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Skin and Formulation,
3rd Symposium

Skin Forum, 10th Annual Meeting

 

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Presentation

The “Skin and Formulation 1st Symposium” was organised in Paris in 2003, with more than 170 attendees. Three years later the “Skin and Formulation 2nd Symposium” was held in the “Palais des Congrès” in Versailles on October 9-10, 2006. This second symposium attracted even more participants (235), a 38 % increase, and was again pan-European. There were also more than 100 posters displayed. These symposiums have provided a unique discussion forum between pharmacists, biologists, chemists and physicians on the interactions between the skin and formulations applied to it. The various aspects of the topical and transdermal applications of pharmacologically and cosmetically active compounds were presented and discussed. In particular, the latest aspects regarding tolerance, cutaneous pharmacokinetics, nanotechnologies, formulations and delivery were covered during the conference with presentations by leading scientists such as Prof. J. Bouwstra, Prof. JP. Marty and Prof. R. Guy.

Now we are pleased to announce that the “Skin and Formulation 3rd Symposium” will take place on March 9th – 10th, 2009, again in the prestigious “Palais des Congrès” of Versailles.

This time the Symposium will be co-organized with the “10th Skin Forum”.

We would like to thank Dr Majella Lane, University of London, and Co-chair of the “Skin and Formulation 3rd Symposium”, for the following short presentation of Skin Forum:
“In 1999 Professor Jonathan Hadgraft received funding from the Engineering Physical Sciences and Research Council in the United Kingdom to establish a network of scientists whose research focuses on the mechanisms and modulation of skin permeation. The Skin Forum has evolved from this network and today represents ~100 chemists, pharmaceutical scientists, physicists and biologists who share a common interest in the physicochemical and biological properties of human skin. The annual Skin Forum conference brings together internationally recognised experts and provides an opportunity for research students to meet opinion leaders in a relaxed and informal manner. Because of the close research links with European colleagues Skin Forum has now come together with APGI to jointly organize the “Skin and Formulation 3rd Symposium” in Versailles in 2009.”

Topics will again focus on the areas that fall between pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and dermatology and about products applied to the skin.

The 3rd Symposium programme will treat advances in topical formulations for improved skin delivery and will include the following topics:
• Recent advances in biophysical techniques.
• Skin structure and biology.
• In silico, in vitro, and in vivo evaluations.
• New carriers for controlling topical drug delivery.
• Raw materials for Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care formulations; physical characterization.
• Skin – The Dermatologist’s perspectives

Active transdermal drug delivery
There will be a mixture of plenary invited lectures and short communications selected from the abstracts received from young researchers so to have more topics presented (23 podium presentations versus 17 in 2006; 17 pleanary lectures and 6 presentations selected from the abstracts received from young researchers).

Suppliers will again be invited to display their latest technologies.

Our objective for this 3rd Symposium is to reach 300 attendees, over two full days.

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Chairs, Organizing and Publicity Committee

Chairs of the Conference
Dr André Colas, Dow Corning, Belgium
Prof. Adrian Davis, Limeway Pharmaceutical Consultancy, United Kingdom
Prof. Elias Fattal, University of Paris-Sud, France
Prof. Jonathan Hadgraft, University of London, United Kingdom
Dr Vincent Jannin, Gattefossé, France
Dr Majella Lane, University of London, United Kingdom

Organization Committees

Dr Amélie Bochot, University of Paris-Sud, France
Dr Mark A Pellett, Wyeth Consumer Healthcare, United Kingdom
Dr Géraldine Piel, University of Liège, Belgium
Dr Anke Sieg, Baxter R & D, Brussels, Belgium

Publicity Committee

Dr. Sophia Antimisiaris, University of Patras, Greece
Dr. Krzysztof Cal, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland

Prof. Ana Calpena, University of Barcelona, Spain

Dr. Begonia Delgado-Charro, University of Bath, United Kingdom
Prof. Jeanetta du Plessis, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
Prof. Marianna Foldvari, University of Waterloo, Canada
Prof. Christel Müller-Goymann, Carolo-Wilhelmina University, Braunschweig, Germany
Dr. Jouni Nuutinen, Delfin Technologies Ltd, Kupio, Finland
Dr. Georgios Imanidis, University of Basel, Switzerland
Dr. Kim Budolph Johansen, Novozymes, Denmark
Prof. Jan Karlsén, University of Oslo, Norway
Dr Ryoji Konishi, Teikoku Seiyaku Co. Ltd., Japan

