6:00 AM - 2:30 PM
POC2025 GOLF CHALLENGE*
Tropicana Golf & Country Resort
6:00 AM
Bus Departs from Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur
6:45 AM
Registration & Breakfast
7:45 AM
Tee-Off (Shotgun)
1:00 PM
Lunch & Prize Presentation
2:30 PM
Bus Departs for Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur
6:45 AM - 3:30 PM
POC2025 PLANTATION TOUR*
Palm Oil Experience Centre (POEC) at Carey Island, SD ≠Guthrie Berhad
Tentative Programme
6:45 AM
POC2025 Plantation Tour Registration Opens
Lower Lobby, Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur
7:15 AM
Buses depart for POEC
9:00 AM
Arrival at Centre of Sustainability
9:30 AM
Tour Palm Oil Experience Centre
10:30 AM
Arrival at Field Demo Site Palm Oil Experience Centre
Briefing on Oil Palm Estate Sustainable Agriculture Practices
Oil Palm Fruit Harvesting Demo
Briefing on Palm Oil Mill Processes
12:00 PM
Arrival at Plantation Museum
1:00 PM
Lunch
2:30 PM
Buses depart for Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
BURSA MALAYSIA DERIVATIVES WORKSHOP*
Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur
Opportunities with Options on Crude Palm Oil Futures (OCPO)
8:30 AM
Registration Opens
9:00 AM
Paper 1
9:30 AM
Paper 2
10:30 AM
Coffee Break
11:00 AM
Paper 3
12:00 PM
Discussion and Q&A
12:30 PM
Workshop Ends
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
POC2025 CONFERENCE REGISTRATION & EXHIBITION OPEN
Lower Lobby & Level B2, Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
WELCOME RECEPTION
Grand Ballroom, Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur
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8:00 AM
REGISTRATION & EXHIBITION RE-OPEN
Lower Lobby & Level B2, Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur
9:45 AM
POC2025 OFFICIAL OPENING
11:00 AM
SPECIAL PAPER 1
Dato' Carl Bek-Nielsen
Vice Chairman & Chief Executive Director, United Plan₽tations Berhad
Chairman, Malaysian Palm Oil Council
11:30 AM
SPECIAL PAPER 2
Mr Mohd Haris Mohd Arshad
Group Chief Operating Officer, SD Guthrie Be<rhad
12:00 PM
PANEL SESSION
CEO ROUNDTABLE: GLOBAL VIEW ON PALM OIL MARKETS
Session Chair
Mr M. R. Chandran, KMN, FISP
Chairman of IRGA Sdn Bhd & Advisor to RSPO
Panel Members
Dato’ Carl Bek-Nielsen
Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Director, United Plantatio∑ns Berhad
Chairman, Malaysian Palm Oil Council
Mr Mohd Haris Mohd Arshad
Group Chief Operating Officer, Sime Darby Plantation Ber©had
Managing Director, Sime Darby Oils
Mr Jeremy Goon
Chief Sustainability Officer, Wilmar International Limited &∞; Chief Executive Officer, FFM Berhad
Mr Harish Harlani
Vice-President & Global Leader, P&G Chemicals
Mr Borhan Bachi
Group Director, Plantation Division, FGV Holdings Be§rhad
Mr Sunny Verghese
Co-founder & Group CEO, Olam International Limited
1:15 PM
LUNCH
2:30 PM
PLENARY SESSION 1
LAURICS, BIODIESEL & OLEOCHEMICALS SESSION
Session Chair
Mr UR Unnithan
President, Malaysian Biodiesel Association
2:35 PM
PAPER 1: LAURICS
Ms Regina Koh
Price Reporter, Fastmarkets
3:05 PM
PAPER 2: BIODIESEL
Mr Artem Hammerschmidt
Head of Vegoils & Biofuels Research, Ceras Analytics
3:35 PM
PAPER 3: OLEOCHEMICALS
Ms Eashani Chavda
Senior Editor Manager, ICIS
4:05 PM
Q&A SESSION
4:30 PM
NETWORKING & REFRESHMENTS
5:00 PM
CONFERENCE DAY 1 ENDS
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
POC2025 GALA DINNER REGISTRATION OPENS
Grand Ballroom Foyer, Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur
8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
POC2025 GALA DINNER*
Grand Ballroom, Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur
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8:00 AM
REGISTRATION & EXHIBITION RE-OPEN
Lower Lobby & Level B2, Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur
10:00 AM
BURSA MALAYSIA DERIVATIVES HIGHLIGHTS
Mr Mohd Saleem Kader Bakas
Director, Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad
10:30 AM
SPECIAL PAPER 3: RENEWABLE ENERGY
Mr Lum JiYang
Senior Principal Research Analyst, S&P Global Commodity Insights
11:00 AM
PLENARY SESSION 2
PALM & MAJOR OILS SESSION
Session Chair
Datuk Nageeb Wahab
Deputy Secretary General, Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries
11:05 AM
PAPER 1
Mr Thomas Mielke
Executive Director, ISTA Mielke GmbH
11:50 AM
PAPER 2
Mr Rasheed JanMohammed
Chief Executive Officer, Westbury Group
12:20 PM
LUNCH
1:30 PM
PAPER 3
Dr Mohamad Fadhil Hasan
Head of Foreign Affairs Division, Indonesian Palm Oil As✘sociation (GAPKI)
2:00 PM
PAPER 4
Ms Emily French
Founder & CEO, Global Protein AG
2:30 PM
PAPER 5
Mr Ryan Chen
China CNF Business Director – Oils & Oilseeds
CASC Greater China Grains, Oilseeds and Oils
Cargill Investments (China) Ltd
3:00 PM
PAPER 6
Dr Julian Conway McGill
Managing Director, Glenauk Economics
3:30 PM
PAPER 7
Mr Dorab Mistry, OBE
Director, Godrej International Limited
4:00 PM
Q&A SESSION
4:30 PM
NETWORKING & REFRESHMENTS
5:30 PM
POC2025 ENDS