Program

Schedule of Events

Tuesday, January 30
06:30-15:00 Golf Tournament at Thana City Golf & Country Club sponsored by Texaco Global Products
16:00-18:00 Registration, Ballroom Foyer
18:00-20:00 Welcoming Reception sponsored by Fuels & Lubes Asia Publications, Inc.

Wednesday, January 31
07:00 Registration Opens
07:00-08:30 Breakfast (for Regent Hotel Guests)
09:00-09:15 Opening Remarks
09:15-10:00 Keynote Address: “Creating Value in the New Economy: Advantage Through Brand, Information and Connecting with Customers”, Ian Scott, Vice President and Director, Head Energy Practice Asia Pacific, The Boston Consulting Group
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-11:00 “The Outlook for Asian Lubricants and Base Oils: Will Margins Recover with Demand?” Bruce F. Burke, Vice President, Energy and Refining, Chem Systems
11:00-11:30 “A Changing Industry”, Alex McLean, Senior Vice President, Petroleum Additives, Ethyl Corporation
11:30-12:00 “Overview of Asian Motor Industry”, Michael Dunne, President, Automotive Resources Asia
12:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:30 “Market Trends in Thailand”, Suparat Sirisuwannangkura, Director, Technical Division, Toyota Motor Thailand Co., Ltd.
14:30-15:00 “How and Why Thai Motorcyclists are Shifting from 2-Stroke to 4-Stroke”, Piti Manomaiphibul, Managing Director, Thai Kawasaki Motors Co., Ltd.
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-16:00 “Clean Fuels, New Fuels, Alternative Fuels: The Automotive Vision for a Sustainable Thailand”, Christopher (Kit) C. Green, Executive Director, Asia Pacific, Science, Technology & Corporate Affairs, General Motors Asia Pacific (Pte) Ltd.
16:00-16:30 “Indian Auto-Oil Industry Trends in Growth and Drive for Cleaner Environment”, R.A. Rao, Indian Additives Ltd./Bureau of Indian Standards, K. K. Gandhi, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers
16:30-17:00 “Global Diesel Engine Trends and the Changing Needs of Fuels and Lubricants”, Jerry Wang, Cummins Tech. Center, William Runkle, Director, Strategic Technology and Resources, The Valvoline Co.
18:30 Dinner Cruise sponsored by Lubrizol Southeast Asia Pte. Ltd. (bus pick-up and drop-off at the Regent Hotel)

Thursday, February 1
AT A GLANCE
07:00 Registration Opens
07:00-08:30 Breakfast (for Regent Hotel Guests)
Concurrent Sessions:
09:00-11:30 SAE Asian Steering Committee Colloquia
09:00-11:00 Management Session
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
11:30-13:15 Lunch sponsored by Rohmax Additives GmbH
13:15 Buses depart for PTT Institute of Research & Technology
16:30-18:00 Reception at PTT IRT sponsored by AVL List GmbH
18:15 Buses start departing for Regent Hotel

SAE Asian Steering Committee Colloquia
09:00-09:30 “A JASO Diesel Oil Category: DH-1”, Kousuke Ito,Hino Motors, Ltd.
09:30-10:00 Automotive Lubricants and Related Industries in South Korea”, Woo-Sik Moon, SK Corporation
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-11:00 “Developments in European Fuels and Lubes Testing”, D.J. Smith, AVL List GmbH
11:00-11:30 “Impact of Emission and Fuel Economy Regulation on Fuels and Engine Oils in Japan”,Kiyotaka Nakamura, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

Management Session
09:00-09:30 “Changes in Industry Requirements and Routes to Market: Effects on New Metalworking Product Development”, Ken Airey, Castrol (Thailand) Ltd.
09:30-10:00 “What is Product Integrity?”, Harry Hall, Chevron Products Company
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-11:00 “Lubricants Logistics: Improving Performance by Benchmarking”, Keith Roberts, PIMS Associates Ltd.

Friday, February 2
AT A GLANCE
07:00 Registration Opens
07:00-08:30 Breakfast (for Regent Hotel Guests)
09:00-09:45 Plenary Session: Keynote Address
09:45-10:15 Coffee Break

Breakout Sessions:
10:15-16:30 Fuels
10:15-18:00 Lubricants
10:15-18:00 Additives

Plenary Session:
09:00-09:45 Keynote Address: “PTT’s View on New Frontiers in Downstream Oil Marketing and International Trading”, Pichai Chunhavajira, President, PTT Oil, Acting President, PTT International, Acting Deputy Governor, Finance

Breakout Sessions:
Lubricants Session
10:15-10:45 “Development of Diesel Engine Oils which Meet the JASO DX-1 Specifications”, Hideki Kamano, Masanori Enomoto, Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
10:45-11:15 “The Impact of European Light Duty Diesel Specifications on Lubricant Formulations”, Ray Calder, Barry Hemans, The Lubrizol Corp.
11:15-11:45 “An Investigation of the Effect of Modern Diesel Engines on Lubricant Performance”, Takashi Fujitsu, Kouichi Kubo, Sara Lawrence, Showa Shell Sekiyu KK
11:45-12:15 “The Future of Diesel Engine Lubricants for Low Emission Engines”, William Kleiser, Wim van Dam, Chevron Oronite Technology, USA, Satoshi Hirano, Chevron Oronite Technology, Japan
12:15-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:00 “Product Stewardship and Waste Oil Recycling in Australia”, Graeme Marshall, Director, Carolyn Gresele, Asst. Director, Automotive Waste Resources Sustainable Industries Branch, Environment Australia
14:00-14:30 “Thailand’s Used Oil Program”, Somrat Yindepit,Chairman, Used Lube Oil Management Task Force, Petroleum Institute of Thailand
14:30-15:00 “Development of Modern Two-Stroke Engine Oils Aimed at Reducing Smoke Levels Using the JASO Suzuki Smoke Test”, D.J. Smith, AVL List GmbH, M. Sithanathan, Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-16:00 “Cost and Performance Advantages of Multigrade Hydraulic Oils”, Doug Placek, RohMax
16:00-16:30 “Review of Global Safety, Health and Environmental Issues and Their Impact on Metalworking Fluids”, Paul Nai, Lubrizol Southeast Asia (Pte) Ltd.
16:30-17:00 “Extended Life Corrosion Inhibitors in Locomotive Applications: A Field Trial Report”, Frank Gili, Caltex Lubricants
17:00-17:30 “The Lubricating Grease Market in Asia-Pacific–Current Status and Future Trends”, Michel Behar, Rolf-Peter Heckler, Apu Gosalia, Fuchs Petrolub AG
17:30-18:00 “Approved System for Manual Transmission Oil Filled at Toyota CKD Plants”, Koji Saito, Atsushi Suzuki and Fumio Ueda, Toyota Motor Corporation

