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Global Technology Forum (GTF) provides senior engineering professionals and executives in the refining and petrochemical sector with leading technical conferences and training events. GTF has recently expanded its coverage of this important sector with its new website, GTForum.com. With a comprehensive global coverage of the downstream oil sector, GTForum is perfectly positioned to meet the needs of industry professionals all over the world.
GTF hosts a worldwide series of refining technology conferences and training courses with the help of our elite advisory boards. These include the ERTC, ARTC and LARTC conferences, which serve the European, Asian and Latin American markets, respectively. Founded in 1996, GTF was a pioneer as at the time there were no conferences in Europe dedicated to oil refining technology until we introduced the ERTC (European Refining Technology Conference), which has matured into our flagship event and is now the largest of its kind and is the focal point for oil company personnel to exchange information and network, meet all suppliers in one location, develop contacts with peer groups in other companies and allow informal benchmarking, and get the best available technical solutions.
We also host GTF training courses, which have an unrivalled reputation within the industry. Each course is developed in collaboration with expert industry speakers and aims to equip engineers with key learning outcomes on specialist subjects, such as fluid catalytic cracking, blending, waste water management, improving refinery profit margins and energy efficiency. In addition to our public training courses, we also offer in-house training and e-Learning solutions, together with Learning Management Systems at the corporate level with built in functionality and reporting.
As a logical extension of the GTF brand, we have launched GTForum.com - the authoritative online resource for technical news content, analysis and comment for the downstream oil refining and petrochemical industry. GTForum.com is an online magazine dedicated to serving the information needs of senior engineering professionals. Delivering cutting-edge research, white papers, refining and marketing news as well as project updates and coverage of refinery shutdowns will be a major focus.
Through a combination of conferences, webinars, video interviews, forums, vendor Q&As and high quality editorial content, GTF provides a unique platform that brings together all participants in this technically challenging industry.
With falling OECD demand for refined products, the formidable challenges posed by the rate of oil product consumption growth in the far east, together with ever stricter regulations on fuel and air quality, the need to keep up to date with the latest developments in the downstream oil sector, has never been greater.
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"ERTC is a very important event for us. It is a very good opportunity to meet all of our customers from Europe and also from Middle East and Asia. This is a good opportunity also to meet with engineering companies and to see our competitors, and it's a very big success so we are happy to be here".
Christian Dupraz, Executive Vice President, Axens
"When I left the ERTC Annual Meeting I not only had recharged my technological knowledge about the refining business but was loaded with valuable ideas from improvements to our own business. Great place to be."
Alois Virag, OMV Refining & Marketing GmbH
"I'm glad that I'm attending this conference. Number one is because of the opportunity to network with industry practitioners as well as services and technology providers... The ARTC gives me the opportunity to get updated with the industry in terms of the global business demand and supply, as well as the technology."
Jamil Hasan, Supervisor, Procurement & Logistics, Petronas
"What I like about the ERTC conference is that if there are new technologies that emerge in the year, in Europe, it's the ERTC where they are showcased first. It is also a good opportunity to bridge between Europe, Asia and the Middle East. I think its ideal".
Justin Swaine, Criterion Catalyst Company
"My attendance gave a great opportunity to explore other refiners experience with projects and various technologies. ERTC also gives great opportunities to learn the latest developments in refinery and petrochemical catalyst innovations."
Abdullah Saif Al-Farsi, Sohar Refinery (ORPC)
"This one of the main events in the European region that we like to attend, come to see what our competition is doing, meet our customers, and really enjoy the feedback from the market and from the clients to see what we are doing right and what we need to improve".
Fabian Florez, BASF
"It's great. I think the ARTC is a sort of melting pot of innovative ideas and information about refining and petrochemical issues and concerns."
Nathaniel R Orillos, Assistant Vice President, Petron Corporation
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Our perspective is fully global, with yearly conferences in Europe, the Americas and Asia. Editorial content addresses both emerging and developed markets.
Both the website and conferences feature referred technical papers and in doing so, work to disseminate best practice and solutions to common engineering problems.
Refineries perceive GTF as a major facilitator providing a sense of community and strong relationships within the industry through its events.
Our conferences are the most well-attended and best regarded in the industry, providing delegates with the absolute best in networking opportunities, comment, technical discussion and hospitality.
At GTForum.com, we recognise that our readership are well informed regarding the major issues in the industry and therefore strive to provide them with the depth of coverage needed to deliver true value. Through capitalising on our strong relationships with leading industry figures, GTForum.com provides its readers with much needed insight into the current and future challenges facing this fast-changing industry. In addition, we actively assist in promoting the solutions to such issues through our technical content, training courses and online discussion group.
Currently, GTForum.com is free to register for a short period only, providing you with full access to the site’s news, articles, video interviews and white papers.
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