Technical Sessions
| Prof. BM Das Memorial Lecture: | by Dr. Samir Dasgupta (bio-brief) |
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Keynote lectures |
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| Session 1: | Greenmark: to discuss green chemistry initiatives in leather chemicals, chemicals for making environmentally benign and natural leathers, methods for enhancing uptake of chemicals, management of wastes etc |
| Session 2: | Brand: to discuss special properties sought by customers; chemicals for achieving new and sought properties; exploring unknown territories through chemicals |
| Session 3: | Market: to discuss special properties conferrable to inferior materials through chemicals; value addition to leather |
| Session 4: | Compliance: to discuss Compliance to REACH norms; tTest procedures for banned chemicals; achieving quality consistency in Indian tanneries |
| Demonstration Sessions: | Demonstration of products and chemicals with live demonstration on the process itself |
| Brainstorming Sessions | Participants: Members of the Leather Chemical Manufacturers Association (LCMA), Stakeholder bodies; researchers from CLRI, College of engineering and leather technology, Kolkata; National Institute of Technology, Jallandhar; Harcourt Butler Institute of Technology, Kanpur etc. |