EPCA

is the European Petrochemical Association, the primary European Business network for the global petrochemical business community
EPCA hosts events in Europe offering members all over the world the opportunity to meet industry leaders and selected external stakeholders and stay abreast of international market developments as well as technological and societal trends
EPCA also assists members on specific topics that underpin the sustainable development of the global petrochemical industry
operates for more than 700 member companies from 54 different countries

EPCA 53^rd Annual Meeting
Berlin, 6-9 october 2019

Learn More

EPCA 52^nd Annual Meeting
VIENNA 2018

EPCA 52nd Annual Meeting © Urban Innovation Vienna

Download the presentations

The transition towards a low-carbon economy will require changes in business models as well as change in culture and leadership

Marc Schuller
EPCA President, Executive Vice-President,
Arkema France

Take a closer look at the full report on the 52^nd EPCA Annual Meeting

Annual meetings

EPCA’s Annual Meeting is a world-class business event for the chemical business community, welcoming top international speakers, CEOs, business leaders and service providers from across the globe.

52ND EPCA annual meeting

VIENNA 2018

Download the report !

52^nd EPCA Annual Meeting Report

More

We promote sustainable and resilient supply chains

The EPCA Supply Chain Program Committee Chairperson, Johan Devos, Sales Director Europe, Bertschi AG, introduces the SCPC and its activities including the numerous studies published on supply and logistics chains topics in the petrochemical industry. The latest study, scheduled for publication in January 2018, is dedicated to “Digitisation in the Petrochemical Supply Chain” and is presented by Prof. Ann Vereecke, Faculty Dean of Vlerick Business School, who conducted the study over the course of 2017 together with EPCA.

(Video hosted on YouTube)

More about supply chain

Diversity and Inclusion

Nathalie Brunelle, Chairperson of the TDIC, and Senior Vice President Corporate Affairs Refining & Chemicals, TOTAL, introduces the activities of the EPCA Talent & Diversity Inclusion Council (TDIC) which was established in 2015.

(Video hosted on YouTube)

More about Diversity

EPCA supports STEM education

Wouter Bleukx, Chairperson of the YETT, and Business Unit Manager Chlor Alkali, INOVYN, introduces the activities of the Young EPCA Think Tank (YETT) with an overview of its STEM Education activities.

(Video hosted on YouTube)

More about education

Don't Miss

Kick off of a 4th edition of the EYDC

After three successful editions that took place between 2016 and 2018, the European Youth Debating Competition ( EYDC, www.eydc.eu), will start this year in Spain, with a National Finals that will take place on 26 ^th March in Tarragona

Insights from the EMINENT (Expert Meeting in Education networking) conference 2018 (13-14 Dec. 2018)

"School as we know it might be reaching its end. The metamorphosis of the school requires the metamorphosis of the teacher" says Pr. António Sampaio da Nóvoa, from the Institute of Education at the University of Lisbon.

The theme “New Models for Developing Teachers' Competences” of the 2018 EMINENT conference in Lisbon, organized by European Schoolnet - EPCA’s Education partner, is based on the increasing interest in developing teachers' skills and helping them to adapt to a fast-changing world in order for them being able to impact students' achievements in a positive way.

Read more under:https://epca.eu/education

EPCA is a founding partner of STEM Alliance - where Industry and Education come together to improve Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths in Europe

How can we better prepare young girls and boys to make them more employable in Europe?

The continued substantial shortage of STEM skilled workers seriously jeopardises the success of the European economy. Industry and the Ministries of Education have agreed to work together to improve the situation of STEM education in Europe. They will collaborate under a new initiative called the STEM Alliance, which will further build on the achievements obtained by the inGenious platform.

To learn more, please visit www.stemalliance.eu

Guidelines for collaboration between school and industry

Whether you are a teacher, education administrator, involved in industry or a policy maker – anyone engaged in collaboration between industry and schools can benefit from the information in this code produced by European Schoolnet - inGenious, the European coordination body for STEM education. The inGenious Code comprising principles, guidelines, checklists and templates, to help schools and industry work together in a safe, smooth and secure way. The inGenious Code offers best practice and practical advice in order to increase and further school-industry collaborations across the European Union. More information are available on www.ingenious-science.eu.