Wednesday, October 6, 4PM UAE time
The Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) is pleased to host a UN GHS introductory training webinar on October 6, 2021. This exclusive webinar will provide GPCA members and non-members the opportunity to learn critical details about the new GHS implementation from UL regulatory experts who are known to successfully implement GHS requirements. During this webinar, you will get a complete overview of what is involved with the GHS implementation, the goals of the GHS when implemented in the UN and important considerations as the regulation goes into effect. UL experts will also share details on the implementation of GHS revision 5 in comparison with other GHS implementations around the globe.
Ghassan (Gus) Zughaib
Senior Regulatory Specialist
UL
Alexis Sumner
Senior Regulatory Specialist
UL
Abdullah Abu Haidar
Sr. Specialist, Regulatory Affairs Regulatory Affairs Department – MEA
SABIC
Webinar | The Future of Plastics: Circular Economy and CO2 Scenarios
Wednesday, July 7, 3PM UAE time
The next edition of the GPCA Webinar Series will explore the key trends transforming the future of plastics. BloombergNEF analysts will present the emissions pathways for the plastics industry and look at the potential impact of circular economy on feedstock and oil demand growth.
Key themes to be addressed at the webinar:
- Policy drivers in key markets:
- Outlining global policy trends (e.g. recycled content laws, plastic taxes, EPR schemes) to provide an understanding of how the policy landscape will change for plastics.
- Techno-economic analysis of advanced recycling:
- Assessing the viability of recycling assets from BNEF’s project finance model
- Economics of depolymerization and pyrolysis technologies as well as their sensitivities to different financial variables.
- Impact of circular economy on feedstock and oil demand growth:
- Highlighting the impact of different circular economy trends — like demand substitution, bioplastics, and recycling — can have on oil demand and upstream petrochemicals.
- Emissions pathways for the plastics industry:
- Long-term view on expected emissions from the production of commodity plastics (PE, PP, PET) to change between now and 2050 under different scenarios that bring together different circular economy trends.
Julia Attwood
Head of Sustainable Materials
BloombergNEF
Ilhan Savut
Associate, Sustainable Materials
BloombergNEF
Mark Vester
Global Leader, Circular Economy
SABIC
Virginia Janssens
Managing Director
PlasticsEurope
Dr. Ranjit R. Kulkarni
Director, Sales , Middle East – Customer Sales & Services
Honeywell UOP
Deglobalization: Current trends & Impact on International Trade
Tuesday 8 June 2021 | 02 PM UAE time
The world is becoming increasingly complex and polarized. The past years everything was about globalization, global value chains and increasing interdependence. Today, it is almost the opposite: independence, reshoring, protecting industry. Next to this, we have a drive towards sustainability.
Join us at the next webinar of the GPCA Webinar Series,as we discuss three trends that every company has to navigate in order to succeed.
- The economic rise of China
The sheer economic size of China, linked with the realization of dependence on Chinese products, results in a rethink of the strategy and policy of other major economies like the US, EU, Japan, Australia. We see protectionism rising, for instance the EU screening of investments and the US rules on the export and use of technology. We see efforts by countries to de-risk their supply chains, for instance through reshoring, investing in the digital economy and key industrial areas like batteries.
- The decline of global institutions
Trading through the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO) gave a sense of predictability and rule of law. Somehow the WTO and other global institutions like the G7 are losing influence. They no longer seem fit-to-purpose for how modern trade is evolving. The question is whether these organizations can restore their influence. If not, what could be the alternative?
- The drive towards sustainability
Everywhere you hear the words buzz words sustainable, green, responsible. Governments are doing what they do best: develop new rules, standards, recycling obligations, carbon border taxes, etc. This all results in costs for industry. Moreover, this raises questions about their competitiveness on the domestic and international markets. For companies, are there possibilities to get a return on sustainable investments, or even a better competitive advantage?
Arnoud R. Willems
Partner
Sidley Austin LLP
Bernard Kuiten
Head of External Relations
World Trade Organization
Ahmad Al-Saleh
Global Business Director – Ethylene Glycol
EQUATE Petrochemical Company
Lisa Schroeter
Global Director, Trade and Investment Policy
Dow
The roadmap to carbon-efficient agriculture: How can the agri-nutrients industry support it?
Wednesday 7 April 2021 | 03 PM UAE time
Driven by climate change concerns, the focus on decarbonization has gained momentum and will impact every sector and geography including and especially agriculture. With an estimated 11% of global carbon emissions coming from agriculture, agriculture is often considered to be part of the problem, but it can also be a major part of the solution.
