9:00 – 10:00 hr.

Registration & Tea

10:00 – 11:30 hr.

Inaugural Session

Welcome Address by Mr. Santosh Mahanti, Editor & CMD, ISR Infomedia Pvt. Ltd.

Address by Mr. Parmod Sagar, Chairman, Managing Director & CEO President – India Region, RHI Magnesita India Ltd.

Address by MR. Arasu Shanmugam, Director & CEO-India, IFGL Refractories Limited

Address by Mr. Mohinder Pradip Singh Rajput, Managing Director, Vesuvius Refractory India Limited  

Address by Dr. Karnam Rama Krishna, Executive Director, Steel Authority of India Limited

Address by Mr. Suman Kumar Bal, Joint President - Sales & Marketing, Chemicals Business, Hindalco Industries Ltd.

Presentation of Mementos

Vote of Thanks by Mr. Subhasish Majumder,

President, Millennium Institute of Energy and Environment Management

11:30 – 12:00 hr.

Inauguration of Exhibition and High Tea

12:00 – 13:30 hr.

Panel Discussion on “Best Refractory Practices for Steel Making”

Moderator: Mr. R.V.S. Raju, Managing Director, Rath India

Panelists:

Mr. Prasanta Panigrahi, Head Refractory Technology Group, Tata Steel, Jamshedpur

Mr. Manoranjan Beura, IFGL Refractories Limited

Mr. Subrata Roy, Chief Operating Officer, Vesuvius Refractory India Limited

Mr. Kushal Agarwal, Managing Director, Sarvesh Refractories Pvt. Ltd.

13:30 – 14:30 hr.

Lunch

14:30 – 16:15 hr.

Technical Session: I

Session Chair: Dr. H. S. Tripathi, Ex-Chief Scientist, CSIR-CGCRI

Paper 1

Next-generation Refractory solutions for the Iron & Steel Industry: Challenges and Emerging Trends

Mr. Nandan Kr. Santra, Head of Technical Marketing-Integrated mill and resale business, rhi Magnesita India Ltd

Paper 2

“ISO Products”

Mr. Nabarun Konwar, IFGL Refractories Limited

Paper 3

Title of the paper

Speaker & Hindalco

Paper 4

Achieving Sustainability through state of Art Technologies in Tundish Linings

Mr. Soumya Bhattacharjee, Vesuvius Refractory India Limited

Paper 5

Development of a Novel Trowel-able Refractory Material for Abrasion- Resistant Duct Linings in Pelletizing  plants

Dr. M Sathiyakumar , Head R&D, Totale Global Pvt Ltd.

16.15 – 16:30 hr.

Tea Break

16:30 – 18:15 hr.

Technical Session: II

Session Chair:

Paper 6

“Gunning manipulators for the hot repair”                                                                          Mr. Christian Wolf, Managing Director, Velco GMBH

Paper 7

“Bulk Density Measurement of Refractory Raw Materials –  Faster and Better with a Spin Dryer”            

Mr. Surojit Pal, Application & Market Development Engineer, Almatis

Paper 8

“Refractory solutions for enhancing safety & Sustainability in Blast Furnaces Operations”

Mr. Sanjiv Kumar, Head Operations, C & E BF, Tata Steel, Jamshedpur

Paper 9

“Andalusite: A Sustainable, High-Performance Refractory Mineral for the Green Transition”                    

Dr. Goutam Bhattacharya, Imerys

Paper 10

“Innovation and Advanced Technology in Refractory Making”                                                                               

Mr. Akhilesh Jaiswal and Mr. Yashwardhan Singh, Neptune Industries Limited

18:15 – 19:00 hr.

Spare time for Exhibition

19:00 – 22:00 hr. 

Cocktail Dinner

10:00 – 11:45 hr.

Technical Session: III

Session Chair:

Paper 11

“Development of high performance castable for reheating furnace of steel plant rolling mills”                     

Mr. Indranil Roy, Assistant General Manager (AGM), SAIL - RDCIS

Paper 12

“Nanocarbon Containing Low-Carbon Al₂O₃–C Refractories for Steelmaking.”                               Dr Venkatesh Pilli, Scientist, Refractory & Traditional Ceramics Division, CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute CSIR – CGCRI

Paper 13

“Basic Monolithics”

Mr. Sourav Banerjee, IFGL Refractories Limited

Paper 14

Green Tap hole clay: Sustainable steps towards Cleaner solutions and Challenges

Mr. Rupesh Chaudhary, Vesuvius Refractory India Limited

Paper 15

Refractory Testing – Direct Lever for Steel Throughput & Profitability, Dr Sanjay Koyande, cmd – ccrt grouP

Paper 16

"Indian Refractory Raw Materials: Challenges and Sustainable Opportunities

Dr. H. S. Tripathi, Ex Chief Scientist, CSIR-CGCRI

11:45 – 12:00 hr.

Tea

12:00 – 13:30 hr.

Panel Discussion on “Raw Material Sustainability & Carbon Footprint in Refractories”

Moderator: Mr. Suman Kumar Bal, Joint President - Sales & Marketing, Chemicals Business, Hindalco Industries Ltd

Panelists:

Mr. Shankha Chatterjee, Technical Manager ‑ India & SEA, Almatis

Dr. Sanjay Koyande, Managing Director, CCTR Lab

13:30 – 14:30 hr.

Lunch

14:30 – 16:15 hr.

Technical Session: IV

Session Chair:

Paper 17

“Application of Maftec material for high temperature”

JFE Shoji Corporation

Paper 18

Recent Development in Refractory for Steel Making

Mr. Swarup Sinha, Head SM LD3 & TSCR, Tata Steel, Jamshedpur

Paper 19

Hydrogen–Refractory Interactions in Emerging Low-Carbon Steelmaking: A Preliminary Investigation

Dr Somnath Sinhamahapatra, Sr. Principal Scientist, CSIR-CGCRI, Kolkata, CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute CSIR – CGCRI

16.15 – 16:45 hr.

Concluding Session

16:45 – 17:15 hr.

Tea and Networking