Prof. Julijana Kristl, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Prof. Marie Lodén, Aco Hud Nordic AB, Sweden
Dr. Shirley Ng, Johnson & Johnson Consumer & Personal Product Worldwide, USA
Dr. Sara Nicoli, University of Parma, Italy
Prof. Özgen Özer, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
Prof. Pimolpan Pithayanukul, Mahidol University, Thailand
Prof. Adriana Pohlmann, Univ.Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Prof. Maria de Lourdes Rebelo, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Dr. Amalia Mª Rodríguez Bayón, University Computense of Madrid, Spain
Dr. Michel Sournac, Institut de Recherche Pierre Fabre, Labège Innopole, France
Prof. Elka Touitou, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Prof. Adam Watkinson, Acrux Ltd, Australia
Prof. Johann Wiechers, Independent Consultant for Cosmetic JW Solutions, The Netherlands


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Programme

Download the pdf version of the programme

Address of the Symposium

Palais des Congrès de Versailles

10, rue de la Chancellerie, F 78000 - Versailles, France

New Download the list of posters that will be presented

Please note that the poster numbers indicated on the list are the final numbers and not the temporary reference numbers

 

Sunday, March 8, 2009

19:00

Welcome Reception

Hotel de France, 5 rue Colbert, VERSAILLES

 
Monday, March 9, 2009
Badge will be available at the reception desk from 8:00

8:45-9:00

Pr. Elias Fattal (APGI) and Pr. Adrian Davis (Skin Forum)

Welcome


Recent advances in biophysical techniques

9:00-9:35

Pr. Paul Matts, P&G Beauty, United Kingdom

Imaging techniques as measures of topical delivery and efficacy – new advances and insights

9:35-10:10

Dr. Peter Caspers, River Diagnostics, The Netherlands

In vivo skin studies by Raman spectroscopy

10:10-10:45

Pr. Bob Imhof, London South Bank University, United Kingdom

Skin, Air and Water

   
10:45-11:15 Coffee-Break and Posters

Skin structure and biology

11:15-11:50

Dr. Jean-Luc Lévêque, Consultant, France

Capacitance imaging, a new technique to see and measure skin surface hydration

11:50-12:25

Pr. Lars Norlén, Karolinska Institutet - Stockholm, Sweden

Native structural organization of the epidermal permeability barrier as observed by cryo-electron tomography of vitreous skin sections

12:25-13:00

Dr. Rainier Voegeli, Pentapharm, Switzerland

Serine protease gradients in healthy and barrier impaired human stratum corneum

   
13:00-14:30 Lunch around the Posters

In silico, in vitro, and in vivo evaluations

14:30-15:05

Pr. Jamshed Anwar, University of Bradford, United Kingdom

Molecular secrets of membrane barrier modulators

15:05-15:40

Dr. Jean-Marc Sieffermann, AgroParisTech-Massy, France

Sensory analysis and sensometry : providing better insights for skin products' formulation

 

15:40-16:10 Coffee-Break and Posters

Young Researchers' Presentations

16:10-16:25

Mr. Martin J. Garland, Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom

Needle free jet injection: application to photodynamic tumour targeting

16:25-16:40

Dr. Manuela Vettor, University of Siena, Italy

Evaluation of colloidal system distribution on the skin surface by scanning electron microscopy and transparency profilometry


16:40-17:10

Pr. Jonathan Hadgraft

Professor Jean-Paul Marty Memorial Lecture

   
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
New carriers for controlling topical drug delivery. Raw materials for Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care formulations; physical characterization
9:00-9:35

Pr. Reinhard Neubert, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

Dermal and transdermal drug targeting using enhancer molecules and colloidal carrier systems

9:35-10:10

Pr. Adam Watkinson, Acrux Ltd, Australia

Non-occlusive transdermal drug delivery from a spray - from concept to product

   
10:10-10:35 Coffee-Break and Posters
   
10:35-11:10

Pr. Jürgen Lademann, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

Safety of nanoparticles in cosmetics

11:10-11:45

Dr. Patrice Bellon, VP Innovation, Symrise AG, France

The touch of seduction - Emotional assessment of cosmetic textures


Young Researchers' Presentations

11:45-12:00

Alexandra Göbel, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

Cutaneaous penetration enhancement of tacrolimus using colloidal carrier systems

12:00-12:15

Mr. Sebastian Björklund, Lund University, Sweden

The effect of water on skin permeation of the model drug Mz

12:15-12:30

Mr. Yu Zhou, University of the West of England, United Kingdom

A new image acquisition system building 3D model of skin and its application

   

New carriers for controlling topical drug delivery. Raw materials for Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care formulations; physical characterization