There is a renewed focus on the agri-nutrients industry to bring innovative solutions that support decarbonizing the agriculture sector. This will require the industry to think differently, more importantly how we develop solutions to support carbon reduced agriculture. Adoption of novel approaches will require a unified effort throughout the value chain to transition to low-carbon farming and develop more sustainable products.
The next edition of the GPCA Webinar Series will showcase global trends in decarbonization, the evolving role of agriculture in controlling global carbon emissions and will portray the programs and efforts undertaken by the agri-nutrients industry towards carbon-free fertilizer production, thus driving sustainability in agriculture.
Tom Scott
Head of Agribusiness Consulting
IHS Markit
Marina Simonova
Consulting Director, Agribusiness Consulting
IHS Markit
Dr. Radwan Abdallah
Head of Differentiation and Disruptive Technology
SABIC
Claudio Brandao
Managing Director, Middle East
IHS Chemical Consulting
Building cyber resilience in the digital era
Thursday 24 March 2021 | 12 PM UAE time
Cyber-attacks are becoming more sophisticated, targeted, and difficult to detect. Nation-state cyber actors are becoming unusual suspects and the threat landscape is emerging into more damaging forms of attacks. Organizations are increasingly adopting digitalization, moving more of their data on the cloud, and employees working from home is becoming a norm. They are in urgent need to have a high level of resilience that would enable them to continue to work as normal while they attempt to prevent, detect, control, and recover from cyber threats against their data and technology infrastructures.
GPCA is proud to bring you a webinar, on this important subject to help you prepare for the present as well as to brace yourself for what lies ahead.
Dr. Mahir Nayfeh
Partner
McKinsey & Company
Richard Verity
Partner
McKinsey & Company
Ayman Al Issa
Industrial Cybersecurity Lead and Senior Expert
McKinsey & Company
Saud Al-Otaibi
IT Manager & Digital Transformation Committee Leader
Advanced Petrochemical Company
John Noble
Non-executive Director | Former Director of Incident Management
NHS Digital | National Cyber Security Centre(NCSC), UK
Rudy Paiman Sadi
General Manager, Almajdouie Logistics Company and
Member, GPCA Supply Chain Committee
Local Content opportunity – diversifying the local economy through best in-class global technologies
Tuesday 9 March 2021 | 12 PM UAE time
Local content directives in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and throughout the Middle East are leading to new investment opportunities. As a result, foreign corporations and entrepreneurs are entering the region with capital, new and existing technology know-how, and an enthusiasm to engage with local entities. In addition to investment and collaboration agreements, joint ventures are one of the common structures being used as part of foreign direct investments with local entities.
GPCA is pleased to showcase a thought-provoking webinar, which will highlight the ins and outs, and best practices for considering & establishing a joint venture. The webinar will be a driver towards enhancing local value addition, highlight the evolving opportunities for the GCC industry and showcase world class practices in establishing a joint venture to further diversify the local and regional economies.
Join this exclusive dialogue featuring, business and legal experts from SABIC, Nexant, and the global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright as they discuss the various business, legal, and intellectual property issues and considerations involved with joint ventures.
Anthony Choueiri
Sr. Manager, Commercial
SABIC
Manuel Asali
Vice President
Nexant
Zachary Wegmann
Senior Associate
Norton Rose Fulbright
Faisal Al Hajri
Team Leader Market Analysis– Polymers, OQ and Member, GPCA International Trade Committee
Company-University technology collaboration – teaming up on research to create win-win solutions
Thursday 4 March 2021 | 12 PM UAE time
Collaborations between universities and industry have given rise to many ground-breaking discoveries. In a fast-paced world, companies are in a race to find innovative solutions and introduce the latest technologies to create value. This can be achieved through strategic university-industry collaborations which offer successful cutting-edge research, ignite healthy exchange of ideas, and develop flexible new approaches towards commercialization. These collaborations are more than just research, they aim to solve complex problems, fuel innovations, and drive economic growth.
GPCA is pleased to showcase shining examples of fruitful collaborations between the chemical industry and leading universities across the GCC, through a series of webinars in 2021. The first dialogue will showcase the shared multi-decade strategic partnership between Saudi Aramco and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM).
