The business card doesn't say "chemist" for a reason

Internets, today's conference started off positively, but after lunch, it took a definite turn for the worse. Somehow, we entered the "green chemistry" part of the conference and I found myself completely lost during several presentations.

Among the conference attendees are several smartypants PhDs with very technical chemical backgrounds. Thus, it's not difficult to understand why my eyes glazed over during the following moments:

* All through the presentation entitled "Developing a Green and Sustainable Approach for Pharmaceutical Chemical Synthesis."

* When one presenter decided that "metric" was a verb, as in "I can metric it."

* During a presentation that included 65 slides. SIXTY-FIVE!

* When one presenter emphasized that "enzymatic hydrolysis of Cyano diester enabled early resolution of chiral center."

* When the slide entitled "Synthesis of a 1-butyl-3-methyl-imdiazolium bromide" graced the screen, with a picture of some liquid in a beaker.

* Through the compelling case example entitled "Medicinal Chemistry Pregabalin Synthesis"

I wonder how they'll all react tomorrow when I discuss the very technical and complex topic of ... talking to your employees!