
Events

Oleochemicals Business Essentials - Training
Join our in-person Oleochemicals Business Essentials training course to enhance your market understanding and product knowledge amid changing dynamics and arising opportunities in the oleochemical industry.
This one-day in-depth course provides a deep understanding of supply chain economics for the key oleochemicals used globally. You’ll be equipped with all the knowledge necessary to compete and succeed in today’s oleochemical value chain.

11th Asian Surfactants Conference & Training
The 11th edition of the ICIS Asian Surfactants Conference, co-produced by Neil A. Burns, comes to Kuala Lumpur on the 13-14 November 2025, with the Surfactant Business Essentials Course on 12 November.
Surfactants contribute enormously to Asian economies, while Asia is critical to the business of surfactants. The palm plantation, mainly through palm kernel oil, provides the feedstocks for detergent range alcohols used in surfactants throughout the world for everyday tasks, like cleaning, as well as high-performance industrial applications. At the same time, consumption of surfactants is moving increasingly to Asia, especially Southeast Asia, as demographics favour the growth of those economies.
The surfactant value chain still faces several challenges. Alongside shifting tariff systems and a fast-changing geopolitical landscape, the European Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is adding pressure. This regulation places strict limits on the use of palm-based products in European markets. Meanwhile, tighter rules are also affecting detergent alcohol derivatives, especially ethoxylates and ethoxy-sulphates, in both the USA and Europe.
This conference is essential for keeping up with these developments and connecting with key players in the regional and global surfactants industry.

15th World Surfactants conference
Join hundreds of users, makers and distributors of surfactants from across the world at this 15th edition of the most popular gathering of the world surfactants value chain in Jersey City, New Jersey. May 7 - 8th, 2025. Training on May 6th.

Surfactant Business Essentials Course - Asia
The original one-day business course on the fundamentals of the surfactants business. Taught in-person by Neil Burns.

10th Asian Surfactants Conference
Join hundreds of users, makers and distributors of surfactants from across the world at this 10th edition of the most popular Asian gathering of the surfactant supply chain in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. November 20 - 21. Training on November 19.

Surfactants Business Essentials Training
This day-long course, runs in-person, the day before the World Surfactants Conference in Jersey City. The course is taught exclusively by Neil Burns in partnership with ICIS. This is one of a very limited number of opportunities to take this course, in person with Neil this year.

14th World Surfactants Conference
We are back in Jersey City on May 8th - 10th for the 14th World Surfactants Conference. This event includes one day of training on the 8th and the conference itself on May 9th and 10th. This is the original surfactant conference produced exclusively by Neil A Burns LLC and ICIS. Click image above for the event page with booking links. Book here: https://events.icis.com/website/8544/home/

ACI Annual Meeting
Join Neil A Burns LLC and many friends and colleagues in Orlando to kick off the business year.
If you’d like to learn more about our board and operating partner work, let’s get together and talk. We can also update on the latest for the May conference and training. We’re open for additional sponsors for sure, although I think speaking slots are completely full. I’ll be running a few senior management seminars this year and if this is of interest, we can discuss.
We will also be working closely at this event with our partners from Ballestra of Italy, to discuss the latest surfactants, oleochemicals and soap technology, including new plant technology for the manufacture of APG’s. Please get in touch, using the button below, to schedule a meeting during this very busy week.

Surfactants Training
3 days of 3 hours each -> 9 hours or surfactant business essentials training that you cannot get anywhere else. Available solely on the ICIS proprietary training platform, from Neil A Burns LLC