Dr. Bashir Dabbousi
Director – Technology Strategy and Planning Department
Saudi Aramco
Prof. Zain H. Yamani
Director, Center of Excellence in Nanotechnology
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM)
Dr. Farhan Al-Shahrani
Head of Strategic Innovation Partnership | Member
KAUST | GPCA R&I Committee
The tale of two transitions on the future of petrochemicals
Wednesday 25 November | 11AM Dubai time
The energy transition means that the future of oil is now inextricably linked to petrochemicals. Standalone oil refineries that focus solely on fuel are becoming increasingly outdated and the preferred strategy of many refiners is now to focus on integrated refining-petrochemical sites. As the energy transition takes hold, this is now seen as a strategic imperative.
While the energy transition seeks to change the way that we power the world, we must also look to the bottom of the chain to change the way we produce and use materials.
At current growth rates, by 2050, materials usage is set to double and waste generation will increase by 70%. This unsustainable burden on the planet means its time for a materials transition with the global scale and ambition of the energy transition. What does the materials transition mean for the plastics value chain? How much demand could be displaced? What could this mean for global oil demand, and the petrochemical feedstock sector? And how could it affect refiners’ current focus on integration? All these critical questions and many more will be answered at the upcoming GPCA Webinar Series which delves into the energy and materials transitions, sharing unique insight from Wood Mackenzie’s experts.
Guy Bailey
Head of Applications and Intermediates
Wood Mackenzie
Alan Gelder
VP Refining, Chemicals and Oil Markets – Downstream Global SME
Wood Mackenzie
Matt Chadwick
VP Petrochemicals
Wood Mackenzie
Digital R&D – The lab of the future
Wednesday 11 November | 12pm Dubai time
The chemical industry has a strong track record of innovation, responsible for many breakthroughs that have enabled the modern lifestyle, improved environmental performance created high value jobs. However, it is becoming more and more challenging to extract breakthrough innovations from R&D investments. Digital technologies in R&D can enable a 20 to 40% improvement in key R&D performance indicators such as time-to-market or labor efficiency. More importantly, they’re enabling a radical transformation of business models and enabling organizations to extract untapped potential and value.
GPCA is proud to host a webinar, titled, “Digital R&D – The lab of the future” which will discuss how a comprehensive digital R&D transformation can help extract more insights through data analytics, improve productivity, customer and employee experience as well as decision-making at early stages of the R&D process that can save millions of dollars.
Dr. Bernd Elser
Managing Director – Global Chemicals Lead
Accenture
Michael Ulbrich
Managing Director – Accenture Strategy, Chemicals & Natural Resources
Accenture
Claus Friedl
Principal Director Industry X Robotics Lead
Accenture
Adnan Al-Mahmood
IT and Knowledge Manager | Member
GPIC | GPCA R&I Committee
Mastering the balancing act of profitability and sustainability: A special focus on R&I
26 October 2020 | 11 AM Dubai time | Duration: 90 minutes
The chemical industry is at the heart of many global value chains and plays a vital role in the global drive towards sustainability. Whilst the GCC has faced twin shocks of plunging oil prices and reduced demand due to the pandemic, regional chemical and petrochemical companies are finding it extremely challenging to decide on the right investments to generate fruitful returns. To survive and thrive in the post-pandemic world, sound economic decisions and adoption of sustainable strategies will undoubtedly play a crucial role to attain long-term goals that ensure value creation and maximise profitability. To be able to achieve this, the evolving task of research and innovation, including intellectual property management, will play a vital role in the transition to new business models and acceleration towards a profitable and sustainable future.
GPCA is proud to host a webinar that will look at this issue from different angles: first take a deep dive into current trends and future business outlook for the GCC chemical industry, and second, discuss emphasis of research and innovation as well as intellectual property.
Dr. Hatem Belfadhel
Technology Management Lead, OTC Project Executive
SABIC
Zayd Alathari
Partner, Head – Intellectual Property
Norton Rose Fulbright
Manuel Asali
Vice President
Nexant Energy and Chemicals Advisory
Oliver Gawad
Senior Director
KPMG
Value Chain collaboration: A pressing need for the plastics industry
Tuesday 29 September | 3PM Dubai time
The plastics value chain involves multiple stakeholders, each performing vital functions across most of the business sectors globally and regionally. With innovation being at the heart of the petrochemical and chemical industry, the introduction of new technologies and trends across various groups is driving economic growth and creation of jobs as the industry transitions towards a circular economy. Consumers today are vigilant as they are directly confronted with real and urgent sustainability challenges & the opportunities that lie ahead. A joint spirit of collaboration amongst all the stakeholders in the plastics value chain plays an essential role in driving efficiency and help attain the objective of producing sustainable plastic resources.
