*GENERAL BUSINESS SESSIONS* *MONDAY 7 OCTOBER 2013OPENING SESSION* *Global Leadership and the Chemical Industry • Official Opening* – Jan Van den Bergh, President Advanced Intermediates, Evonik Industries AG, EPCA President *• Speeches* – Dr. Kurt Bock, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, BASF SE – Mohamed H. Al-Mady, Vice Chairman and CEO, SABIC CORP. – Prof. Niall Ferguson, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History, Harvard University *• Panel Discussion* Nadine Dereza, Moderator i *TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER 2013SUPPLY CHAIN SESSION* *Global Leadership and Chemical Supply Chains* *• Welcome and Introduction* – Raf Bemelmans, Chairman of the EPCA Supply Chain Program Committee, Director Supply Chain Polymers Europe, SABIC *• Speeches* – Paul Lord, Research Director, GARTNER *• Panel discussion* – Sergio Barbarino, Research Fellow R&D Supply Chain Innovation, PROCTER & GAMBLE CO. – Peter Holicki, Global Vice President Operations Ethylene Envelope, Vice President Operations Europe, Middle East, Africa, DOW EUROPE – Holger Hüppeler, representative of “Together for Sustainability”, Chief Procurement & Logistics Officer, LANXESS DEUTSCHLAND GmbH – Andrew Jackson, President & CEO, AGILITY CHEMICALS – Paul Lord, Research Director, GARTNER Nadine Dereza, Moderator *TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER 2013CLOSING LUNCH* Keynote address by President Bill Clinton, Founder of the Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States.​