World Chemical Forum 2024 | Chemical Market Analytics | 9 September 2024 | Marriott Marquis Houston, 1777 Walker St, Houston, TX 77010, USA

Get ready for this event, where a stellar lineup of global experts will share critical insights for decision-makers. Delve into the energy transition, carbon management strategies for achieving neutrality, the future of plastics sustainability, geopolitical impacts on trade, and other crucial topics shaping tomorrow’s world. Chemical Market Analytics’ unrivaled base chemical experts will also provide in-depth analyses and forecasts for all base chemical markets.

2024 Speakers

Greg Ogborn
Procurement Director, Packaging & Consumer Goods, Altium Packaging

Jan Anderson
Business Development Director, DNV

David Badal
Managing Director, Global Head of Chemicals, Morgan Stanley

Dr. RB Balaji
Chief Industry Advisor, Global Manufacturing and Co-Lead Green Hydrogen Hub, International Finance Corporation

Arife Balazi
North America Chemicals Category Manager, Archer Daniels Midland

ChunLi Bao, PhD
Chief Researcher, CNOOC Energy Economics Institute

Carlo Barrasa
Vice President, Energy Insights Team Lead, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Jose de Barros
Chief Decarbonization Officer, Lummus Technology

Susan Bell
Sr. Vice President Downstream, Rystad Energy

Sudipta Bhattacharya
Chief Technology Officer & Chief Executive Officer North America, Adani Group

Lawson Brice
President and Founder, Accord Petrochemical Brokerage

Jaime Brito
Vice President, Refining and Oil Markets, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Nina Butler
CEO, Stina

Chuck Carr
Vice President, World Analysis Strategic Team Lead, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

William Chen, PhD
Executive Director, Asia Olefins and Derivatives, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Prem Chitkara
Executive Director, Polyester Fibers, Glycols & EO Derivatives, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

David Clark
Vice President Sustainability, Amcor

Duncan Clark
Vice President, Global Aromatics & Fibers Team Lead, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Adrian Cooper
CEO, Oxford Economics

Keith Couch
Senior Director, Business Development & Integrated Products, Honeywell UOP

April Crow
Senior Advisor, Circulate Capital

Heather Cykoski
Senior Vice President, Industrial and Process Automation, Schneider Electric

Austin Devaney
Senior Commercial Advisor, Piedmont Lithium

Greg Dooley
Business Director, Stolt Tankers

Albert Douer
Executive Chairman and Co-CEO, UBQ Materials

Steven English
Executive Director Aromatics and Polyurethanes, EMEA, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Gordon Fairclough
World Coverage Chief, The Wall Street Journal

Peter Feng
Vice President, Aromatics & Fibers Americas, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Angel Fernandez
Director, Chlor-Alkali Research EMEA, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Robert Ferris, Ph.D.
Global Operations Leader, Mckinsey & Partners

Jérome Filéni
Head of Chemicals, HSBC Investment Bank

Pablo Giorgi
Executive Director, North America Light Olefins, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Maximilian Grasserbauer
Senior Vice President Circular Economy, OMV

Kathy Hall
Executive Director, PetroChem Wire by OPIS

Elizabeth Hui
Director, Research & Product Development, CME Group

Peter R. Huntsman
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, Huntsman Corporation

Bill Hyde
Vice President, Olefins and Elastomers, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Jennifer (Jen) Jewson
Chief Procurement Officer, LyondellBasell

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

Kelly Knopp
CEO and Founder, Citroniq Chemicals

Eddie Kok
Executive Director, Global Vinyls Service Lead, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Nick Kovics
Vice President, Global Inorganic Chemicals Team Lead, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Yvonne van der Laan
Executive Vice President, Circular and Low Carbon Solutions, LyondellBasell

Brian Lee
Executive Director, Asia Benzene & Styrene, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Claude Létourneau
President & CEO, Svante Technologies Inc

Steve Lewandowski
Vice President, Global Olefins & Derivatives Team Lead, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Wilson Loh
Director, Asia Chlor Alkali, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Ana Lopez
Director, Americas Vinyls and Global Sodium Sulfate, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Maciek Lukawski
Vice President of Strategy and Business Development, Amogy

