Indonesian Palm Oil Conference & Price Outlook - 2017

With more than one thousand participants from various background as well as experts in the industry, this conference serves as a very excellent opportunity to build up and expand your business network as well promoting your company brand awareness.

This year we are very excited to host this conference in Bali once more. Nobody can resist the charm of Bali with its unique and authentic cultures. We believe your stay in Bali will be an exciting and memorable one.

Indonesian Palm Oil Association or better known as GAPKI (Gabungan Pengusaha Kelapa Sawit Indonesia) is an organization of oil palm growers/palm oil producers in Indonesia established on 27 February 1981. As of today, GAPKI has 701 members of which the oil palm area covers around 3.66 million hectares or more than 31% of the Indonesian oil palm plantation area that makes GAPKI an important Government partner in improving Indonesian palm oil industry. GAPKI membership continues to grow every year.

The government is now encouraging the development of downstream industry and this makes GAPKI, the association of growers, more important. GAPKI pays close attention to the downstream industry growth not because it is a captive market, but because its development will also influence the competitiveness of the whole palm oil industry in Indonesia.

GAPKI is very keen on the sustainable palm oil production. It has been long promoting to its members the good palm oil production practices that covers most of sustainability criteria. And today GAPKI is also imposing implementation of the Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) which is an empowerment the sustainability-related Indonesia’s regulation in palm oil production especially to its members.

Palm oil has become one of the most important vegetable oils, which provides 30 percent of world vegetable oils supply. The demand of palm oil to feed the world and for biofuel keeps increasing every year. Indonesia as the largest palm oil producer plays a very significant role while the global market starts to closely observe Indonesia’s palm oil market. Thus, it is very important for Indonesian Palm Oil Association to keep the palm oil industry stakeholders updated on the price behavior and market trend. Additionally, policies, sustainability, as well as trade expansion will also be the important factors to be addressed.

Thus, the Indonesian Palm Oil Association holds the INDONESIAN PALM OIL CONFERENCE AND PRICE OUTLOOK as an important annual year-end event for global vegetable oil and palm oil stakeholders. This event will provide reliable information on palm oil price forecasts, market dynamics, and also with the latest issues in the industry. Furthermore, this event also provides an excellent opportunity to meet and network with prominent industry leaders.

This year, IPOC 2017 will focus on the growth of Indonesian palm oil industry, global market trends, and the price forecast of palm oil for the following year.

In addition to the conference, an exhibition will also be organized to provide updates on the latest development of technology, products, and services in the palm oil industry. The exhibitors represent all relevant industries, including civil design, construction and engineering companies, environmental and green industries, national and regional government agencies, human resource development organizations, consulting firms, investments bank and financial institutions, oil processing and distribution companies, telecommunications, information technology, transportation and logistics, environmental management, waste and water management.

People who are concerned with the current global palm oil issues, its challenges and opportunities, as well as those interested in understanding supply and demand, price behavior, and market trends in palm oil industry are welcomed to participate in our IPOC 2017.

We invite you to come and join this prestigious conference while experiencing the exotic and uniqueness of Bali. So, mark your agenda and register now to enjoy the early bird rates!