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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Chemical industry conversations</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/363.aspx</link><description>Have your say about what's happening in the chemical industry. </description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)</generator><item><title>Re: ICIS Innovation Awards 2008</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/1240.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:02:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:1240</guid><dc:creator>customiser</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/1240.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=363&amp;PostID=1240</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;carothers:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Hi is there still time to enter the ICIS Innovation awards 2008?&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Indeed there is Carothers - the deadline is 4 July - to see how to enter go to &lt;a href="http://www.icis.com/awards"&gt;www.icis.com/awards&lt;/a&gt; - where you can see much ore about the awards, past winners and read the sponsor Dow Croning&amp;#39;s messages&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: ICIS Innovation Awards 2008</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/1239.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:51:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:1239</guid><dc:creator>Carothers</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/1239.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=363&amp;PostID=1239</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi is there still time to enter the ICIS Innovation awards 2008?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: ICIS Innovation Awards 2008</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/1093.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 13:39:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:1093</guid><dc:creator>customiser</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/1093.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=363&amp;PostID=1093</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Thansk for the encouragement - there will be more plugs in the weekly business magazine from now on - just five weeks to go!&amp;nbsp;See details at &lt;a href="http://www.icis.com/awards"&gt;www.icis.com/awards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;carothers:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Hey customiser, don&amp;#39;t get down hearted. There&amp;#39;ll be a rush at the end, was it mentioned in ICIS Chemical Business lately?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: ICIS Innovation Awards 2008</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/1090.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 13:16:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:1090</guid><dc:creator>Carothers</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/1090.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=363&amp;PostID=1090</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Hey customiser, don&amp;#39;t get down hearted. There&amp;#39;ll be a rush at the end, was it mentioned in ICIS Chemical Business lately?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: ICIS Innovation Awards 2008</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/1073.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 14:57:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:1073</guid><dc:creator>GreenChick</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/1073.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=363&amp;PostID=1073</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;customiser:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is there any one out there looking to enter the ICIS Innovation Awards 2008? I&amp;#39;ve had several enquiries already - but as ever, expect all the entries to appear in the last week of the competition. Deadline remember is 4 July, so you&amp;#39;ve only got a matter of 4-5 weeks to get going. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Full details are listed on the Awards web site &lt;a href="http://www.icis.com/awards"&gt;www.icis.com/awards&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;You can see&amp;nbsp;pictures of last year&amp;#39;s winner in the photo section of this site. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I forwarded the info to some of my contacts. Flavors and fragrance company Symrise said they&amp;#39;re interested. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: ICIS Innovation Awards 2008</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/1067.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 13:25:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:1067</guid><dc:creator>customiser</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/1067.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=363&amp;PostID=1067</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Is there any one out there looking to enter the ICIS Innovation Awards 2008? I&amp;#39;ve had several enquiries already - but as ever, expect all the entries to appear in the last week of the competition. Deadline remember is 4 July, so you&amp;#39;ve only got a matter of 4-5 weeks to get going. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Full details are listed on the Awards web site &lt;a href="http://www.icis.com/awards"&gt;www.icis.com/awards&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;You can see&amp;nbsp;pictures of last year&amp;#39;s winner in the photo section of this site. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: ICIS Innovation Awards 2008</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/767.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 13:37:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:767</guid><dc:creator>customiser</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/767.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=363&amp;PostID=767</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Already the awards are garnering publicity and support. Check our the press releases at &lt;a class="" href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&amp;amp;STORY=/www/story/04-21-2008/0004796725&amp;amp;EDATE="&gt;PR newswire&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a class="" href="http://www.dowcorning.com/content/news/ICIS_2008.aspx"&gt;Dow Corning&lt;/a&gt; and the mentions on the &lt;a class="" href="http://www.cefic.be/templates/shwNewsFull.asp?NID=&amp;amp;NSID=689&amp;amp;HID=1"&gt;Cefic&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a class="" href="http://www.suschem.org/"&gt;SusChem&lt;/a&gt; sites. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;For full information and an entry brochure, go to &lt;a href="http://www.icis.com/awards"&gt;www.icis.com/awards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;If you want to link your site to the awards web site please feel free to do so&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;More information from &lt;a href="mailto:john.baker@icis.com"&gt;john.baker@icis.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: ICIS Innovation Awards 2008</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/765.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 13:08:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:765</guid><dc:creator>customiser</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/765.