PEPP Online pre-recorded presentations listed below will be made available on August 27.

• Global Economic Outlook: How will recovery Look Like?
  Kenneth Wattret, Chief European Economist, S&P Global

• Polyolefins feedstocks Amid the Crude Oil Turmoil
  Matthew Thoelke, Executive Director for Olefins and Derivatives - Europe, Middle East and Africa, S&P Global

• Global Polyethylene: When will lost demand return?
  Nick Vafiadis, Vice President, Plastics, S&P Global

• Global Polypropylene: How durable is the market?
  Joel Morales, Executive Director, Polyolefins Americas, S&P Global

• European Polyolefins: Emerging from a lockdown?
  Kaushik Mitra , Director EMEA Polyolefins Market Research, S&P Global

• Plastics hedging: Even more critical in times of crisis
  James Yong, Senior Managing Director, Macquarie Bank

• Policies shaping the next era of plastics
  Venetia Spencer, Secretary General - Polyolefin Circular Economy Platform (PCEP)

• Thriving beyond the crisis: Strategies for growth
  Puneet Madan, COO, Polymer Business, Reliance Industries
  This speech will outline efforts within India to reduce plastics pollution; the outlook for continuing imports of ethane into India from the U.S. amid low crude oil, and the Reliance view on COVID-19 impact on plastics demand and supply in the near term, and longer term, within India.

• Beyond the Crisis: SABIC's Focus on Delivering Sustainable Innovation Across the Value Chain
  Bob Maughon, Executive Vice President, Sustainability, Technology and Innovation; CTO and CSO, SABIC
  This presentation will discuss the following points:

• Sabic's sustainability journey and priorities
• Pre- and post-Covid-19 perspectives and priorities on sustainability, and how things have changed
• Where the most value is delivered by polymers in the midst of the crisis
• Permanent change, if any, to the industry's and Sabic's sustainability agenda as a result of Covid-19
• SABIC sustainability innovation successes and what is on the horizon

• How ESG is Driving the New Normal 
  Andreas Posavac, Executive Director, Head of Global ESG, M&A and Governance Advisory, S&P Global
• This presentation will give a macro view on ESG trends and why ESG, Climate and Sustainable Finance are defining the new normal, particularly in light of the move toward circularity. Andreas will try to break down the ESG blackbox and put special light on the ESG trends in capital markets, with an emphasis on institutional investors’ expectations on company data, disclosure and engagement. As a firm’s social license to operate needs to be adapted to changing stakeholder expectations, this presentation will kick start thinking on how and if a re-assessment is due for you and your firm, based on the risks and opportunities that come with ESG being “the new normal”. The presentation will discuss:

• Main ESG drivers and background
• ESG disruptors and investor trends
• ESG integration and requirements from capital markets stakeholders
• Investor examples on ESG, plastics and climate
• Importance of ESG programs in the valuation of a company

• Industry Collaboration on Tackling Plastics Waste
  Justin Wood, Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, The Alliance to End Plastic Waste

• The Journey to Circularity Continues
  Marco Jansen, Circular Economy Leader, Braskem Europe

• The development of recycling capability in Europe and impact on demand and supply
  Martin Wiesweg, Executive Director Polymers EMEA, IHS Markit

• The future of chemical recycling and technology
  Mark Morgan, Vice President, Chemicals Consulting, IHS Markit

• Managing waste: Closing the loop with mechanical recycling
  Manica Ulcnik-Krump, head, Recycled Resource, Interseroh
  

• Optimizing VOC stripping design and process conditions to drive sustainability
  Jairo Paternina, Senior Consultant, Jenike & Johanson, Inc.