Oral Presentations

Day I: The Future of the Industry

• Opening Keynote - Defining and Designing Our Future.Patrick Cescau, CEO, Unilever, United Kingdom.
  Global Retailers and Their Impact on the Future.Neil Stern, Senior Partner, McMillanDoolittle LLP, USA.
• Textiles and Their Influence on the Detergent Industry.Robert L. Kirkwood, Chief Technology Officer, INVISTA, S.A.r.l., USA.
• Keynote - The Future of Home Care.Jorge Mesquita, President, Global Home Care, The Procter & Gamble Company, USA.
• China: An Economic and Consumer Perspective.Lois Dougan Tretiak, Senior Advisor China, Economist Intelligence Unit Corporate Network, China.
• Smart Detergents for an Intelligent Universe.Richard W. Oliver, CEO, American Learning Solutions, USA.
• Keynote - The Future of Advertising: Wildfire Brands.Tom Bernardin, Chairman and CEO, Leo Burnett Worldwide, USA.

Day II: The Future of the Supply Chain

• The Impact of Chemical Regulatory Issues on the Cleaning ProductsBusiness.Ernie Rosenberg, President and Chief Executive Officer, the Soap and Detergent Association. USA.
• Nanotechnology-Opportunities and Possibilities.Del Stark, CEO, European Nanotechnology Trade Alliance, Scotland.
• Supply of Key Raw Materials into Surfactants.James Vaughan, R&D Director, Sasol Olefins & Surfactants, Bad Homburg, Germany.
• Biotechnology in Detergents.Per Falholt, Executive Vice President, Novozymes, Denmark.
• Opportunities and Innovations in Packaging for the Detergent Industry.William C. Young, President and CEO, Plastipak Packaging Holding, USA.
• New Models for Business Development and Innovation in the Chemical Industry.Michael Zeitler, General Manager,Innovation Unit, Akzo Nobel Chemicals, TheNetherlands.
• The Oleochemical Industry-Trends and Impact of Growth in Asia Pacific and China.M.C. Menon, Vice President Marketing, Pan Century Oleochemicals Sdn Bhd, Malaysia.
• The Petroleum Industry-Trends and Impact of Growth in Asia Pacific and China.H.K. Lim, Executive Chairman, Shell Companies in China, Shell China Limited, China.
• Keynote - The Supply Equation-Value and Innovation.Beate Ehle, Group Vice President, Performance Chemicals for Detergents and Forumlators Europe, BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Germany.
   

Day III: Bringing it to Market

• PLCM (Product Life-Cycle Management): A Key Strategic Platform in Successful Innovation.Mary de Wysocki, Director Innovation Team, Internet Business Solutions Group, Cisco Systems, Inc., USA.
• The Role of Sensory in Driving Preference.Marcella Bartoletti, HPC R&D Strategy and Operations Director, Unilever Italia S.p.A, Italy.
• Designing I & I for the Future.Freek Schepers, Director Global Innovation Program, JohnsonDiversey, the Netherlands.
• Tools and Devices.Shuusuke Kakiuchi, Director, Global R&D - Home Care, Kao Corporation, Japan.
• Indispensable Technologies for Future Laundry Detergents.Itsuo Hama, Director of Household Research Laboratories No 1, Household Production Division, Lion Corporation, Japan.
• Fabric Conditioners-A Dynamic Category.Rainer Jeschke, R&D Director Laundry Care, Henkel KGaA, Germany.
• Bringing it to Market: Household Cleaners.Keith Sugden, Category Group Director, Research and Development, Surface and Germ Protection, Reckitt Benckiser, USA.
• Closing Keynote - Sustainable Value Creation.Mehmood Khan, Global Leader of Innovation PD, Unilever, UK.