Roberto Ribeiro
Managing Director
Asterisk Advisors
Bharath Yalla
Managing Director
Reifenhauser MEA
Waseem Jeenah
Senior R&D Manager, Sustainability MENA
Unilever
Amandeep Singh Bedi
Head Packaging Circular Economy Solutions
Borouge
Mohamed Azougagh
Business and Offtake Manager, Africa, Turkey, Middle East and Indian Subcontinent
LyondellBasell
SOCIO-ECONOMIC impact of COVID-19 on the GCC countries
Tuesday 15 September 2020 | 12PM Dubai time
The pandemic has touched almost every aspect of human life from social norms to economic activities. Labor markets and future of work are the critical areas impacted by the pandemic. While the short-term outlook with these challenges look bleak, the crisis comes with an opportunity for the GCC region to make major long needed labor market reforms.
Keeping this in mind, GPCA is delighted to host a webinar focused on the socioeconomic impact of COVID-19 on the GCC countries. Through a detailed research and analysis
Malik Selemankhel
Senior Research Associate
KAPSARC
Emre Hatipoglu
Research Fellow
KAPSARC
David Havrlant
Research Fellow
KAPSARC
PPE and the petrochemicals industry: Recent demand surge and future outlook
Tuesday 8 September 2020 | 3PM Dubai time
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerability of the global PPE industry that is heavily dependent on outsourced supply chain. The global supply chain has come under tremendous pressure to meet the unprecedented demand for PPE from the healthcare industry. To add to it, the industry is also struggling to get a steady supply of critical raw materials to fulfil this demand. How will this pandemic change the PPE industry’s approach to different end-user industries? How will PPE manufacturing companies seize this tremendous growth opportunity? Will the petrochemicals industry be able to fulfil this demand, or will it be required to tweak its approach?
Through this webinar, the GPCA Webinar Series will strive to answer these critical questions.
Aparajth Balan
Director, Chemicals & Material Practice
Frost & Sullivan, Middle East and North Africa
Sanjiv Bhaskar
Vice-President & Global Head of PPE
Frost & Sullivan
Dr. Brian Balmer
Industry Director, Chemicals & Polymers
Frost & Sullivan
COVID-19 and the Fertilizers industry: Review of recent impacts and projections for 2020-2021
Wednesday 26 August 2020| 12 PM Dubai time
The world has changed since late January 2020 with the novel coronavirus causing disruption and many economies opting for previously unthinkable solutions. Agricultural markets – including the fertilizer industry – have broadly been exempted from the restrictions, acknowledging its essential role in delivering nutrition to the world during this time. Overall, agriculture has remained strong over the course of the first half of 2020 – keeping fertilizer demand stable and avoiding price collapse. At the same time supply also remained sufficient to meet growing demand and avoiding price spike.
With many economists arguing about the shape of the recovery and undecided between “U” and “V”, IHS Markit opts for a different angle, and suggest that “٨” is a very likely scenario instead when looking at fertilizer markets, still however generating big opportunities for those willing to seek them.
GPCA is proud to present this webinar, which will review the impact of COVID-19 on fertilizer markets to date, delve into the mechanisms that led to said impact, and try and suggest likely paths from here onwards and through to the end of 2021.
Alberto Persona
Principal Analyst, Fertecon
IHS Markit Agribusiness
Elfi Middelbeek
Senior Urea Analyst, Fertecon
IHS Markit Agribusiness
Yuya Pan
Senior Sulphur Analyst, Fertecon
IHS Markit Agribusiness
Georgy Eliseev
Principal Ammonia Analyst, Fertecon
IHS Markit Agribusiness
The impact of China’s rising self-sufficiency on the GCC petrochemicals industry
Petrochemicals producers in the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) region have long benefited from booming Chinese demand but the coronavirus pandemic has significantly disrupted demand growth for 2020.
But that was the “old normal”. The coronavirus pandemic will result in 2020 demand growth way short of expectations as compared to before the crisis began. Growth is recovering very strongly thanks to China quickly getting on top of its outbreak. But that still leaves lost demand for all the petrochemicals and polymers that China imports for re-export as finished goods. China’s export markets look set to remain depressed for the rest of this year and into 2021 because of the global scale of the pandemic.
