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  • The right image for the recession

    The soundbite of former Lehmans boss Fuld being grilled by a US congressional committee about his beachfront home and multi-million dollar art collection made for great radio this morning. On BBC Radio 4's Today programme on my drive in, you got the full contempt in the voice of Henry Waxman, chairman...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-10-2008

  • EPCA youth report

    It may be true that the chemical industry fails to attract a young crowd, but the EPCA youth chapter was out and about in Monte Carlo this week with the enthusiasm of those who can look daisy-fresh on three hours' sleep. Some old favourite venues appear to have fallen from favour. Adrian tells me...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-29-2008

  • Darkness and neglect at Le Balmoral

    On the way to dinner at Le Saint-Benoit, we pass the dark and shuttered hulk of the former Balmoral Hotel, looming darkly over the bay. This was a haven to past generations from Shell, Integra and then ICIS, famed for its 1950s wallpaper and candlewick bedspreads and fondly referred to as the "Immoral"...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-29-2008

  • EPCA to become "more exclusive"

    One rumour going the rounds at EPCA on Monday was that after the recent merging of the Annual Meeting and the Distribution conference, there was a feeling amongst the EPCA's board members that the event had become too large. According to one well-connected visitor to the ICIS suite, it had been mooted...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-29-2008

  • The Monte Carlo years are over

    So it looks like it's true. As the Blog reported here in June, EPCA is to abandon Monte Carlo, never to return. Next year it's in Berlin, and in 2010 it's Vienna, and after that it will not be coming back, one board member told industry players on the sidelines at the conference. "It's...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-29-2008

  • The smell of EPCA

    What is the defining smell of EPCA? Is it coffee and Gauloises on the warm summer air at the Café de Paris? Is it Hermes Eau d'Orange Verte soap and body lotion from the hotel bathrooms? Eye-watering perfumes mixed with hairspray amongst the porn starlets at Jimmy'z? Spilt beer and dodgy plumbing...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-28-2008

  • Countdown to Monaco - EPCA minus 2 weeks

    Monte Carlo 's Grimaldi Forum may be heralded as the new hub of EPCA , but I'm curious to see whether the master plan to shift us all from the Fairmont is going to work. We've had a couple of previews of the Forum for the Opening Reception and it seems an admirable venue for a party. Look...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-12-2008

  • Have suit, will travel

    "I suppose I'd better get my suit out for EPCA," said one US petrochemical conference veteran on the phone to me yesterday. "It's all casual for US conferences, unless you're giving a presentation." What a sartorial gulf there is between the US and the rest of the world...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-09-2008

  • Speed-dating for the chemical industry

    Three weeks till EPCA in Monaco, and already everyone's agendas are full. From breakfast meetings with breakfast, pre-breakfast meetings, and standing breakfast meetings, each of the three core days is staked out with hourly or half-hourly meetings. It's speed-dating for the chemical industry...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-08-2008

  • Ah, the Balmoral

    Posted to AJB (Gallery) by AJB on 03-05-2008
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