Petrochemical and Refining Congress: Europe 2026

Lead Downstream Transformation

18-19 May 2026
Amsterdam, the Netherlands - Van der Valk Hotel Schiphol

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Key highlights of the PRC Europe 10th Anniversary

In 2026 PRC Europe celebrates its 10th Anniversary, which has become a decade of building connections, fostering collaboration, knowledge exchange, and pursuing a shared ambition to move the downstream industry forward.

We are proud to celebrate it together, so we have prepared such exclusive features as:

Celebration at the Gala Dinner;
Grand Lottery with the valuable prizes;
Anniversary cake;
Insightful sessions and networking opportunities;
Many other surprises.

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6 business aims PRC Europe participants have

We offer different formats of participation to help the Downstream companies achieve their business goals. Each format is designed for our participants to meet their current business aims in the petrochemical and refining market and get the desired result.

Showcasing solutions & services for the Downstream industry

Finding partners, investors, or key clients

Presenting exclusive Downstream case studies, new projects, and insights

Face-to-face networking with petrochemical and refining industry leaders

Learning about current Downstream projects & technologies

Maximising your brand exposure

Our Partners

This year we deeply value the trust and collaboration of our key partners who continue to shape the industry with us. In this special edition, we are especially grateful for the support of Lummus Technology, Wood, and Sonatrach Raffineria Italiana S.r.l. as Regional Partners. Their leadership and commitment drive meaningful change across the refining and petrochemical landscape.

Speakers 2026

The Project Director and Project Committee evaluate each topic and the expertise of each speaker. It is done to attract the active downstream specialists from oil majors, EPCs, refineries/petrochemical plants, licensors, chemical companies and leading service providers with equipment manufacturers, whose case studies cover the ongoing, existing and planned petrochemical and refining projects. The Business Programme of PRC Europe is focused on quality, not yet presented case studies and expertised downstream specialists.

Osamu Ikeda

Managing Director

Chiyoda Corporation Netherlands B.V.

Enrico Giglioli

Chief New Initiatives Officer

Saras S.p. A.

Luigi Crolla

Head of Energy Transition Technologies

Kent PLC

Gleb Veryasov

R&D Team Leader - Gas Circularity and Valorization

TotalEnergies

David Wendel

Managing Director

ETS Degassing

Giacomo Rispoli

CEO

MYRECHEMICAL S.r.l.

Rosario Pistorio

Managing Director

Sonatrach Raffineria Italiana S.r.l.

Fabio Assandri

General Manager at Novamont & Head of R&D, Licensing & Projects Department

Versalis

Jens Wulff

Managing Director of Sales & Engineering

NEUMAN & ESSER Deutschland GmbH & Co KG

Hossam Elsaadany

Head of Supply Chain

Egyptian Refining Company

Andi Ziermann

General Manager

BORSIG ZM Compression GmbH

Javier Manzano

Technology Commercial Director

Tecnicas Reunidas SA

Barinder Ghai

Technical Marketing and Business Development Director EMEA

Alleima

Hammad Chowdhury

Managing Director APAC Region

Watlow

Don Fregelette

V.P., Chemical Engineer

Emerson

Jerome Garot

Sr. Project Manager / Anchoring Specialist

SILICON SWP

Gerrit Polhaar

Sr. Commercial Director

Chevron Lummus Global LLC

Matthias Franke

Director Institute Branch Sulzbach-Rosenberg

Fraunhofer UMSICHT

Markus Hartung

Vice President Head of Global Commercial Processes & Region EMEA Catalysts

Evonik Operations GmbH

Enzo de Biase

Licensing Business Development Manager

NextChem

Hans van der Valk

Senior Principal Process Engineer

McDermott

Cedric Royer

Direct of Sales

Bizzmine

Azadeh Kouhkan

Director of Business Development

Worley

Rowan Vaduganathan

Head of Domain Experts

Cenosco

Jose de Barros

Chief Decarbonization Officer

Lummus Technology LLC

Candice Carrington (Hughes)

Senior Refinery Consultant

Petrofac

Dan Carter

President, Technical Consulting and Decarbonisation

Wood

Witold Kowalczyk

Manager

ORLEN S.A. Plock Refinery

Peter Sanders

Head of Engineering

AIS WSI Europe Sp. z o.o.

Jan Steegstra

Sr Director, Business Development

Chevron Lummus Global LLC

Gregor Schumm

Head of Process Engineering

Piller Blowers & Compressors GmbH

Vedran Česnik

Technology Senior Expert

INA d.d.

