UPDATE: GPCA ’24: Bahrain to host 2025 GPCA Forum

MUSCAT (ICIS)–Manama, the capital of Bahrain, will host the 19th Annual Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) Forum on 8-11 December 2025, according to GPCA promotional material seen by ICIS.

It will be the first time for Bahrain to host the GPCA, the flagship chemical industry gathering in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which comprises Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

GPCA secretary general Abdulwahab Al-Sadoun had said earlier that the forum next year will be held in Bahrain, continuing its round of GCC member nations since it was first held outside the UAE in 2022.

The GPCA forum was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2022, then moved to Doha, Qatar the following year, and is being held in Muscat, Oman this year.

The 18th Annual GPCA Forum kicked off on Monday in Muscat, Oman and will run up to 5 December, with the theme “Industry’s Next Chapter: Driving Sustainable Advancement for Global Progress”.

Last year’s GPCA Forum in Qatar attracted more than 5,000 delegates.

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Initial reporting by Nurluqman Suratman