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Roomigami

I came across the new concept of " Roomigami " today when I was on the Frankfurter Messe website, looking up possible dates for next year's ICIS Training seminars. It's the art of shoe-horning conferences and people into the space available. But how shall we use this new word in a sentence...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-18-2008
EPCA Berlin 2009 - clash with German national holiday

EPCA 2009 in Berlin will clash with Germany's "Day of German Unity" national holiday, and hotel rooms are already commanding a premium one year ahead of the event. The annual conference of the European Petrochemical Association will be held on 3-7 October 2009, coinciding with the celebration...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-17-2008
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
Conference Etiquette #2 - The Social Kiss

I am endebted to this Times article for the final word on the minefield of business kissing. If it's three kisses for the Dutch, what do you say to a German who comes in for a third and quite inappropriate lunge? Reading the paper from cover to cover while we sat for two hours on the tarmac at Heathrow...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-07-2008
Blue skies disappear

A year ago, the blog was in a minority of one, with its forecast for 2008. Its heading was ' Budgeting for a Downturn' . By contrast, the consensus post-EPCA was for $70bbl oil, debt market problems to be contained, and for chemical margins to remain at 2007 levels. This year's EPCA mood...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-05-2008
New US benzene broker TnS links with PCB

Two emails dropped into the Blog inbox this morning announcing the launch of TnS (Trade n Services), a new US benzene broker in the person of Aruanan Mastenbroek. He will be covering the US and co-operating with Wim Buiter of PCB (Petrochemical Brokerage) on the European market, as of 1 October 2008...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-01-2008
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

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