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Platts LIVE, the unparalleled homepage for commodities professionals, is gearing up to deliver real-time coverage from Asia’s most prestigious Oil and Energy industry conference – APPEC 2023.
As a resounding testament to Platts LIVE's unwavering dedication to fostering shared understanding within our vibrant LIVE community, this dedicated portal is poised to showcase exclusive interviews and dynamic summaries directly from the event's three stages: The Strategic, The Chemicals and The Shipping.
The LIVE team will be orchestrating in-depth conversations with prominent expert speakers, spanning an array of opportunities and challenges that define the commodities industry. From navigating market volatility to embracing the ambitious net-zero goal by 2050, our discussions will leave no critical facet unexplored.
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- September 4
- September 5
- September 6
- Pictograph Strategic
- Pictograph Chemicals
- Pictograph Shipping
Thrive in five: Agora powered by Palantir
Peter Kucera
Head of Energy Transition,
Trafigura
Trafigura
Grappling with the unknown: The geopolitics of energy transition
Carlos Pascual
Senior Vice President Geopolitics and International Affairs,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Unraveling the global energy puzzle: Exploring energy demand and trade flows in a changing world
Rong Wei Neo
Asia Oil Editor,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Global and Asia-Pacific economic outlook
Rajiv Biswas
Asia-Pacific Chief Economist,
S&P Global Market Intelligence
S&P Global Market Intelligence
The outlook for the upstream – M&A trends
Rong Wei Neo
Asia Oil Editor,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Dynamic global trade routes – Is the world permanently changed?
Kurt Barrow
Oil Markets, Refining & LPG/NGLs Lead,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Perspectives X Choong Sheen Mao
Choong Sheen Mao
Director,
Equatorial Marine Fuel Management Services Pte Ltd
Upstream: What are investors focused on, and where is investment flowing to?
Leanne Todd
Head of Upstream Solutions,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Perspectives X Frederic Lasserre
Frederic Lasserre
Global Head of Research & Analysis,
Gunvor Group
The tug of war for Middle Eastern crude barrels, and where is Russian oil flowing?
Jim Burkhard
Vice President, Research,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Perspectives X Eric Van Nostrand
Eric Van Nostrand
Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy,
United States Department of the Treasury
Reviewing the Impacts of the G7 Coalition Price Cap
Vera Blei
Head of Established Benchmarks,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Perspectives X Simon James
Simon James
Vice President of Crude Trading and Refinery Optimization,
Equinor
Equinor
How do you operate in partitioned markets?
Ha Nguyen
Executive Director of Global Oil Markets,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Will we see the launch of an alternative trading system led by China and Russia?
Dave Ernsberger
Head of Market Reporting & Trading Solutions,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Prospects for the APAC chemical industry
Su Yeen Cheong
Managing Editor,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Strategic outlook for the Asia Chemical Industry
Tony Potter
Chemicals, Derivatives, Plastics & Materials Lead,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Perspectives X John Browning
John Browning
Co-founder and Managing Director,
BANDS Financial
Perspectives X Michael Spitzbart
Michael Spitzbart
Senior Vice President Refining Business MEA,
OMV
Perspectives X Sami Jauhiainen
Sami Jauhiainen
Acting EVP & Vice President APAC, Renewable Aviation,
Neste
Importers: How to meet your end-user’s needs in a fast-changing and challenging energy environment?
Dr. Kang Wu
Global Head of Demand Research,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Perspectives X Anton Wolfsberger
Anton Wolfsberger
Vice President of Global Marketing, Packaging & Circular Economy,
Borouge Pte Ltd
Air: Is the industry swiftly switching to SAF?
Samyak Pandey
Editor-Biofuels and Agriculture News,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Chemicals summary
Sanjay Sharma
Vice President, Head of Global Chemical Consulting,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Sea: Is the shipping industry embracing alternative fuels?
