor)

14:30 – New Technologies for Hypochlorite Production – Brent Hardman (Powell)

15:00 – Designed to run – SGL’s sustainable approach for HCl synthesis units – Christian Bienhuels (SGL Carbon)

15:30 – Coffee break & visit of the exhibitors

16:10 – Unitized DC Power Supplies for the Chlorine Industry: Advantages and Advances – Neeltran

16:40 – A brief Overview of tk UCE’s Service Concepts to Optimize Power Consumption in Chlor-Alkali Plants – Frank Uesbeck (tkUCE)

17:10 – How to protect from carbon leakage – Kristof May (Euro Chlor)

17:40 – End of sessions

18:00 – Cocktail amongst the exhibitors

21:00 – End of cocktail

Safety Leader Session part 2 (Chair: Ton Manders)

08:30 – Re-approval of process valves – Witold Romanski (Arkema)

09:00 – Company Presentation – descote

09:30 – Design features of bellow sealed valve in relation to safety in the Chlor-Alkali Industry – Ashok Kumar (Bell-O-Seal)

10:00 – Coffee break & visit of the exhibitors

10:40 – Update on Newly Released Pamphlet 74) Guidance on Estimating the Area Affected by a Chlorine Release – Robyn Brooks (Chlorine Institute)

11:10 – Problems felt in providing for the safe transportation of chlorine over Russia – Boris Yagud & Peter Mironov (Ruschlor)

11:40 – Safe and reliable use of plastic materials in chlorine plants – Karin Jacobson (PDS Consulting AB)

12:10 – Conclusion of the conference – Marleen Pauwels (Euro Chlor)

12:20 – Walking lunch & visit of the exhibitors

14:00 – End of the congress