Keynote Speaker –
Stanley F. Slater, Ph.D., Charles and Gwen Lillis Professor of Business Administration at Colorado State University’s College of Business. 
Title – “Creating Knowledge Capital:  The Foundation for Customer Adoption of New Technologies”

Sessions – Several sessions will be presented throughout the seminar, including:

• New Application Environments and Substrates chaired by Hedieh Modaressi, Rhodia, Inc.
• Global Regulatory Framework chaired by Diane Boesenberg, Reckitt Benckiser
• What’s New in Academia?  Co-chaired by Edgar Acosta and Steve Bolkan, Surfactant and Detergent Division of the American Oil Chemists Society (AOCS)
• Marketing Trends chaired by Mark Ventura, Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
• Cleaning for Healthcare and New Issues in the Public Domain chaired by Jose Ramirez, JohnsonDiversey, Inc.

Various experts will address a broad range of topics that will include: the Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH); Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS); the Canadian Detergents Directive; “green” regulations; the Biocidal Products Directive; “greener” surfactants; computer-based formulations screening; surfactant synthesis; new surfactant chemistries based on renewable feedstocks; surfactant extraction from waste; and others.

Registration and accommodations – Registration fees for New Horizons are $695.00 for CSPA, CCSPA, ISSA and AOCS members  Registration fees for nonmembers are $795.00.

Rooms are available at the CSPA group rate of $189.00 plus taxes.  Reservations should be made directly with the hotel at 303/799-5800 by Sept. 28 to receive the group rate; registrants should mention CSPA when making reservations.

For further information about New Horizons, please contact Jane Wishneff, 202/833-7303, jwishneff@cspa.org; or Ann Wheeler, 202/833-7324, awheeler@cspa.org.