China could also reach paraxylene (PX) self-sufficiency by 2023. This would be an enormous shift in global market given that as recently as last year, its PX imports reached 15m tonnes. In polypropylene too self-sufficiency could be only a few years away, but in polyethylene and mono-ethylene glycols big deficits look set to remain for the next decade.
A further challenge is a likely major re-ordering of trade flows as geopolitics pulls China closer to the Middle East and to Southeast Asia and further away from the US.
With China further seeking petrochemicals self-sufficiency, will its current depressed export market push this ambition further into the future?
During this webinar, ICIS will examine the data and analysis behind all these challenges. They will discuss how you can adapt your business models to cope with the China New Normal.
John Richardson
Senior Consultant
ICIS
Will Beacham
Deputy Editor, ICIS Chemical Business
ICIS
Middle East petrochemicals competitiveness in low crude oil price environment
The COVID-19 pandemic is exerting significant financial pressure on the petrochemical industry, threatening the growth ambitions of Middle East and global producers. Oil demand collapsed as COVID-19 spread and the long-term impact on downstream petrochemicals remain uncertain. Middle East and global energy firms continue to adjust to lower capex, receding margins and high costs, against a difficult backdrop of the pandemic. During this webinar, Argus Media will discuss Middle East petrochemical competitiveness in low crude oil price environment. It aims to shed light on the below:
Chuck Venezia
Senior Vice-President, Global Petrochemicals
Argus Media
Muhamad Fadhil
VP, Business Development, Petrochemicals
Argus Media
Adapting to a new reality: Embracing the digital world of sales and marketing
COVID-19 established a new normal for interacting with customers – and disrupted many of the traditional go-to-market channels such as physical visits by sales reps, key account managers, etc. So “build back better” is a focal point going forward. This requires maintaining the “goodness” demonstrated during COVID-19, re-establishing pre-COVID-19 good practices, but also by addressing weaknesses in the customer interaction.
This webinar will highlight the shift in digital interactions in customers, the effectiveness of new business models with a focus on sales and marketing, how leaders can convert this adversity into a leading opportunity and key steps to prepare for recovery and the new normal.
Eduardo Neto
Managing Director – Energy Lead Middle East
Accenture
Dr. Bernd Elser
Managing Director – Global Chemicals Lead
Accenture
Matt Strawn
Managing Director – Digital Transformation
Accenture
Paul Bjacek
Resources Research Lead
Accenture
The Future of Work: Covid-19’s impact and beyond in the chemical industry
Many sectors have been influenced by COVID-19 and the GCC petrochemical industry has not been spared. The industry has seen demand for certain products drop and cost containment measures have become top priority for management teams, including assessments of people costs.
However, while crises force companies to shift their focus towards more tactical topics and short-term impact, they also tend to accelerate change, particularly in terms of the adaptation of technology. At the same time, people are uncertain and in addition, this particular crisis has had a severe impact on the way lots of us go about our day-to-day work.
This sets the scene for well-managed companies with mature HR practices to use the current downturn as an opportunity to positively impact their employees’ engagement, as well as prepare themselves for the Future of Work.
In this webinar, Mercer and Oliver Wyman will discuss the short-term implications of COVID-19 but concentrate on how companies can pivot towards a more strategic, future focused view by re-organizing their HR activities and priorities.
Nadim Haddad
Partner
Oliver Wyman, Dubai
Rob Thissen
Principal
Mercer, Dubai
Kursat Tayfur
Principal
Mercer, Dubai
Strategy and sustainability through the ESG framework
Investors, governments, consumers, employees, and other stakeholders are paying increasing attention to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. Over $30 trillion is managed through ESG investing strategies, and there is ample evidence that the value-at-stake from ESG in terms of revenue growth, cost reductions, employee productivity, “win-win” policy outcomes, and balance sheet resilience is substantial. The petrochemicals industry is at the centre of many ESG trends. Far-sighted leaders embed ESG and sustainability into their overall strategy, unlocking competitive advantage and value as a result.
Richard Verity
Partner
McKinsey & Company
Matt Stone
Partner
McKinsey & Company
Jane Valls
Executive Director
GCC Board Directors Institute
Masterclass – Chemical Recycling: A novel opportunity for the GCC plastics industry
12PM GST | 10AM CEST | 13:30PM IST | 4PM SGT
Plastics play an integral part in our everyday life. While delivering its several benefits, it is imperative that we realize that it has a significant place in the economy. According to a recent study by GPCA, it is seen that the current recycling rate in the UAE is almost 7%. The opportunities for higher investments in recycling are immense not only from an environmental perspective but also from a job creation and value retention view. As the global plastics demand is expected to triple by 2050, the industry is making strides towards a circular model which offers both rich in economic and environmental value.
