Speakers
Speakers’ line-up for the 2026 Edition (in alphabetical order)
Nikhil Agarwal
Managing Director, Globestar Energy FZE
Alexander Belderok
Global Head Consumer and Managing Partner, Roland Berger The Netherlands
Hans-Joerg Bertschi
Executive Chairman, Bertschi Group
Charles Patrick Hore
Global Vertical Lead Chemicals, Maersk
Nathalie Huther
Chief Commercial Officer, HFR Chemistry (2025–Aug. 2026)
Thomas Jakl
Deputy Director General, Federal Ministry for Climate Action in Austria
David Jukes
Executive Chair, Univar Solutions
Milosz Karpinski
Energy Security Analyst, Directorate of Energy Markets & Security, International Energy Agency (IEA)
Nuno Maulide
Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Vienna
Madjar Navah
Managing Director & Partner, Düsseldorf Office, Boston Consulting Group
Peter Norfolk
Editorial Director, Global Shipping & Freight, S&P Global
Giuseppe Pacileo
Vice-President, Regional Business Unit Head EMEA, Lonza
Iris Poon
Global Lead, Sustainable Chemicals, Platts (part of S&P Global Energy)
Petra Schwager
Chief of the Climate and Technology Partnership Division, Directorate of SDG Innovation and Economic Transformation, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO)
Rainer Seele
President Global Chemicals, XRG; Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Covestro; Supervisory Board Member Borouge International
Clémence Siret
Corporate Sustainability Manager, Saft
Sertaç Sürür
President EMEA, Barentz International
Roger Tambay
Chief Growth Officer, NatureWorks LLC
Joris Teer
Policy Analyst and Economic Security & Technology Portfolio Lead at the EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS, an agency of the EU)
Steven Terwindt
Group CEO, Caldic
Marilena Tsimeki
Managing Editor of the European Chemicals Intermediates team, Platts (part of S&P Global Energy)
Rajan Venkatesh
Managing Director & CEO, Laxmi Organic Industries Ltd.