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• Date: Thursday, September 9th, 2010 Reserve
Topic: Brazil/Latin America - Resource-Loaded and Ready for Prime Time (Panel Discussion)
Panelists: • Susan Segal, President of the Americas Society/Council of the Americas • Miguel de Oliveira, Director of Global Innovation at Bunge • Rafael Rojas, Vice President, Global Markets Equity, Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (confirmed panelists, as of July 12th)
Host: George Rodriguez, Managing Director, Argeni Company LLC

• Date: Thursday, October 7th, 2010 Details Reserve
Topic: Anatomy of the Deal in the Chemical Industry (Panel Discussion)
Panelists: • Chris Cerimele, Director, Head of Chemicals Practice, Houlihan Lokey • Randy Dearth, CEO, Lanxess Corp. • Jeff Kolke, Sr. Vice President, Corporate Finance, GE Capital • Bill Rowland, Partner, Jones Day • Drew Shea, Managing Partner, GenNx360 Capital Partners
Host: Neil A. Burns, Managing Partner, Neil A. Burns, LLC

• Date: Thursday, November 4th, 2010
Topic: Outlook for Nutraceuticals
Speaker: Lynda M. Doyle, Marketing Director, DSM Nutritional Products
Hosts: James M. Weatherall, Principal, Weatherall Group and Luke J. Verdet, Specialty & Fine Chemicals

• Date: Thursday, December 9th, 2010 Details
Fifth Annual Energy & Resources Conference (a full-day conference at the historic Con Edison Building, 4 Irving Place, New York, NY)
Topic: Emerging Sources of Energy - Challenges and Opportunities
Jointly Planned and Organized with AIChE, Metro New York Section

• Date: Thursday, January 6th, 2011
Topic: Outlook for Chemicals and the Economy
Speaker: T. Kevin Swift, Chief Economist, American Chemistry Council
Host: James M. Weatherall, Principal, Weatherall Group

• Date: Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
Topic: Opportunities in Asia Pacific
Speaker: Bob Levis, Principal, Asia & Brazil Connections, LLC
Host: Charles Brumlik, Partner, Nanobiz, LLC

Past Meetings

• June 2010 "Ethylene Derivatives – North America’s Position in the Global Competitive Environment" Speakers: John Stekla, Director of Ethylene Studies, CMAI and Tison Keel, Director, Ethylene Oxide and Derivatives, CMAI Details
• May 2010 "A New World -- A View of the Post-Recovery Global Chemical Industry" Speaker: Robert Westervelt, Editor-in-Chief, Chemical Week Details
• April 2010 "Bioplastics: Enhancing a Green Image" Speaker: Robert Dombrowski, Principal, Nanoview Associates, LLC Details
• March 2010 "Mergers & Acquisitions: Chemical M&A Opportunities and Outlook” Speaker: Tim Wilding, Managing Director and Co-Head of Industrial Growth and Services, Oppenheimer & Co. Details
• February 2010 “Pharmaceutical Outlook: Finding Drivers and a Roadmap” Speaker: Dr. Ronny Gal, Senior Analyst, Specialty Pharmaceuticals, Sanford C. Bernstein Details
• January 2010 “2010 Petrochemical and Energy Forecast” Speaker: Dr. Fred M. Peterson, President, Probe Economics LLC Details
• December 2009 Fourth Annual Energy & Resources Conference “From Concept to Commercialization: Funding Innovation for a New Economy” Details
• November 2009 “Innovations in Personal Care” Speakers: James M. Weatherall, Senior Vice President, Kline & Co. and Carrie M. Mellage, Director of the Consumer Practice, Kline & Co. Details
• October 2009 “Nanotech in Cleantech” Speaker: Doug Jamison, President, COO and Managing Director at Harris & Harris Group Details
• September 2009 “Creating Tomorrow's Business at BASF” Speaker: Jacob Wildeson is responsible for Technology Scouting and Strategy in North America at BASF Future Business GmbH Details