Date: October 29, 2026
Venue: M Hotel
81 Anson Road
Singapore 079908

Speakers:


Buc Slay
Buc Slay is the CTO of Alpine Polytech, a material and equipment testing laboratory. He graduated from Texas A&M with degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Material Science.  He initially worked for Halliburton and Weatherford leading efforts to select and test materials for oil and gas recovery.  Buc co-founded Alpine, a company that provides high performance testing of materials and equipment used in upstream, midstream, and downstream applications.  This involves all aspects of seal technology including Hydrogen, CO2, H2S, failure analysis, and life estimation.  He also participates in ISO, NACE, and API committees.


Chad Glaesman

Chad Glaesman is a Distinguished Scientist with Halliburton Energy Services in Singapore with nearly 30 years of experience in polymer science, elastomer formulation, materials characterization, test method development, and advanced sealing systems. His work supports completions technology through materials selection, R&D, and external collaboration with universities and research organizations. He has developed novel testing and polymer evaluation methods for deepwater, HP/HT, and gas storage applications and has authored or coauthored 10 industry publications and is an inventor on 25 U.S. patents.

Kurt Hayden
Kurt is the Vice President of Commercial Development for CDI Products, a Michelin Group Company which is part of Advanced Sealing Technologies. Kurt leads commercial strategy, business development, application engineering and market intelligence efforts.  He has worked for Advanced Sealing Technology for 16 years. During that time, he has held various technical leadership roles and worked across the sister companies of the Advanced Sealing Technology Division including Hallite Seals, EGC Engineered Solutions and Flexitallic on joint customer initiatives.

Kurt received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Western Michigan University.  During his graduate work, he taught plastics processing and mold design courses and supervised research activities and student projects.  He enjoyed his work with students and helping them to discover and develop their capabilities.  Kurt lives in The Woodlands, Texas, USA with his wife Kailee and their three children.

Johnson Koa
A family man with 2 kids, lives in Singapore, his hobbies includes watching F1, loves seeing how backmarking teams win their races against the bigger budget teams. Currently volunteering in his church coffee ministry and mentoring for his alma mater University for students going to the workforce.

Johnson had worked in most of Energy hotspots in the world, Middle East, US, China and Malaysia. An inclusive engineering chap with career spanning since 1999 with global experience in New Energy from fundamental core to digital domain, wellhead technologies, and product lifecycle management. Proven track record in technical sales (win work), R&D, project execution, and cross-functional leadership across Asia Pacific, Middle East, China and the U.S. Adept at driving innovation, mentoring diverse teams, and integrating digital solutions into traditional engineering workflows.

NS Rajkumar
Rajkumar has acquired 29 years of experience in Polymer Science and Rubber Technology spanning several industrial segments including Oil & Gas with good exposure to a wide variety of Materials (Elastomers and Engineering Plastics) and unique Processing machinery. He has handled Product Design, Process Design and Tool Design meeting the stringent requirements of the Oil & Gas Industry serving reputed OEMs around the world. He has successfully patented a new product and made significant contributions to the development and functional evaluation of new products of different categories.

Kannan PS
Mr. Kannan Sachindranath is Director of Vajra Rubber Products Private Limited. The company’s story began as a small flipflop-manufacturing unit in, Kerala, established by his father. Building on that legacy, Kannan joined the business in 1998–99 and has helped guide its evolution towards specialized rubber engineering, advanced product development, and globally competitive manufacturing solutions for demanding industrial applications. 

Craig Watkinson
Craig has spent the last 32+ years in the field of Seals and Sealing, covering everything from “simple” O-ring specifications to the design and development of complex solutions such as those on the landing gear of aircraft like the Airbus A380.

Former Head of Technology at ERIKS Seals and Polymer UK and various positions at Greene, Tweed culminating in 3 years as Global Technical Training Lead.  Craig came back to the “dark side” at Xmek a three years ago following a 3 year “bus mans holiday” designing and developing coatings and metallic piston rings, working with WinGD and MAN, for some of the worlds largest and most  powerful maritime combustion Engines.

Agenda:
Presentations are from 9am - 5pm
Happy Hour is from 5pm - 8pm (you MUST RSVP for the happy hour by selecting a free happy hour ticket on the registration ticket site Eventbrite)

Ticket Details:
Early Bird Registration $75 until Oct 15 at 11:59pm
Regular Registration $85 starting on Oct 16 at 12am

Sponsorships available:
Tabletop exhibits - three available - $1,500 each. Includes 2 registrations
Tea Break Sponsor - one available - $1,500
Happy Hour Sponsor - one available - $3,000 - includes 4 registrations

Please purchase your sponsorship on the registration portal, Eventbrite.