The Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) will be organised at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre from 13-16 November 2017, featuring open-invite conference sessions by the oil and gas industry’s influential leaders and enabling professionals to do business and grow in the region
Held under the patronage of Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the president of the UAE, ADIPEC will be hosted by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and organised by the dmg events.
More than 10,000 delegates, 2,200 exhibiting companies, 900 speakers and around 100,000 visitors from 135 countries are projected to gather for ADIPEC 2017.
Thirteen CEOs have already confirmed to take part in the global business leader panels and a further nine CEOs will participate in the downstream global business leader programme. The organisers are in talks with other industry leaders to join in the event.
According to the organisers, the CEOs will join from the UK multinational BP, Malaysian national oil company, France’s Total, Russia’s Lukoil, Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company, Germany’s Wintershall, Japan’s INPEX Corporation, Italy’s Eni, the US multinational McDermott, Switzerland’s Weatherford, Baker Hughes, a GE company and from other multinational oil and gas exploration and production companies.
The four business leaders’ panels will focus on strategies for continuing business success. There will also be sessions on energy finance, investment, consolidation and diversification.
Held under the theme of ‘Forging Ties, Driving Growth’, the ADIPEC 2017 will also provide the platform for the professionals to do business and sign deals and find new opportunities in the region.
Commenting on the event, Christopher Hudson, president of Global Energy at dmg events, said, “The oil and gas industry continues to be a key driver for the global economy, but the market is changing, and industry leaders must respond. ADIPEC is a platform where businesses can share ideas that will help them evolve with the commercial environment.”
ADIPEC 2017 conference sessions include offshore and marine, women in energy and security in energy, along with global downstream technical sessions. ADIPEC 2017 will also include downstream industries for the first time this year, which will emphasise on downstream expansion, diversification, integration, technology innovation and research and development.