Global forum to focus on 'Investing for Market
Growth and A Low Carbon Future'
HOUSTON, Feb. 27,
2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Celebrating 40 years of sharing
unmatched market intelligence and convening top thinkers across the
industry, the annual World Petrochemical Conference (WPC) by
S&P Global returns to Houston
from March 17 to 21, 2025, at the
Marriott Marquis Hotel located downtown.
At this gathering of more than 550 leading companies in the
global chemical industry, more than 200 speakers and close to 1500
attendees representing 53 different countries, notable thought
leaders will converge to discuss the chemical industry at a
critical juncture today – building on its key learnings from the
past four decades and looking ahead to building a sustainable
future.
Mark Eramo, Co-President,
S&P Global Commodity Insights, said, "We are
pleased to celebrate WPC's 40 years as the industry's leading
platform for critical debate and constructive dialogue to drive
innovation, enhance understanding and contribute to solutions for
the chemical sector's most pressing challenges. Today, the industry
stands at a crossroads and is poised for continued change, amid a
backdrop of shifting global trade policy and a tough commercial
environment, while navigating ambitious climate goals and
sustainability regulations. Our esteemed speakers and experts will
discuss the key trends shaping the global chemical industry in the
years ahead and provide much needed insights for your business and
the marketplace. We hope you will join us for WPC's 40th
year anniversary celebration and an enlightening exploration of the
past, present and future of the petrochemical industry."
WPC's Key Highlights include:
Executive Conference (March 18) –
through the day
- Executive Session: 40 Years of Innovation Enabling the Path to
a Sustainable, Low-Carbon Future
- Fireside Chat - Chemicals Leading the Way to a Lower Carbon
Economy
- Executive Panel: Energy and Material Transition Impact on
Chemical Industry
- Executive Panel: Electoral Shift and Policy Impact on World
Outlook
- Executive Panel: Sustainable Financing: The New Catalyst for
the Petrochemical Industry
- Executive Panel: Securing Feedstocks for a Low Carbon
Future
- Executive Panel: Supply Chain Disruptions and Evolving Trade
Dynamics
- Executive Session: Global Chemical Industry Outlook - Markets
in Recovery?
Wednesday Tracks (March 19) –
Concurrent
- Olefins, Polymers and Derivatives: Grow by anticipating market
dynamics in a low carbon future
- Aromatics, Fibers and Derivatives: Is the energy transition
beneficial or harmful for aromatics? Or both?
- Methanol & Ammonia and the Low Carbon Transition:
Navigating the Future – Market Dynamics and Opportunities in
Ammonia and Methanol
- Feedstocks and Integration: Feedstocks of the Future: Shifting
to heavier and lower-carbon intensive
Thursday Tracks (March 20) –
Concurrent
- Specialty Chemicals - Creating the Future
- Plastics and the Circular Economy – The Journey Towards a
Circular Plastic Industry: Drivers, Initiatives and Progress
- Innovation & Emerging Technologies – Sustainable Innovation
Driving Chemical Transformation and Growth
- Global Dynamics Reshaping Supply Chains - Supply Chains Driven
by Geopolitics, Changing Trade Dynamics & Energy
Transition
- Carbon Markets - Unlock the Future of Petrochemicals
Friday Regional Spotlights (March
21) – Concurrent
- China - How will the chemical
industry in China manage the
investments needed to meet both future demand and the country's
ambitious net-zero targets?
- Latin America - Petrochemical
Industry (next 40 years) driven by passion for innovation and
sustainability
WPC 2025 Speakers include:
- Abdulrahman Al-Fageeh, CEO,
SABIC
- Jim Fitterling, Chair and CEO,
Dow
- Gina Fyffe, CEO, Integra
Petrochemicals PTE Ltd
- Peter Huntsman, Chairman,
President and CEO, Huntsman
- Mazuin Ismail, Managing Director/ CEO, PETRONAS Chemicals Group
Berhad
- Chris Jahn, President and CEO,
American Chemistry Council
- Ilham Kadri, CEO, Syensqo
- Roger Kearns, President and CEO,
NOVA Chemicals Corporation
- Udo Lange, CEO, Stolt-Nielsen
M.S Ltd
- Nikhil Meswani, Executive
Director and Member of the Board, Reliance Industries Ltd
- Navanit Narayan, Wholetime
Director and CEO, Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd
- Steve Prusak, President and CEO,
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
- Peter Vanacker, CEO,
LyondellBasell Industries NV
S&P Global Speakers & Experts:
- Daniel Yergin, Vice Chairman,
S&P Global
- Mark Eramo, Co-President,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
- Carlos Pascual, Senior Vice
President, Geopolitics & International Affairs, S&P Global
Commodity Insights
- Tony Potter, Chemicals,
Derivatives, Plastics & Materials Lead, S&P Global
Commodity Insights
- Kurt Barrow, Head of Oil, Fuels
& Chemicals, S&P Global Commodity Insights
- Atul Arya, Chief Energy
Strategist, S&P Global Commodity Insights
- Satyam Panday, U.S. Chief
Economist, S&P Global Ratings
- Olivier Maronneaud, Global Analytics Lead, Methanol &
Plastic Circularity, S&P Global Commodity Insights
- Ravivenkatesh Narayanaswamy, Vice President, Oil, Fuels &
Chemicals Research, S&P Global Commodity Insights
- Rahul Kapoor, Head of Shipping
Analytics & Research, S&P Global Commodity Insights
- Jim Burkhard, Head of Research
for Oil Markets, Energy & Mobility, S&P Global Commodity
Insights
- Garrie Li, Chemical Insights
APAC Lead, S&P Global Commodity Insights
View the complete list of speakers and the latest
agenda.
Registration information
WPC will be held at the Marriott Marquis Houston Hotel from
March 17-21, 2025. For further
information and to register, visit
https://wpc.spglobal.com/about/registration.html
Media accreditation and passes
Members of the media interested in covering WPC 2025 are
required to apply for accreditation and should
email pressCI@spglobal.com.
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917-331-4607, kathleen.tanzy@spglobal.com
Asia: Melissa Tan
+ 65-6597-6241, melissa.tan@spglobal.com
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