i.t. and the future of the chemical industry. Join ChemiTC, CiDX, anD CiSUG for Co-loCaTeD fall meeTinGS anD JoinT neTworkinG anD learninG evenTS.

this unique event will be held atSaP americas headquarters3999 west Chester Pike, newtown Square, PaSeptember 29–October 2, 2008

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welcome 3

Special attendees 4

Technology Showcase 4

Day one Schedule 5

Day Two Schedule 6

Day Three Schedule 7

Day four Schedule 8

roundtables 9

Keynote address by:Dr. alan e. Barton, executive vice

President, rohm and haas CompanyTopic: Sustainability

Location: SaP americas headquarters3999 west Chester Pike, newtown Square, PaSeptember 29–October 2, 2008

three events – one dynamic experience. Join US for i.T. anD The fUTUre of The ChemiCal inDUSTry.

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welcomeyou are invited to join your colleagues and information technology experts from around the world for a unique event. for the first time, the aCC’s Chemical iT Center (ChemiTC), the Chemical industry Data exchange (CiDX), and the Chemical industry SaP Users Group (CiSUG) will respectively host their fall meetings in a single location. Please join us in Philadelphia to take advantage of this special opportunity, which is bringing so many people in the chemical industry together in one location.

This unique experience will enable you to participate in working group sessions* that will help you shape future information technology, exchange ideas, and gather information on best practices and new solutions. Subjects to be covered will include:

rfiD Technology •Cyber Security •Business intelligence•iT architecture •Telecommunications•iT Benchmarking •Supply and Demand Planning •manufacturing management •Contract and warehouse management •Customer management •Business Process management •regulatory Compliance•

*working sessions require membership.

major open events

Tuesday, September 305:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Dr. Alan E. Barton,

Executive Vice President, Rohm and Haas Company

6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m General Reception and Technology Showcase

Wednesday, October 1 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. CISUG General Session (open)12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Lunch Roundtables

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ChemITC

ChemITC Chair: anne wilms, executive vP/Cio, rohm and haas Company

Survey and Benchmark Program Director: roger Sharpe, manager infrastructure Services, Dow Corning Corporation

Cyber Security Program Director: Christine adams, Senior information Systems manager, The Dow Chemical Company

Telecommunications Chair: Bill welsh, manager iT infrastructure, Bayer materialScience

Business Intelligence Technology Co-Chairs: Jeff fraley, manager of administrative Systems and iT, eastman Chemical Company

keith Carey, enterprise architect, Dow Corning Corporation

CIDX

Chair, Standards and Guidelines: lisa vallett, DuPont

Chair, eInvoicing: Gary neights, Director, elemica

Chair, Terminal Warehouse/Contract Manufacturing: vy li, Supply Chain analyst, ashland

Chair, RFID: Gene Sumption, manufacturing Systems manager, Dow Corning Corporation

Chair, Business Process Management: Jay vander wall, enterprise architect, The Dow Chemical Company

CISUG

Chair, CISUG Steering Team: Doug Thomson, maintenance effectiveness Specialist, nova Chemicals

Chair of CRM Working Group: eric Soll, Sales and marketing Business Process manager, rohm and haas Company

Chair, Intellectual Property Working Group: Julian Paisley-Smith, Security and Controls Project leader, DuPont

Chair, Manufacturing Working Group: mike Behal, manufacturing, Compliance Technology and operations Services iT manager, eastman Chemical Company

Chair, Regulatory Compliance Working Group: ina lerner, eh&S Business Process Consultant, Dow Corning Corporation

Chair, Supply and Demand Planning Working Group: Tapan malik, Corporate Supply Chain Competency leader, DuPont

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IT AND THE FUTURE OF THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY 2008

4 Acsis 4 Cisco 4 Hitachi Consulting 4 IBM 4 Linx/AS 4 Neoris 4 NorthgateArinso 4 OpenText 4 OSIsoft 4 SEAL Consulting Inc. 4 SmartOps 4 Tata Consultancy Services 4 TechniData 4 Teradata 4 Vendavo

