If I were at POC 2026’s CEO Roundtable

Fair price: A worker harvesting oil palm fruits at a plantation in Dengkil, Selangor. CPO will likely trade somewhere between RM3,800 and RM4,500 per tonne this year.

THIS year, I was not seated inside the grand ballroom for Bursa Malaysia Derivatives’ 37th Palm & Lauric Oils Price Outlook Conference & Exhibition 2026 (POC 2026).

No conference badge dangling from my neck. No corridor coffees. No whispering “What’s your number?” between sessions – that annual ritual where decimal points briefly masquerade as destiny.