The National Petrochemical Company (NPC) is proud to announce that the 6th Petrochemical Forum will take place on 1-2 may 2004, in Tehran –Iran.

As with precedent years, this year’s forum will provide the most in-depth look into the latest advancements and challenges facing the global petrochemical industry. New opportunities of cooperation will be discussed, along with economic policy development in international investment, with a special focus on the Middle East.
Alongside the forum will be an exhibition where major oil, gas and petrochemical companies will be presenting their latest technologies and services.

A gathering of global leaders from the petrochemical industry, government and academia, the 6th IPF provides an excellent opportunity for networking and meeting influential decision makers of the global petrochemical industry.

Topics

• Impact of micro economic trends on the petrochemical industry

• How to be competitive in the future economy

• Regional focus: overview of petrochemical industries of the Middle East

• Probing the potential resource for sustainable development

• Future of product movement

• Challenges for future growth

• Impact of downstream on upstream development

• Improved margins via rationalization

• Investment opportunities in Iran’s petrochemical industry

Speakers

• Zanganeh, Bijan N.
  Minister of Petroleum, I.R. Iran

• Nematzadeh, Mohammad Reza
  Deputy Minister of Petroleum & NPC President

• Appert, Olivier
  President, IFP, France 

• Breuers, Werner
  President, Technology Business, basell polyolefine Italia S.p.A., Italy

• Khazaiee, Mohammad
  Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs & Finance & President of Organization for Investment, Economic and Technical Assistance of Iran, I.R. of Iran

• Mallaki, Mohammad
  Deputy Minister of Petroleum & Managing Director, N.I.G.C., I.R. of Iran

• Pettman, Andrew
  Director, Olefin Studies, CMAI, U.K.

• Peyvandi, Mohammad Hassan
  Director of Planning & Development, NPC, I.R. of Iran

• Raab, Markus
  Managing Director, Linde Engineering Division, Munich, Germany 

• West, George
  Director & Founder, Chemical Intelligence, USA