• WPC 2024
  • March 18-22, 2024

Special Programs

Designed to dive deeper into key markets

    Plastics Circularity and Recycling

    Tuesday 19 March 2024 

    Plastics: Balancing Acceleration and Market Realities

    How the industry navigates short term challenges and long-term aspirations.

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    Decarbonizing the Future Supply Chain

    Tuesday 19 March 2024

    Decarbonizing chemical value chain: Navigating a complex policy, regulatory and demand landscape. Decarbonization of shipping: An ambitious global test looms for fuels of the future 

    Decarbonization momentum is accelerating, driven by both market demands as well as non-market forces. In this special program, we will explore the regulatory, policy, and demand landscape that impacts decarbonization investment across the end-to-end petrochemical value chain and how companies are responding. As pressure mounts to deliver measurable progress toward carbon neutrality, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is pledging to reach net zero by or around 2050. Although many types of alternative fuels are being explored such as hydrogen, ammonia, methanol, biofuels, fuel cells and more, there is no one clear frontrunner in the race. The program will explore the state of the current alternative fuel landscape and the path forward.

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    Innovation and Emerging Technologies

    Tuesday 19 March 2024

    The Road to Energy and Materials Transition 

    This Special Program brings to you cutting edge technological solutions to lowering carbon footprint of chemicals and processes such as ethylene, propylene, SAF, plastics, crude oil to chemicals, petrochemical complexes, machinery and many others. We will dig deeper into manufacturing chemicals which involve green/ blue hydrogen, carbon capture, plastic recycling, nuclear energy, biomass utilization and Digitalization.

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    Carbon Markets

    Tuesday 19 March 2024 

    Fueling tomorrow, sustainably today: Steering Petrochemicals toward Sustainability through the Power of Carbon Markets and Carbon Management 

    Delve into the pivotal role of carbon markets and strategic carbon management in reshaping the future of the Petrochemicals Sector. gain valuable insights into the dynamic interplay between carbon markets and carbon management in the petrochemical landscape.| Agenda to be announced


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Regional Spotlights

    Latin America

    Friday 22 March 2024 

    The Petrochemical Industry of the Future: Challenges and Opportunities for Latin America 

    Latin America continues to grow its role in supplying the world in a variety of commodities. However, the region relies substantially on imports of energy and feedstocks. The strides of energy transition are signaling many challenges but incredible opportunities for the petrochemical sector. What role will the petrochemical industry in Latin America play? Can the industry take advantage of the local abundant green-renewable energy? Can biofeedstock become an attractive option considering how fertile the region is? This summit will bring the perspectives and open the discussion from the main player, stakeholders, and experts on pathways for the future of the industry in Latin America.

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    India

    Friday 22 March 2024

    India's Moment 

    Our world is in the midst of an unprecedented period of transition and uncertainty, but one fact that unites all observers is that India faces a defining opportunity to capitalize on this moment. This session will look at the opportunities, risks and potential for India to strengthen its claim to be a true global superpower in the next 10 years with related impact on the downstream and chemicals sectors.

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    China

    Friday 22 March 2024

    Positioning for the Next Upturn amid Slower Economic Growth and Accelerating Energy and Materials Transition 

    With slower economic growth, significant overcapacity, and energy and materials transition accelerating around the world to address climate change, how will China’s chemical industry position itself for the next upturn? What will the Chinese government do to spur economic growth and achieve its ambitious decarbonization targets? Will the leading chemical producers in China continue to add capacity?

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