EPCA 2011 in Berlin: 2,500 delegates in final week

Delegate numbers for EPCA 2011 in Berlin have now reached 2,500 with just a few days to go.

The official number, which the Blog has taken from EPCA today, has exceeded last year's total of nearly 2,000.

The conference takes place on 1-5 October 2011, and uppermost in delegates' minds at this late stage will be how to avoid accepting any more last minute meetings, and remembering to pack business cards, mints and most importantly the one essential item that they forgot last time.

As the north European winter closes in, some of us at ICIS and elsewhere are wondering if we will ever get back to Monte Carlo ...