13 th Annual GPCA Forum Returns to Dubai with new Speaker Line-up
The Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association's 13 th Yearly GPCA Forum is going back to the Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, on 26 - 28 November 2018, with an exciting new line-up of speakers readied to deal with the theme of Executing transformation and investing in growth.
For the very first time the forum will certainly be ushered in by H.E. Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Minister of Oil, Kingdom of Bahrain, with Yousef Al-Benyan, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, SABIC and Chairman, GPCA, set to provide the opening session and welcome address, and keynote speaker Amin Nasser, President and Chief Executive Officer, Saudi Aramco.
Other distinguished speakers include Musabbeh Al-Kaabi, CEO, Oil and Petrochemicals, Mubadala; Mutlaq H. Al-Morished, CEO, TASNEE, and global chemical CEOs - Mark Lashier, President and CEO, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company; Daniele Ferrari, CEO, Versalis and Steven Demetriou, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Jacobs Engineering.
To plan for the following wave of global development and the difficulties of a changing business environment, senior industry leaders will assemble at the 13 th Annual GPCA Forum to network, exchange ideal techniques and analyze approaches, case studies and the steps needed to enhance their transformational trips.
A seminar on the Round Economy and 4 masterclass sessions devoted to Digitization-- possibilities and obstacles from presenting new modern technologies; Cybersecurity; Women in Industry; and 'The global chemical industry in an age of protectionism' will supply delegates with a special possibility to gain understanding right into the most recent challenges and patterns dealing with the industry and just what is the best way to resolve them. H.E. Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Minister of Oil, Kingdom of Bahrain, commented: "In an ever-changing world laden with uncertainty and turbulent market problems, the most important concept every company need to embrace is the concept of adjustment.
But with change comes transformation, and it is this transformation that will certainly determine a company's success for years ahead. "I am exceptionally pleased to see GPCA structure on last year's theme and focusing on "Carrying out transformation and investing in growth". This year's forum provides the perfect opportunity to accelerate collaboration with industry leaders and seek out financial investment opportunities throughout the whole worth chain. It additionally offers the center functional ways to this transformation, and a chance to share knowledge in an effective method onward."
Dr. Abdulwahab Al-Sadoun, Secretary General, GPCA, included: "Global need for chemicals is mosting likely to continue to be solid, driven by expanding world populace, boosting living requirements, demographic adjustments and broadening middle-class, particularly in developing economic situations in
Africa and Asia. To make sure a consistent and lasting supply of high value chemicals to the world, the GCC industry need to purchase innovative modern technologies, heighten the move to loan consolidation to construct emergency, and incorporate its refinery and petrochemical operations to make best use of the value of the crude oil barrel."
" An additional important necessary that needs the industry's focus is attending to the sustainability obstacles of today's modern culture. That is why, this year's Annual GPCA Forum is bringing a higher concentrate on the circular economic situation and its interface with sustainability in corporate planning as both federal governments and industry globally join their efforts to lower the quantity of waste produced and move to a "closed loophole" economic and industry model."
The forum will additionally host the 9 th edition of GPCA's Leaders of Tomorrow program, a platform that supplies university and university student engaged in science, innovation, engineering and mathematics (STEM) a possibility to learn with close interaction with industry leaders.
The Annual GPCA Forum is the greatest and greatest profile event of chemical industry leaders in the Arabian Gulf, regularly attracting over 2,000 delegates from nearly 600 firms in over 50 countries. The forum is increasingly becoming the prime focus for choice making - not simply in the region, yet worldwide, and a pillar on the schedule for senior industry leaders, specialists and choice makers internationally.
For more information, and to register, please visit: www.gpcaforum.net
