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 Plantations Berhad
Chairman, Malaysian Palm Oil Council
11:30 AM
SPECIAL PAPER 2
Mr Mohd Haris Mohd Arshad
Group Chief Operating Officer, SD Guthrie Berhad
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 Plantations Berhad
Chairman, Malaysian Palm Oil Council
Mr Mohd Haris Mohd Arshad
Group Chief Operating Officer, Sime Darby Plantation Berhad
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 Berhad
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 Association (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