Programme*
We welcome you to Salt Forum 2024!
Join us for a stimulating conference, intelligently programmed and expertly moderated, covering the key trends and developments, challenges, and influencing factors shaping world salt supply and demand.
MONDAY 18 November
09:00-16:00 Salt Masterclass by Vladimir Sedivy, Salt Partners Ltd (Optional | Separate Fee)
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16:30 Registration InterContinental Hotel Lobby
18.45 Meet InterContinental Hotel lobby for bus transfer to Welcome Dinner
19:30 Welcome Dinner | Dusit Thani Hotel sponsored by 
Welcome Address: Prof. Saif Al Seiari, Managing Director, Sama Salt
TUESDAY 19 November
08:00 Registration
INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEW
09:00 Welcome & Introduction
Ismene Clarke, Director & Mike O’Driscoll, Director, IMFORMED, UK
09:30 Salt global supply overview & Asian chlor-alkali market
Dr Stefan Schlag, Managing Director, Salt Market Information, Switzerland
10:00 COFFEE
REGIONAL 1: PAKISTAN | BANGLADESH | KAZAKHSTAN
11:00 Status & outlook for Pakistan salt supply, markets & future prospects
Ismail Suttar, Chief Executive Officer, HubSalt, Pakistan
11:30 Vacuum salt production in Bangladesh: Fourth generation technology
Eörs Kondorosy, Managing Director, Evatherm AG, Switzerland
12:00 Salt production developments in Kazakhstan
Ioanna Ponomarenko, President, Araltuz JSC, Kazakhstan & Mikhail Zlobin, Assoc. Director, EBRD, UK
12:30 LUNCH
REGIONAL 2: EUROPE
14:00 The Salt of Diplomacy: EUsalt’s collaborative approach to industry advancement in the EU’s changing environment
Dr Urs Ch. Hofmeier, President, EUsalt & CEO, Schweizer Salinen AG, Switzerland
14:30 SEASALT Europe: Challenges & opportunities of a unique industry
Gonzalo Diaz Caicoya, President, SEASALT Europe & General Manager, Bras del Port, Spain
15:00 COFFEE
SOLAR SALT DEVELOPMENTS
15:30 Solar salt works & technology developments on increasing salt yield & quality with sustainability
Dr Bhoomi Andharia, Senior Scientist, Salt and Marine Chemicals Division, CSIR-CSMCRI, India
16:00 Advancements in solar salt industry: a comprehensive exploration of automation for enhanced efficiency and sustainability
Param H Dave, Manager, Tata Chemicals Ltd, India
16:30 Don’t waste an asset: Increasing solar salt value
Tony Crimmins, CEO, EcoMag, Australia
17:00 The California Supreme Salt project
Vladimir Sedivy, President, Salt Partners Ltd, Switzerland
17:30 CLOSE OF DAY 1 & Networking Drinks Reception at Belgian Cafe, InterContinental
*subject to change
Programme Outline
Monday 18 November 2024
09:00-16:00 Salt Partners Masterclass
16:30 Registration InterContinental Hotel Lobby
19:30 Welcome Dinner sponsored by
Tuesday 19 November 2024
09:00-17:30 Presentations & Discussion
17:30 Networking Drinks Reception at Belgian Cafe, InterContinental
Wednesday 20 November 2024
09:00-12:30 Presentations & Discussion
WEDNESDAY 20 November
MARKETS: CHLOR-ALKALI | SODIUM-ION BATTERIES
09:00 The role of salt in the chlor-alkali industry & its outlook
Stephanie König , Head of European Chlor-Alkali, Argus Media Ltd, UK
09:30 Could sodium-ion batteries upset future salt supply/demand balances?
Sean Hoffman, Critical Minerals Research Analyst, Project Blue, South Africa
10:00 COFFEE
PROCESSING DEVELOPMENTS
11:00 Innovation approach to salt plant optimisation
Robert van Voorst, Managing Director, Titan Salt, Netherlands
11:30 Crystallizer pilot study to produce high-purity salt from monovalent-ion dominant concentrated desalination brine
Dr Seungwon Ihm, Senior Expert, Saudi Water Authority, Saudi Arabia
12:00 The use of bittern after salt crystallisation for production of by-products
Dr Stephan Kaps, Head of Chemical & Physical Process Engineering, K-UTEC AG Salt Technologies, Germany
12:30 LUNCH & CLOSE OF CONFERENCE
*subject to change