Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) announced on Monday that it will be partnering again with Chemical Week to organize the Third Annual GPCA Forum on Dec. 2-4, 2008 at the Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai. Based on the success of the previous forums and expanded marketing campaign this year, GPCA expects significant growth again in 2008. The GPCA Forum brings together CEOs, senior leaders from petrochemicals, chemicals, engineering, construction, shipping and logistics companies, as well as private equity executives, bankers, financiers and consultants from around the world to discuss the most important opportunities and challenges in the Gulf. The 2008 program is themed “Managing Growth and Competitiveness in a Cyclical Industry.” “Chemical Week's worldwide brand and audience have played a key role in building the GPCA Forum into the most important event in the Middle East for the petrochemicals industry, and we look forward to working together again to make the 2008 event our biggest to date, and we look forward to working together again to make the 2008 event our biggest to date” said Abdullah S. Bin Zaid Al-Hagbani, secretary general of GPCA. __