Arjan van Vliet

Energy Transition & Circularity Advisor

Shell

Dr. Sorin Ivanovici

Head of Hydrogen & CCU

OMV Downstream GmbH

Rafael Moreno

Head of Technical Excellence

Moeve

Hervé Huisman

CEO

Gradyent

Károly Hazuga

Group Downstream Project Portfolio Management and Investment Director

MOL Group

Highlights of the programme

Programme

2 DAYS BUSINESS PROGRAMME

20+ hours of networking
20+ hours of cases and discussion
EXECUTIVE OPENING PANEL:

C-level discussion on resilience on the path to Net Zero: partnerships, standards, and adapting to decreased demand
DEBATES:

Green regulations and their impact on supply-demand equilibrium
SVP PANEL:

Spotlight on Ongoing and Released decarbonisation projects
PROCESS IMPROVEMENT AND EFFICIENCY:

Adaptability in manufacturing processes
GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION EFFORTS:

Innovations, solutions, decisions on meeting the set standards for Downstream activities
LOW-CARBON FUELS AND FEEDSTOCK:

Sustainable fuels production: SAF, HVO, synthetic fuels, e-fuels
HYDROGEN AND SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE:

Challenges and opportunities in the downstream sector
CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND SUSTAINABILITY:

Combination of upcycling and recycling technologies to improve recycling capabilities

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All formats

To make participation in the PRC Europe successful you should define your business goals and choose the most appropriate format. Tell us more about your Downstream projects and current business priority, and we will find you the perfect match!

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Testimonials

Eugene McKenna

Senior VP Hydrogen & Sustainable Technologies

Johnson Matthey

I like this conference because it really brings the petrochemical community together and there are people who are going to implement many of the solutions that are being talked about elsewhere.

Gerrit Polhaar

Sr. Commercial Director

Chevron Lummus Global LLC

What I also like is the personal manager that is assigned to you. If you want to meet certain people, you can tell that to your manager, and he or she will try to make it happen for you. So you don't really have to go and look for the people you want to talk to because you get help identifying those people.

Markus Hartung

Vice President Head of Global Commercial Processes & Region EMEA Catalysts

Evonik Operations GmbH

Networking opportunities are fantastic at the conference, the breaks are longer than usual which is fantastic because over drinks and food you can connect with people, you can talk.

Raffaella Lucarno

Head of Biorefining & Supply

Enilive SpA

This is the occasion to meet a lot of other companies like us, but also vendors, or specialists, or licensors and so on. We can speak more broadly about everything and discover if there are new things coming up, so it's very interesting.

Michele Cuonzo

Head of Project development and Planning

Sonatrach Raffineria Italiana S.r.l.

We've been attending PRC since 2019, so it became a real yearly milestone for us. It's really important for our company to participate in this event because it's an opportunity to really interface with industry experts to identify common areas of challenges and possible technological solutions in which we are interested.

Barinder Ghai

Technical Marketing and Business Development Director EMEA

Alleima

I believe these meetings are really from our wishlist and I will praise our personal manager. She did a great job getting people on board and she tried to connect us to the people with whom we wanted to speak, and I think this is something that we expect from any conference.

Wander Ricardo Ferreira Lopes

Head of Business Management Ammonia Based Chemicals

BASF SE

I've been to many conferences before, but I think the all preparation that you do on the apps and preparing for a good networking, all the work that you do behind the scenes. And the work with my personal manager was exactly the case. I think she did a very good job and really prepared me to make the most out of it.

Milica Folić

Product Line Director | Clean Fuels & Chemicals

Topsoe A/S

I think it was a mix of people, maybe companies we've known before but not necessarily the people, and certain new companies that we managed to schedule meetings during the congress. I think many people were here specifically from this region, that was an added bonus because I think from within the region you really got an excellent presence.

Andrew Thomson

Director Business Development

Fluor

I think some of the most honest presentations that were given today. There's a lot of willingness to do energy transition project, but sometimes people don't actually talk about why it's difficult and put the real problems on the table. And I think this is the best thing about this conference, it facilitates the conversation.

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Petrochemical and Refining Congress: Europe 2026

Sponsors and Partners of Anniversary PRC Europe 2026

Key highlights of the PRC Europe 10th Anniversary

6 business aims PRC Europe participants have

Our Partners

Speakers 2026

Highlights of the programme

2 DAYS BUSINESS PROGRAMME

EXECUTIVE OPENING PANEL:

DEBATES:

SVP PANEL:

PROCESS IMPROVEMENT AND EFFICIENCY:

GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION EFFORTS:

LOW-CARBON FUELS AND FEEDSTOCK:

HYDROGEN AND SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE:

CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND SUSTAINABILITY:

Formats

Testimonials

Sponsors & Partners 2026

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