Schedule of Events - As of April 11, 2011

Sunday, April 10
07:00 - 16:00 Golf Tournament: Crystal Springs Resort Golf Course
16:00 - 19:00 Registration
Hotel Lobby
 
Monday, April 11
08:00 - 09:30 Information and Image Working Group Meeting*
Gramercy Suite, 18th Floor
09:30 - 11:00 Sulphur Advocacy Working Group Meeting*
Gramercy Suite, 18th Floor
10:00 - 17:30 Registration
Hotel Lobby
11:00 - 12:30 Program Committee Meeting*
Gramercy Suite, 18th Floor
14:00 - 15:30 European Strategy Meeting*
Gramercy Suite, 18th Floor
13:00 - 17:00 Sulphur: History, Uses, Sources, Logistics and Safety Regulations (Optional session)***
Metropolitan Suite, 18th Floor
13:00 - 17:00 Optional Tour: Backstage at Lincoln Center
16:00 - 18:00 Executive Committee Meeting*
Gramercy Suite, 18th Floor
18:30 - 20:30 Welcome Reception
Basildon Room, 3rd Floor
(Use Lexington Avenue Elevators)
 
Tuesday, April 12
07:30 - 08:30 Light Continental Breakfast
Palm Room
08:00 - 14:00 Registration
Starlight Foyer, 18th Floor
08:30 MORNING SESSION
Starlight Center South

Opening Address
Hermann Wittje, The Mosaic Company
Chair, The Sulphur Institute

Catherine Randazzo, President and CEO
The Sulphur Institute

Session 1 Moderator:
Peter Zissos
Shell Sulphur Solutions
Canada

Global Economic Outlook
Robert Wescott, President
Keybridge Research LLC
United States

Global Energy Future
Steven Kopits, Managing Director
Douglas-Westwood Ltd
United Kingdom/United States

Food and Development Challenges: Public/private/NGO Collaboration to Address Agricultural Issues
Rob Bertram, Director of Agriculture, Research, and Technology
United States Agency for International Development, United States
10:30 Break/Exhibits Open
Palm Room
11:00 MORNING SESSION - Continued
Starlight Center South

Session 2 Moderator:
Rob McBride
ExxonMobil Oil Corporation
United States

The Sulphur Market Outlook
Fiona Boyd, Market Analyst
ICIS/Pentasul
United States

Status of Sulphur in Soils of North America and Other Regions
Terry Roberts, President
International Plant Nutrition Institute
United States

Making Inroads with Sulphur-Based Concretes
Paul Kalb, Division Head
Brookhaven National Laboratory
United States
12:30 Lunch (Box lunches provided only to visitors of Brookhaven National Laboratory)
12:45 - 17:00 TOUR TO BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY Detailed information for participants in meeting packets
(Depart from 49th Street Hotel Entrance
13:00 - 17:00 AFTERNOON FREE/Optional Tour: Metropolitan Museum of Art
(Depart from 49th Street Hotel Entrance)
 
Wednesday, April 13
07:30 - 17:00 Delegate Lounge/Exhibits Open
Palm Room
07:30 - 08:30 Light Continental Breakfast
Palm Room
08:00 - 14:00 Registration/Starlight Room Foyer
08:30 MORNING SESSION
Starlight Center South

Session 3 Moderator:
Steve Lassonde
ICEC, United States

The Role of the FSU in the Global Sulphur Market
Dick van Meurs, President
ICEC Limited, Switzerland

The Global Phosphate Outlook
Michael Rahm, Vice President
Mosaic Fertilizer LLC, United States

World Phosphate Rock Reserves and Resources
Steven Van Kauwenbergh, Principal Scientist
International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), United States
10:00 Break
Palm Room
10:30 MORNING SESSION - Continued
Starlight Center South

Session 4 Moderator:
Frank Gladis
solvadis GmbH, Germany

Development of China's Phosphate Fertilizer Industry and
Its Impact on Demand of Sulphur Resource
Tang Jianwei, Professor and Associate Dean
Zhengzhou University, P.R. China

Situation and Outlook for Sulphur and Phosphates in India
R.K. Tewatia, Chief, Agricultural Sciences
The Fertiliser Association of India, India

The Chilean Sulphuric Acid Market Through 2020
Vicente Perez, Market and Public Policies Analyst
Comision Chilena del Cobre (Cochilco), Chile

Sulphur in Russia
Andrey Kremnev, Head of Sulphur Exports Directorate
Gazprom Export LLC
Russian Federation

13:00 - 17:00 AFTERNOON FREE/Optional Tour: Walking Tour Ground Zero/Wall Street
(Depart from Hotel 49th Street Entrance)
18:30 - 20:00 Gala Twilight Reception
Hilton Room
 
Thursday, April 14
07:30 - 08:30 Light Continental Breakfast
Palm Room
08:00 - 17:00 Delegate Lounge/Exhibits Open
Palm Room
08:00 - 10:00 Registration
Starlight Room Foyer
08:30 MORNING SESSION
Starlight Center South

Session 5 Moderator:
Jan van Saaze
Chemtrade Aglobis
The Netherlands/Switzerland

The Status and Outlook for the Marine Dry Bulk Industry
Derek Langston, Senior Director
SSY Consultancy & Research
United Kingdom

Biofuels: Situation and Issues
John Urbanchuk, Technical Director
Cardno ENTRIX
United States

Outlook and Update on Sulphur Fertilizer Use in Brazil, Argentina and Other Southern Cone Countries
Martín Torres Duggan, Senior Consultant
Tecnoagro S.R.L.
Argentina

10:30 Break
Palm Room
11:00 MORNING SESSION - Continued
Starlight Center South

Session 6 Moderator:br> Jack Cohn
Savage Services Corporation
United States

Environmental, Health and Safety Considerations in the Sulphur Industry
Jason Sanders, Director
Savage Services Corporation
United States

Sulphur Fertilizer Pastillation: Development of a Continuous Manufacturing Process
Kumar Swamy, Global Products Manager - Fertilizers
Sandvik Process Systems
Germany

The Status of Marine Scrubbing Technology to Reduce Sulphur Dioxide Emissions
Don Gregory, Director
Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association (EGCSA)
United Kingdom

Concluding Remarks
Mark Whittemore
ICEC, and Vice Chair
The Sulphur Institute
United States

Best Paper Award
13:00 Adjourn
13:30 - 14:30 Annual TSI Members Lunch**
Norse Suite, 18th Floor
14:30 - 16:00 Annual TSI Members and Directors Meeting**
Metropolitan East Suite, 18th Floor
17:30 - 22:00 Optional Activity - Baseball. New York Yankees versus Baltimore Orioles
New York Yankee Stadium
(Depart from 49th Street Hotel Entrance)


* Limited to TSI Committee/Working Group Members
**Limited to representatives from TSI-member companies
***Additional fee for non-TSI members