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8:00 a.m. CIDX General SessionExecutive Director’s Welcome – Ken Hutcheson

New CIDX Direction – Tony D’Alessandro

Additional Speakers: David Connelly, Gary Dick, Udo Edelmann, Mark Crawford

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5:00 p.m. Keynote Presentation by:Dr. Alan E. Barton, Executive Vice President,

Rohm and Haas Company

Keynote Presentation by:Dr. Alan E. Barton, Executive Vice President,

Rohm and Haas Company

Keynote Presentation by:Dr. Alan E. Barton, Executive Vice President,

Rohm and Haas Company5:30 p.m.

6:00 p.m.General Reception and Technology ShowcaseSAP Hosted (ChemITC,

CISUG, CIDX in Attendance)

General Reception and Technology ShowcaseSAP Hosted (ChemITC, CISUG, CIDX in Attendance)

General Reception and Technology ShowcaseSAP Hosted (ChemITC, CISUG, CIDX in Attendance)

6:30 p.m.CIO Dinner

Sponsor: IBM7:00 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

8:00 p.m.

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*Check ChemITC’s detailed schedule for infomation about open and closed sessions.

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Welcome and Introductory RemarksDoug Thomson and Franz Hero

Strategy to Execution Stefan Schoepfel

Executive Dashboards Mike Masciandaro

Product Innovation Stephan Haehre

Commercialization of New Product Development at NB Coatings Dave Wong

Manufacturing Operations Management Hans Wuest and John Harrison

Making the Perfect Plant a Reality in SAP’s Center of Innovation Speaker TBD

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Analysis9:30 a.m.

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companies – registration required)

ChemITC Reception and Dinner (open to all ChemITC member

companies – registration required)

ChemITC Reception and Dinner (open to all ChemITC member

companies – registration required)

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Continental Breakfast Continental Breakfast7:30 a.m.

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Cyber Security General Session Steering Committee Meeting8:30 a.m.

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lunch roundtables are open to all ChemiTC, CiDX, and CiSUG attendees and are intended to facilitate learning and the exchange of ideas on key topics. roundtable topics include:

Managing Intellectual Property and Litigation Readinessmanaging intellectual property and litigation readiness is a constant challenge of doing more with less. it is compounded as companies embrace new technologies that inadvertently increase governance risk, eh&S risks, and intellectual property leakage, and weaken litigation readiness. This roundtable discussion will focus on case studies centered around best practices and technology strategies. Sponsor: OpenText

Enable Business Information Access for All Plant WorkersDecisions made at the plant level often are driven purely by operational considerations in the absence of greater business context. however, enterprise services now enable simplified data access and transaction interaction with business. Join this discussion for a review of where the use of new technology is making a difference to effective (not just efficient) plant operations, as well as a demonstration of how SaP manufacturing integration and intelligence (SaP mii) and other gadgets can be used to economically present the right information to the right people at the right time to make business-critical decisions. Sponsor: SEAL Consulting Inc.

Controlling Transportation Activity and CostsTightening capacity across all transportation modes, as well as the burden of fuel surcharges, are increasingly off-setting the economy softness in transportation rates. many shippers will experience significantly higher transportation costs as the economy rebounds in 2009. There is strong anecdotal – and now empirical – evidence that shippers can use advanced transportation management system technology to become responsive in real time to incremental changes in transportation rates and surcharges – measurably reducing their overall freight expenses. The conversation will focus on how shippers can build a business case, then acquire and implement advanced transportation technology to control transportation activity and costs in real time. Sponsor: Hitachi Consulting

The True Cost of Returnable Containers and Assetsamr research indicates that over 50 million returnable transport items are lost, damaged, or otherwise removed from service each year at an estimated cost of close to $1 billion globally and that 76% of companies have trouble tracking returnable assets. Join this discussion about the challenges and best practices for improving the management of totes and containers used for product movement/distribution to reduce asset costs. Sponsor: Acsis