Samyak Pandey
Editor-Biofuels and Agriculture News,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Aromatics circularity
Andrew Neale
Executive Director, Aromatics,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Global Bio and renewable fuels review
Sophie Byron
Global Head of Biofuels,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Dated Brent review
Dan Colover
Manager, Middle East Market Development,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Partner X Agora powered by Palantir
Simon Thorne & Matt Babin
Head of Energy and Natural Resources,
Palantir
WTI Midland inclusion review
Joel Hanley
Global Director, Crude & Fuel Oil Markets,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
The growth of carbon markets and trading in Asia: Navigating risks for the new frontiers
Roman Kramarchuk
Head of Future Energy Outlooks,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Global shipping in the post-pandemic era
Rahul Kapoor
Vice President, Global Head of Shipping Analytics & Research,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Trade flows and regional spreads
Emma Kettley
Managing Editor, Crude Oil,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
MOC participation review
Deborah Lee
Senior Price Operations Analyst,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Partner X AiLA Indices aka Opal
Pravin Chandrasekaran
Founder and CEO,
AiLA Indices aka Opal
AiLA Indices aka Opal
Understanding how the EU’s carbon adjustment mechanism will impact beyond Europe
Alan Hayes
Head of Energy Transition Pricing,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Dry-bulk: Impact of geo-politics and regulation
Shriram Sivaramakrishnan
Managing Editor, APAC Dry Bulk Freight Market,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Perspectives X Sanjay Verma
Sanjay Verma
Director Decarbonization Solutions,
Wartsila Singapore
Perspectives X Dr. Sanjay Kuttan
Dr. Sanjay Kuttan
Chief Technology Officer,
Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonization
Assessing the ultimate bunker fuel: How is the market planning for the future fleet?
Bao Ying Ng
Associate Director, APAC Market Engagement,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Shipping deep dive
Pradeep Rajan
Senior Managing Editor, Shipping,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Carbon credit price trends
Vandana Sebastian
Senior pricing specialist
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Compliance carbon markets: Emerging trends in Asia
Agamoni Ghosh
Senior pricing specialist
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Partner X: Agora with Hannah Hauman
Simon Thorne and Hannah Hauman
Global Head of Carbon Trading
Trafigura
Trafigura
Grappling with the Unknown: The geopolitics of energy transition
Carlos Pascual
Senior Vice President Geopolitics and International Affairs,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Ministerial Address
Low Yen Ling
Minister of State, Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth & Ministry of Trade & Industry,
Republic of Singapore
Republic of Singapore
Global and Asia-Pacific economic outlook
Rajiv Biswas
Asia-Pacific Chief Economist,
S&P Global Market Intelligence
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Unraveling the global energy puzzle: Exploring energy demand and trade flows in a changing world
Russell Hardy
CEO,
Vitol
Vitol
The outlook for upstream: M&A trends, what are investors focused on and where is money flowing to?
MedcoEnergi, ONGC, Pertamina,
Dynamic global trade routes: Is the world permanently changed?
Kurt Barrow
Oil Markets, Refining & LPG/NGLs Lead,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Geopolitical concerns: Managing legal, regulatory, sanctions and risk
Shell, S&P Global Ratings,
The tug of war for Middle Eastern crude barrels, and where is Russian oil flowing?
Black Gold Investors, Gunvor, LSEG, ONGC,
Reviewing the impacts of the G7 Coalition Price Cap
Eric Van Nostrand
Acting Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy,
United States Department of the Treasury
United States Department of the Treasury
China, India and Russia: Examining their resilience amid external influences
FGE, Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd, Numaligarh Refinery Ltd,
How do companies navigate the drive to net-zero while meeting demand?
Charlotte Wolff-Bye
Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer,
PETRONAS
PETRONAS
How do you operate in partitioned markets?
BGN, Equinor, PetroChina International, Vanda Insights,
Will we see the launch of an alternative trading system led by China and Russia?
BANDS financial, JTD Energy Services
Given current market conditions will companies move to extend their refineries' lifespans?
CEPSA, OMV, Phillips 66 International Trading, Repsol Trading,
Building the responsible refinery: Sustainable, green field refineries of the future
Kurt Barrow
Oil Markets, Refining & LPG/NGLs Lead,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
PImporters: How to meet your end user's needs in a fast-changing and challenging energy environment
Bharat Petroleum (BPCL), PTT Oil & Retail Business, Nayara Energy Ltd, SEDC Energy,
Air: Is the industry swiftly switching to SAF?
