ICIS – Neil A Burns LLC Surfactant Conferences

REED BUSINESS INFORMATION LTD. (RBI) OF THE UK AND NEIL A. BURNS LLC HAVE ENTERED INTO A LONG-TERM AGREEMENT TO CO-PRODUCE CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS IN THE FIELD OF SURFACTANTS.

The conferences and seminars will be held globally in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. The next event as part of this agreement will be the Second ICIS World Surfactant Conference to be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Jersey City, NJ, just over the river from Manhattan, April 25th and 26th, 2012. Further information and registration is available at www.icis.com/worldsurfactants. (Full Press Release Here). This conference series has been widely reported in the chemical press, including this outstanding review in Chemical Weekly, the most widely read industry publication in India.

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Second ICIS World Surfactants Conference, NYC, April 25 – 26th – 2012

The ICIS Surfactant Conferences, co-produced by Neil A Burns LLC, focus on senior level decision makers in the industry and have the highest level of speakers delivering content that you will not find at any other event.

Following the phenomenal success of our first collaborations in Singapore and New York, we are pleased to announce that Neil A Burns LLC and ICIS will be co-producing the 2nd ICIS World surfactants conference which will take place on 25th & 26th April 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Jersey City Hotel.

The inaugural conference in New Jersey earlier this year SOLD OUT attracting in excess of 150 senior surfactants executives from around the globe. Demand for the 2012 conference is likely to be high therefore I wanted to inform you in advance to ensure you secured your place at the conference. (http://www.icisconference.com/go/worldsurfactants).

Delegate feedback told us that new technological developments are the hot topic that you would like to see covered in more depth on the agenda. Therefore we have dedicated an entire section of the conference to this topic and will identify the new technologies which are set to revolutionise the surfactants supply chain!

Speakers already confirmed for this exciting session include:

  • Bill Rothwell, VP Biobased Chemicals, CODEXIS
  • Andy Shafer, EVP Marketing and Sales, ELEVANCE RENEWABLE SCIENCES
  • Tim Dummer, Senior Director – Business Development, SOLAZYME INC
  • Dr Patrick Foley, Chief Scientific Officer, P2 SCIENCE, INC.
  • Wei Huang, VP Process Development & Engineering, LS9 INC
  • Dr Neil Renninger, CTO, AMYRIS

In addition, of course, we will have a full slate of speakers addressing issues from the perspective of the major users and manufacturers of surfactants. We also have the pleasure of welcoming for the first time at an ICIS Conference, Peter Young, Managing Partner of Young and Partners Investment Bank – who will analyse the role of M&A in the surfactants market and provide his outlook for the coming ciritical months in M&A for the participants in the surfactant value chain.

There is also an early booking discount until the 10th February 2012 and if you book before this date you will save US $110.

To find out more about this conference please visit the conference website on - www.icisconference.com/worldsurfactants

I look forward to seeing you in New Jersey.