Session I

Chairman – Dr. Surendra Kulkarni

1. Prof Dr. Otto Woflfbeis:
Fluorescent Labels, Probes & Beads, And there applecation to luminescemce based bioassays and imaging.

2. Dr. Jean-Marie Adam:
Innavotation in hair dyes chemistry.

3. Prof. Dr. Michio Matsumura:
Organic photovoltaics: Utilization of colorants in molecular, amorphous and crystalline states .

4. Mr. Edward Menezes:
Bio-auxiliaries in colorants industry.

Session II

Chairman – Dr. Govind Patkar

1. Dr. Shirish Amin:
India Dyestuff Industry-Competing globally through value addition.

2. Mr. Satish Chilekar:
Treatment and re-use of textile industry waste water.

3. Mr. Pradeep Rathi:
Potential of Indian pigment manufacturers.

Session III

Chairman – Prof. Dr. Heinz Langhals

1. Prof. Dr. Bernd Tieke:
Synthesis & characteristic properties of DPP-based conjugated polymers.

2. Dr. Adil Dhalla:
Value addition with advanced functional colorants.

Session IV

Chaiman – Dr. Abul Iqbal

1. Prof. Dr. He Tian:
Photochromic materials for fluorescent switch and data storage.

2. Prof. Dr. Vinod Kanetkar:
Challenges in functional colorants Synthesis.

3. Prof. Dr. Heinz Langhals:
Novel perylene and naphthalene fluorescent dyestuff by the control with peripheral substituents.

4. Mr. Ullhas Nimkar:
Evolving global environmental & toxicological concerns for colorants.

Session V

Chaiman – Dr. Shavak Bhumgara

1. Dr. Karin Beck:
Global Compliance with Governmental and Industry Standards, and Responsible Care (R) of Colorants for the Polymer Industry – a Topic Growing in Complexity and Relevance.

2. Dr. Mujeeb-Ur-Rahman:
Reactive dyes-newer applications.

Session VI

Chairman – Dr. Mahesh Kotnis

1. Dr. Carsten Plug:
Recent Developments and new concepts of High Performance Organic Pigments.

2. Dr. Ram Sabnis:
Acid-base indicators for functional applications.