As a prelude to the first Virtual World Rubber Summit, industry players hosted a press conference on Tuesday, June 1. Abidjan is hosting this large-scale event from 8 to 11 June 2021. “Facing the Future: Inclusiveness, Sustainability, and Growth for the New Normal.” This is the theme of the first virtual world summit on Rubber, initiated by the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG). As a prelude to this meeting, which will bring together the entire global value chain of natural rubber and synthetic rubber, the Ivorian Minister of Agriculture and Sustainable Development, Kobenan Kouassi Adjoumani, and actors in the sector, namely Ali Touré of the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) and Eugène Krémian of the Association of Natural Rubber Professionals of Côte d'Ivoire (APROMAC), moderated a Confé Press conference to discuss the objectives and challenges.

According to the Ivorian Minister of Agriculture, this first virtual summit is a framework for exchanges between global experts in the research, industry and development of natural rubber and synthetic rubber on the future of rubber in producing countries as well as in consumer countries.