As I said in the previous post, it was a great honour to talk in front of 2,500 people at this year's International Palm Oil Conference (PIPOC), produced by the Malaysian Palm Oil Board. Here's a video of the talk. If you are expecting an exposition of Angelina Jolie, that's not me, it's Carl Bek-Nielsen of United Plantations (a superb talk and speaker). In my talk, however, you will get a story around little packets of salt and a hugely abbreviated history of oleochemicals from the time of the "big bang" to the present day. If you like some of the themes explored here and the manner in which I explore them, I encourage you to join me for a day and a half in Singapore, November 19 - 20th (Thursday and Friday) for our Fifth Asian Surfactants Conference.