World Chemical Forum 2023 | OPIS, A Dow Jones Company | 12 September 2023 | Marriott Marquis . Houston, 1777 Walker St, Houston, TX 77010, US

A new event that redefines comprehensive exploration of the future of chemicals and energy, their inter-relationships, and how both markets will address global challenges this century.

Energy and chemical markets are evolving in profound ways and ushering in a fourth historical industrial and social revolution with Infinite Possibilities. Geopolitics, climate concerns, shifting trade balances and technology are intersecting in ways that promise to transform culture, socioeconomics, and market paradigms over the 21st century. Leading global experts and industry executives from all market sectors and across the globe will convene to hear expert forecasts for key chemical and energy markets and to discuss pivotal initiatives including chemical sustainability, the evolving logistics landscape, the evolution of energy to chemicals, risk management, and the future impact of Asia on the world.

The comprehensive agenda includes one day dedicated to a global view of the current and future chemical market and two days of guidance on the specific trends shaping the market.

2023 Speakers

Dewey Johnson
Senior Vice President, Global Head of Chemical Market Analytics

Duncan Clark
Vice President, Global Aromatics & Fibers Team Lead

Hazel Kreuz
Vice President, Global Inorganics Team Lead

Steve Lewandowski
Vice President, Global Olefins & Derivatives Team Lead

Mike Nash
Vice President, Global Syngas Team Lead | Americas Acetyls Lead

Nick Vafiadis
Vice President, Global Plastics & Polymers Team Lead

James Williamson
Vice President, Global Financial & Capital Markets Team Lead

Chuck Carr
Vice President, World Analysis Strategic Team Lead

Anthony Palmer
Vice President, Global Circular Plastic Sustainability

Robin Waters
Executive Director, Global Circular Plastics Sustainability

Carlo Barrasa
Vice President, Energy Insights Team Lead

Bill Hyde
Vice President, Global C4 & Elastomers

Peter Feng
Executive Director, Americas Styrenics

Joel Morales
Vice President, Global Plastics & Polymers | North America Polyethylene & Polypropylene

Eddie Kok
Executive Director, Global Vinyls Service

Nick Kovics
Vice President, Global Chlor-Alkali Service

Javier Ortiz
Director, North & South America Methanol Lead

Gordon Kuo
Associate Director, Asia Vinyls

Francesco Martella
Associate Director, EMEA Chlor-alkali

Tom Paeshuys
International Representative for North America

Pablo Giorgi
Executive Director, Global Olefins

Lisa Street
Head of Climate & Carbon

Mark Quiner
Global Head of Petrochemicals

Kathy Hall
Executive Director

Chris D’Anna
Senior Vice President, Petrochemicals

Tyler Cott
Vice President, Petrochemicals Commercial

Ty C. Reasonover
Senior Manager, Trade Development

Heidi Herzog
Head of Commercial, Business Development & New Energies

David Badal
Managing Director, Global Head of Chemicals

David Yankovitz
Principal US Chemicals Marketplace Leader

Jonah Margulis
Head of North America

Elizabeth Hui
Director, Research & Product Development

Ujjal Mukherjee
Chief Technology Officer

Keith Couch
Senior Director of Business Development & Integrated Products

Celeste Jones Baumgardt
Vice President, Corporate Development

Michael P. Loeffel
Founding Partner

Ana Lopez
Director, Americas Chlorine & Vinyls

Nicklas Smith
Shipbroker

Ganesh Nagarajan
Senior Director, Plastics

Frank Vingerhoets
President

Byron Miller
Chief Commercial Officer

Ben Gonzalez
Director Olefins

Paulo Pereira
Executive Director, North America Caustic Soda Research

Leonardo Mancilla
Director, Latin America Polyolefin

Adrian Cooper
CEO

Nicholas Elliott
Head of Professional Products Innovation & Strategy

Manuel Carmona Yebra
Counsellor for Environment and Oceans

Samu Salo
Senior Industry Advisor

Lauren Foster
Senior Writer

Priya Ravindranath
Senior Manager, Chemical Markets

Avi Salzman
Senior Writer

James Stevenson
Executive Director Research Lead, Coal, Metals and Mining, McCloskey

Brian Payer
Senior Principal, Climate-Aligned Industries Program

Zoë Baldwin
General Manager, Marketing Americas

Gerard Baker
Editor at Large

Greg Ip
Chief Economics Commentator and Deputy Economics Editor

Prem Chitkara
Executive Director-Polyester Fibers and Glycols & EO Derivatives

William Chen, Ph.D
Executive Director, Asia Olefins

Simon Cleghorn
Executive Director, EMEA Benzene & Pygas

Brian Lee
Executive Director, Asia Benzene, Styrene

Wilson Loh
Director, Asia Chlor Alkali

Steve Tan
Vice President, Strategic Content

James Nicholson
Executive Director, America Benzene, Pygas & Reformate

Lina Suarez
Executive Director, North America Caustic Soda

David Potter
Executive Director, EMEA Phenolics and Americas Isocyanates

Henry Warren
Director, EMEA Chlorine & Vinyls

Ashish Pujari
Vice President, Asia Aromatics | Global Polyurethane Feedstocks | Polyester Fibers & Feedstocks | Polyester Stream

Kevin Longworth
Executive Director, Global Acrylonitrile

Roberto Ribeiro
Executive Director, Global Ethylene Oxide | Ethylene Glycol

Tobias Spyra
Director, EMEA Styrenics & Polyurethane Feedstocks

Utpal Sheth
Executive Director, Asia Plastics & Polymer

Matthew Thoelke
Executive Director, EMEA Ethylene & Propylene

Marcelo Wasem
Director, Americas Purified Terephthalic Acid | Polyethylene Terephthalate

Meiko Woo
Executive Director, Global Nylon Fibres & Feedstocks

2023 Sponsors

FOUNDATIONAL SPONSOR:
• Schneider Electric

STRATEGIC SPONSORS:
• Westlake