Streamlining Formulation to CommercializationThe product introduction path from formulation to commercialization can hit a speed bump or two through r&D, primarily because this audience is content and protective of their current design methodology (in many cases enabled by excel and e-mail). however, as the age of registration, evaluation, authorization, and restriction of Chemicals (reaCh) impacts the front end of innovation, integrated product data management and supply-chain collaboration becomes a business imperative to ensuring product quality, compliance, and profitability. Join this discussion to explore the current challenges, solutions, and long-term vision for formulation-based Plm. Sponsor: Linx/AS

Meeting the REACH ChallengeChemical companies must thrive in the face of global complexity and an ever-changing regulatory environment. Join this roundtable for a discussion of how customers, such as Chemtura Corporation, used iT solutions to succeed with reaCh compliance. Sponsor: TechniData

Operating a Supply Chain with Real-Time Informationincreased regulations, rising transportation costs, and the need for improved service are making real world awareness (beyond a GPS dot on the map) a business advantage. new technologies and solution developments enable chemical companies

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to respond efficiently to supply chain events and plan deviations before they impact business. Join this discussion on real-time visibility beyond the four walls and the value it can bring to a chemical company and its operations. Sponsor: Neoris

Effective Energy ManagementThe chemical industry, like all industries, is plagued by ever-increasing energy costs. it is becoming more difficult to pass these costs along and maintain healthy margins. Join a discussion of how one company was able to reduce its energy consumption using a single real-time data infrastructure with its existing SaP portal. This systematic approach to energy management saved the company millions of dollars and greatly reduced its carbon footprint. Sponsor: OSIsoft

Achieving Value Through Multi-Echelon Inventory OptimizationChemical companies operating in global distribution environments with fluctuating demand and high product complexity are faced with the challenge of supplying against fixed requirements at shorter lead times than ever before. Companies must rapidly transition traditional supply chains into highly configurable, responsive supply networks if they are going to improve their ability to sense and respond faster and smarter to changes in supply-and-demand dynamics. Join this discussion to learn how enterprise-class inventory optimization software is designed for the rigors of the real world and capable of managing

uncertainty in complex, multistage supply chains. hear how high-performance supply chains that require accurate demand forecasting targets and trustworthy planning targets like Bayer materialScience, rohm & haas, and monsanto, are seeing reduced working capital and increased profitability. Sponsor: SmartOps

Use of Virtual Reality to Meet Process Industry ChallengesJoin this discussion on the use of virtual reality (vr) technology to address issues such as effective operator training, process improvements, enhancement of process safety and analysis of safety-critical systems, identification and elimination of hazardous situations and improvement of operational logistics. The discussion at this roundtable will focus on innovative approaches to applying vr to these process industry challenges and more. The expected outcome of the discussion is to identify technical and non-technical (softer, user-specific) requirements of vr solutions to cater to these applications, along with crisp identification of the value that vr technology can add to the process industry as a whole. Sponsor: Tata Consultancy Services

Outsourcing the Future of Chemical Industry HRITfor more and more hr and iT professionals in the chemical industry, hriT outsourcing, combined with comprehensive talent management, has become mission-critical. it is the foundation

required for next-generation processes that retain and cultivate a high-quality workforce while managing within existing (or even declining) budgets. however, most hriT transaction operations are still in-house and inefficient. Join this session for a discussion on whether outsourcing is right for your organization. The discussion will touch on optimizing key processes such as multi-country and global payroll, workforce administration, time and attendance, talent management, learning/ training, recruitment, performance management, document and knowledge management, and service center automation. Sponsor: NorthgateArinso

Improving Business Performance and Organizational Effectiveness Through Data Integration and CollaborationBringing a corporation’s manufacturing-related data together from many sources for reporting, analysis, visual summary, and passing data between enterprise-level and plant-floor systems can close the gap between the shop floor and the top floor. as data is combined from multiple sources, it can be given a new structure or context that will help users find what they need, regardless of where it came from. The primary goal is to turn large amounts of manufacturing data into real knowledge and drive business results based on that knowledge. Join this discussion on the challenges and benefits of data integration and collaboration in the chemical industry. Sponsor: Teradata

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