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Leading on from our successful European Future of Surfactants Summit, we are delighted to introduce North America to the series. The event will uncover the challenges and explore new growth opportunities across the entire surfactant value chain, exploring what the sustainable future holds within the North American market. With an in-depth look into the market drivers household & personal care, the summit will also explore growing commodity surfactants along with new emerging speciality markets – from R&D to breakthrough technology.
Early Confirmed Speakers:
Loan Mansy, General Manager North & South America, AkzoNobel
Kevin Gallagher, Founder, Kevin Gallagher Consulting
Brian Grady, Director, Institute For Applied Surfactant Research,
University of Oklahoma
Mark Rossolo, Public Affairs Director, UL LLC
Daniel K.Y. Solaiman, Lead Scientist/Res. Mol. Biologist, USDA
Confirmed Topics for Discussion:
• Challenges & Opportunities across the Evolving Surfactant Market
• Feedstock Volatility in Petro & Oleo- based Raw Materials
• Regulation & Safety
• Implementing Sustainability
• Thought-through LCA Case studies: Cradle to the Grave Analogies
• Growth & Changing Trends in the Household & Personal Care Markets
• Green & Bio-based Surfactant Developments
• Evolving Speciality Applications
Previous Conference Attendees Include:
AkzoNobel* Oleon NV * Petroyag Ve Kimya * Zschimmer & Schwarz GmbH & Co KG * Perstorp Holding AB * White Dog Labs Inc * Proiloleo Kimyasallar A.Ş. * DuPont International Operations Sarl * Eastman Chemical B.V. * Wageningen UR Food & Biobased Research * Overlack GmbH * Kao Corporation, S.A. * Biolin Scientific * Brenntag Schwiezerhall AG * Lucta * Oemeta Chemische Werke GmbH * Roundtable On Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) * Shell Global Solutions International B.V. * Fraunhofer UMSICHT * Evonik Industries AG * Wilhelmsen Chemicals AS * Association TEGEWA * Tekno Scienze * University Of Bonn, Germany * Renewable Energy Group * LCA Consult & Review * Oxiteno S.A. * Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) * ThinkStep * AkzoNobel Surface Chemistry AB * Shell Chemicals Europe B.V. * KLK Oleo * Evonik * BASF * University Of Stuttgart, IGVP * Shell Chemicals Europe B.V. * Kline Group * KAO Chemicals GmbH * Surfachem * Ecover * Surfactant Chemicals Company * Novus International * EOC Surfactants and many more!