Programme
Schedule


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Day 1 | 24 February 2025 | Monday

GMT +8

6:00 AM - 2:30 PM

POC2025 GOLF CHALLENGE*

Tropicana Golf & Country Resort

6:00 AM

Bus Departs from Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur

6:45 AM

Registration & Breakfast

7:45 AM

Tee-Off (Shotgun)

1:00 PM

Lunch & Prize Presentation

2:30 PM

Bus Departs for Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur

6:45 AM - 3:30 PM

POC2025 PLANTATION TOUR*

Palm Oil Experience Centre (POEC) at Carey Island, SD Guthrie Berhad

Tentative Programme

6:45 AM

POC2025 Plantation Tour Registration Opens
Lower Lobby, Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur

7:15 AM

Buses depart for POEC

9:00 AM

Arrival at Centre of Sustainability

  • Meet & Greet
  • Welcoming Refreshment/Breakfast

9:30 AM

Tour Palm Oil Experience Centre

  • Introduction to Oil Palm
  • SDGI History, Footprint & Sustainability Effort
  • Upstream & Downstream Processes
  • Sustainability Gallery

10:30 AM

Arrival at Field Demo Site Palm Oil Experience Centre

  • Briefing on Oil Palm Estate Sustainable Agriculture Practices
  • Oil Palm Fruit Harvesting Demo
  • Briefing on Palm Oil Mill Processes

12:00 PM

Arrival at Plantation Museum

1:00 PM

Lunch

2:30 PM

Buses depart for Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur

9:00 AM - 12:30 PM

BURSA MALAYSIA DERIVATIVES WORKSHOP*

Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur

8:30 AM

Registration Opens

9:00 AM

Paper 1

9:30 AM

Paper 2

10:30 AM

Coffee Break

11:00 AM

Paper 3

12:00 PM

Discussion and Q&A

12:30 PM

Workshop Ends

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

POC2025 CONFERENCE REGISTRATION & EXHIBITION OPEN

Lower Lobby & Level B2, Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM

WELCOME RECEPTION

Grand Ballroom, Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur

Day 2 | 25 February 2025 | Tuesday

GMT +8

8:00 AM

REGISTRATION & EXHIBITION RE-OPEN

Lower Lobby & Level B2, Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur
9:45 AM

POC2025 OFFICIAL OPENING 

11:00 AM

SPECIAL PAPER 1

11:30 AM

SPECIAL PAPER 2

12:00 PM

PANEL SESSION
CEO ROUNDTABLE: GLOBAL VIEW ON PALM OIL MARKETS

Session Chair
Mr M. R. Chandran, KMN, FISP

Chairman of IRGA Sdn Bhd & Advisor to RSPO


Panel Members

  1. Dato’ Carl Bek-Nielsen
    Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Director, United Plantations Berhad
    Chairman, Malaysian Palm Oil Council
  2. Mr Mohd Haris Mohd Arshad
    Group Chief Operating Officer, Sime Darby Plantation Berhad
    Managing Director, Sime Darby Oils
  3. Mr Jeremy Goon
    Chief Sustainability Officer, Wilmar International Limited & Chief Executive Officer, FFM Berhad
  4. Mr Harish Harlani
    Vice-President & Global Leader, P&G Chemicals
  5. Mr Borhan Bachi
    Group Director, Plantation Division, FGV Holdings Berhad
  6. Mr Sunny Verghese
    Co-founder & Group CEO, Olam International Limited

 

1:15 PM

LUNCH

 

2:30 PM

PLENARY SESSION 1
LAURICS, BIODIESEL & OLEOCHEMICALS SESSION

Session Chair
Mr UR Unnithan

President, Malaysian Biodiesel Association

2:35 PM

PAPER 1: LAURICS

Ms Regina Koh

Price Reporter, Fastmarkets

3:05 PM

PAPER 2: BIODIESEL

Mr Artem Hammerschmidt

Head of Vegoils & Biofuels Research, Ceras Analytics

3:35 PM

PAPER 3: OLEOCHEMICALS

Ms Eashani Chavda

Senior Editor Manager, ICIS

4:05 PM

Q&A SESSION

4:30 PM

NETWORKING & REFRESHMENTS

5:00 PM

CONFERENCE DAY 1 ENDS

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

POC2025 GALA DINNER REGISTRATION OPENS

Grand Ballroom Foyer, Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur
8:00 PM - 10:30 PM

POC2025 GALA DINNER*

Grand Ballroom, Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur

Day 3 | 26 February 2025 | Wednesday

GMT +8

8:00 AM

REGISTRATION & EXHIBITION RE-OPEN

Lower Lobby & Level B2, Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur
10:00 AM

BURSA MALAYSIA DERIVATIVES HIGHLIGHTS

Mr Mohd Saleem Kader Bakas

Director, Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad

10:30 AM

SPECIAL PAPER 3: RENEWABLE ENERGY

Mr Lum JiYang

Senior Principal Research Analyst, S&P Global Commodity Insights

11:00 AM

PLENARY SESSION 2
PALM & MAJOR OILS SESSION

Session Chair
Datuk Nageeb Wahab

Deputy Secretary General, Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries

11:05 AM

PAPER 1

Mr Thomas Mielke

Executive Director, ISTA Mielke GmbH

11:50 AM

PAPER 2

Mr Rasheed JanMohammed

Chief Executive Officer, Westbury Group

12:20 PM

LUNCH

 

1:30 PM

PAPER 3

Dr Mohamad Fadhil Hasan

Head of Foreign Affairs Division, Indonesian Palm Oil Association (GAPKI)

2:00 PM

PAPER 4

Ms Emily French

Founder & CEO, Global Protein AG

2:30 PM

PAPER 5

Mr Ryan Chen

China CNF Business Director – Oils & Oilseeds
CASC Greater China Grains, Oilseeds and Oils
Cargill Investments (China) Ltd

3:00 PM

PAPER 6

Dr Julian Conway McGill

Managing Director, Glenauk Economics

3:30 PM

PAPER 7

Mr Dorab Mistry, OBE

Director, Godrej International Limited

4:00 PM

Q&A SESSION

4:30 PM

NETWORKING & REFRESHMENTS

5:30 PM

POC2025 ENDS


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