Fuels Session
10:15-10:45 “Air Pollution Control Strategies in Thailand”, Supat Wangwongwatana, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Thailand
10:45-11:15 “JCAP (Japan Clean Air Program) Latest Result and Progress of the Japanese Auto-Oil Program”, Katsuhiko Hirose, Fumio Okada, Toshio Tomiyama, Japan Petroleum Energy Center
11:15-11:45 “Production of Clean Diesel Fuels”, A.S. Nasution, E. Jasjfi, Evita Legowo, Lemigas R/D Centre for Oil and Gas Technology
11:45-12:15 “Evaluation of Water-Blend Fuels in a City Bus and an Assessment of Performance with Emission Control Devices”, Mike Attfield, Allyson Barnes, David Duncan, Jonathan Marshall, Alex Psaila, Lubrizol Ltd., John Chadderton, Engine Control Systems Ltd., Andrew Eastlake, Millbrook Proving Ground Ltd.
12:15-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:00 “DME as an Alternative Common Fuel for CI, SI and Fuel Cell”, Shuichi Kajitani, Zhili Chen, Ibaraki University, Mahabubul Alam, Shinichi Goto, MITI
14:00-14:30 “The Transition from Leaded to Unleaded Gasoline: Experience and Side Effects”, M.W. Vincent, T.J. Russell, P. Armitage, The Associated Octel
14:30-15:00 “A Study of the Effects of Gasoline Additive Packages on Engine Power Performance”, S. Ku, K. C. Kong, K. H. Lin and C. S. Lin, Chinese Petroleum Corporation
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-16:00 “Thailand’s Current and Future Fuels and Lubricants Regulations,” Preeyaporn Vivekaphirat, Director, Bureau of Fuel Oil, Department of Commercial Registration, Thailand
16:00-16:30 “Australia’s Move to Cleaner Fuels“, Rick Pickering, General Manager, Petroleum Industry Branch, Department of Industry Science and Resources, Australia

Additives Session
10:15-10:45 “An Overview of European Fuel Additive Engine Tests”, Ard Martens, Texaco
10:45-11:15 “The Performance of a Gasoline Friction Modifier Fuel Additive”, Thomas Hayden, Texaco
11:15-11:45 “The Influence of Fuel Additives on Ultrafine Particulate Emissions from Spark Ignition Engines”, Majid Ahmadi, Chevron Oronite Co., Brian Graskow,University of Cambridge
11:45-12:15 “Use of Gasoline Additives to Enhance Lubricant Performance”, David Arters, Keith Corkwell, Mitchell Jackson, The Lubrizol Corp.
12:15-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:00 “Catalyst Presulfiding–A Comparative Review of Currently Available Chemistries and Pilot Plant Study of the Current Market Leading Technologies”, Mark Wilkes, Lubrizol Ltd., David Roberts, The Lubrizol Corp.
14:00-14:30 “Friction Modifier Delivered to Engine Oil via Fuel: Predicting and Monitoring Performance–Favorable Effect”, Yvonne Thiel, Texaco Additives Intl.
14:30-15:00 “Chemical Additives as Stabilizer for Light Cycle Oil”, Richard Heo, Kim Peyton, Thakor Kikabhai, Nalco/Exxon Energy Chemicals Ltd.
15:00-15:30 “Pipeline Drag Reduction for the Strategic and Economic Supply of Petroleum Products”, John Motier, Baker Petrolite
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-16:30 “Molybdenum Dithiocarbamates for Enhanced Wear, Friction Control, and Fuel Economy in Passenger Car Motor Oils”, Lee Dong-Hoon, Infineum
16:30-17:00 “Friction Modifiers for Automotive Applications–Performance and Rig Tests”, Thomas F. Buenemann, Dick Kenbeek, Uniqema Lubricants
17:00-17:30 “Hydraulic Oil Additive Trends for Construction Equipment”, S. H. Brown, A.K. Garrett, Chevron Oronite Technology, Richmond, USA, K. Umehara, H. Takayama, Chevron Oronite Technology, Omaezaki, Japan, H. Tanabe, Chevron Oronite, Tokyo, Japan
17:30-18:00 “Grease the Final Frontier: Forecasting the Additive Requirements in the New Millennium”, Patricia Todd, Matthew Sivik, and Hyun-Soo Hong, The Lubrizol Corporation

All events unless specified will be held at the Regent Bangkok. Secretariat Room and Speaker Ready Room( Regent 2) will be open from 10:30 to 16:00 on January 29; 09:00 to 14:00 on January 30; 07:00 to 17:00 from January 31-February 2. The following equipment will be available in the Secretariat Room: Slide Projector, Overhead Projector, LCD Projector, and Screen.