12:30-13:05

Mrs. Steffi Hansen, Saarland University, Germany

In-vitro and in-silico methods for investigating (per)cutaneous absorption

   
12.50-14:30 Lunch around the Posters
   
14:30-15:05 Dr. Michael Horstmann, LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG, Germany
Transdermal therapeutic systems in industrial practice
15:05-15:40

Dr. Léon Marteaux , Dow Corning Corporation, Belgium

Silicon-based encapsulation and delivery systems

   
15.40-16:10 Coffee-Break and Posters
   

Active transdermal drug delivery

16:10-16:45

Pr. Samir Mitragotri, University of California, USA

Physical methods of skin permeation enhancement

 

Skin – The Dermatologist’s perspectives

16:45-17:15

Dr. Vasant Manna, Galderma R&D, France

A dermatologist's dreams


17:15-17:25 Poster Awards and Conclusion

 

SKIN FORUM Bursaries and Awards

For the joint APGI/ Skin Forum meeting on "Skin and Formulation" to be held in Versailles on March 9th and 10th 2009, 6 student bursaries are available for the best oral abstracts submitted. These bursaries are valued at £250 (approx. 317 euros) each  and will be presented to the 6 students when they present their talks at the meeting in Versailles. In addition prizes will be awarded for the two best poster abstracts presented at the meeting which are valued at £100 (approx. 127 euros) each. Sponsorship for these awards has been provided by Skin Forum.

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Accomodation

On the website of the Versailles Tourist Office you will find a list of hotels
(www.versailles-tourisme.com).

For students we can recommend the Hotel du Palais (e-mail: hotelpalais@ifrance.com), which is very close to the congress center. The price is 60 euros. Early booking is needed.

Other cheep solutions are:

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Useful informations

  • Taxi

+33 (0)1 39 50 50 00 or +33 (0)1 39 51 04 04

 

You can also book for a taxi at the Symposium reception desk.

 

To go to:

- Charles de Gaulle Airport: Estimated time 1h30

 (90 euros)

 

- Orly Airport: Estimated time 1h (50 euros)

 

Note that these are estimated times and that road traffic can be very heavy.

 

If you need a taxi when you leave the symposium, please ask for a taxi form at the reception desk and we will order a taxi for you.

 

 

  • Tourist Office

2bis, av de Paris  (in the Sofitel building)

+33 (0)1 39 24 88 88

 www.versailles-tourisme.com

 

  • Trains

 

 

 

The nearest train station is Gare de Versailles-Rive Gauche, Avenue Charles de Gaulle, at 5 minutes walk from the Palais de Congrès de Versailles. RER Line C goes to the center of Paris (Les Invalides - 30 min. or to St Michel-Notre Dame de Paris, Gare Austerlitz). 2.90 €.

 

Direct trains to Paris-Gare Montparnasse leave from the station Gare de Versailles- Chantiers, Rue des Chantiers at 20 minutes walk from the Palais des Congrès de Versailles. 13 minutes to Paris-Gare Montparnasse. 2.90 €.

  • How to go to

 

Charles de Gaulle Airport 
(by Gare du Nord Station)

- From Gare de Versailles-Rive Gauche, take RER line C to station “St Michel Notre Dame”. Change to RER line B, direction “Charles de Gaulle Airport”. 1h30 travel. 10.80 €.

40-50 min. travel to Gare du Nord. 2.90 €.

 

- You can also take the train from Gare de Versailles-Chantiers, to Paris-Gare Montparnasse 2.90€. At Paris-Gare Montparnasse, take Air France bus to Charles de Gaulle Airport. (50 min). 13.00 €

 

 

Orly Airport

- From Gare de Versailles-Rive Gauche, take RER line C to station “Les Invalides” (30 min.) 2.90€. Then Air France bus to Orly (35 min.) 9.00 €.

 

- You can also take the train from Gare de Versailles-Chantiers. At Pairs-Gare Montparnasse 2.90€, take Air France bus to Orly Airport. (30 min).

9.00 €.

 

 

 

Train Paris region

www.transilien.com/Movie/GB/default.htm

Train France

www.sncf.com

Eurostar

www.eurostar.com

Thalys

www.thalys.com

Air France

0820 320 820

www.airfrance.fr

Aéroports de Paris

    Departures/Arrivals

+33 (0)1 70 03 63 950

www.aeroportsdeparis.fr/Adp/en-GB/Passagers/

   

 

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Exhibitors

In the "poster/coffee break-lunch area" you will have the possibility to discuss with the following exhibitors:

 

Our sponsors

Platinum Sponsor

 

  

Silver Sponsors

     
   

Other sponsors

 
           

Gold Sponsor

 

Bronze Sponsors