Each year the in-cosmetics Formulation Summit focuses on the latest cosmetics trend. 2020 saw the programme focus on the topic of "Formulation in the Climate Change Age". Each year we aim to provide a highly educational learning experience. Delegates have the opportunity to speak one-on-one with globally renowned speakers and network with their peers.
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In response to this increasingly growing trend, the in-cosmetics Formulation Summit delved into the various aspect of “good” science that can enable formulators to create products that are fantastic for both consumers and the planet.
Delegates to the 2020 summit received high-level talks and presentations - delivered by industry experts - that address both the formulation challenges and opportunities in developing personal care products. Do you know what topic you would like to see covered in 2021? Let us know, so we can shape the content around what you, the industry want to see.
What areas were covered in 2020?
We heard from top speakers from different disciplines that are contributing to new ways of formulating:
Biochemistry
To develop green processes to recover waste materials and transform them into cosmetic ingredients.
Polymer Chemistry
As a tool to build packaging that can be decomposed within a reasonable timeframe.
Neuroscientists
To make us understand the importance of the mind over the body and thus to develop products that deliver true holistic efficacy.
Chemometricians
To lead us through the maze of multivariate statistics to optimise production processes in order to use less energy and resources.
Advanced Colloid Chemistry & Rheology
To help formulators set up selection criteria and test methods to enable the use of fewer and more efficacious ingredients (e.g. emulsifiers, stabilisers, thickening agents, etc.).
Environmental sciences
To understand what criteria we should look at in order for our sunscreens (and not only them) not to destroy the aquatic environment.
Physicist
To talk us through the benefits of developing a quanto-mechanic-based thinking, more efficient and flexible than the traditional Newtonian, linear way of looking at science.
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Keep an eye out in the coming months for the latest in-cosmetics Formulation Summit conference programme.