TuJun Ma
President, Satellite Chemical, USA Corp

David Maher
Director of Business Development, Americas Large Projects, Linde

John Mathew
Vice President, Business Development, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS, a Dow Jones Company

Chris Matthews
Editor, U.S. Energy, The Wall Street Journal

Kaushik Mitra
Executive Director, Europe Plastics & Polymers, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Joel Morales
Vice President, Polyolefins Americas, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Greg Mulholland
CEO & Co-Founder, Citrine Informatics

Cinch Munson
Business Development Director, World Liquid Gas Association

Craig Murphy, PhD
Associate Director, Global Bleaching Service Lead, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Ganesh Nagarajan
Senior Director, Plastics, Waste Management

Mike Nash
Vice President, Global Syngas Team Lead | Americas Acetyls Lead, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Unmesh Nayak
COO, Reliance Industries Limited

David Neilson
Associate Technical Partner, ERM

Brian Newsome
Vice President of the Global Chlor-alkali Advisory Service, Chemical Market Analytics

James Nicholson
Executive Director, America Benzene, Pyrolysis Gasoline (Pygas) and Reformate, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Lars Eirik Nicolaisen
Senior Partner and Deputy CEO, Rystad Energy

Rommel Oates
Chairman & CEO, Refinery Calc

Anthony Palmer
Vice President, Global Circular Plastic Sustainability, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Paulo Pereira
Executive Director, Latin America Caustic Soda and Bleaching Chemicals, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Duncan Pitchford
President, Hydro Aluminum Metals USA, LLC

David Potter
Vice President Aromatics and Fibers, EMEA, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Ashish Pujari
Vice President, Asia Aromatics & Fibers, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Roberto Ribeiro
Executive Director, Global Ethylene Oxide | Ethylene Glycol, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Carl Roache
Executive Director, Ammonia and Urea, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Mark Roberts
Chief Operating Officer, SPI Marine

Michal Roztoczynski
Commercial Director, PCC

Avi Salzman
Senior Writer, Barron's

J. Scott Saunders
General Manager, Recycling Division, KW Plastics

Bernd V. Schuetz
Executive Commercial Director, Grupa Azoty Polyolefins

Ben Scriber
Director, North America NGLs, OPIS, A Dow Jones Company

Casey Selecman
Director of Powertrain Forecast, AutoForecast Solutions LLC (AFS)

Ramkumar Shankar
Managing Director, Chemplast Sanmar Ltd

Phillip Smee
Executive Director, Polyurethane, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Jenny Solomon
Vice President Portfolio Governance & Analysis, Woodside Energy

Tobias Spyra
Director, EMEA Styrenics & Polyurethane Feedstocks, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Natalie Stirling-Sanders
Head of the Americas, Alliance to End Plastics Waste

Lina Suarez
Executive Director, North America Chlor-alkali, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Jordan Swisher, Ph.D
Director of Chemistry, Mattiq

Joel Thigpen
General Manager, Marine New Build Sales, Wärtsilä

Matthew Thoelke
Vice President, EMEA Olefins, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Mitch Toomey
Vice President Sustainability, American Chemistry Council (ACC)

Nick Vafiadis
Vice President, Global Plastics & Polymers Team Lead, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Henry Warren
Director, EMEA Vinyls and Middle East Caustic Soda, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Robin Waters
Executive Director, Circular Plastics & Chemicals Sustainability, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

James Williamson
Vice President, Global Financial & Capital Markets Team Lead, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Meiko Woo
Executive Director, Global Nylon Fibres & Feedstocks, Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Mark Woods
President & Founder, Ethylene Strategies International, Inc.

Peter Young
CEO & Managing Partner, Young & Partners

Kreshka Young
North America Business Director, Energy & Climate, Dow Chemical

Michelle Young
Renewables Program Manager, Chevron

Han Zhang, Ph.D.
Global Sustainability Director, Packaging & Specialty Plastics, Dow

2024 Sponsors

FOUNDER LEVEL:
• Schneider Electric

STRATEGIC LEVEL:
• Burns & McDonnell

INDUSTRY LEVEL:
• Alberta's Industrial Heartland