IMFORMED is delighted to invite you to join us in Abu Dhabi for a stimulating conference covering the key trends and developments shaping world salt supply and demand.

Salt is a vital industrial mineral, of which about 335m tonnes is produced worldwide and 50m tonnes exported by >50 countries.

Salt Forum provides a regular, well-organised international networking and knowledge sharing hub for the global salt supply chain.

Confirmed Speakers*

Global overview of chlor-alkali markets, new developments and trends
Angel Fernandez, Director Chlor-Alkali EMEA, Chemical Market Analytics, UK

Salt supply & market outlook
Alison Saxby, Research Director, Project Blue, UK

From Commodity to SALT INNOVATION HUB
Oriol Domènech, CEO, MaxiSalt, Spain

The European salt industry: innovation & collaboration in a changing Europe
Adriana Nosewicz, Managing Director, EUsalt, Belgium

Identifying global challenges for salt industry leaders
Wouter Lox, Coordinator, International Salt Alliance, Belgium

Salt & its downstream chlor-alkali markets: direct & indirect implications of a trade war
Dr Stefan Schlag, Managing Director, Salt Market Information, Switzerland

Naqaa Salt: Laying foundation for a new global salt manufacturing hub
Vivek Somani, Strategic Business Leader, Naqaa Salt, Oman

High quality salt production in Turkey including pharma grade PDV salt
Ahmet Solak, Export Manager, Mutlucan Tuz AŞ, Turkey

How Australia’s newest Salt Supplier BCI Minerals is responding to changing market dynamics
David Boshoff, Managing Director, BCI Minerals, Australia

Innovations & development of new state-of-the-art sea salt refinery
Koen Egberts, Sales Manager, & Julian Ravenshorst, Sales Engineer, Tema Process BV, Netherlands

New LSRRO membrane enables OARO process to yield water, salt and minerals from desalination waste
Vladimir M. Sedivy, President, Salt Partners Ltd, Switzerland

Deicing salt production in Egypt
Dr. Mohamed Khalil, CEO, Al Khalil Salt Co., Egypt

The Plug-in and Go innovation: Skid-mounted Pure Vacuum Dried Salt Plant
Ganesh Iyer, Chief Technical Officer, M/s. SALTEC Inc., India

Climate resilient & energy efficient designing of solar salt works for sustainability in the salt industry
Dr Bhoomi Andharia, Principal Scientist, Salt & Marine Chemicals Division, CSIR-CSMCRI, India

Salt project developments in Africa
Balasubramanian Shriram, Managing Director, Shriraam Engineering, India

Back to the Roots: Latest developments in the field of technology providers for salt plants
Eörs Kondorosy, Sales & Process Director, Veolia HPD®- Evatherm® Evaporation & Crystallization Solutions, Switzerland

* subject to change