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=363&amp;PostID=765</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Hey Humphry&amp;nbsp;- glad to hear you&amp;#39;re listening into the excellent ICIS radio service. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The idea withthe CSR award is to recognise the effort and excellent some companies are putting into getting the sustainability message over to employees and external stakeholders. Check out a few of the recent CSR reports from the likes of &lt;a class="" href="http://www.dsm.com/en_US/html/sustainability/publications.htm"&gt;DSM&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a class="" href="http://www.corporate.basf.com/en/sustainability/?id=7ry6JCDSLbcp1w*"&gt;BASF&lt;/a&gt;. Perhaps you might encourage entries through ICIS radio in future!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: ICIS Innovation Awards 2008</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/738.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 01:18:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:738</guid><dc:creator>GreenChick</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/738.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=363&amp;PostID=738</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;I just attended BIO&amp;#39;s World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology &amp;amp; Bioprocessing conference in Chicago, which ended today. Definitely a lot of innovation going on in this end of the industry especially for bio-based chemicals.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: ICIS Innovation Awards 2008</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/702.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:35:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:702</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/702.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=363&amp;PostID=702</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Hey customiser, didn&amp;#39;t I hear &lt;a href="http://deputyedtiorecn.podOmatic.com/entry/2008-04-18T16_06_24-07_00" title="ICIS radio 21 April 08"&gt;you on ICIS radio this week&lt;/a&gt;. How can you innovate in &amp;quot;corporate social responsiblity&amp;quot; whatever that is? Either you&amp;#39;re a responsible company or you&amp;#39;re not. Good to see the small guys getting a break too. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: ICIS Innovation Awards 2008</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/668.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:37:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:668</guid><dc:creator>customiser</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/668.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=363&amp;PostID=668</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Right! The awards are now live - you have until 4 July to enter. You can find more details, an article on the awards and a call for entry leaflet and entry form at &lt;a href="http://www.icis.com/awards"&gt;http://www.icis.com/awards&lt;/a&gt;. The year, ICIS and sposor Dow Corning have decided to introduce two new categories: best business innovation and best innovation in the field of corporate social responsibilty (CSR). There is of course, still the category for the best overall product innovation and a category for best innovation by a small or medium-sized entrerprise. So, no excuse - get those entries rolling in. I might even highlight a few as they coem in on this forum!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: ICIS Innovation Awards 2008</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/583.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:37:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:583</guid><dc:creator>customiser</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/583.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=363&amp;PostID=583</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;The Call for Entries brochure is now available for the 2008 ICIS Innovation Awards, sponsored by Dow Corning. Deadline for entries is 4 July. For any further details, please contact &lt;a href="mailto:john.baker@icis.com"&gt;john.baker@icis.com&lt;/a&gt;. Tel: +44 20 8 652 3153.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: ICIS Innovation Awards 2008</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/549.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:21:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:549</guid><dc:creator>customiser</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/549.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=363&amp;PostID=549</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;The five judges for the awards are now in place. They are:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Dr Monty Alger&amp;nbsp; - &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;vice president and chief technology officer at Air Products and Chemicals&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Larry Keeley - &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;president and co-founder of innovation strategy firm Doblin&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Robert Kirschbaum - &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;vice president of innovation at DSM, focusing on performance materials&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Professor Rodney Townsend - &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT:normal;COLOR:black;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;"&gt;director of science and technology at the Royal Society of Chemistry and chairman of the EU’s SusChem sustainable chemistry platform&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Dr Gregg Zank - &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;vice president, chief technology officer&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;and executive director of science and technology at Dow Corning&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;More details on the Awards on 21 April - watch out&amp;nbsp; and get those entries ready for the 4 July deadline&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: ICIS Innovation Awards 2008</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/226.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:58:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:226</guid><dc:creator>customiser</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/226.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=363&amp;PostID=226</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;If you have any questions on the Awards, please contact &lt;a href="mailto:john.baker@icis.com"&gt;john.baker@icis.com&lt;/a&gt;. He is currently recruiting judges for this year - do you have any suggestions?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: ICIS Innovation Awards 2008</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/94.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:43:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:94</guid><dc:creator>customiser</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/94.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=363&amp;PostID=94</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;For lots more on the ICIS Innovation Awards go to &lt;a href="http://www.icis.com/awards"&gt;www.icis.com/awards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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