ENI Trade & Biofuels, Neste, Shell Aviation,
Evolving automobile demand
Jim Burkhard
Vice President, Research,
S&P Global Commodity Insights,
S&P Global Commodity Insights,
Sea: Is the shipping industry embracing alternative fuels?
Equatorial Marine, Equinor, MOL, MPA
The growth of carbon markets and trading in Asia: Navigating risks for the new frontiers
Engie Impact, ING Bank, Singapore Economic Development Board, Trafigura
Formulating a workable carbon capture storage plan
Grete Tveit
Senior Vice President for Low Carbon Solutions,
Equinor
Equinor
The future of physical trading: Carbon Intensity as a Specification
bp Trading & Shipping, EcoPetrol, Trafigura
How do commodity markets capitalize on decarbonization efforts: The role of environmental certificates
Ben Stuart
Chief Commercial Officer and President of Transaction Services,
Xpansiv
Xpansiv
Opening remarks
Lyn Tattum
Vice President, Head of Events, Training and Media,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Strategic outlook for the Asia chemical industry
Tony Potter
Chemicals, Derivatives, Plastics & Materials Lead,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
How is the APAC chemical industry moving towards energy transition and circularity?
BASF, Borouge, Linde, Standard Chartered Bank
Petrochemical feedstock market outlook
Ravi Narayanaswamy
Vice President, Fuels, Chemicals and Resource Solutions,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Recent price trends in Asia Naphtha, LPG and their margins to olefins and aromatics
Wendy Cheong
Managing Editor, Asia & Middle East Light Ends,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Sustainable petrochemical feedstocks
Sanjay Sharma
Vice President, Head of Global Chemical Consulting,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Methanol - present and future growth
Olivier Maronneaud
Global Analytics Lead, Methanol & Plastic Circularity,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Paraxylene Asia market outlook
Xiaodong Zhang
Director, Aromatics APAC,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Benzene outlook: Upcoming fundamental changes in feed slates and drivers
Kate Lee
Associate Director, Aromatics,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Paraxylene and benzene Asia benchmarks
Samar Niazi
Global Lead, Aromatics Pricing,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Global olefins outlook
Sally Fu
Director, Olefins and Derivatives,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Shifting dynamics in the polyolefin industry
Pooja Jain
Principle Research Analyst, Polymer Asia,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Outlook of butadiene & elastomers in Asia-Pacific
Fang Fang Wang
Associate Director, C4s and Elastomers,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Looking into the impact of narrow olefins production spreads on steam cracker operations
Regina Sher
Managing Editor, Chemicals,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Chairperson opening remarks
Pradeep Rajan
Senior Managing Editor, Shipping,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Opening keynote
Justin Murphy
Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy & Business Development,
ADNOC Logistics & Services
ADNOC Logistics & Services
Q&A with ADNOC Logistics & Services
Rahul Kapoor,
Vice President, Global Head of Shipping Analytics & Research,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Global trade outlook
Ankita Pandey
Relationship Manager, Trade & Supply Chain Finance,
Asian Development Bank
Asian Development Bank
Global shipping in the post-pandemic era
Emarat Maritime, Standard Chartered, TotalEnergies Marine Fuels
Pricing trend and tanker market update
Sameer Mohindru
Senior Editor, Asia Shipping Market Data,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Tanker freight: What is being seen in the current market and what can we expect to happen?
Ardmore Shipping, Braemar, Pacific Carriers, Prudent Shipping Investments
PPrice assessment of alternative fuels bunker - LNG, biofuel, methanol, and ammonia
Esther Ng
Senior Editor, Petrochemicals,
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Future biofuels for shipping
Capt. Rahul Choudhuri
Managing Director - Asia, ME & Africa,
VPS
VPS
Methanol: The near term alternative fuel
Chris Chatterton
Chief Operating Officer,
Methanol Institute
Methanol Institute