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Downstream: satisfying ever more demanding customers

9.00 – 15.40, One Great George Street, London

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This conference will bring together experts from the downstream side of the business to discuss the modernisation of the sector and the high expectations of its consumers, from advances in refining and the implications of the changes in crude supplies to the branding and corporate social responsibilities which must be met in an increasingly competitive climate.

9.00 Registration

9.30 Welcome from the chair
Michael Lane, Secretary General, Concawe

9.40 Challenges to supply changing market demand
Isabelle Muller, Secretary General, EUROPIA

10.10 The changing nature of competition in refining and fuels marketing in the EU – drivers and recent trends
Marcus Lippold, Directorate of Energy and Transport, European Union

10.40 The demand to decarbonise road transport – an evaluation of options
John Cooper, Transport Energy Policy Advisor, BP

11.10 Refreshments

11.40 Social responsibility
TBC

12.40 Sustainability of aviation
Mike Farmery, Global Fuel Technical and Quality Manager, Shell Aviation - confirmed

13.10 Lunch

14.10 Competitiveness of European refining in the context of the EU energy and climate change policy
Artur Thernesz, Director, Downstream Development, MOL

14.40 Molecular markers: making sustainable fuel tracking a reality
Matt Darwood, Traceco

15.10 End of conference

Who should attend:

Senior delegates working in:

  • Refining
  • Corporate social responsibility
  • Marketing
  • or those with an interest in downstream activities