ERTC Ask the Experts
31st March - 2nd April 2020 | Hilton Antwerp, Belgium
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ERTC: Ask the Experts is back for its 4th edition, taking place from 31st – 2nd April 2020 at the Hilton Antwerp, Belgium.
We are excited to announce that Ask the Experts 2020 will be taking place with our co-host Total. In addition to our traditional technical sessions with our experts, gala dinner and drinks reception, you will also have the opportunity to visit Total’s biggest refinery on the continent and Europe’s third largest.
Keep updated by registering your interest for 2020, or download our post-event report from this year’s edition to gain a true understanding of what Ask the Experts entails.
Why Attend?
ERTC: Ask the Experts is the chance to collaborate directly with process engineers of Europe’s major refineries.
The industry is at a crossroads and refiners are on the hunt for their burning technical questions to be answered. This is the opportunity for technology and solution providers with extensive experience in the field to build relationships with new customers with your latest solutions.
How does it work?
Thanks to our extensive refining network at the World Refining Association, we have been able to collate the pressing onsite issues faced by Europe’s process engineers. With their questions to hand, we are looking for experts from across the globe to answer their problems in four exciting formats.
Topics for 2020
Renewable/ Alternative Fuels
Alkylation
Hydroprocessing
FCC
Crude & Vacuum Distillation
Shutdown & Turnaround Preparations
Reforming & Isomerisation
Can you offer your expertise and solutions to our 2020 topics? Get in touch with:
Sandil Sanmugam
Project Manager
Sandil.Sanmugam@wraconferences.com
+44 207 384 7744


Total Antwerp Refinery Visit
After more than five years of work and capital expenditure of more than €1 billion, Antwerp — Total’s largest refining and petrochemicals complex in Europe — has completed its transformation. The complex is composed of a refinery that processes 338,000 barrels of crude oil per day, a petrochemical plant that manufactures base chemicals and a facility that produces polymers.
It has been completely reorganized to meet three objectives: respond to market demand by manufacturing more light products that meet the strictest environmental standards, make the complex more flexible so it can use the most cost-advantaged feedstocks available and increase synergies between refining and petrochemicals.
With its 1,700 employees, Antwerp is poised to become one of Total’s most competitive complexes.
Experts who presented in Vienna

Claudia Prati
Operations Manager
ENI

Claus-Peter Hälsig
VP Process and Technology
Fluor

David Broady
Project Development Technologist
Essar Oil

Dávid Vas
Delayed Coker Specialist
MOL

Dominique Tassignon
Commercial Director, Europe
Veolia

Filomena del Greco
Senior Process Engineer
Fluor

Gerhard Warecka
Senior Advisor Asset Development
OMV

Harald Hess
Head of HSSE, Downstream
OMV

Jan Sikkenk
Refinery Process Technology Manager
Shell Pernis Refinery

János Mészáros
Process Technologist - Reformer, HPP, NHT specialist
MOL

Kim Jooste
Group DS Production Technology & Development VP
MOL Group

Ladislav Vdovjak
LCFiner Plant Manager
Slovnaft

Martha Smith
Global Technology Director
ZymeFlow

Niels Groot
Water Advisor
Dow Chemical

Rasmus Finnerup Wille
VP and Refinery Site Manager
Equinor Mongstad

Rob Van Der Mejj
Director
Reactor Resources

Sabeeth Srikantharajah
Technical Account Manager, Refining Catalysts – EMEA
BASF

Stephane Montmasson
Chief of Technology EMEA
Grace

Tamás Völgyi
Process Technologist - CW, WWT, BFW specialist
MOL

Thomas Björklöf
Technology Manager
UPM

Tibor Komróczki
Process Automation & Information Head
MOL

Dr. Zoran Milosevic
Professor and Independent Process Consultant
University of Surrey
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