Day 1 - Thursday 12 May 2011

8:00 Registration & Refreshments 8:30 Welcome from ICIS Doris de Guzman, Senior Editor , ICIS 8:35 Chairman’s opening remarks Neil A Burns, Managing Partner, NEIL A BURNS LLC 8:40 Surfactants role in the global economy Neil A Burns, Managing Partner, NEIL A BURNS LLC 9:00 Keynote paper: A leading manufacturer’s vision for the surfactants market Pascal Juery, Group Executive Vice-President, RHODIA 9:45 EO industry outlook and the issue of surfactant industry consolidation William L. Tittle, Principal and Director of Strategy, Americas and Asia, NEXANT 10:15 REFRESHMENT BREAK & NETWORKING 10:45 LAB - the Leading Detergent Surfactant Feedstock - Outlook Introduction to Farabi Petrochemical which will include ownership, location, the company current products and distribution portfolio, and it’s strategic objectives and strategic themes Farabi view on LAB as a work-horse surfactant, LAB global supply/demand outlook with special focus on the D&E market and the drivers for the future trend of the LAgrowth and Farabi future plan to meet its strategic objective Conclusion which will include Farabi views on LAB sustainability; market trend, factors for success for LAB producers.   Mohammad Al-Bibi, President, FARABI PETROCHEMICALS 11:15 Keynote paper: Development and growth of olechemicals in South East Asia The surfactants market outlook Key drivers in the market Emery's strategic growth direction Dr. Kongkrapan Intarajang, Group CEO, EMERY OLEOCHEMICALS GROUP 11:45 The importance of a balanced feedstock portofolio for surfactant production Janet Crawford, BU Director Supply Chain and Sustainability, AKZO NOBEL 12:15 LUNCH & NETWORKING

13:15 Developments in the global Personal Care (PC) market Current market overview How is the PC market changing and evolving? What is the impact on surfactants and surfactant suppliers? Gillian Morris, Principal, ROLAND BERGER STRATEGY CONSULTANTS 14:00 What does Henkel expect from its surfactant suppliers Feedstock price developemnt during the last five years Cost impact on detergents for Henkel Risk Management - tools and systems Specific expectations from surfactants suppliers Jochen Flucht, Global Purchasing Manager, HENKEL AG & Co. KGaA 14:45 Sustainable development of surfactants for personal care Life Cycle Assessment Petrochemical-Free Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate Brian Chung, North American Business Development Manager (Home & Personal Care Markets), RHODIA 15:30 REFRESHMENT BREAK 16:00 The P+G sustainability initiative - impact on surfactants Tom Nelson, Director Customer Business Development, P+G CHEMICALS 16:45 Process technology developments in sulfonation, ethoxylation and oleochemicals Vegetable oils as source of raw material for the detergency industry; updated techniques  and advantages Sulphonation as a “mild and environmentally friendly” process for high quality and cost effective anionic surfactants production Updated reactor design and plant safety features for a wide range of Ethoxylates production Icilio Adami, R&D Technology Director, DESMET BALLESTRA 17:30 Closing remarks

Day 2 - Friday 13 May 2011

8:25 Chairman’s opening remarks 8:30 M&A in the surfactants industry Recent transaction activity Current M&A market conditions Key drivers of future transaction activity Chris Cerimele, Director and Head of Chemicals Practice, HOULIHAN LOKEY 9:15 Opportunities in the household and personal care market in Brazil Current market overview How are the HI & I (household, industrial and institutional) and personal care markets changing/ developing and what is the impact on surfactants? Identification of market drivers, restraints and challenges Market opportunities and key success factors Alessandra Lancellotti, Manager Latin America BU, FROST & SULLIVAN 10:00 The distributor’s key role in getting surfactants to market Fulfilling a value added function Diversity – resilience and growth potential Customer specific solutions Robert Moser, Senior VP - Global Accounts, BRENNTAG NORTH AMERICA 10:45 REFRESHMENT BREAK 11:15 Technology developments in the surfactant value chain Creation of renewable, highly tailorable feedstocks for the oleochemical industry Sustainable replacements for petroleum derived intermediates, capable of utilizing existing oleochemical, petrochemical and specialty chemical infrastructures Microbial chemicals platform which transforms carbohydrate feedstocks into renewable triglyceride oils via microalgae Walter G. Rakitsky, Vice President Chemicals and Strategy, SOLAZYME, INC 12:00 Revolutionary advances in surfactants from renewable feedstocks Elevance business and activities in the surfactants industry Renewable olefins, specialty intermediates and a unique source of oleochemicals for use in surfactants How Elevance is using olefin metathesis technology in the construction of the world’s largest biorefinery Andy Shafer, Executive VP Sales and Market Development, ELEVANCE RENEWABLE SCIENCES 12:45 Chairman’s closing remarks and close of conference LUNCH

The organisers reserve the right to change the programme, speakers or venue should circumstances require.