Gala Entertainment 1
The Informex Gala Dinner featured entertainment that is designed to bring people together. “With the Gala Dinner, we feel we are providing a new, more exciting way for our attendees and exhibitors to interact,” said Jennifer Jessup, Event Director

Gala Entertainment 2
The Gala Dinner program that drew more than 650 people in its first year of existence offered attendees of InformexUSA 2008 an evening of camaraderie and a customer entertainment opportunity that is unique in the chemical industry.

Gala Ballroom 1
The Morial Convention Center’s La Louisiane Ballroom was transformed into a scene from the 1960s through dramatic and evocative lighting and décor.

Gala Ballroom 2

Gala Dinner
Called ‘A New Orleans Renaissance’, the Dinner featured General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.) as its keynote speaker and evoked the spirit of New Orleans of the 1960s with jazz of the period and a range of entertainment that was special to the Crescent City in that era.

Round Table 1
A series of Networking Roundtables, organized and produced by Scientific Update, LLC., addressed issues such as process scale-up and green chemistry in the manufacturing arena.

Exhibitor Showcases 1
The Exhibitor Showcases remain as one of the popular draws at InformexUSA. Chemical makers from around the world present their capabilities and technology offerings to R&D professionals, process technology specialists and executives in the pharmaceutical, agriculture, adhesives, biotechnology, cosmetics & personal care, coatings, electronics, food, flavors and fragrances, and plastics industries.

Exhibitor Showcases 2
At the Informex Exhibitor Showcase program, more than 75 companies presented technologies and production processes that qualify as higher value offerings.

Technology Showcases 1
At the Technology Showcase program, leading-edge companies presented their latest innovations, including SK Life Sciences, Inc., BASF, and Dowpharma, a business unit of the Dow Chemical Company.