To aid this movement, several brand owners are making considerable efforts to increase its use of recycled content to 25% and recyclable plastic packaging to 100% by 2025. Although this is a tremendous opportunity, mechanical recycling comes with its own set of challenges to help the industry achieve these commitments. Transformational technologies also known as chemical recycling which includes methods such as purification, depolymerization or even converts plastics waste into new and useful materials, could help seize the opportunity.
The webinar will shed light on the current status of chemical recycling globally, successful pilot projects and technologies adopted as well as examine its economic feasibility and the value it can bring to the GCC plastics industry. It will further delve into an engaging conversation with global leaders from the plastics value chain to share updates on solutions and opportunities poised by these innovative set of technologies.
Dr. Mark Morgan
Renewables and Specialty Chemicals
IHS Markit
Dr. Norbert Niessner
Director Global R&D/IP
INEOS Styrolution
Dr. Udo Huenger
Vice President – Middle East
BASF
John Payne
Group Category Purchasing Director
Berry Global
Impact of COVID-19 on the petrochemicals industry
12PM GST | 10AM CEST | 13:30PM IST | 4PM SGT
COVID-19 is, first and foremost, a global humanitarian challenge.
Thousands of health professionals are heroically battling the virus, putting their own lives at risk. Governments and industry are working together to understand and address the challenge, support victims and their families and communities, and search for treatments and a vaccine.
The pandemic has had a direct and indirect effect on all businesses including the petrochemicals industry. Near-term demand impact is highly differentiated across sectors, with accelerating demand in packaging, but overall down and down sharply in automotive. Impact on supply due to COVID-19 has generally been limited, but the impact on demand is being reflected in utilization rates. More broadly, it is also shaping and potentially accelerating some structural changes globally e.g. use of digital and advanced analytics tools, shift in global supply chains, etc.
This webinar will provide an overview of the impact of COVID-19 on petrochemicals, including a medium term outlook on utilization rates, change in industry value pool, and long term implications of the crisis on the players.
Theo Jan Simons
Partner
McKinsey & Company, Cologne
Divy Malik
Associate Partner
McKinsey & Company, Cologne
Ruchin Jain
Associate Partner
McKinsey & Company, Dubai
COVID-19’s impact on chemical supply chains: How to emerge stronger
11AM GST| 9AM CEST|12:30PM IST|3PM SGT
COVID-19 has created an unprecedented impact on supply chains across the world. The Chemicals supply chain is no different and has been deeply impacted, both by the supply shock (challenge in availing materials and services at the right time, and fair cost), and the demand shock (reduced need for end-products). The first reaction in any crisis is to secure supplies. However, companies that emerge stronger, move beyond supply security and deploy multiple levers to drive value. These levers range from aggressive cost reduction, deeper supplier collaboration, structural de-risking of the supply chain, digitizing operations, to vertical integration. In many ways, this is an ideal opportunity for procurement and supply chain leaders to greatly enhance their value-addition to their firms. Watch our webinar for more insights on how to deal effectively with the COVID-19 situation and emerge stronger from it.
Arun Bruce
Managing Director and Partner
Boston Consulting Group BCG
Marcin Jedrzejewski
Managing Director and Partner
Boston Consulting Group BCG
Benjamin Wahl
Principal
Boston Consulting Group BCG
Mayank Saxena
Project Leader
Boston Consulting Group BCG
Trade-related developments and measures affecting chemicals in the context of the COVID-19 crisis
13 May 2020
11AM GST| 9AM CEST|12:30PM IST|3PM SGT
To address the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have adopted a number of exceptional trade and trade-related measures. While most of these measures concern medical supplies and food, other measures have a broader scope and impact trade in chemicals. The webinar will start with a brief introduction of trade forecasts according to WTO economists. It will then present the most common forms of trade-related measures adopted by governments in recent weeks; recall the obligations of governments under WTO rules; and, describe some of the means available to the industry to oppose trade-restrictive measures. This interactive webinar will also highlight the important role GPCA can play as a trade association in countering these measures.
Facilitator
Charles Julien
Counsel
White & Case LLP
The Webinar Series are moderated by the expert team at GPCA
Udit Arora
Head of Committees Affairs and Economic Studies (A)
GPCA
Anida D’Costa
Conference Producer
GPCA