The live conference will take place on 5-6 November 2020.

Asia Chemical Conference Online pre-recorded presentations available on 29 October 2020.

• Global and APAC Economic Outlook
  Rajiv Biswas, Executive Director and Asia-Pacific Chief Economist, IHS Markit

• Crude Oil Markets: The Battle Continues
  Victor Shum, Vice President, Energy Consulting, IHS Markit

• Global Chemicals: Recovery from COVID-19 and Beyond
  Garrie Li, Vice President, Business Development, IHS Markit
  
  When lockdowns were imposed around the world earlier this year to stop the spread of COVID-19, economic activity was severely curtailed. As a result, the world was plunged into the deepest recession since World War II. Since chemicals are the building blocks of consumer goods or enablers for their manufacture, the global chemical industry has been negatively impacted. This presentation examines how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted the global chemical industry and, in particular, how key market fundamentals (demand, capacity, pricing, margins) have changed in the face of a global economic recession and lower crude oil prices. It presents an outlook of the global economy and a trajectory that the chemical industry will likely follow, taking into account the effects of the overbuilding that began in 2019. It also discusses how long-term trends will shape the global chemical and refining industries in the 2020s. These trends include global mega trends, sustainability, energy transition, and developments in mainland China's Chemical industry.

• The Sustainability Agenda is Well and Alive
  Robin Waters, Director, Plastics Planning and Analysis, IHS Markit

• Refinery-Petchem Integration: More Critical in a Crisis
  Stephen Jew, Director, Global Refining and Marketing, IHS Markit

• Specialty Chemicals Industry
  Vivien Yang, Director, Chemical Insights, IHS Markit

• Acrylonitrile and Derivatives 2020
  Kevin Longworth, Director, Acrylonitrile , IHS Markit

• Acrylonitrile Market Producer Perspective
  Motoshi Nukita, General Manager, Acrylonitrile Marketing, Basic Materials SBU, Asahi Kasei Corporation

• Acrylic Fibres: Holding it Together
  Thomas Varghese, Business Head (Domestic textile, oversea spinning & Acrylic fibre Business), Aditya Birla Group

• ABS: Navigating a Pandemic Driven Market
  Daniel Siow, Director, Styrenics, IHS Markit

• Impact of COVID-19 and Low Crude Oil Price on Global Propylene Market
  William Chen,Executive Director, Asia Olefins, IHS Markit

• Overview of the Global Ammonia Market
  Georgy Eliseev, Principal Ammonia Analyst, IHS Markit

• Polyester & Cotton Outlook: Understanding the threats
  Ashish Pujari, Executive Director, Aromatics & Fibres, IHS Markit
  Kieran Garland,Principal Analyst, Acrylonitrile, IHS Markit

• Ethylene: Who has the Advantage?
  Steve Lewandowski, Vice President, Olefins, IHS Markit

• Impact of COVID-19 and Low Crude Oil Price on Global Propylene Market
  William Chen, Executive Director, Asia Olefins, IHS Markit

• Petrochemical Feedstocks: A glimpse of a distant future
  Premasish Das, Executive Director, Oil Markets, Midstream and Downstream for Asia, IHS Markit

• C4 & Butadiene Market Outlook
  Anthony Song, Director, Asia C4 Olefins, IHS Markit

• Polyethylene: Prospects for Recovery
  Utpal Sheth, Executive Director, Plastics Asia, IHS Markit

• Propylene Outlook: A year of stalled demand…What's next?
  JP Nah, Director, Polyolefins, IHS Markit

• The Global Methanol Market: A Bumpy Ride Ahead
  Xiaomeng Ma, Director, Methanol Industry, Base Chemical, IHS Markit

• 2020 Asian Acetyls Market Updates and Outlook
  Leshan Hou, Director, Methanol, IHS Markit
  
  The Asian acetic acid and its derivatives were each impacted to varying degrees by the pandemic. While the acetate esters and VAM markets suffered from weak demand caused by the pandemic, the acetic anhydride market performed strong with healthy demand. Supported by tight supply, the price of the Asian acetic acid also remained relatively high despite the pandemic. With the focus now on recovery, how do we expect the market to behave in the coming months? Will each of these derivatives experience similar recovery trends? What are the other factors influencing their recoveries? This presentation will provide updates on each of these markets and discuss these key questions.

• Synthetic Rubber Market Outlook
  Minmin Hu, Senior Research Analyst, Global Olefins, IHS Markit

• Oxo and Plasticizer Market Outlook
  Frank Jia, Principal Research Analyst, Global Olefins, IHS Markit

• Acrylic Acid, Acrylates, and SAP Market Outlook
  Mike Park, Director, Olefins, IHS Markit

• Benzene Market Outlook
  Omi Tatsuo, Executive Director, Aromatics & Fibres, IHS Markit

• Styrene Market Outlook
  Brian Lee, Executive Director, Asian Aromatics, IHS Markit

• When will the Global Recovery Begin for PX and PTA?
  Duncan Clark, Vice President, Aromatics & Fibres, IHS Markit
  
  The paraxylene and PTA industries are currently experiencing significant excess global capacity, which has largely been created due to new massive paraxylene plants being built in China over the last two years and further expansions of PTA capacity by Chinese producers. The clear market oversupply has been exacerbated by the impact on demand caused by COVID19, which has crashed polyester market growth to its lowest level since 2008. Margins within the paraxylene and PTA businesses have collapsed, leading to financial hardship for many producers globally and utilization rates have been pulled lower to minimize profit losses. Exporters of paraxylene to China have been particularly badly affected and some are considering the long term health of the industry. More paraxylene and PTA capacity is being planned in China, which will worsen market conditions for the next few years, posing the question, "when will the global recovery begin for PX and PTA?" The presentation will discuss the current market dynamics, including structural changes occurring in the major Chinese market and its implications for the rest of the world's suppliers and shed light on what is needed for the recovery to start taking place.

• Polyester Outlook: The long, short and recycle
  Ashish Pujari, Executive Director, Aromatics & Fibres, IHS Markit

• EO&EG: A long journey from luxury to frugality
  Alan Lu, Director, Aromatics & Fibres China, IHS Markit

• Nylon 6 & Feedstock Market Outlook - Moving into the Brave New World
  Anthony Tso, Principal Research Analyst, Aromatics & Fibers, IHS Markit

• The Phenolics End Game
  Terence Peh, Senior Research Analyst, Aromatics & Fibers, OMDC, IHS Markit

All delegates will receive:

• Live classroom-style interactive training via video

• Access to IHS Markit experts during and after the training

• Access to on-demand video of training

• PDF copy of the full workshop materials available for download after the training

• Certificate of course completion on request

All delegates will receive:

• Live classroom-style interactive training via video

• Access to IHS Markit experts during and after the training

• Access to on-demand video of training

• PDF copy of the full workshop materials available for download after the training

• Certificate of course completion on request

Moderator: Garrie Li, Vice President, IHS Markit

Moderator: Kevin Longworth, Director, Acrylonitrile , IHS Markit

Moderator: Garrie Li,Vice President, IHS Markit

Moderator: Duncan Clark, Vice President, Aromatics & Fibres, IHS Markit