The conference is jointly organised by the Petrochemistry Division of DGMK, the Division of Industrial Chemistry of the Società Chimica Italiana (SCI) and ÖGEW Austrian Society for Petroleum Sciences.
The scientific chairmen are Dr. Michael Bender (BASF SE, Ludwigshafen), Dr. Harald Häger (Evonik Performance Materials GmbH, Marl), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Jess (University of Bayreuth), Prof. Dr. Johannes A. Lercher (Technical University Munich), Dr. Mario Marchionna (Saipem S.p.A., San Donato Milanese, Italy) and Prof. Dr. Dieter Vogt (Technical University Dortmund).