session 1. Global business trends -- session 2. Regional environmental and regulatry trends -- session 3. Regional product trends -- sessioni 4. Approach to environment and health assessment -- session 5. Technology developments in laundry problems -- session 6. Technology developments in other cleaning products worldwide -- session 7. Trends in surfactant raw material sources -- session 8. Trends in ingredient technology worldwide I : surfactants -- session 9. Trends in ingredient technology worldwide II : builders, bleaches, and specialties -- session 10. Trends in ingredient technology worldwide III : enzymes -- session 11. Globalization trends in the detergents business -- Poster presentations.