FELIX MÜLLER
Evonik Industries AG
CESIO 2019 Chair of Business and Market Trends Programme Committee

Welcome to Munich, the capital of the state of Bavaria and, as it is a common saying in German, the secret capital of Germany.

As you hold this CESIO 2019 edition of HPC Household and Personal Care Today Journal in your hand, some remarks to you from a German native (and part of the Congress Team who prepared the meeting) that you made a real good choice to come to Munich in June 2019 and to visit the 11^th World Surfactant Congress. The city of Munich is an outstanding showcase of German traditions and styles. Here you can enjoy the world famous Hofbräuhaus with its traditional beer and sausages (Weißwürste) and classic pork knuckle with potato dumpling and sauerkraut food and Bavarian music and dancing. Relicts of the former Bavarian kings are found in the city (the Residenz, the city castle of the Bavarian kings) as well as in the neighborhood of Munich places like the castles Nymphenburg and Herrenchiemsee. Especially worth seeing is the castle Neuschwanstein which attracts more than 1.5 million visitors per year, it is among the top tourist sites to see in Germany.

The Frauenkirche is among the most famous German cathedrals.